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Note to schools: Stop the blackouts
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:52 pmby George S. Patton
Well, Florida St. was the latest to try this act at Doak Campbell Stadium last Saturday. Where did it get them? A loss to Boston College. Apparently, they tried this two years ago against BC and lost.
As a FSU fan told me, "We really need to stop doing this.''
So help this thread, my list of teams who have tried this all one color business at their stadium and choked on a stick are these teams:
Florida St. -- black out -- lost (Boston College)
Georgia -- black out -- lost (Alabama)
Minnesota -- gold out -- lost (Michigan)
Colorado -- black out -- lost (Texas, I think)
Maybe Utah against TCU was one where the blackout was used and it worked -- barely?
While I like this kind of thing and it's great for college football. You would think as spooked as college coaches get about this kind of thing especially when it goes the other way, they would stop the plans.
I've just noticed where this has been kind of a bad karma thing.
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:55 pmby mrydel
Of course there is SMU that uses the "stay out" and it has not worked.
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:26 pmby CA Mustang
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:28 pmby J.T.supporta
lighten up general and let the kids/fans have some fun.
the players lost the games, dont feed into the hype
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:30 pmby George S. Patton
There was not an ounce of criciticism in this. I just happened to notice this trend. I love this stuff.
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:32 pmby J.T.supporta
[quote="George S. Patton"]There was not an ounce of criciticism in this. I just happened to notice this trend. I love this stuff.[/quote]
youre right, u didnt criticize, jus giving into the hype...
dont forget about when ND wears green, they always lose
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:42 pmby freedoggy77
how about Texas Tech blackout against Texas...that worked well
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:44 pmby J.T.supporta
[quote="freedoggy77"]how about Texas Tech blackout against Texas...that worked well[/quote]
theyve had 2 or 3 this year i believe. so they didnt feed into the hype
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:44 pmby George S. Patton
freedoggy77 wrote:how about Texas Tech blackout against Texas...that worked well
I didn't hear that, but OK.
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:56 pmby freedoggy77
yeah they had one against okie state too and they crushed them
i dont see anything wrong with blackouts they are kind of cool i think vandy blacked out auburn and won
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:20 pmby Junior
mrydel wrote:Of course there is SMU that uses the "stay out" and it has not worked.
Maybe not, but I think we've perfected the blow-out.
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:37 pmby J.T.supporta
Junior wrote:mrydel wrote:Of course there is SMU that uses the "stay out" and it has not worked.
Maybe not, but I think we've perfected the blow-out.
more like
ALL OUT!!!
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:40 pmby Harry0569
Utah Blacked out TCU and won. UGA blacked out Auburn and won last year. I have to say I, as a student, love the "color" outs. When done to perfection, it makes the crowd look completely unified, and I have to think it really pumps up the players.
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:44 pmby J.T.supporta
too bad we'll never have a RED or BLUE out here being that most of the time, the bleachers are ALWAYS empty
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Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:07 pmby Pony Soup
SMU Football is home to more blackouts than any other program in the country. Most of them just never seem to make it from the boulevard to the stadium.