Was at the NSU-Lamar game last night, listening to the Nitzer, and people behind me were following the lspoo game. Some time about the time our game was wrapping up, about dozen or so "NSU" fans were lamenting lspoo's woes. A woman announces loudly, "that's okay, Tech is losing too." They went on and on. By that time, we win, and NSU is wrapped up in a nail-biter, but many seemed more concerned with the tiggers. I could hear them talking, sometimes yelling to each other. One says, "well Tech lost." "To who?" "Oh, Marshall I think....but they lost." So, I straightened 'em out, and say, "It was Western Kentucky...and Tech won." Disappointed looks greet me...so, I announce it again, "Tech won." Oh....okay....they mumble.
In case you didn't know....and you probably don't because you don't care, NSU beat Lamar 35-28. I like that Almond kid.Excellent job of repping Tech at the Demonic games.Most leave after the band performs at the half. Might have had 6,000 in attendance at the peak, mid-first qtr. But some start leaving even before the half, and then it's a mass exodus.
They unveiled their new big screen TV/scoreboard. It's an improvement over the old one. What I do like is it's really a scoreboard....except someone forgot the game clock. Looks like they had to add a portable one, under the board, as an afterthought. They display team stats on the board and keep them updated real time. For instance at one point, NSU had 120 yards passing, Almond completed a pass for 20 yards, and in seconds the board changed to 140 yards passing. I like that feature.
We need a scoreboard in the SEZ. Something like what NSU has would be a nice compliment to Zilla. We could use the big screen TV part to run silent ads continuously. Such advertisement would pay for the board in short order.
BTW....Aillet is really taking shape. After watching two games at our place I really noticed the differences. NSU has faded, worn-out turf and the lights, whoa! Thought I had something wrong with my eyes, and then I remembered we have new stadium lights.