(09-01-2015 09:44 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  So I'm a Coastal alum living in Houston currently. If I make the trip to Texas State to see my Chanticleers play them in basketball, will I be impressed with the atmosphere, or disappointed?

As a point of reference, Coastal basketball attendance averaged circa 2,500 per game last year, so that's about what I'm used to.

Disappointed. At most 2,000 fans but could be 1,000.

(09-01-2015 09:44 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  So I'm a Coastal alum living in Houston currently. If I make the trip to Texas State to see my Chanticleers play them in basketball, will I be impressed with the atmosphere, or disappointed?

As a point of reference, Coastal basketball attendance averaged circa 2,500 per game last year, so that's about what I'm used to.

With any Sun Belt School in basketball, attendance is directly tied to the success of the program. Run across anyone on a good year, and you'll be pretty impressed overall. During a bad year? Not so much.

(09-01-2015 09:44 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  So I'm a Coastal alum living in Houston currently. If I make the trip to Texas State to see my Chanticleers play them in basketball, will I be impressed with the atmosphere, or disappointed?

As a point of reference, Coastal basketball attendance averaged circa 2,500 per game last year, so that's about what I'm used to.

I highly recommend making to TXST and ULL for football and baseball games. Both are great sits for both. ULL will blow you away with top notch tailgating and baseball support you won't see anywhere outside SEC, ACC, and Big 12 schools.

(09-01-2015 08:11 AM)GaSouthern Wrote:  

(08-31-2015 10:14 PM)CCUstudent Wrote:  Feels like home already. It's great to be in a conference that actually has fans.

Our first In conference game was against USA last season and it was so exciting to see another fan base who took the game seriously and were out in numbers tailgating! When we were in the SoCon the only other team with any game day atmosphere was Appy.

I'm sure you can relate coming from the Big South as well.

I thought Furman's game day atmosphere wasn't bad, neither was The Citadel's.

(09-01-2015 07:39 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:32 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:20 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  You do realize you're pretty much talking to yourself. They have a couple of hundred hardcore fans. Their lack of posting on here kind of says it all.

Honestly, besides the Cajuns, GS, and maybe stAte most of us only have a couple hundred hardcore fans.....

Dude.....

I'll right this off as a clerical error. You're missing the biggest hardcore base of them all.

What do you mean? He already listed GS.

(09-01-2015 10:48 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:39 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:32 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:20 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  You do realize you're pretty much talking to yourself. They have a couple of hundred hardcore fans. Their lack of posting on here kind of says it all.

Honestly, besides the Cajuns, GS, and maybe stAte most of us only have a couple hundred hardcore fans.....

Dude.....

I'll right this off as a clerical error. You're missing the biggest hardcore base of them all.

What do you mean? He already listed GS.

Shirley, you can't be serious.

(09-01-2015 11:20 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 10:48 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:39 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:32 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:20 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  You do realize you're pretty much talking to yourself. They have a couple of hundred hardcore fans. Their lack of posting on here kind of says it all.

Honestly, besides the Cajuns, GS, and maybe stAte most of us only have a couple hundred hardcore fans.....

Dude.....

I'll right this off as a clerical error. You're missing the biggest hardcore base of them all.

What do you mean? He already listed GS.

Shirley, you can't be serious.

He is, and that's a strange name for a guy.

(09-01-2015 11:22 AM)Usajags Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 11:20 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 10:48 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:39 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:32 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  Honestly, besides the Cajuns, GS, and maybe stAte most of us only have a couple hundred hardcore fans.....

Dude.....

I'll right this off as a clerical error. You're missing the biggest hardcore base of them all.

What do you mean? He already listed GS.

Shirley, you can't be serious.

He is, and that's a strange name for a guy.

I've been familiar with Stink fans since I started at Appalachian, and I know for a fact that App has more fans, hardcore or otherwise, than Georgia Southern.

It's not even close.

(09-01-2015 11:24 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  It's not even close.

I would argue we have more die-hards as evidenced by how well we travel and our strong internet presence. GSUfans has more activity than any other SBC I've been on.

(09-01-2015 11:34 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 11:24 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  It's not even close.

I would argue we have more die-hards as evidenced by how well we travel and our strong internet presence. GSUfans has more activity than any other SBC I've been on.

YC is a very popular site. I'm not a member of your board so I can't compare them.

Re: Travel, we travel very well to every school not named Georgia Southern. We brought more fans to VT than any ACC team that year, more to ECU than any CUSA team that year (it was pre-AAC), brought twice as many to Elon than the home team every other year, packed Richmond's stadium, 5 hours from Boone, in the frigid cold and snow, and so on. We had over 1,000 fly to Montana. We're bringing 8k to Clemson in two weeks.

I had a good time and met good people on my only trip to Statesboro, but of all the App fans I know (and I know hundreds), most of them swear they'l never go back because they were treated so poorly.

It hinges on how one defines a "diehard fan," which is too subjective to quantify. I just know that our attendance numbers put yours to shame, and I think you're currently riding a bandwagon that is a product of the FBS move and last year's success. 2015 GSUfans.com activity does not indicate diehard fans as much as sustained attendance through bad football (ie 2013-October 2014 App football).

Is this the pissing match we were warned about?

(09-01-2015 11:47 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  Is this the pissing match we were warned about?

Yes, and its been going non-stop since 1995.

I must have missed the dog days of app fans bitching about travel partners, as I know I've personally not read one and have not posted one

(09-01-2015 11:47 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  Is this the pissing match we were warned about?

Yes!!! GS and App will derail every thread with a pissing match.

(09-01-2015 11:47 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  Is this the pissing match we were warned about?

It gets far worse during game week between the two. Expect jokes about goats, gnats, cheating officials, yellow buses, and a drainage ditch.

The stink just can't stand the fact their school can't compare

(09-01-2015 11:50 AM)statefanatic Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 11:47 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  Is this the pissing match we were warned about?

Yes!!! GS and App will derail every thread with a pissing match.

That's only because they are mad we cracked the rock and ended their home win streak. Oh, and we pee further.

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(09-01-2015 11:24 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 11:22 AM)Usajags Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 11:20 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 10:48 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 07:39 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  Dude.....

I'll right this off as a clerical error. You're missing the biggest hardcore base of them all.

What do you mean? He already listed GS.

Shirley, you can't be serious.

He is, and that's a strange name for a guy.

I've been familiar with Stink fans since I started at Appalachian, and I know for a fact that App has more fans, hardcore or otherwise, than Georgia Southern.

It's not even close.

Don't be insecure because your school, stadium, and fan base presence are smaller. Size matters.

(09-01-2015 11:50 AM)statefanatic Wrote:  

(09-01-2015 11:47 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  Is this the pissing match we were warned about?

Yes!!! GS and App will derail every thread with a pissing match.

And the result is Beautiful Eagle Creek...

(09-01-2015 07:17 AM)DrGonzo Wrote:  And welcome Coastal!

LMaO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!