Trip to Tech

SmooBoy · Post by **SmooBoy** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:49 pm

smu diamond m wrote:Hmm, it seems a bit shorter

PK · Post by PK » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:56 pm

smu diamond m wrote:
mrydel wrote:I broke down once on a trip back from a game. I believe the town was Muleshoe. I was not happy,

Muleshoe is not between Lubbock and Dallas. You go through OK to get back home?

Hmm, it seems a bit shorter

Chances are he was coming back from a game in Albuquerque or Colorado Springs perhaps, but then perhaps not...mrydel does live in Arkansas which is accessable thru OK.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:19 pm

Alright give me a break. It was over 35 years ago. It was a little nothing town almost exactly halfway between Lubbock and Dallas. The car would barely move. It was my father's car and when I called him I told him the mechanic wanted to keep it because I had blown a rod and it would take a few days to get the parts and several hundred dollars to fix, he said to drive it home. I could not get over 35 miles an hour but the good news was we hit a sleet storm and no one could go any faster than that. Turns out there was a busted spring that our neighborhood mechanic fixed for $13.00. Making a long story longer, Mrs, H do not drive to Lubbock.

I will look on the map and see if I can find the correct town.

***EDIT*** The town was Seymour

PK · Post by PK » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:59 pm

Well, I tried to cover for you...

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:14 pm

PK wrote:Well, I tried to cover for you...

Thanks, and for what it's worth, I have been through Muleshoe before, whereever it is.

PK · Post by PK » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:04 pm

mrydel wrote:
PK wrote:Well, I tried to cover for you...

Thanks, and for what it's worth, I have been through Muleshoe before, whereever it is.

My attempt to cover for you would have been found out eventually, I thought Muleshoe was north of Amarillo, but hell no, it is between Lubbock and Clovis NM...due west of Plainview. Duh...so much for my geography classes.

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ci ... e&state=tx

tramp73 · Post by **tramp73** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:15 am

It's not a bad drive, assuming you have wheels that are highway ready. I wouldn't want to break down in Seymour either. We do it for every home game from the Mid-Cities area. Will take you about 5 1/2 hours if you go the 114 route, which is what I recommend.

Better reserve a hotel room first, there won't be many left at this late date.

Lot's of great tailgating, mostly west and north of the stadium. You'll find plenty of Tech fans who will fix you up with free food and drinks.

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:31 am

tramp73 wrote:
Lot's of great tailgating, mostly west and north of the stadium. You'll find plenty of Tech fans who will fix you up with free food and drinks.

just ignore those to the left and the right of the above mentioned fans who will tell you "SMU sucks," will hold signs saying "honk if SMU sucks" which will be displayed on the news, will have a throng of fans chanting "F*** u SMU" as you walk by, and yeah...should be ok.

tramp73 · Post by **tramp73** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:53 am

RGV Pony wrote:
tramp73 wrote:
Lot's of great tailgating, mostly west and north of the stadium. You'll find plenty of Tech fans who will fix you up with free food and drinks.

just ignore those to the left and the right of the above mentioned fans who will tell you "SMU sucks," will hold signs saying "honk if SMU sucks" which will be displayed on the news, will have a throng of fans chanting "F*** u SMU" as you walk by, and yeah...should be ok.

Won't be anything like that going on, but continue on in your delusions if it makes you happy. I've seen even A&M or UT fans welcomed at our tailgates; we certainly don't get excited enough about SMU to make signs.

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:20 am

tramp73 wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:
tramp73 wrote:
Lot's of great tailgating, mostly west and north of the stadium. You'll find plenty of Tech fans who will fix you up with free food and drinks.

just ignore those to the left and the right of the above mentioned fans who will tell you "SMU sucks," will hold signs saying "honk if SMU sucks" which will be displayed on the news, will have a throng of fans chanting "F*** u SMU" as you walk by, and yeah...should be ok.

Won't be anything like that going on, but continue on in your delusions if it makes you happy. I've seen even A&M or UT fans welcomed at our tailgates; we certainly don't get excited enough about SMU to make signs.

Well, there was the last time I was there two years ago. I'll let you know Saturday night or Sunday if there is this time.

As for the "newscast" referenced above, such a sign and chant was seen on the Lubbock news that was rebroadcast around midnight once I got back to the hotel. Oh, and the FUSMU was particularly prevalent inside the stadium during the playing of the SMU alma mater, when the stadium was quiet except for the band and the chant.

ponyangel · Post by **ponyangel** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:14 pm

I just booked a hotel....

2 hotels sold out while I was trying to book a room.
12 were already sold out

Hurry if you want a room in Lubbock
I think there was one hotel left with availability

MustangMan2001 · Post by **MustangMan2001** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:40 am

Is anyone staying at the Raddison in Lubbock?

RHS · Post by **RHS** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:30 pm

mrydel wrote:I broke down once on a trip back from a game. I believe the town was Muleshoe. I was not happy,

This is the second thread today where a pony fan has no clue of Texas geopgraphy. :lol:

Once you get out of Dallas city limits, you are lost. Do you guys realize that make you look stupid, not Tech, Tech alumni, or the city of Lubbock? :wink:

You can take I20 West from Dallas to Sweetwater and be on a major US highway that is far from the middle of nowhere. Then cut up to Lubbock on State HW 84 North. Stay on that road, which will turn into Qve Q in Lubbock. Take a left on 4th street and you'll see the stadium in a couple of blocks. If you get lost following those directions, you should just give SMU back your sheepskin and apologize to your pony family. :lol:

That trip takes 5:30 or so, depending on how fast you drive.

I live in Dallas and have season tickets and have no problem driving to and from Lubbock. If that is too complicated, take 114 West at the North side of DFW Airport and never have to change highways. That turns into 4th street and you never have to get on a different road. The towns are more sparse that way but takes about 5:15 to get there.

As far as being treated well at the game, well, you tend to get treated the way you treat people in Lubbock. Which is pretty much the same the world over. Tell people you are there to enjoy a good football game and you won't have any problems. Tell people you think Lubbock sucks and Tech students are stupid like you do on this board, and of course you are going to get a negative response.

PonyLove · Post by **PonyLove** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:33 pm

RHS wrote:Do you guys realize that make you look stupid, not Tech, Tech alumni, or the city of Lubbock?

Tech needs no help in looking stupid.

Ponyx2 · Post by **Ponyx2** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:38 pm

RHS wrote:
mrydel wrote:I broke down once on a trip back from a game. I believe the town was Muleshoe. I was not happy,
This is the second thread today where a pony fan has no clue of Texas geopgraphy. Once you get out of Dallas city limits, you are lost. Do you guys realize that make you look stupid, not Tech, Tech alumni, or the city of Lubbock?

You can take I20 West from Dallas to Sweetwater and be on a major US highway that is far from the middle of nowhere. Then cut up to Lubbock on State HW 84 North. Stay on that road, which will turn into Qve Q in Lubbock. Take a left on 4th street and you'll see the stadium in a couple of blocks. If you get lost following those directions, you should just give SMU back your sheepskin and apologize to your pony family.

That trip takes 5:30 or so, depending on how fast you drive.

I live in Dallas and have season tickets and have no problem driving to and from Lubbock. If that is too complicated, take 114 West at the North side of DFW Airport and never have to change highways. That turns into 4th street and you never have to get on a different road. The towns are more sparse that way but takes about 5:15 to get there.

As far as being treated well at the game, well, you tend to get treated the way you treat people in Lubbock. Which is pretty much the same the world over. Tell people you are there to enjoy a good football game and you won't have any problems. Tell people you think Lubbock sucks and Tech students are stupid like you do on this board, and of course you are going to get a negative response.

If you head north from I-20, slow the hell down at Post. Their speed limits drop but the signs are hard to see and they will give you a ticket. I've known several who were caught this way.