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The CUSA Title game is being played at Rice, and there aren't that many people there. If it were being played at Marshall (where it should of been), it would be a packed house. With that said, GO THUNDERING HEARD!!

Rice up 14-0 end of the first quarter.

now 21-3 Rice

That crowd is pathetic for a championship game...

(12-07-2013 12:55 PM)jcduncan13 Wrote:  That crowd is pathetic for a championship game...

C-USA!

Marshall is a different team on the road.

So we have better attendance in a crappy stadium with a 2 win team than a 9 win team in a conference championship in a crappier stadium?

We have no right to slam Rice's attendance, as their home game situation is the same as ours. You know damn well that if we were hosting the game and Bammer/Auburn were in the SEC Championship Game we'd struggle to get 30,000.

Rice should've done what we did and flip the sideline...their home side doesn't look that bad.

(12-07-2013 01:35 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  So we have better attendance in a crappy stadium with a 2 win team than a 9 win team in a conference championship in a crappier stadium?

Not even comparable.

We have a lot more students. Rice is a private research school. Houston is in Rice's backyard.

(12-07-2013 02:09 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 01:35 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  So we have better attendance in a crappy stadium with a 2 win team than a 9 win team in a conference championship in a crappier stadium?

Not even comparable.

We have a lot more students. Rice is a private research school. Houston is in Rice's backyard.

a private research school that has played football for over 100 years

(12-07-2013 02:32 PM)Motley Blazer Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 02:09 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 01:35 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  So we have better attendance in a crappy stadium with a 2 win team than a 9 win team in a conference championship in a crappier stadium?

Not even comparable.

We have a lot more students. Rice is a private research school. Houston is in Rice's backyard.

a private research school that has played football for over 100 years

Also keep in mind that there are a lot of football games today in Texas. The C-USA game is just one being played right now in Houston today. The other is the SWAC game. Look at the stands for the UCF vs SMU game in Dallas right now. And Texas plays Baylor later today.

(12-07-2013 02:32 PM)Motley Blazer Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 02:09 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 01:35 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  So we have better attendance in a crappy stadium with a 2 win team than a 9 win team in a conference championship in a crappier stadium?

Not even comparable.

We have a lot more students. Rice is a private research school. Houston is in Rice's backyard.

a private research school that has played football for over 100 years

And that means what?

There was no one at SMU for the UCF game either. SMU would have gone bowling if they won, and UCF is ranked.

All I know is that Rice has higher academic standards than us, and they are winning. Must be the coaching.

The question is more on the order is what exceptions are made for Rice's athletic admissions compared to UAB's.

Apples to apples, sir.

(12-07-2013 03:13 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  All I know is that Rice has higher academic standards than us, and they are winning. Must be the coaching.

Rice did hire a winning head coach from the FCS ranks.

(12-07-2013 03:23 PM)HSV_BLAZER Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 03:13 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  All I know is that Rice has higher academic standards than us, and they are winning. Must be the coaching.

Rice did hire a winning head coach from the FCS ranks.

Same with MAC Champion Bowling Green. Hire somebody that has proven they are HC'ing material.............a novel idea!.

(12-07-2013 03:23 PM)HSV_BLAZER Wrote:  

(12-07-2013 03:13 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  All I know is that Rice has higher academic standards than us, and they are winning. Must be the coaching.

Rice did hire a winning head coach from the FCS ranks.

(12-07-2013 03:12 PM)legalblazer Wrote:  There was no one at SMU for the UCF game either. SMU would have gone bowling if they won, and UCF is ranked.

Yeah...but there are 300,000 people without power in Dallas. You could barely get to the stadium....half the roads to it were closed.

(12-07-2013 03:13 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  All I know is that Rice has higher academic standards than us, and they are winning. Must be the coaching.

In general, yes. For football players, I'm not sure that's true