Eagle1855

That's just the way it goes at big time programs.

If I could change my name, I would change it to something more fitting like HotGreenPenguin or LazerDolphin. Something more fitting of my online persona, that's for sure. I submitted my handle when I was young and new to the interweb's whimsical tubage. Now I'm a top 20 poster. In my mind and in your hearts. Unghhhh! <pelvic thrust>

How many QBs has any run-of-the-mill mid-major program sent to the NFL? Who even cares? We're not a major BCS program. We're not here to serve as a farm system for the NFL, a la Miami or USC. We just want to win games. We aren't doing that. People are sad about this. People that once thought Todd Dodge could run a 3.7 sec 40 on water are now questioning the very system everyone was excited to see. Remember the days of "I'd rather watch us lose throwing the ball than watch the HB dive or draw one more time?" Welp, we've got it! Balance is the name of the game. We've got Dodge another year or so at least. We should be positive. Being positive helps win games.

Roberto Alomar Jr thinks that joke is expensive.

Of course these kinds of criminals are idiots. If they were smart, they'd be working on Wall Street.

hello helloooo...

I think he's speaking in metric.

Oh you mean neither the BBC nor The Guardian wanted anything to do with this? Sucks to your assmar!

This is stupid. Football- and all sports- are a form of ENTERTAINMENT for fans. It isn't some great humanitarian effort, it isn't some great cause. It's a GAME. Stop trying to take the fun and excitement out of everything in life. Melodrama free of charge.

The problem with the Republican campaign can be brought down to one, simple fact: they did not have enough posters up around town. You will NEVER, I repeat, NEVER get people on board to a campaign if you can't even invest in signage. FIX THE PROBLEM

Oh and UH also sells beer at their basketball games... so there goes the Dynamo connection. I guess the important thing to take from this is that (I think) we average about what UH does in both sports -even with our terrible teams- without selling beer in the stands. So maybe we should think of other promotions and let this one die.

Thanks for your response. I have now been learnt. Ha. Didn't know a lot of that stuff, so I do appreciate it. UH does own the stadium, that I know. And I'm fairly certain they were doing this long before the Dynamo, so I imagine, based on everything you've said, that they are just taking the hit financially. I guess I just don't understand why all pro stadiums sell beer if they can't make money doing it. That's the one part that confuses me. I get the image part. I know that beers are around $7 at UH games and I don't remember them being much more than 20oz- this is from my personal experience. I suppose we'll just leave it at that because I'm sure we could go around and around on this and I'm way out of my realm of personal experience/understanding on the alcohol sales deal.

As far as I know, they have had it since before the Dynamo were in Houston, as they have only been around for like 3-4 years. U of H isn't the only college stadium that serves alcohol at their games. And if the issue is insurance, why would it matter how many times they play a season? I'm not trying to argue- you all certainly know more about TABC laws (anything is more than zero)- Im just saying, there is a reason teams choose to or not to do it and I find it hard to believe the cost of insurance is the key variable, considering we have similar budgets and average attendance figures. Also, what is the difference in drinking on the Deck vs in the stadium? The problems you outlined are no different than the problems any other sporting event in the country faces. I'm guessing Denton County, with their stupid drinking memberships, is the number one problem for UNT selling beer in the stands. In Harris county, everything goes. No membership needed to consume alcohol. There seems to be a lot of markup on beer at sporting events. I'm guessing you can get a keg of domestic for around $50. That's almost 2000 ounces. You sell a hundred 20oz cups of beer for $7 a pop, that's $700...fourteen times what you paid for it. We could break out the unit costs based on how many sales a given associate could make, taking out his pay, overhead, blah... but I'm guessing it's a decent profit. On the other hand, it's totally reasonable to assume the University just simply doesn't want a ton of drunk college students in the games, making asses out of themselves and ruining the experience for families. That may be justification alone to forgo any potential profit to be had off selling it. What would really help is if we just won some games.

Is that a fact? Because U of H sells beer inside their stadium, just like a pro event, and I can't imagine their athletic department being any more profitable than ours. I guess what I'm saying is, I imagine they'd quit doing it if it cost them an absurd amount of money.

How long must this go on? How many more children will be affected?

It's time for the elimination of these threads. They are too dangerous. How many examples do we have to see? I read the internet all day and I've seen it over and over again. It won't get better until we complete eradicate the site of these dangerous threads.

You had me until you started droning on and on about our culture.

If you'll spring for it, I'll gladly go live in South America for four years. Also, everyone in Washington pisses me off these days, so I really don't care to discuss any partisan opinions. I have really grown to hate the word partisan... though I still love artisan. Like cheese and stuff. Stuff that makes me cultured. Which is harder to do these days. Anyways, it took more than 8 years to F up the system. I agree with you there, too.

THATS WHAT SHE SAID! YEAAAAHHHH

Are you implying that a defensive line that consistently creates pressure up front can also expect to see improved play from it's secondary as it disrupts the QB's timing, forcing quicker decisions before coverage breaks down? Or are you saying that being able to stop the run up front can force an opponent into a one-dimensional attack that should will in turn benefit from an improved pass-rush, thus creating an all around better defense ergo team? Either way, to keep the offenses at bay you must get better play from the guys up front day to day. Todd Dodge's job we can save! What do you say? HEY HEY HEY

It amazes me that after all this time, people still don't get you.

That would be the Jackass Penguin. Yes, it was intentional.

It amazes me that after all this time, people still don't get you.

This thread needs this. You are welcome.