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SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

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Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:42 pm
by Stallion
interesting thread of killerfrogs.com because TCU and SMU have exact opposite policies on leaving the stadium after game starts. I see both sides-but its interesting to look at it from the opposite perspective. When you boil it down, people are going to put their [deleted] in the seats when a school puts a good product on the field against strong competition. Probably won't if the product is poor and competition is bad. Based on that general observation, I'd probably lean toward changing SMU's policy.
http://www.killerfrogs.com/msgboard/ind ... opic=99510
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:51 pm
by MustangLaxer
how do you have time to browse the tcu, smu, and ut fan pages and the rivals pages? invest smart and retire at 32?
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:55 pm
by Junior
From the Froggie board:
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QUOTE(BlockinFrog07 @ Sep 16 2009, 08:47 AM)
I cannot stand the fact that the attendance is already only in the low 30,000's, but when this happens, we end the game with probably half of who started out there. It's PATHETIC, in my opinion.
I'm with you Blockin, tailgating has gotten way out of hand. They should make the tailgaters that don't go into the stadium buy two season tickets if you ask me.
I go to watch the Frogs not get drunk in the parking lot. "
I can't say that would go over well aywhere.
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:04 pm
by RGV Pony
Junior wrote:From the Froggie board:
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QUOTE(BlockinFrog07 @ Sep 16 2009, 08:47 AM)
I cannot stand the fact that the attendance is already only in the low 30,000's, but when this happens, we end the game with probably half of who started out there. It's PATHETIC, in my opinion.
I'm with you Blockin, tailgating has gotten way out of hand. They should make the tailgaters that don't go into the stadium buy two season tickets if you ask me.
I go to watch the Frogs not get drunk in the parking lot. "
wow. can anyone here imagine ANYONE saying "I go to watch the Ponies not get drunk on the Blvd". lmao.
I can't say that would go over well aywhere.
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:07 pm
by KnuckleStang
Notre Dame has got this figured out. Campus security/police sweeps and closes down the entire tailgate area right before kickoff, running everybody into the stadium. Or so I hear.
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:08 pm
by smupony94
KnuckleStang wrote:Notre Dame has got this figured out. Campus security/police sweeps and closes down the entire tailgate area right before kickoff, running everybody into the stadium. Or so I hear.
Probably not that hard when people actually want to go into the stadium
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:34 pm
by deepellumfrog
You have as many opinions on this as there are people. I for one like it the way that it is at TCU. I think TCU also has a lot more parking close to the stadium for tailgating than SMU does. We still all fight the small attendance and do what we can to increase it, different approaches- not sure what the results will be. We are still sitting at about 32-33K avg. attendance. I look for that to increase when we play Tech, LSU, and Baylor at home, but there just ain't that many of us( students and alums). And most of the townies aren't willing to join in.
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:44 pm
by George S. Patton
Well, my Arkansas-A&M tickets are en route to my house.
Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:45 pm
by expony18
KnuckleStang wrote:Notre Dame has got this figured out. Campus security/police sweeps and closes down the entire tailgate area right before kickoff, running everybody into the stadium. Or so I hear.
ive only been to one notre dame game (senior year in HS, so i wasnt drinking), but I was really impressed with what i saw. The person I was with told me that people start camping out days in advance

Re: SMU v. TCU Tailgating Policy

Posted:
Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:10 pm
by Corp
TCU's Tailgating appears to be increasing in size every year.
A 2007 Article:
http://www.magarchive.tcu.edu/articles/ ... uid=200704