(11-06-2019 01:21 PM)gusrob Wrote: (11-06-2019 11:29 AM)3601 Wrote: I got berated by one of our good fans when I left the Mobile Bowl a few minutes before the horn sounded after standing in the rain for four hours. We were down 52-28 at the time.
We talked about it. But we were so soaked, it didn't even matter anymore. But to your point, why do we judge our fellow fans? I don't get it. Someone asked me why I was leaving early for the CBU bball exhibition. REALLY? Anytime you get this many people in 1 place, there will be nuts.
If there were a screen in between the field and the stands that shielded the team's and coach's view of people leaving, the difference in crowd size from the start to the finish, I wouldn't care if you stayed, left, or set yourself on fire. And Saturday was not a good example, the game was sold out, and people stayed for the most part because the game was tight to the end.
My main beef is with people who "want to be big-time", but aren't willing to "put in the work" to BE big-time. How do you think the SMU fans that visited felt when they saw that literally full stadium with 95% Tigers fans? My first thought would be "intimidated", then envious. I just want that for every game, you know, since it's only 6 times a year. Maybe 7 this year. We have the opportunity to be THE flagship without dispute in the AAC. We have the seating capacity for it (biggest except for Temple and USF?), we have the population count for it, and right now... AS LONG AS HE'S HAPPY HERE...hint, hint... we have the coach for it.
Every year, I think we (AAC) will continue to rise, and eventually we will become a destination conference, and then
Every year, the initial CFP poll comes out, and then
Every year, I realize we need to become attractive enough to the BigXII to get snatched up in 2025.
I guess it's just like the old saying - "Pray like it all depends on God, and then work like it all depends on you."