(01-23-2013 12:06 PM)downsouth Wrote:  Have you ridden on any "public transit" in Memphis lately? "Take a look around and you'll understand what I mean. I wasn't around in 1975, but if by backwoods you mean Memphis, then yes, you are correct.

So you're not able to see the difference between mass public transport and a gameday shuttle? Yikes...

(01-23-2013 11:14 AM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 11:10 AM)fsquid Wrote:  GEorgetown students seem to be able to show to all the games despite an off campus arena and a big metropolis around.

I'm going to make a prediction. The excuse here will be "Those are rich private-school kids. They don't have to work!"

When I was in school back in the early 90s I waited tables. I used to hand the manager the basketball schedule and tell him that if I was scheduled for any of the game days I would not be showing up. He would laugh, but he also never scheduled me for game days.

I was part of the student sections that Bob Huggins called the most obnoxious student section in college sports. The opposing teams would have to bring chairs out to the FT line during timeouts since we would make so much noise. I really enjoyed being at those games. It is one of my favorite college memories.

Wish the current students could experience just a little bit of that environment.

Did anyone see the tweet from @FantasyPastner today??

"Just voted blue crew to win the Naismith Student Section of the year! They are one of the best 8 person student sections in the nation!"

bwaaaaaaaahahahaha
well done, whoever you are... and I presume you're on the board...

(01-23-2013 12:30 PM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:06 PM)downsouth Wrote:  Have you ridden on any "public transit" in Memphis lately? "Take a look around and you'll understand what I mean. I wasn't around in 1975, but if by backwoods you mean Memphis, then yes, you are correct.

So you're not able to see the difference between mass public transport and a gameday shuttle? Yikes...

Its actually the same concept.

If you can figure out a better reason behind why more students don't take advantage of free transportation let me know.

(01-23-2013 03:51 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  Did anyone see the tweet from @FantasyPastner today??

"Just voted blue crew to win the Naismith Student Section of the year! They are one of the best 8 person student sections in the nation!"

bwaaaaaaaahahahaha
well done, whoever you are... and I presume you're on the board...

Classic.

When I was a student, I went to every game. This was during the Finch, Price, Jones, and Cal teams......aka 1996-2000. We sucked and I worked, but I had fun.

(01-23-2013 04:04 PM)downsouth Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:30 PM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:06 PM)downsouth Wrote:  Have you ridden on any "public transit" in Memphis lately? "Take a look around and you'll understand what I mean. I wasn't around in 1975, but if by backwoods you mean Memphis, then yes, you are correct.

So you're not able to see the difference between mass public transport and a gameday shuttle? Yikes...

Its actually the same concept.

If you can figure out a better reason behind why more students don't take advantage of free transportation let me know.

A better reason than they don't want to be seen as poor or want people to think they do things black people do? Hmmm, that's a tough one. Could be that...Oh, I don't know...they just don't feel like going to the game?

Seriously, the blinders you are wearing are straight out of the 20th century. Please go back.

(01-23-2013 04:25 PM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 04:04 PM)downsouth Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:30 PM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:06 PM)downsouth Wrote:  Have you ridden on any "public transit" in Memphis lately? "Take a look around and you'll understand what I mean. I wasn't around in 1975, but if by backwoods you mean Memphis, then yes, you are correct.

So you're not able to see the difference between mass public transport and a gameday shuttle? Yikes...

Its actually the same concept.

If you can figure out a better reason behind why more students don't take advantage of free transportation let me know.

A better reason than they don't want to be seen as poor or want people to think they do things black people do? Hmmm, that's a tough one. Could be that...Oh, I don't know...they just don't feel like going to the game?

Seriously, the blinders you are wearing are straight out of the 20th century. Please go back.

Are you freakin crazy?
how in the hell did you get this "things that black people do" out of this.
You've had some illogical whacked out posts but this is just nuts...

put down the bottle or something. sheeesh

(01-19-2013 04:33 PM)Br0cSamson Wrote:  It's been that way since we have been in the Forum. For some reason the ones that show up are "too cool" to do anything but sit and text. It's a good thing we are the city's team, because our students suck. It was that way when we had D Rose, it's that way now.

They are training for the day when they can buy nice seats, show up fashionably late and years later get aggravated when someone stands up and makes noise in front of them. How do you think our old fans got the way they are?

Sarcasm...

(01-23-2013 11:18 AM)bostontiger Wrote:  On-campus high speed rail to downtown or on-campus arena. NOW

(01-23-2013 11:14 AM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 11:10 AM)fsquid Wrote:  GEorgetown students seem to be able to show to all the games despite an off campus arena and a big metropolis around.

I'm going to make a prediction. The excuse here will be "Those are rich private-school kids. They don't have to work!"

ON CAMPUS ARENA NOW!!!!

On-campus high speed rail to downtown or on-campus arena. NOW

That would be awesome. Sometimes I drive home after work and change clothes, drive about four miles to a train station and take the train to the front of the AAC for a Mavericks game or concert. Nice change of pace and don't have to fight the traffic or park.

(01-23-2013 05:03 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  Are you freakin crazy?
how in the hell did you get this "things that black people do" out of this.
You've had some illogical whacked out posts but this is just nuts...

put down the bottle or something. sheeesh

Or you continue to disagree with me for no reason and call it illogical. Perhaps if you had an attention span longer than a goldfish, you could find the root of the actual conversation next time?

His first post:

downsouth Wrote:That would work in certain places, but in the South, and Memphis for certain, taking the bus or any form of public transportation is viewed as something that's for poor people or a certain demographic instead of being something that's smart and resourceful.

If you don't think it's as clear as day that he is talking about black people, I can't help you.

(01-23-2013 09:46 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 01:21 AM)21-17 Best Time I Ever Ha Wrote:  

(01-22-2013 10:39 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  If you want students to attend games you have OC facilities. Just look around at schools with good BB programs with OC facilities. Start with the ACC.........

There are many schools with off-campus bb arenas and students who fill them. There are also schools with off-campus football stadiums, like Oregon, whose students show up in droves.

Been talking BB and you use a FB example. And the example is the state land-grant university of the state of Oregon, where the university is the city's largest employer in a town of approx 150K. In fact, the UO campus covers half the city. Major sports at Oregon are the "thing to do" in a town the size of Eugene. Sports programs at UO are the focus of the entire state, certainly the city of Eugene & the student body. In Memphis, our athletics are probably only marginally supported over OM & UTK & the city as a whole has much more diverse interests than Memphis BB - including the Grizzlies, and many non-sports interests.

Did anyone watch the UK vs AL game last night? Did you notice the on-campus student support & where the students were sitting? Even AL, where they don't even no how to spell BB, the on-campus students support the BB program. And for the comment about students at the bars, maybe that's why they are still students. When I was going to college, I was almost finished before I turned 21.

But I do agree that if the students aren't attending, and they aren't for whatever reason, then make the student section smaller & sell the seats to paying customers.

Still believe the answer to student & alumni involvement & support ($$) for our athletic programs is OC facilities. And there are multiple examples & studies that show that OC facilities increase student & alumni involvement.

Yes, I used a football example, but you can certainly compare that to our lack of students at the LB, too. I also said there are other schools with bb arenas off-campus and their students somehow show up. So, I don't think you HAVE to have an on-campus arena to have good support for your bb program.

The OSU Beavers and the Portland Blazers also have huge followings in Oregon; it's not all about U of O sports. And conversely, I think when our bb is winning, even the SEC fans become Tiger BB fans, as did just about every person in Memphis during our NC run.

And for the record, I have been singing the virtues of an OCU for years. I see LOTS of value in having both bb and football on campus.

I finished my degree at 20. I never had enough money to eat in a restaurant, much less go to a bar. Today, it's the average to take 5-6 years to graduate. Trust me, today's kids, by and large, have lots of money to drink and eat. Going to a game should not be much of a hardship.

(01-23-2013 04:04 PM)downsouth Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:30 PM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  

(01-23-2013 12:06 PM)downsouth Wrote:  Have you ridden on any "public transit" in Memphis lately? "Take a look around and you'll understand what I mean. I wasn't around in 1975, but if by backwoods you mean Memphis, then yes, you are correct.

So you're not able to see the difference between mass public transport and a gameday shuttle? Yikes...

Its actually the same concept.

If you can figure out a better reason behind why more students don't take advantage of free transportation let me know.

Laziness?

But I sure as heck know it doesn't seem to faze the "rich" Rhodes students who get shuttled to E&H for frat parties.

I remember ... wait ... no I don't ...

when we played at the old round house and Kirk was coach, the student section was wild. we'd stay on the opposing players and coaches 30 minutes before a game started until the final buzzer.

never had so much fun and talking so much smack to the visitor's. usually there was a little alcohol involved somewhere along the way.


kids today have no idea how good they have it.

(01-23-2013 08:42 PM)djfanintn Wrote:  when we played at the old round house and Kirk was coach, the student section was wild. we'd stay on the opposing players and coaches 30 minutes before a game started until the final buzzer.

never had so much fun and talking so much smack to the visitor's. usually there was a little alcohol involved somewhere along the way.


kids today have no idea how good they have it.

Same when I was a student in the 70s, full house, we stayed on the opposition. Remember Al McGuire after a big game with Marquette (that we lost) telling the whole arena we were "number 1". Some great games and I didn't miss a one. And yes I would have driven downtown to see the games. But today, things are different. Lots of things for kids to do and the world revolves around them (or haven't you noticed), so unless it's about them it won't play like it did back in the day. No need for today's students who might disagree to state otherwise, the proof is in the support or lack of it. But have to say the student seating leaves something to be desired & the logistics to get there too. Nonetheless, if even AL draws a gym full of students for BB games, it has to be the thing to do ON CAMPUS.

(01-19-2013 07:09 PM)Tiger188 Wrote:  There are 2 or 3 sections up top that are also student sections, but are always empty. You would think a school with 20,000 kids could fill 2,000 seats. Sad.

When I was a student, I rarely went to weeknight games, even though I lived near campus, because I usually had to study (average mind / tough major). Considering how many students now live out east and that games are downtown, their low attendance on weeknights isn't too surprising. I wish UofM would build more dormitories and commit to bringing more students onto campus the way Louisville has. It has benefited them in several ways.

Someone needs to alert the students that Southern Miss is going to be a big game.