SMUPhil wrote:I wasn't at that game, so maybe there truly were more Tech fans than SMU fans. But the last TCU game I heard the same thing about how they were buying up all the tickets, and it would be a purple stadium, which ended up not being true.
I guess I just think that more than 15k SMU fans will come out for the home opener against an old SWC rival, and after a bowl (blowout) win over Fresno. Hope I'm right!
I'd be willing to bet than 90+% of people on the boulevard for the next game would not be able to tell you who we played in the Hawaii bowl last year.
It could be 80% SMU fans and that might still be the case.
Oh, no I meant 90+% of those supporting smu, in response to someone saying a bowl win would bring out the smu fans for the opener
My Sperrys and sunglass strap which holds my either neon orange or neon green Wayfarer ripoffs are both leather, and my Smathers and Branson whale-embroidered belt is baby blue. Also, all I have are seersucker shorts and pastel polos. Why doesn't Culwell and Son carry any SMU stuff???!?!?!
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My Sperrys and sunglass strap which holds my either neon orange or neon green Wayfarer ripoffs are both leather, and my Smathers and Branson whale-embroidered belt is baby blue. Also, all I have are seersucker shorts and pastel polos. Why doesn't Culwell and Son carry any SMU stuff???!?!?!
ponyinNC wrote:That SMU-TCU game was 60-40 SMU, maybe more. I expect Tech to be about the same.
Maybe..but a significant segment of the SMU fans..the 60% you speak of...are blue-hairs that bail early and get upset when people get rowdy and cheer for the Mustangs. We need more youth in the stands cheering for SMU! I am thankful the older generation shows up, but 60-40 in SMU's favor doesn't really mean much when 20% are blue-hairs that bail in mass half way thru the 3rd quarter no matter what the score or how exciting the game is. It's understandable at their age that they gotta get home to put on their satin slippers, take their Nytol and get to bed...but the Tech fans will be chanting. Again we need to add more youth in our stands!
I do not think the older crowd leaves early in any higher percentage than the rest of the crowd. Plenty of parents with young kids who bail early too, among others. As a percentage, I think the students are more likely to bail early than just about any other demographic group.
Grant Carter wrote:I do not think the older crowd leaves early in any higher percentage than the rest of the crowd. Plenty of parents with young kids who bail early too, among others. As a percentage, I think the students are more likely to bail early than just about any other demographic group.
I agree Grant...you are at least partly correct....we seem to have a crowd fan base that no matter what the score....no matter how exciting the game is they bail. It can't be to avoid some horrible traffic. They bail if we are losing, they bail just the same if we are winning....they even bail if it's a close high scoring game coming down to the wire!
Grant Carter wrote:I do not think the older crowd leaves early in any higher percentage than the rest of the crowd. Plenty of parents with young kids who bail early too, among others. As a percentage, I think the students are more likely to bail early than just about any other demographic group.
I agree Grant...you are at least partly correct....we seem to have a crowd fan base that no matter what the score....no matter how exciting the game is they bail. It can't be to avoid some horrible traffic. They bail if we are losing, they bail just the same if we are winning....they even bail if it's a close high scoring game coming down to the wire!
I think it was against Navy a couple of years ago...we were going into OT, and at least 10-15 people around me got up to leave. I actually asked them why anyone would do that, and they just gave me this shrug like, "whatever, we don't really care either way".
For what it's worth, there are coaches at a lot of schools who wear unorthodox colors so that when players look to the sideline, they can find the coach quickly. Jones wears black sweats with SMU logos at practice every day. There were times (maybe every game — don't remember) when secondary coach Derrick Odum wore a green golf shirt on the sideline so the DBs could find him. There was a time years ago (either Bennett years or Cavan years — don't remember that, either) when the linebackers coach wore white gloves on the sideline so his hands would stand out against the wall of red jerseys behind him while he signaled in calls from the sideline. Happens at other schools, too. It's not coaches being dismissive of school colors, but simply trying to be clearly visible on the sideline.
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PonyPride wrote:For what it's worth, there are coaches at a lot of schools who wear unorthodox colors so that when players look to the sideline, they can find the coach quickly. Jones wears black sweats with SMU logos at practice every day. There were times (maybe every game — don't remember) when secondary coach Derrick Odum wore a green golf shirt on the sideline so the DBs could find him. There was a time years ago (either Bennett years or Cavan years — don't remember that, either) when the linebackers coach wore white gloves on the sideline so his hands would stand out against the wall of red jerseys behind him while he signaled in calls from the sideline. Happens at other schools, too. It's not coaches being dismissive of school colors, but simply trying to be clearly visible on the sideline.
You said a lot of schools do this. Could you name 2 others.
