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Bobby Ray, Lee Jackson, and the new President don't coach.

Same thing every year....give another chance. This incoming recruiting class is blah, blah, blah... same ole thing. Too many excuses allowed.

2-9 is very possible again.

Several factors could be included in past year's attendance averages: actual attendance vs. tickets sold counts, 1-A vs. 1-AA status, school enrollment doubled from 1979 (16K) to 2006 (32K), new conferences, new AD, new President, new coach, teams played at home, team record, etc... From the NT media guide: DD: 2005--16,446 2004--15,184 2003--18,694 2002--15,260 2001--14,769 2000--14,180 1999--13,752 1998--12,480 Matt Simon: 1997--19,704 1996--14,234 1995--17,376 1994--19,517 Dennis Parker: 1993--8,596 1992--6,946 1991--8,452 Corky Nelson: 1990--14,783 1989--14,289 1988--15,319 1987--13,764 1986--12,730 1985--10,150 1984--11,125 1983--12,080 1982--9,094 Bob Tyler: 1981--12,494 Jerry Moore: 1980--14,800 1979--14,500 Hayden Fry: 1978--17,683 1977--19,599 1976--11,172 1975--11,843 1974--9,683 1973--11,990 Rod Rust: 1972--6,000 1971--10,470

As Monkeypox explained Mar 14 2006, 08:34 PM Post #44 We averaged: 2001 - 15,306 2002 - 15,260 2003 - 18,694 2004 - 15,184 2005 - 16,446 So the year where we had a huge spike was 2003, the year after we actually WON the bowl game. Maintaining the status quo should put us at about 20,000 average in attendance by 2022. This is not success. .......................................................................................... (sidenote: 2003 was also the year we hosted Baylor and 29,437 fans, thus the huge average increase in attendance just so you don't think the Bowl win was the only reason for the increase in 2003. Big name teams (think BYU?) also attract big crowds)

Make the Eagle Logo a little larger to cover the "orth exes" and then all we'd have is an NT with a Logo.

All this is not exactly new merchandise...

No email here today.

I was at that "State of the Union" type meeting in 2001 about NT Athletics hosted by Dr. Pohl. This was before we hired our next AD (RV) and during Trilli's demolishing of men's basketball. Dr. Pohl presented a very good, and eye-opening, power point presentation about where NT Athletics was in terms of donors, facilities, costs, and sports. Gene Stallings gave sort of a pep talk about what needed to be done and took Q & A from the fans. He wasn't big on doing large things like new stadiums but wanted small things done like fencing the practice fields. The communication with the fans was much needed at that time, and I think it's time for an update again. article about the hiring of Stallings as consultant

Bobby Ray? Jim McIngvale? Ramon Flanigan? Lee Jackson? ???

I know, I like him too. It was just funny to see that stated when we have so many "nice" coaches, yet few wins.

You haven't been to very many 1-A boards then, or especially any that have a coach 20 games under .500.

You sound just like Dickey. You may be Dickey.

First and foremost, I do appreciate the access the coaches allow fans. Being on the sidelines at the scrimmages and being able to even hear a team speech live is not afforded many fans of many (if any) 1-A schools. I will give some waiver or allowance for hearing things in the "trenches" there that fans normally might not hear otherwise in the stands. However the same is true of coaches or players treading into stands and onto message boards. Beware: the Dogs may BITE!

SBC's top two teams get blown out. Shows how far we really have to go in basketball as a school and conference.

I know the point DD was trying to make with the players; but I was very disappointed when he talked about the fans like that. It made me want to not come back in the Fall.

Good luck with that request.

YES.

'For every head coach in the Big East, today was a frightening day' BY BILL KOCH | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Since the day in November 2003 when the University of Cincinnati accepted an invitation to join the Big East Conference, school officials have talked about the boost membership in the elite conference would provide the school's athletic program. But Sunday, after the Bearcats (19-12) were shocked to discover that their string of 14 straight NCAA Tournament appearances had come to an end, interim head coach Andy Kennedy said that being a member of the Big East might have actually hurt the men's basketball program. Kennedy had been so confident UC would make it that he was telling his players the past two days during practice that they should relax, they had nothing to worry about. They were in. Then the hammer fell. And just like that, all that the Bearcats had accomplished this season against such overwhelming odds didn't seem to matter. "I made no qualms about it," Kennedy said. "If this team did not get to the NCAA Tournament, I felt like we failed. I know our kids, because of the proud heritage of this program, are very upset right now." Kennedy said the only reason he could think of for why UC was left out was that the selection committee was reluctant to take nine teams from the Big East. "To me, the only explanation is that despite the rhetoric that we hear about not putting caps on teams from one league, I think they did not feel justified in allowing nine teams from one conference," Kennedy said. The committee took a record eight teams from the Big East - Connecticut, Villanova, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Marquette, Syracuse and Seton Hall - breaking the previous mark of seven from one league. "I need the truth to be told and the truth to be told is that we can't give one (conference) nine bids, so for every head coach in the Big East, today was a frightening day," Kennedy said. What happened to UC is exactly what some Big East observers feared would happen when the league expanded to 16 teams this season, forming a conference that some called the most powerful college basketball had ever seen. But Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said repeatedly the league would not be too strong for its own good, that the committee had assured him each team would be viewed on an individual basis and that there would be no limit placed on how many teams could be invited from one league. When told Sunday night that Kennedy believed UC was left out for that very reason, Tranghese - who served on the committed from 1997-2001 and was chairman in 2001 - urged restraint before jumping to conclusions. "I'd like to think that's not the case," Tranghese said. Craig Littlepage, the Virginia athletic director who chaired this year's committee, said UC received serious consideration. He implied that the Bearcats had been left out because of the season-ending knee injury to forward Armein Kirkland on Jan. 9. The Bearcats went 5-10 after Kirkland's injury, but beat Syracuse and West Virginia, both of which made it to the Tournament. "Cincinnati's record after a season-ending injury was considered (as a negative factor)," Littlepage said. "Yes, Cincinnati did have a very good season. We have two gallons of water and a one-gallon container." The Bearcats knew they had hurt their cause when they lost to Syracuse in the first round of the Big East Tournament on a last-second shot by Gerry McNamara. But that loss seemed to be less damaging after Syracuse went on to knock off No. 1-ranked Connecticut and eventually won the tournament. Their Feb. 28 loss at Seton Hall also hurt. Littlepage said the Syracuse loss is not what kept UC out of the 65-team field. "No, no," he said. "We looked at every aspect of the body of work. To try to pin it on ... we try not to put that much importance on one individual game." But Littlepage has said repeatedly that the committee does put a lot of importance on the strength of a school's nonleague schedule. If that's the case, Kennedy said, UC should have been in. The Bearcats were ranked No. 40 in collegeRPI.com, with a schedule ranked as the fifth-most difficult in the country. Their non-conference schedule was ranked No. 22. They were 11-11 against teams in the RPI top 100 and won four games against RPI top 50 teams. They were 8-8 in the Big East. "The whole thought process, not only from Mr. Littlepage, but from years past was that we understand sometimes in league play you don't have control over your league schedule," Kennedy said. "They really want you to control the part you can, which is your nonleague, which is what we did very aggressively." Littlepage said RPI is not as powerful a tool as some believe. "It's one of the tools we have at our disposal," he said. "It gets far too much (credit) as a determinant. What gets a team into the Tournament is a team that plays well in its conference schedule." Tranghese was as perplexed as Kennedy. "I just don't know what their thinking was," he said. "I thought they had done enough, both in the league and outside the league, to warrant a bid. You don't know what goes on inside the room." What went on inside UC's locker room as the players, coaches and staff watched the selection show was severe disappointment mixed with disbelief. "I'm just terribly disappointed for these kids," Kennedy said, "especially for these seniors. It's not a fitting way for it to end."

Posted on Mon, Feb. 20, 2006 Setting the stage for a turnaround in SJSU football UNIVERSITY SEEMS INTENT ON BUILDING A WINNING TEAM Mercury News Editorial The current motto on the San Jose State University athletic Web site proclaims: ``It's a new day in San Jose.'' At long last there may be a truly new day for the Spartans and their fans, who have endured nine losing football seasons in the past 10 years while compiling a dismal 38-77 record. San Jose State University President Don Kassing said Thursday that Spartan Shops will no longer control Spartan Stadium and that the athletic department will oversee the facility. That is welcome news. The move opens the door not only to needed improvements in the university's athletic department, but also to future cooperative ventures between the university and the city of San Jose. Kassing's commitment to building a competitive Division I athletic program is becoming increasingly obvious. Since he became interim president of the university in 2004 and then president in May, he has: • Hired a new athletic director, Tom Bowen, with a proven track record in fundraising. • Hired a football coach, Dick Tomey, with a proven track record in turning programs around. • Given control of Spartan Stadium to the athletic department, meaning it will receive the revenues generated from parking, concessions and marketing efforts, which could prove to be lucrative if the team becomes more successful and draws larger crowds. • Proclaimed Louisville and Cincinnati as role models of regional universities with successful Division I athletic programs that he wants the university to emulate. Now that Kassing has made the commitment, it's put-up-or-shut-up time for the football program, which is running out of excuses for five consecutive losing seasons and lackluster attendance for decades. For years, many have questioned -- with good reason -- whether the university should even continue to play at the Division I level. Last year the team averaged just over 12,000 fans per game, putting it near the bottom for average attendance by any of the 123 Division I universities. Kassing's move to put the stadium under control of the athletic department also opens the door to the possibility of any number of options concerning development of the university's athletic facilities and its south campus. Spartan Shops, a non-profit auxiliary corporation formed by SJSU, runs the food service and bookstore operations on campus. San Jose State has been the only school in its conference that did not have its athletic department controlling its stadium. Bowen argues that diminishes the game-day experience for most fans and hinders fundraising. Kassing said he also is encouraging the city to ``think big'' about working with the university to create a more vibrant campus and downtown connection. He wants to continue to significantly increase the percentage of students living on campus -- eventually to 6,000, or 20 percent of the university's students -- which will create an obvious need for additional facilities. He has also said he would be receptive to looking at new proposals to help bring a Major League Soccer franchise back to San Jose. An upgraded Spartan Stadium could be the only way to make professional soccer work in the South Bay. A more vibrant campus with an array of activities, including a winning football team? Those are difficult challenges that will require deft maneuvering in the years to come. The Spartans have one additional reason for hope -- CollegeFootballNews.com recently named Tomey's recruiting class of 2006 the best of any school in the Western Athletic Conference, including Fresno State. Time will prove whether it's a new day, indeed, at San Jose State University.

Send a copy to you know who.

Good. That was my concern was that they weren't going to change the color either. I assumed by "the jersey's will be the same as last year" that it included color. Maybe now there is hope?

Oops, I sure did. I got the list off the Rutgers site and they didn't include themselves on that list...&*^%$.