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What's the link to the anti-stadium facebook group?

The Raiders won a game today. If they can do it, we can do it!

According to collegehoops.net link

It cost several million for Irvine to upgrade its existing baseball stadium, and it's not all that impressive. They had an existing field with concrete bleachers. They added bermuda grass ($2 million in 2001), bigger dugouts, a clubhouse, a press box, and 900 seat back chairs. I'd have to look it up, but I believe it was in the range of $7 million. They're still working on funding to get it up to 3000 seats so they can start hosting regional play. Right now, the capacity is technically over 3000, but the bulk of that is a grass berm down the first base line. Baseball's starting to increase in popularity, and the NCAA wants really nice facilities for regional and super regional play. Texas hosted at Round Rock two years ago. LSU's got the new Box going in, and I'm betting that is many multi millions of dollars. Even fabled Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha is near the end of its run. Baseball stadiums, like I said, need at least 3000 seats to compete, and benches don't cut it. They have to be seat backs. Those are mighty pricey. On the plus side, if you build a stadium like Cal State Fullerton's you tend to get bids to the tourney more often than not (even when Fullerton has had very, very marginal seasons) because of the facilities you boast. I do believe that NCAA stands for Never-ending Cash Accumulation Association.

If those pictures are real, that would be one of the most impressive college baseball stadiums I've ever seen. Even most top programs have pretty dumpy facilities in baseball.

I kid! I kid! Your girlfriend has been a trooper, and you definitely owe her this one!

Basketball games are going to be harder to attend for me. I can make the Saturday games, but not during the week.

Your answer lies in the students who came before you:

Make it a dual purpose stadium! Something akin to all those concrete donuts they cranked out in the 70s. But seriously, aren't they gonna' have to add some women's sports along with baseball? That's gonna' be quite an endeavor to undertake. Give it time. I do wonder what the hell a school without baseball is supposed to do with itself in the spring though. March through August is an awfully long time to sit idle. Meh, I've got to attend some softball games because my daughter's a fan. She wants to see the "big girls" play.

UTEP would be really good. Enough fan base to help fill the stadium, but not make it a "home" game for the other team like Baylor, they've been there with us in the bottom 10, so the game could be winnable, they're in Conference USA, a conference in which we desperately need to start beating some teams if we ever hope to rise out of the Sunbelt, and El Pasoans are just plain nice folk. Every time I meet someone from there, I make a new friend. (There is a term going around on a blog that refers to people showing up in our parking lot wearing UT or SMU jerseys. You bring in the UTEP fans, and they will not meet the criteria for definition of this term)

It sounds like the UNT version of It's a Wonderful Life. Every time a bell rings, a UNT football player gets his cleats! +1 To quote the wise sage, Mr. Homer J Simpson, "It's the greatest day in the history of the program...so far!"

UC Irvine! But then again, they've never lost a football game!

I wonder if we can expect a fraction of the research money for prostate cancer. Short answer to your question. No. Men are evil. Oldguy "boy did you just push a button" student

On the road no less!

I was amused to see on the final tally that I was one of 110 graduate students to actually vote. Way to step up there old people! Sheeesh! I guess grad school pride means nothing to these people!

Final 35-23. Zero Monroe points in the second half. Just think if the offense weren't so endzonaphobic in the first half. Almost pulled one off. psst. I'd still like to see a snap under center just once under this staff even though I know it's never ever going to happen.

And occasionally the people they're attached to as well.

I posted this on the flying pigs thread, but just to get some more exposure..... Now with the new found spirit in the air, I really really want to eke out another tailgate, but I'm gonna' need help getting my stuff into the parking lot in or around the usual derelict crew.* *Of course, I use the term derelict with the utmost affection!

If somebody wants to collaborate with me and put my grill, stove, et al in their car a day or two early so it can all make it to the orange lot on Saturday, I'm happy to oblige. I'm otherwise retired from tailgate cooking for a while because I can't get there early enough to drive in with everyone. ETA -- If it doesn't offend, I'm going to repost this very thing on UNTFlyer's tailgate thread. Oh hell, who am I kidding? I don't care if it offends! I'm posting it anyways!

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Not a problem. I got something for everyone. Just remember that the first one's always free.

Want!! ETA -- I should substantiate that I have a room in my house that I painted to match the colors of UC Irvine including the logo painted directly into the wall. I have a bunch of Irvine stuff on the walls. I think it's time to start integrating some green in the room, and one of those signs on the wall would make a good start.

I get off work at 2:30 in Lake Dallas. I think I have a moral obligation to haul ass up to Denton afterwards!

ummm... Thank you?