Mean Purple
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Look, if we could stay for games in the early/mid 90s, then you can stay for them in the winning era. And we did not have beer. Well, we did not have beer that was sold in the stadium. (nor the bourbon for that matter)
FWST: ‘A lot of people in red and blue.’ TCU’s Patterson not happy with crowd for SMU game
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Despite the odds Frog
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This guy gets it. This is a real fan. Go Frogs!
Big Frog II
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Well that’s is what those ushers are for. If that company can’t do their job we need to hire another one.
Hoosierfrog
Tier 1
Anyone coming to this board might get the impression that football ranks somewhere below beer, suites, huge video screen, weather, uniform fashion, Baylor...
Why does GP sometimes act like a petulant 2 year old? I was on the sideline and during the 1st timeout we were trying to count actual SMU fans wearing red it was an embarrassing turnout for SMU. Just because they kicked our *&^% and 100 of them gathered together to cheer doesnt mean there was an SMU takeover of the place. Nothing drives me crazier than getting your butt kicked and deflecting to irrelevant nonsense like what were our fans were doing. Watching a poorly prepared, poorly coached team is what we were doing..Did we need more fans to call aWild Frog pass on 4th and 1? If the fans were more alert could we have voted whether Song was a better option than Duggan on 4th down?
westoverhillbilly
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Even during the Pony Express days of the early 80's when SMU finished #2 in the polls, they couldn't draw flies to their games- I remember going to see them play our Frogs at Texas stadium. They've had sub 10,000 tickets sold to some of their games in recent history with a very low percentage of those attending.
However, Sonny put together a solid team with a great effort and caught us in a quarterback funk, which happens to many programs (i.e. UT, A&M and everybody but Alabama and recent Clemson and OU teams).. I trust Max will come on this season..
However, Sonny put together a solid team with a great effort and caught us in a quarterback funk, which happens to many programs (i.e. UT, A&M and everybody but Alabama and recent Clemson and OU teams).. I trust Max will come on this season..
smufrogger
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They flooded the north east lower deck next to the student section. And by flooded maybe 50-100 smu fans tops. No CSc personnel were checking tickets. They were checking the student section but not directly next to the student section.
Billy Clyde
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Dude.
QuilterFrawg
CDR USN (Ret)
Eventually, these conference and universities will have to decide if they want fans attendance or TV money because you cannot expect your fan base to site in 90+ heat when the experience is better at home.
I love the frogs but Saturday’s experience is making me reconsider if I will to subject my family to a day Game in September.
Ehh, doesn’t matter how many fans you have in the stands on third down when everyone thinks just waving three fingers is enough.
smufrogger
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There appears to be no quality control or accountability of the ushers. Few of them bother with checking tickets
smufrogger
Active Member
Reading comprehension not your strong suit?
Let me slow it down for you...
1-There were not a lot of smu fans there.
2-There was a small gathering next to the student section who made a bit of noise.
3- Gary was exaggerating the smu presence.
Finally- the ushers allowed the smu fans to take over the one section open on the lower east side.
DieHardFrog2020MBA
Turd
Girlfriend who is SMU law student insisted on wearing SMU shirt to game. I told her it better be mostly white, and it was. Small SMU logo up near the collar. Most didn't seem to notice it. Quite a few in purple were staring at her woman parts though.
BrewingFrog
Was I supposed to type something here?
You know, I might still have this kind of attitude if TCU hadn't kicked myself and every other stalwart fan out of our seats and relegated us to the nether regions beyond the 20s, then filled in those newly vacated areas with Big Donors. What was a solid block of supporters is gone, replaced by StubHub buyers.
I will also add that it isn't like this is the first time the Frogs have looked like a gang of bumbling oaves. Somehow, the Staff is unable to instill discipline, poise, and knowledge of what players are to do during games. For 3 of the last 4 seasons, our offense has been spotty at best, and it was clear from the first possession that this game was going to be a bad one. Fans voted with their feet.
Oh, and had we managed to pull out the win, there would be plenty of people on the ledge...
cheese83
Full Member
I know TV scheduling dictates when we play our games but I don't think any team should play anything but night games. It would help with attendance as most can finish up kids sports that day then tailgate for a few hours and enjoy a little cooler weather. Plus it would benefit the players too.
But that will never happen.
OmniscienceFrog
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Nah, they won't lose thousands. They may lose a few, but most will still want their tickets to the bigger conference games and to party in their suites and the parking lots. They just won't go to the scrimmages and mid day non interesting games.
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OmniscienceFrog
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Shouldn't have run off a lot of the fans that went to all the games and stayed to the end, 7-8 years ago. They got what they wanted, money.
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