Email from Missy Setters

[dchi72]

From a similiar thread concerning the DFW Area on JFords site:

There are several ways to grow here:

1. Get a real and concerted effort to recruit students from the DFW area. Our recruiting efforts are extremely poor and lacking.

2. Get marketing the game versus Army in the DFW area. Start with our alumni and move to potential high school seniors.

Universities like Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma Christian, and Oklahoma have full time recruiters that live in Dallas. They are constantly working the DFW area for recruits.

My son has discussed attending Tech next fall. There are two additional students now applying from LoneStar.

All of these are instate fees.

SMU per year $55,000
TCU per year $46,000
UNT per year $15,000 per year in economy hall w/ 5 day meal plan $18,000 for new dorms and 7 day meal plan
SFA per year $12,000 per year

La Tech per year $13,000 for a Tier 1 university

Collin College (Collin County Community College) has a large enrollment of kids who could not get into Texas and Texas A&M. As RHShirley stated - if you are not in the top 10% of your graduating class, you cannot get into Texas or Texas A&M. You are stuck with Texas Tech, UNT, Texas State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas Womens, or another of the 25 or so state universities in Texas.

There are 4.5 million people in the state of Louisiana. There are 6.6 million people in the DFW area. As a business owner and sales person, this statistic is very telling.

There are: 4,000 students in grades 10-12 at Allen HS
2,000 seniors in Frisco ISD
7,500 students in grades 11-12 in Plano HS

There are probably 100,000 seniors in the immediate DFW area. Without adding them up by hand.

[stodgdog]

simply not true

What was the actual attendance?

[JAB]

What was the actual attendance?

19,203 according to SPAR turnstile count.

[johnnylightnin]

19,203 according to SPAR turnstile count.

Wow!

[cberg]

I have made many, MANY suggestions to those "talking heads" about sports in the Shreveport area for years. But they know better...Oh Kay - how's that working out for you ?

Listen to how we talk about Tech Football/sports, our school, the passion that's being shown on this board represents fans that have a lot of pride in their support and want the BEST. Just as we're about renevate the Joe so as to attract more fans, better recruits and coaches, this shows we want the best we can do with what we have to make those changes.

For all these years I've tried to do what MiloBumP is talking about - It honestly hasn't worked for me. Matters have only gotten worse and now you see for yourself. By saying nothing over the years, we've lost Pro Baseball, Pro Football, Pro Hockey and the few of us that support these sporting endeavors are pushed aside for trying to build something nice here. The "Good Old Boys" have their agenda and we have ours...I want what's best for La. Tech - period !

Have you seen any improvements to "State Fair Stadium" especially the score board, the parking etc, etc, etc...?

Just look at the market area in Dallas/ Fort Worth area that we can be using for recruiting and the exposure for our program. The Army game next season at the Cotton Bowl will be a good bench mark as to what impact this might hold for future games to be held there...We have to show up in numbers ! Would love to see us show up like the aTm fans did this season at our game in S'port.

I really wanted Shreveport/Bossier to have it's own identity, civic pride and great sports. But that's only a dream now. I'm now looking to Ruston for all that. That little sleepy town that's trying to say "I think I can, I think I can" do it.

[MiloBumP]

I have made many, MANY suggestions to those "talking heads" about sports in the Shreveport area for years. But they know better...Oh Kay - how's that working out for you ?

Listen to how we talk about Tech Football/sports, our school, the passion that's being shown on this board represents fans that have a lot of pride in their support and want the BEST. Just as we're about renevate the Joe so as to attract more fans, better recruits and coaches, this shows we want the best we can do with what we have to make those changes.

For all these years I've tried to do what MiloBumP is talking about - It honestly hasn't worked for me. Matters have only gotten worse and now you see for yourself. By saying nothing over the years, we've lost Pro Baseball, Pro Football, Pro Hockey and the few of us that support these sporting endeavors are pushed aside for trying to build something nice here. The "Good Old Boys" have their agenda and we have ours...I want what's best for La. Tech - period !

Have you seen any improvements to "State Fair Stadium" especially the score board, the parking etc, etc, etc...?

Just look at the market area in Dallas/ Fort Worth area that we can be using for recruiting and the exposure for our program. The Army game next season at the Cotton Bowl will be a good bench mark as to what impact this might hold for future games to be held there...We have to show up in numbers ! Would love to see us show up like the aTm fans did this season at our game in S'port.

I really wanted Shreveport/Bossier to have it's own identity, civic pride and great sports. But that's only a dream now. I'm now looking to Ruston for all that. That little sleepy town that's trying to say "I think I can, I think I can" do it.

Agreed...good post...let's make a great showing in Dallas next year!!! Pre Party at HD's for all BBB!!!!

[NTXDawg]

I have made many, MANY suggestions to those "talking heads" about sports in the Shreveport area for years. But they know better...Oh Kay - how's that working out for you ?

Listen to how we talk about Tech Football/sports, our school, the passion that's being shown on this board represents fans that have a lot of pride in their support and want the BEST. Just as we're about renevate the Joe so as to attract more fans, better recruits and coaches, this shows we want the best we can do with what we have to make those changes.

For all these years I've tried to do what MiloBumP is talking about - It honestly hasn't worked for me. Matters have only gotten worse and now you see for yourself. By saying nothing over the years, we've lost Pro Baseball, Pro Football, Pro Hockey and the few of us that support these sporting endeavors are pushed aside for trying to build something nice here. The "Good Old Boys" have their agenda and we have ours...I want what's best for La. Tech - period !

Have you seen any improvements to "State Fair Stadium" especially the score board, the parking etc, etc, etc...?

Just look at the market area in Dallas/ Fort Worth area that we can be using for recruiting and the exposure for our program. The Army game next season at the Cotton Bowl will be a good bench mark as to what impact this might hold for future games to be held there...We have to show up in numbers ! Would love to see us show up like the aTm fans did this season at our game in S'port.

I really wanted Shreveport/Bossier to have it's own identity, civic pride and great sports. But that's only a dream now. I'm now looking to Ruston for all that. That little sleepy town that's trying to say "I think I can, I think I can" do it.

Yep. After 15 years I'd say the Shreveport experiment is an epic failure. Improve the Joe and work on DFW recruiting

[supermel311]

Wow!

Tech vs Ohio wouldn't have been much different. Ohio fans weren't coming regardless.

[Russdawg]

Tech vs Ohio wouldn't have been much different. Ohio fans weren't coming regardless.

We'd PACK THE PLACE, just like we did against Northern Illinois, whoever our opponent is. I-Bowl people really screwed up with their childish snit against us.

But you guys had a very good season and maybe another coming so be proud of it and enjoy it.

[Bigdog13]

Tech vs Ohio wouldn't have been much different. Ohio fans weren't coming regardless.

Wrong. This experiment already happened. We played a MAC team in the I-Bowl that also didn't bring anybody and there was a lot more people in the stands than the Ohio/ulM game.

[supermel311]

Wrong. This experiment already happened. We played a MAC team in the I-Bowl that also didn't bring anybody and there was a lot more people in the stands than the Ohio/ulM game.

I'd like to see the weather report for that day, as well as the time of day for the game. Pictures would also be appreciated because like my fellow geniuses at Tech I don't buy announced attendance or so called tickets sold. Pics of the Northern Illinois side as well as both end zones would be preferred.

[boxerdog]

I'd like to see the weather report for that day, as well as the time of day for the game. Pictures would be nice because like my fellow geniuses at Tech I don't buy announced attendance or so called tickets sold. Pics of the Northern Illinois side as well as both end zones would be preferred.

It was a heck of a lot colder than last Friday, I remember that much...

[JL]

I'd like to see the weather report for that day, as well as the time of day for the game. Pictures would also be appreciated because like my fellow geniuses at Tech I don't buy announced attendance or so called tickets sold. Pics of the Northern Illinois side as well as both end zones would be preferred.

See the pic in the "Shreveport Times: Maybe 15,000....." thread, page 5. It was freezing that night. North end zone was full, both sides were full, south end zone 50% full. It was a great crowd for freezing cold night and MAC team that brought no one.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

I'd like to see the weather report for that day, as well as the time of day for the game. Pictures would also be appreciated because like my fellow geniuses at Tech I don't buy announced attendance or so called tickets sold. Pics of the Northern Illinois side as well as both end zones would be preferred.

Nobody cares what you would like to see or read. Seriously dude I know you don't have a real sports forum/board for NLUCO but feel free to go to USL/ULL's board instead. They are your real rival and mentor all at the same time.

[Dawg06]

I'd like to see the weather report for that day, as well as the time of day for the game. Pictures would also be appreciated because like my fellow geniuses at Tech I don't buy announced attendance or so called tickets sold. Pics of the Northern Illinois side as well as both end zones would be preferred.

2008 Independence Bowl
LaTech (7-5) vs. NIU (6-6)
Sunday, December 28, 2008
44 degrees at 7:17 pm kickoff
36 degrees at 10:43 pm game's end
Partly cloudy, winds ESE 3 mph, humidity 69%
Official attendance: 41,567

"Northern Illinois' side" was filled with TECH fans.