There is still good in him.Originally Posted by Tech52
You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.
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There is still good in him.You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.
What nonsense? Those games were Tech home games in Shreveport. Independence Stadium served as an alternate to the Joe for those games. We were the home team. Independence Bowls and state fair games were neutral site games, not Tech home games. There is a difference.
No, there isn't an actual difference. They are all in the same city and the same stadium. Either they are all neutral site games, like I believe, or they are all 'home' games, like some others believe. Attendance does not depend on who is labelled the "home" team. Neither of those teams are from Shreveport. It's no different from any of the other schools coming to play there against us.
There are differences in ticket pricing and availability (ie allotments).
When the question is "what are the best attended Tech home games" there's a difference. Now, in terms of what effect playing there may have had on the outcome of the game and fan experience, that's a different conversation.
This is especially true now that Shreveport (at least the Times) has disowned us. We should never play another game in Shreveport, including the Independence Bowl. We do have lots of alumni there but how many actually cheer for Tech and go to Tech games? Not a great percentage I would bet.
I've been seeing more Tech gear being worn in Shreveport lately. Beating an ACC or SEC team in the I-Bowl could help us grow our fanbase there, at least a little.
How long's it been since you've been to Shreveport? More and more Shreveporters are proudly displaying their Tech fandom everywhere. You should've seen the Red River Balloon Rally on LSUS's campus a couple Fridays ago. Tech fans took over with little trace of any other school to be found. The Times and Indy Bowl are not representative of the community.
The question becomes - if we play a game in Shreveport would the Times even mention it?
Depends if Roy Lang has another golf tournament to go to and if Jimmy has a girls volleyball game to cover.
So why did you post these games at all? We all agree that they were played in Shreveport. But we also all agree that the last two (OSU & Baylor) are not the 4th and 5th best attended LA Tech games in Shreveport. Those honors below to NSU.
Miami '03 - 43279
TAMU '12 - 40453
TAMU '99 - 40328
OSU '02 - 31391
Baylor '96 - 29469
I was in Shreveport last weekend, and I saw much more LA Tech stuff (shirts, license plates, etc...) than LSU stuff. Really surprised me.
Sigh... For the umpteenth time, I brought them up because we were talking about Tech HOME GAMES. The state fair games were NOT home games. The conversation was not about games in Shreveport, it was about home games. This really isn't a difficult concept.
Ordered tix yesterday, by phone, and got 'em in the mail today. Now, that's service.
Got my season tix in mail yesterday. How 'bout y'all?
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