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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby mrydel » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:51 am

Hoop Fan wrote:My first time to apogee. Was actually impressed with the whole setup. Only complaint was that dumb cannon. What Is the point of that? Anyway, didn't even run into any obnoxious kids or UNT fans unlike at ford last year, was refreshing. Good show by UNT.

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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby Comet » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:03 am

UNT people are pretty nice for the most part. They too suffer from fans who just don't give a **** about their teams just like us. Both schools have been generations removed from true football winners. This out of conference series isn't doing much to build fans and interest like I thought it might.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby Pony Boss » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:06 am

Comet wrote:UNT people are pretty nice for the most part. They too suffer from fans who just don't give a **** about their teams just like us. Both schools have been generations removed from true football winners. This out of conference series isn't doing much to build fans and interest like I thought it might.

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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby sbsmith » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:11 am

Comet wrote:UNT people are pretty nice for the most part. They too suffer from fans who just don't give a **** about their teams just like us. Both schools have been generations removed from true football winners. This out of conference series isn't doing much to build fans and interest like I thought it might.



The attendance the last two years has been encouraging considering how lousy both teams have been.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby Hoop Fan » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:11 am

mrydel wrote:
Hoop Fan wrote:My first time to apogee. Was actually impressed with the whole setup. Only complaint was that dumb cannon. What Is the point of that? Anyway, didn't even run into any obnoxious kids or UNT fans unlike at ford last year, was refreshing. Good show by UNT.

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Thanks mrydel. Looked like he fought hard. Had to get an ivee for cramps but returned. Not much beats watching your son sing varsity with a smile on his face on the road.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby LA_Mustang » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:23 am

HF, I agree. I was impressed with their tailgating setup and the UNT people could not have been nicer. I had a great time and was treated very well. Also, as mrydel pointed out, great catch and run by MK. That was a big play.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby BUS » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:51 am

Stadium was well thought out. Wish there were some TV's in concourse.

YEAH - Mustang Club - Nice tent and good beverage selection - I think a bunch of people did not RSVP as the place was packed.

SMU crowd. Don't know the number but the unt people said we brought a lot of fans. There was a ton of red and blue around and two sections full on the other side.

As for the hat - I had 8 to 12 people - no specific count - tap my shoulder or stop me to say how they like the hat. Had one guy say to his son... He may be wearing smu colors but you got to like the hat. Kid was 9 to 10 I would guess.

Oh, final point. my wife went down for a couple drinks and a unt shirted person paid for the water and a beer. That was unexpected and very sweet.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby Grant Carter » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:59 am

I was in 124 but I did not hear that so it must not have been too loud.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby mrydel » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:31 am

SMU crowd looked good on TV. Nice showing for those who went.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby RGV Pony » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:35 am

Announced attendance was 24,000ish
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby mrydel » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:41 am

Yep. 24,718
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby PonySnob » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:16 am

Grant Carter wrote:I was in 124 but I did not hear that so it must not have been too loud.


Actually it was in 123 as that was next to the student section.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby Stallion » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:20 pm

Nice big open air concourse in the Stadium-I wonder if it was designed so that the Concourse could be covered in future. They need to blow up that Eagles Wing End Zone. Someone was high on narcotics when they came up with that abomination
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby Stallion » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:23 pm

24,000-25,000 with little travel expense are good paydays for these schools (who have about 4 wins between them) -and that's why these games will likely continue.
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Re: Apogee Stadium 'Crowds'

Postby GreenbeltPony » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:25 pm

SMU was well-represented IMO considering various factors. 124 and 125 were packed and you could see a good amount of red/blue on the home side of the stadium too.

Multiple UNT fans came up to us with congratulations after the game.
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