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Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:32 pm
by leopold
There is constant chatter about Tulane building an on-campus facility.
http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/20 ... s_foo.htmlThere are multiple scenarios, but you have to believe that they could pull it off if they so chose to. Hope they do.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:49 pm
by docabel
From the look of it on TV, I wouldn't have fathomed 60 people were there. I think those dark seats really camoflouge people, but the only time I was sure there were people there was when they zoomed in for closeups.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:06 pm
by PoconoPony
On TV it appeared that the only people there were the Mustang Band the teams and coaching staffs. Horrible setting with so few in the crowd.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:32 pm
by skyscraper
Thanks for the link. Very interesting. Hadn't heard about their plans for an on-campus facility.
The Superdome is a great facility, but not for what Tulane football is. A streetcar ride to Uptown for a future SMU/Tulane game sounds good to me.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:15 pm
by Charleston Pony
lots of similarities between Tulane and SMU and assuming we may both be slated for long term futures in CUSA or as conference mates wherever we play, I'd love to see them build a facility similar to what we have in Ford Stadium.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:34 pm
by Mestengo
http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/fo ... e/2009.pdfEast Carolina 7 292,191 41,742
UCF 7 266,543 38,078
Southern Miss. 6 184,178 30,696
Memphis 6 154,769 25,795
Tulane 6 150,884 25,147
Tulsa 6 135,010 22,502
SMU 6 128,085 21,348
UAB 5 89,933 17,987
Rice 6 81,309 13,552
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:37 pm
by Nacho
those are tremendously inflated numbers for tulane.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:56 pm
by PonyKai
Agreed. They might be that if they take Saints home games and Tulane home games then just average the two together.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:14 pm
by Stallion
the two similarities is that SMU used to be led by a pinhead and Tulane still is.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:30 pm
by tristatecoog
A question is how Tulane can even SELL that many tickets.
It was that bad last year as well. UH had more fans than Tulane and there were similar comments about the atmosphere. A large Domed, off-campus stadium isn't the way to go.
Re: Revisiting SMU-Tulane...Superdome/game thoughts
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:41 pm
by RGV Pony
tristatecoog wrote:A question is how Tulane can even SELL that many tickets.
It was that bad last year as well. UH had more fans than Tulane and there were similar comments about the atmosphere. A large Domed, off-campus stadium isn't the way to go.
as you can well attest