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DRC: Just so you know, UNT officials really, really want you to show up Thursday

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Eagle71
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We're makin' the drive. Goin' to the game. Cheerin' for our team. Hopin' the guys play two halves and "Light The Tower!"  Stayin' overnight. Headin' back home Friday.  Life is good.  Even better when

billyboy85
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🤔...weather?  Rain or shine, 7-3 or 3-7 you should go out and support your team! Especially for a nationally televised game!   I'm excited to go and freeze my ass off tomorrow night.  G

FirefightnRick
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And this is called having a spine!       Great response.  I love WB’s people!!!!     Rick

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My wife and I will be there. We normally bring the kids, but enlisted Grandma to babysit and then invited two friends. It’s going to be cold, but we’ll have some drinks and a high scoring UNT offense to keep us warm!  GMG!

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NT93 Grand Master

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39 minutes ago, RiseUNT said:

Everyone on here is saying the ODU game is gonna keep a lot of people away. How many people even watched the game. And who goes on the internet and watches highlights then says that's it I'm not going to the game. 

Looking at attendance numbers for college teams this year just having 15,000 would be a success.

I don't think you actually had to watch the game to be disheartened.  You could read the DMN and see that we gave up a 28 point halftime lead and say, "Screw it.  I'm not gonna show up in 40 degree weather on a Thursday night at 8:00 to watch that."  This is especially true if you're a big enough fan to know that we've blown 2 other 20+ point leads this year.

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Side Show Joe Newbie

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25 minutes ago, RiseUNT said:

Everyone on here is saying the ODU game is gonna keep a lot of people away. How many people even watched the game. And who goes on the internet and watches highlights then says that's it I'm not going to the game. 

Looking at attendance numbers for college teams this year just having 15,000 would be a success.

True. Most fans that didn't watch the game, and have no real understanding of just how bad the second half of the ODU game went. They probably didn't bother to look up the highlights either... But, most can do the basic math of figuring out we lost to a 2-7 team, and then read that we did it by blowing a 28 point lead. After that, they just had remember back a few weeks to realize we did the same thing against LA Tech and UAB.

As for 15K being a success... I guess that is true, if you are comparing our attendance to Tuesday night's MAC Nation game.

Debating what will keep the fans away isn't as important as figuring out how to fix our on the field performance. Gimmick and giveaways are no substitute for winning. That's just the truth.

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RiseUNT Proficient

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27 minutes ago, NT93 said:

I don't think you actually had to watch the game to be disheartened.  You could read the DMN and see that we gave up a 28 point halftime lead and say, "Screw it.  I'm not gonna show up in 40 degree weather on a Thursday night at 8:00 to watch that."  This is especially true if you're a big enough fan to know that we've blown 2 other 20+ point leads this year.

I understand if you can't make a late Thursday night game. But I can't understand not supporting a 7-3 team because they had a chance to be perfect but made too many mistakes and it cost them. With that mindset why is the team still playing games? They sucked for what 9 quarters? Fuck it cancel the rest of the season!

 

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I will be there with 3 in tow. 2 of the 3 are newbies to Mean Green football!

I was at Fouts for the Florida State snow bowl game. I been through blistering heat, to heavy rain storms -the Ohio game!

I support the Mean Green win or lose.

I want North Texas to stomp the dog crap out of FAU!!!

Payback is a bitch!!!

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Huff Newbie

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6 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Perfect football weather. 

For me "perfect football wewther" Is 75 degrees for a 2:00 PM kickoff on a sunny Saturday afternoon.  This will not be anywhere close to that.

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MeanGreenHoops Experienced

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16 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I honestly think the ODU loss (the WAY we lost) will hurt attendance for this game more than the cold/weather.  Of course, there's no way to quantify that...

Thursday night at 8:30 is the main factor though.   I'll be surprised if there are more than 12k butts-in-seats.

Disagree. As others have said of those 30K we had earlier in the season how many watched the ODU game? Not many i'd bet. That game affects the season ticket holders/this board and that's about it. And most of those people will go regardless.

You are correct on the main factor. CBS Sports TV games are not worth it, and certainly not at that day/time.

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6 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

So what's the deal with that writer? What did UNT do to piss him off? 

The tone of that article is nasty...

Geez

 

Ft Worth Star-Telegram/ DMN......THEY DON'T LIKE OR WANT A SUCCESSFUL UNT PROGRAM PERIOD.

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MeanGreenTexan Grand Master

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10 minutes ago, MeanGreenHoops said:

Disagree. As others have said of those 30K we had earlier in the season how many watched the ODU game? Not many i'd bet. That game affects the season ticket holders/this board and that's about it. And most of those people will go regardless.

You are correct on the main factor. CBS Sports TV games are not worth it, and certainly not at that day/time.

Take away the Thursday night game & put the game on Saturday at 6:00pm

Game is played at a temp in the mid-40's, but we had beat ODU to be at 8-2.
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Game is played at a "normal" temp this time of year: mid-60's, and we lose to ODU like we did & we're at 7-3.

Which do you think would be better-attended?

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23 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Take away the Thursday night game & put the game on Saturday at 6:00pm

Game is played at a temp in the mid-40's, but we had beat ODU to be at 8-2.
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Game is played at a "normal" temp this time of year: mid-60's, and we lose to ODU like we did & we're at 7-3.

Which do you think would be better-attended?

Can I combine the answers? I'll have a Saturday Game at 8-2 with Temps in the Mid 50's!

18 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

And this is called having a spine!  

 

 

Great response.  I love WB’s people!!!!

 

 

Rick

Totally Agree, Peck is Solid Gold

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UNTLifer Grand Master

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25 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

And this is called having a spine!  

 

 

Great response.  I love WB’s people!!!!

 

 

Rick

Big thumbs up to Ryan Peck.  The FWST is just pissed, along with all of Fort Worth, that TCU sucks this year.

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Philip Ferguson Enthusiast

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Some of the comments on this thread are troubling.  I'll admit I would prefer a Saturday night game over Thursday night for a bunch of reasons.  But, some of the comments indicate that unless we have a perfect record, consistent blowout wins, positioned to win a National Championship, 75 degrees and sunny weather with freebies for everyone to attend, then crowds won't show.  I don't think the team's fan base is quite that  soft.  In any event, I'll be there #GMG 

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MeanGreenTexan Grand Master

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26 minutes ago, Philip Ferguson said:

Some of the comments on this thread are troubling.  I'll admit I would prefer a Saturday night game over Thursday night for a bunch of reasons.  But, some of the comments indicate that unless we have a perfect record, consistent blowout wins, positioned to win a National Championship, 75 degrees and sunny weather with freebies for everyone to attend, then crowds won't show.  I don't think the team's fan base is quite that  soft.  In any event, I'll be there #GMG 

Haven't been around here very long, huh?   
I agree with you, it's troubling, but I guess you have to see it to believe it.

And I'll be there with you!

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