Week 4: @South Carolina (9/23)

[HogDawg]

Skip reflects...

http://southcarolina.247sports.com/A...cks--107746998

Q: What do you think about the job Will Muschamp is doing now?

"The fan base in South Carolina is unbelievable, almost like none other. The loyalty they have, even going back to that first year when we were 0-11 I remember we were playing Vanderbilt at home. They were like 1-8 and we were 0-9 and I was in the box for that game. They went to put the ball on the tee to kick it off, I looked at the stands and there was a fanny in every seat. It is unbelievable the loyalty and passion this fan base has for this program. It’s not based on winning, they just love their Gamecocks.

Wow. Good stuff.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Wow. Good stuff.

They love Cock.

[maverick]

Not a single question about Louisiana Tech or this weekend's game.

Cocksure suckers, aren't they?

[qng001]

Armchair All Americans (South Carolina) Podcast on Louisiana Tech

Game Preview: Louisiana Tech | Audio Only

[OLDBLUE]

"He severed as the team’s offensive coordinator from 1999-2003 and was then demoted... "

Tuff tour???

[qng001]

USC's Pregame from last week. Pretty nice. I like their pregame video with narration.

[Tech52]

1:40 and onward with that music theme from 2001 + Crowd noise was being looped and blared in the Joe as the team practiced this week.

[SIC_EM_DAWGS!]

"He severed as the team’s offensive coordinator from 1999-2003 and was then demoted... "

Tuff tour???

Worse off was who demoted him. I imagine the dinner table was mighty quiet for a few holidays.

[Dawg06]

It's game day, and LaTechSports.com still hasn't published a game preview article. Nothing's been published since the press conference transcript from Tuesday. http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m...-spec-rel.html

[dawg80]

It's interesting to follow their discussion on attendance. SC averaged 80K during the 21-game losing streak, and now struggle to put 60K in seats some games. Like today, apparently. The two most offered reasons are:

1. a steady diet of mediocre 6 or 7 win seasons, and a minor bowl at best
2. price increases on tickets and other fees (not family friendly). (One fan joked, I guess he was joking, that he had to work OT just to afford to send his son to the game today).

I noticed Boazy's stadium wasn't full last night, probably about 75% at its peak. And quickly emptied in the 3rd qtr as UVA crushed the hapless Broncos. And then I switched to the Arizona-Utah game, @ Arizona, and you could have sprayed machine gun fire at the upper sections and not hit anyone. I think CFB as a product has hit its saturation point. The arms race of spending $millions on bigger stadiums, promotions, huge salaries for coaches/staffs, and the ever-increasing costs passed on to the customers (fans) has priced a lot of people out of the market. Schools need to take a step back and ask themselves what is really important. Squeeze as much out of your fans now with high prices, or build a lasting fan base by allowing families to afford to attend and bring their kids, the future fans.

[latechbulldawgfanatic]

Armchair All Americans (South Carolina) Podcast on Louisiana Tech

Game Preview: Louisiana Tech | Audio Only

"impressive win last week over the western kentucky catamounts", what? hahaha

[The Historian]

"impressive win last week over the western kentucky catamounts", what? hahaha

Outside of the SEC he probably doesn't have a clue. Then again, he might not have a clue about his own team. Last week his prediction was South Carolina 41, Kentucky 10.

[Amos Moses]

It's interesting to follow their discussion on attendance. SC averaged 80K during the 21-game losing streak, and now struggle to put 60K in seats some games. Like today, apparently. The two most offered reasons are:

1. a steady diet of mediocre 6 or 7 win seasons, and a minor bowl at best
2. price increases on tickets and other fees (not family friendly). (One fan joked, I guess he was joking, that he had to work OT just to afford to send his son to the game today).

I noticed Boazy's stadium wasn't full last night, probably about 75% at its peak. And quickly emptied in the 3rd qtr as UVA crushed the hapless Broncos. And then I switched to the Arizona-Utah game, @ Arizona, and you could have sprayed machine gun fire at the upper sections and not hit anyone. I think CFB as a product has hit its saturation point. The arms race of spending $millions on bigger stadiums, promotions, huge salaries for coaches/staffs, and the ever-increasing costs passed on to the customers (fans) has priced a lot of people out of the market. Schools need to take a step back and ask themselves what is really important. Squeeze as much out of your fans now with high prices, or build a lasting fan base by allowing families to afford to attend and bring their kids, the future fans.

Amen to that! Good post.

[THEarmada]

It's game day, and LaTechSports.com still hasn't published a game preview article. Nothing's been published since the press conference transcript from Tuesday. http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m...-spec-rel.html

Posted this morning. Thanks for holding them accountable.

[HogDawg]

I would like to see Skip Holtz start rolling J'Mar Smith out today in order to buy him some additional time and to keep his options alive to either run or pass.