A week of Tech dominating the Shreveport/Bossier media affiliates is probably the best thing that could come out of playing the game in Independence stadium.
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A week of Tech dominating the Shreveport/Bossier media affiliates is probably the best thing that could come out of playing the game in Independence stadium.
Have you considered those Dogs?
That's the biggest assumption of the thread.Originally Posted by boxerdog
I would disaagree that the State Fair Game is irrelevent. The State Fair Game in the old days was relevant because we weren't seen as competing with LSPoo. The stadium held about 33,000 and both schools' students couldn't fill it so there had to be some local interest. I believe it is the local media, especially the S'port Times, which transferred all their attention to LSU who will never play in Shreveport again. I can remember when the Times would have the whole front page of the sports section dedicated to a Tech game - Oklahoma State comes to mind.
I think they will promote a conference championship game hosted in this city (I've lived here for over 20 years now). LSU won't be playing for the SEC title. It would be a good launching pad for the IBowl. I think it will be the lead sports story for several days.
Have you considered those Dogs?
Tech Tulsa 1995 is game we switched to blue jerseys- my freshman year
Yikes, those games against fellow WAC schools had abysmal attendance. I went to the Grambling and A&M game, the latter having a cool atmosphere and probably my favorite game I've ever attended (it was tempting but I managed to stay till the end). I think a game against TCU would be interesting there, and a chance for revenge!
My bad. I tried to get 'em all. I couldn't find all this info in one place. Had t do it manually.
Oh, and the 2015-2016 PDF for football says the state fair game in 1987 had an attendance of 15,232.
LA Tech says otherwise.Oh, and the 2015-2016 PDF for football says the state fair game in 1987 had an attendance of 15,232.
http://www.latechsports.com/faciliti...-indystad.html
Yeah I checked that out too, seems to be 2 conflicting reports. Was anybody at that game to confirm which one lol?
I suspect the 53K attendance number is bogus since that stadium probably didn't even have a 53K capacity back in 1987.
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That A&M game brought a lot of A&M fans. The Northern Illinois game was mostly Tech fans. Probably the biggest gathering of Tech fans I've seen.
Maryland stands out the most to me. It was BITTER cold for the Northern Illinois game. Good win, but not a fun game IMO. The Livas play was about it.
I do not support us playing there. First, Shreveport needs to clean up the area around Independence Stadium. It's really ghetto. Also, playing in Ruston is important due to recruits visiting the campus.
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