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Originally Posted by ChuckK3

Back in the days of ancient Rome, THOUSANDS would flock to the Colosseum to watch the "less fortunate" get ripped to shreds by Rhinos, Lions, and Bulldawgs. Things haven't changed much in 2000 years.

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LMAO!!!!

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Originally Posted by FriscoDog

THIS... I attended in the early - mid 80's and saw this every year I was at Tech. Tech would bring 4-5K to Monroe at a minimum, and ULM would only bring 250 max to Ruston on the return games.

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Fixed it for you

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Originally Posted by maddawg

I went to almost all the later games vs. NSU. From the mid 70s to the end the attendance was in a steady decline. The events surrounding the game also went south. I don't remember any of those games being highly attended.

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Retraction. :o Good catch maddawg. What an embarrassing claim to make on a website. Who proof reads that stuff. When in doubt, check out the microfiche at the main library. Turns out there were only 15,232 at the 1987 game. The largest crowd when Tech was listed as the home team in the series was 36,000 in 1980. Might be a game or two with NSU as home team with larger crowds but I didn't check that. Ok St attendance in 2002 was 30,600. A&M in 1999 was 40,328. Miami in 2003 was 43,279.

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Originally Posted by WWDog

Oh! My! Gosh! I had completely forgotten about that school over there! Do they still play football?

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check out Athlon's preseason rankings. LaMon is ranked 10 spots ahead of Tech.
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-...rankings-61-80

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Originally Posted by maddawg

I went to almost all the later games vs. NSU. From the mid 70s to the end the attendance was in a steady decline. The events surrounding the game also went south. I don't remember any of those games being highly attended.

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LaTech's state fair games against NSU in the late 70's routinely averaged around 33K.

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Originally Posted by supermel311

check out Athlon's preseason rankings. LaMon is ranked 10 spots ahead of Tech.
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-...rankings-61-80

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Yes, you won that PRE-SEASON poll.

Knock yourself out.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

LaTech's state fair games against NSU in the late 70's routinely averaged around 33K.

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And, wasn't that before a major expansion at State Fair Stadium.

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Originally Posted by Dawgpix

And, wasn't that before a major expansion at State Fair Stadium.

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I don't think the Independence Bowl held 33,000 in the 1971-74 period. The stadium was full, whatever it held.

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Originally Posted by olddog75

I don't think the Independence Bowl held 33,000 in the 1971-74 period. The stadium was full, whatever it held.

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I believe that 33,000 was its official capacity before the expansion.

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Originally Posted by supermel311

check out Athlon's preseason rankings. LaMon is ranked 10 spots ahead of Tech.
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-...rankings-61-80

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Wait until game 8 of this coming season and see where you rank then!! And there is no such school as LaMon. Then again, LaMon might not be a university. It could be a grammar school with that name.

Closest I could get was La Monde Imaginaire, which would be "money laundering" or "mixed marriage." That sucks mud.

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Originally Posted by OLDBLUE

Closest I could get was La Monde Imaginaire, which would be "money laundering" or "mixed marriage." That sucks mud.

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Somebody just told me it is a nursery school!!!