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Re: Do we have the best home schedule

Postby Comet » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:37 am

That 2010 game against TCU was fantastic
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Re: Do we have the best home schedule

Postby CalallenStang » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:10 am

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sbsmith wrote:We haven't sold out versus TCU at Ford since 2010. We were 2-1 and coming off a surprise bowl season and they were in the Top 5. God knows when we have ever sold out a home game versus Houston. We need to be .500 or better and they need to bring at least 10K of their fans for that game to sell out. Last time we played Navy at Ford we were 6-3 and only drew 21k.


The 2012 tcu game was a monsoon it was miserable to sit through and I don't blame people for leaving that one. The 2014 game we sucked and I also don't blame people for not wanting to sit through that. The tcu game this year is parents weekend and I expect it to resemble the 2010 game again even if our record isn't outstanding, there's still definite buzz about the program. The only issue with that game is its a Friday. But on the flip side, a Friday night game on ESPN will make it more exciting for people to want to attend.


2010 TCU game was also on a Friday
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Re: Do we have the best home schedule

Postby Fresno Mustang » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:18 am

CalallenStang wrote:
Fresno Mustang wrote:
sbsmith wrote:We haven't sold out versus TCU at Ford since 2010. We were 2-1 and coming off a surprise bowl season and they were in the Top 5. God knows when we have ever sold out a home game versus Houston. We need to be .500 or better and they need to bring at least 10K of their fans for that game to sell out. Last time we played Navy at Ford we were 6-3 and only drew 21k.


The 2012 tcu game was a monsoon it was miserable to sit through and I don't blame people for leaving that one. The 2014 game we sucked and I also don't blame people for not wanting to sit through that. The tcu game this year is parents weekend and I expect it to resemble the 2010 game again even if our record isn't outstanding, there's still definite buzz about the program. The only issue with that game is its a Friday. But on the flip side, a Friday night game on ESPN will make it more exciting for people to want to attend.


2010 TCU game was also on a Friday


I forgot about that. Then I feel there's no reason why we shouldn't have a pretty packed Ford stadium for that game unless we limp in 1-2
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Re: Do we have the best home schedule

Postby West Coast Johnny » Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:24 pm

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TCU and UH are sellouts, because of their fanbases and Coogs are THE thing right now. 32K+ for both

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Since when is TCU a sellout? Last time we played you in Ford the stadium was far from sold out.
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Re: Do we have the best home schedule

Postby PerunasHoof » Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:34 pm

West Coast Johnny wrote:
SmooBoy wrote:
TCU and UH are sellouts, because of their fanbases and Coogs are THE thing right now. 32K+ for both

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Since when is TCU a sellout? Last time we played you in Ford the stadium was far from sold out.


I think even the casual SMU fan knew what was going to happen. We were fresh off firing/ June quitting and had scored 12 points in three games. I think we should look back to 2010 as a reference.
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Re: Do we have the best home schedule

Postby smusic 00 » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:13 pm

Lots of TCU folk are exited about a return to the vard on a nice Friday afternoon. This will be the best Blvd we see all year unless a miracle happens and we play an extremely meaningful game against UH.
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