Shenandoah, TX 2018-19 NCAA d3fb championships

[phil]

Merle, keep watching those Shenandoah council meetings and report back to us regarding how southerners pronounce certain words and your own perceived slights to the DIII football world. You're the posting equivalent to one fan in a 23,000 seat stadium.

[Warren Thompson]

Merle,...report back to us regarding how southerners pronounce certain words ....

Phil: be careful. Texans don't always cotton to being called "southerners." Texans are Texans, a breed apart. Alabamians, Mississippians, Georgians et al are 'southerners."  Keep in mind, for example, that a Texan living in Odessa has virtually nothing in common with, say, a Kentuckian, except maybe a liking for KFC .   

[phil]

Warren, I do declare, I stand corrected! Bless your heart! 

[Knightstalker]

Merle,...report back to us regarding how southerners pronounce certain words ....

Phil: be careful. Texans don't always cotton to being called "southerners." Texans are Texans, a breed apart. Alabamians, Mississippians, Georgians et al are 'southerners."  Keep in mind, for example, that a Texan living in Odessa has virtually nothing in common with, say, a Kentuckian, except maybe a liking for KFC .   

I can vouch for what Warren is saying.  When I was in the Navy and we would pull into a foreign port people would ask where we were from.  Most of us answered either America or the US, the Texans would all drawl I'm from Texas.

[smedindy]

D-1 also has more than one game a year on "national television".  Nobody give a rip about Kent St vs Buffalo, or the Locite SuperGlue Bowl in mid-week early December.  This is D3's chance to shine and not be "glorified high school football".  I want two top notch teams, a bunch of fans and an atmosphere that is befitting of a National Championship.  But if it looks like garbage on TV and there are no fans, maybe instead of MACtion on Tuesday or Wednesdays, we can have D3dication or D3termination for a Tuesday night Stagg Bowl.  But at least it should be warmer

There are all kinds of embarrassing things in D1 that I hope never make it to D3.  I wonder if some of the lesser FBS bowl games have city councils that complain over having to pay to bus the teams around...

Well, I do love me some MACtion. And I do know that alumni at Kent St. and Buffalo do care (at least some of them), and the players and families and coaches care. Also, the ratings for the minor bowls on ESPN are enough that ESPN will continue to own and televise most all of them.

Any game can be exciting with good to great plays - and any game can be hot garbage.

[merlecanlas]

D-1 also has more than one game a year on "national television".  Nobody give a rip about Kent St vs Buffalo, or the Locite SuperGlue Bowl in mid-week early December.  This is D3's chance to shine and not be "glorified high school football".  I want two top notch teams, a bunch of fans and an atmosphere that is befitting of a National Championship.  But if it looks like garbage on TV and there are no fans, maybe instead of MACtion on Tuesday or Wednesdays, we can have D3dication or D3termination for a Tuesday night Stagg Bowl.  But at least it should be warmer

There are all kinds of embarrassing things in D1 that I hope never make it to D3.  I wonder if some of the lesser FBS bowl games have city councils that complain over having to pay to bus the teams around...

Well, I do love me some MACtion. And I do know that alumni at Kent St. and Buffalo do care (at least some of them), and the players and families and coaches care. Also, the ratings for the minor bowls on ESPN are enough that ESPN will continue to own and televise most all of them.

Any game can be exciting with good to great plays - and any game can be hot garbage.

Alumni at Kent State care?  yeah ok. 

[merlecanlas]

Merle, keep watching those Shenandoah council meetings and report back to us regarding how southerners pronounce certain words and your own perceived slights to the DIII football world. You're the posting equivalent to one fan in a 23,000 seat stadium.

I heard that the city council meeting discussed the Stagg Bowl, is that not relative?

The TX lady bitched about the cold numerous times, I'm sorry if I hurt your precious feeling about the way she spoke.  If you want, we can hold hands and talk about our feelings together at the next Stagg Bowl.  You are special and people love you.  I am really sorry if your precious feelings were hurt.

[AO]

A crowd of 5-10 thousand is never going to convince the average football fan that the Stagg isn't "glorified high school football".      You can make the atmosphere better by picking stadiums with less room between the sideline and stands.  The Hall of Fame stadium is going to be a major upgrade in this regard over Salem Stadium.  Woodforest Bank stadium is somewhere between those two.

[merlecanlas]

A crowd of 5-10 thousand is never going to convince the average football fan that the Stagg isn't "glorified high school football".      You can make the atmosphere better by picking stadiums with less room between the sideline and stands.  The Hall of Fame stadium is going to be a major upgrade in this regard over Salem Stadium.  Woodforest Bank stadium is somewhere between those two.

10k in Salem Stadium would have looked great on the wide shot on ESPNU.  Did you hear that the UMHB side was "filled up" at this last Stagg Bowl?

2-3k in Texas is going to look terrible

I'm sure that Shenandoah will be giving tickets away to get a reasonable amount of physical "fans" there

[Pat Coleman]

A crowd of 5-10 thousand is never going to convince the average football fan that the Stagg isn't "glorified high school football".      You can make the atmosphere better by picking stadiums with less room between the sideline and stands.  The Hall of Fame stadium is going to be a major upgrade in this regard over Salem Stadium. 

This isn't close enough? It's not like there's a track around the field. I thought this was pretty good in that regard.

[merlecanlas]

https://youtu.be/XOX1Tm5qpNQ

absolutely disgusting how much room on the sidelines....makes me sick

[AO]

A crowd of 5-10 thousand is never going to convince the average football fan that the Stagg isn't "glorified high school football".      You can make the atmosphere better by picking stadiums with less room between the sideline and stands.  The Hall of Fame stadium is going to be a major upgrade in this regard over Salem Stadium. 

This isn't close enough? It's not like there's a track around the field. I thought this was pretty good in that regard.

Yeah, I'd say it's close enough.  Would be nice if they could have set up some bleachers at the white dotted line behind the end zone.  Just pointing out one of the advantages of the Hall of Fame stadium. 

[merlecanlas]

A crowd of 5-10 thousand is never going to convince the average football fan that the Stagg isn't "glorified high school football".      You can make the atmosphere better by picking stadiums with less room between the sideline and stands.  The Hall of Fame stadium is going to be a major upgrade in this regard over Salem Stadium. 

This isn't close enough? It's not like there's a track around the field. I thought this was pretty good in that regard.

Yeah, I'd say it's close enough.  Would be nice if they could have set up some bleachers at the white dotted line behind the end zone.  Just pointing out one of the advantages of the Hall of Fame stadium.

Salem is flying distance from a bunch of D3FB.  Why would they put up bleacher seats?  Salem could only fill up the stands when UMHB is in town*  The rest of D3 travels like garbage

[AO]

Salem is flying distance from a bunch of D3FB.  Why would they put up bleacher seats?  Salem could only fill up the stands when UMHB is in town*  The rest of D3 travels like garbage

If the goal is to improve atmosphere and the experience of the players and fans I'd want to put the rowdiest fans as close as possible to the field.  When somebody scores a touchdown wouldn't it be great if the student section was right there to celebrate with the players?

[merlecanlas]

Salem is flying distance from a bunch of D3FB.  Why would they put up bleacher seats?  Salem could only fill up the stands when UMHB is in town*  The rest of D3 travels like garbage

If the goal is to improve atmosphere and the experience of the players and fans I'd want to put the rowdiest fans as close as possible to the field.  When somebody scores a touchdown wouldn't it be great if the student section was right there to celebrate with the players?

My goal would be to make it the easiest for fans to attend the game.  I'd worry about the fans positioning in the stands later.