I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

Internet message boards: Serious stuff.

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I bet you were as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. But, there were several of us who would have loved to have a beer with you. The opposite of love is not hate... it's indifference and we respect the passion you have for La Tech.

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I have been a USM fan for over 35 years. I consider it a high mark in all my years of being a USM fan, I have never had the misfortune of meeting a complete douche_bag like you representing himself as being a USM fan. You are truly one pathetic person.

(09-27-2010 04:54 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I have been a USM fan for over 35 years. I consider it a high mark in all my years of being a USM fan, I have never had the misfortune of meeting a complete douche_bag like you representing himself as being a USM fan. You are truly one pathetic person.

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I see tech has at least one usm supporter. I hope you can hang around for another 35 and perhaps meet a more complete douche bag. Cheers.

Wow! Eager Eagles thoughts on Tech.

Thats like asking Satan his opinion on Jesus.

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

You are a sad, sad, little man.

(09-28-2010 08:11 AM)itdrummer Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

You are a sad, sad, little man.

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I will deeply cherish your opinion. Thanks.

(09-28-2010 11:04 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(09-28-2010 08:11 AM)itdrummer Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

You are a sad, sad, little man.

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I will deeply cherish your opinion. Thanks.

EE always shows his true colors and now more than ever! I have been very happy to read lots of good positive posts from Eagle fans about the Ruston experience and I know for a fact (because I was amongst them) that we had at least 22k! There was a lot of red there (it was our annual 'RED Out' game) and the student section was rocking!

I think the Dawgs could have played better but I congratulate the Eagles for their win! Good luck to them for the rest of the year!

Eager Eagle can go to HELL!

(09-28-2010 11:18 AM)dawgfaninhous Wrote:  

(09-28-2010 11:04 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(09-28-2010 08:11 AM)itdrummer Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

You are a sad, sad, little man.

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I will deeply cherish your opinion. Thanks.

EE always shows his true colors and now more than ever! I have been very happy to read lots of good positive posts from Eagle fans about the Ruston experience and I know for a fact (because I was amongst them) that we had at least 22k! There was a lot of red there (it was our annual 'RED Out' game) and the student section was rocking!

I think the Dawgs could have played better but I congratulate the Eagles for their win! Good luck to them for the rest of the year!

Eager Eagle can go to HELL!

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Didnt say there wasnt a lot of red, didnt say there wasnt a lot of students, didnt say the student section wasnt packed. I said no way there could have been over 18,000 or so due to the empty sections. Where were all these extra people? Certainally not in the empty seats.

(09-27-2010 04:22 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I bet you were as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. But, there were several of us who would have loved to have a beer with you. The opposite of love is not hate... it's indifference and we respect the passion you have for La Tech.

I don't know...I'd say that hate IS in fact the opposite of love; well an antonym of love, anyway. Detest works, too.

(09-28-2010 08:22 PM)ImsogladIwenttotheUofM Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 04:22 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I bet you were as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. But, there were several of us who would have loved to have a beer with you. The opposite of love is not hate... it's indifference and we respect the passion you have for La Tech.

I don't know...I'd say that hate IS in fact the opposite of love; well an antonym of love, anyway. Detest works, too.

Eager Eagle and Drew give Tech alot of play over here. They have an anti-passion for Tech. The vast majority of Tech fans couldn't care less about USM and Memphis and they are hardly ever brought up on our message board. It's kind of like a "bad press is better than no press at all" kind of thing.

(09-29-2010 11:01 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(09-28-2010 08:22 PM)ImsogladIwenttotheUofM Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 04:22 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I bet you were as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. But, there were several of us who would have loved to have a beer with you. The opposite of love is not hate... it's indifference and we respect the passion you have for La Tech.

I don't know...I'd say that hate IS in fact the opposite of love; well an antonym of love, anyway. Detest works, too.

Eager Eagle and Drew give Tech alot of play over here. They have an anti-passion for Tech. The vast majority of Tech fans couldn't care less about USM and Memphis and they are hardly ever brought up on our message board. It's kind of like a "bad press is better than no press at all" kind of thing.

I agree with you about Memphis. We have ZERO history with them, and frankly, who cares? On the other hand, I think most of us do care about Southern Miss. I know I would love to see this game on our schedule every year. In terms of a series with "Southern," they rank in Tech's top 3-4 all time...40+ times in the last 60 years. While sad it's been almost a generation since we've played (18 years), I'm glad we re-established this series.

(09-30-2010 10:38 AM)BarkonDawgs Wrote:  

(09-29-2010 11:01 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(09-28-2010 08:22 PM)ImsogladIwenttotheUofM Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 04:22 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(09-27-2010 03:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I did not have many pre-game comments on the tech-usm game other than most usm folks consider them to be just "one of those Louisiana teams" and could care less. This proved to be correct because we had a poor showing in fan support, as expected, and I was disappointed in the overall crowd, even those for Tech. Attendance was listed at over 22,000 but that is not even nearly correct. The additions on each end hold 7500 and they were empty. Subtract those from 30,600 leaves around 22,000 but there were still some sections with few if any fans and some scattered. There were gaping empty areas above where we sat and throughout the stadium. Actual folks would be maybe 18,000, about like the Navy game. I sure hope they travel better than us if the game next year is played in the Rock. Now, for my Tech fan club, I HAVE WALKED AMONGST you and wasnt recognized by even one of my fans. Your sleuth who "outed me" is wrong otherwise you would have recognized me by the picture he provided. Enough said.

I bet you were as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. But, there were several of us who would have loved to have a beer with you. The opposite of love is not hate... it's indifference and we respect the passion you have for La Tech.

I don't know...I'd say that hate IS in fact the opposite of love; well an antonym of love, anyway. Detest works, too.

Eager Eagle and Drew give Tech alot of play over here. They have an anti-passion for Tech. The vast majority of Tech fans couldn't care less about USM and Memphis and they are hardly ever brought up on our message board. It's kind of like a "bad press is better than no press at all" kind of thing.

I agree with you about Memphis. We have ZERO history with them, and frankly, who cares? On the other hand, I think most of us do care about Southern Miss. I know I would love to see this game on our schedule every year. In terms of a series with "Southern," they rank in Tech's top 3-4 all time...40+ times in the last 60 years. While sad it's been almost a generation since we've played (18 years), I'm glad we re-established this series.

True. USM is one of the very few Non-AQ teams that Tech respects... probably along with Boise and TCU. But if they aren't on our schedule, we aren't thinking about them or what's going on over there or how there attendance is. However, we do usually battle them pretty hard in the recruiting season.

(09-30-2010 11:01 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  True. USM is one of the very few Non-AQ teams that Tech respects... probably along with Boise and TCU.

La Tech (with its 2 bowl appearances this decade) saying that it respects only USM, Boise and TCU is like Iowa State saying that the only Big 12 teams it respects are Oklahoma and Texas.

(09-30-2010 10:47 PM)EdisonDoyle Wrote:  

(09-30-2010 11:01 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  True. USM is one of the very few Non-AQ teams that Tech respects... probably along with Boise and TCU.

La Tech (with its 2 bowl appearances this decade) saying that it respects only USM, Boise and TCU is like Iowa State saying that the only Big 12 teams it respects are Oklahoma and Texas.

"La Tech" didn't say it. A La Tech FAN did. Big difference. Surprise...no single person speaks for Tech's entire fan base...but we do respect each other's opinions.

(09-30-2010 10:47 PM)EdisonDoyle Wrote:  

(09-30-2010 11:01 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  True. USM is one of the very few Non-AQ teams that Tech respects... probably along with Boise and TCU.

La Tech (with its 2 bowl appearances this decade) saying that it respects only USM, Boise and TCU is like Iowa State saying that the only Big 12 teams it respects are Oklahoma and Texas.

Probably should have thrown Fresno and Hawaii in there too. Tech has historically done very well against our peers.

Since 1989 (Division1A)

Tech vs.current

CUSA teams: 23-15
MAC teams: 15-4
MWC teams: 1-3
Sun Belt teams: 28-7
WAC teams: 28-38

Total: 95-67 vs Non AQ teams

vs USM: 1-2
vs Boise: 1-8
vs Fresno: 3-6
vs Hawaii: 2-6

I understand what you're saying, T, but the reality is that we're likely going to have to move to C-USA, so we just as soon deal with it. I thought there was a decent chance for the Big 12, when 6 teams were leaving, but now that it's only 2, that's out. MWC was a solid chance, but the emergence of Utah State is likely going to block us.
WAC just looks too weak as a long term approach (unless we can get Houston, TCU, TUlsa, SMU and UTEP to join us in a WAC East).
It's not going to be easy leaving behind competition like Boise, Fresno and Nevada, but we have to do it.

Just delivering the news - C-USA it will have to be.

(10-03-2010 06:35 PM)HamiltonJames Wrote:  I understand what you're saying, T, but the reality is that we're likely going to have to move to C-USA, so we just as soon deal with it. I thought there was a decent chance for the Big 12, when 6 teams were leaving, but now that it's only 2, that's out. MWC was a solid chance, but the emergence of Utah State is likely going to block us.
WAC just looks too weak as a long term approach (unless we can get Houston, TCU, TUlsa, SMU and UTEP to join us in a WAC East).
It's not going to be easy leaving behind competition like Boise, Fresno and Nevada, but we have to do it.

Just delivering the news - C-USA it will have to be.

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Thanks for your announcement. Cusa officials can take note of this now and begin the admission process. Glad you chose our league, there were many of us who would have been devistated had you gone elsewhere. We need your tradition, where else would we find a program with 14 winning seasons out of the past 32 years, soon to be 14 out of past 33yrs.