Jump to content

Star Telegram Begs For Fans To Show Up, Second Time In A Week.

FirefightnRick

By FirefightnRick
in Mean Green Football

 Share

Recommended Posts

FirefightnRick Proficient

FirefightnRick

Posted
Posted

Patterson asks TCU fans to come play their part.

One of the best football teams in the nation and they are only averaging 31,000 in a city of nearly a quarter of a million people.

Sad.

I wish them luck for sure as I see them easily running the table but getting screwed in the end. It wouldn't surprise me if them or Boise or both get

left out in the cold on a big money bowl game.

Rick

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Got5onIt Experienced

Got5onIt

Posted
Posted

Patterson asks TCU fans to come play their part.

One of the best football teams in the nation and they are only averaging 31,000 in a city of nearly a quarter of a million people.

Sad.

I wish them luck for sure as I see them easily running the table but getting screwed in the end. It wouldn't surprise me if them or Boise or both get

left out in the cold on a big money bowl game.

Rick

Now TCU is only a private school with ~5k students, right? Unlike the 35k+ we sport.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SilverEagle Mentor

SilverEagle

Posted
Posted (edited)

Patterson asks TCU fans to come play their part.

One of the best football teams in the nation and they are only averaging 31,000 in a city of nearly a quarter of a million people.

Sad.

I wish them luck for sure as I see them easily running the table but getting screwed in the end. It wouldn't surprise me if them or Boise or both get

left out in the cold on a big money bowl game.

Rick

Well, it's even sadder than you imagined. The census bureau estimates that as of 2006 the population of Fort Worth was 653,320.. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/4827000.html

What I find equally absurd is that, except in the general area of TCU, you don't see much TCU gear in most of the stores in Fort Worth.

Edited by SilverEagle
Link to comment
Share on other sites
KingDL1 Veteran

KingDL1

Posted
Posted

Now TCU is only a private school with ~5k students, right? Unlike the 35k+ we sport.

TCU's enrollment hovered around 5,000 - 6,000 for a long time. But it has grown a bit in the last few years to almost 9,000.

TCU Total enrollment

And today we can call UNT at 36,206!

UNT enrollment tops 36,000

And I think we are starting to see it, 23,000 at homecoming for a team with as bad a record as ours is something relatively new for UNT. With our University planing to top out at 45,000 in the next 6-10 years, I really hope they make the new stadium bigger for down the road and we start wining.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
greenminer Grand Master

greenminer

Posted
Posted (edited)

I think TCU would beat Texas handily.

Would love to see that matchup....

Handily? I am not so sure about that. But it is still a matchup I would love to see.

An ideal January for me would be a playoff coming to a close, with Florida-Boise State and Alabama-TCU semifinals.

Poor old Horns would be crying again, but that means they lost along the way...

Edited by greenminer
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Quoner Mentor

Quoner

Posted
Posted

Texas wouldn't beat TCU, Boise, or BYU.

I'm as far from a Horn fan as you can get it without Maroon underwear, but I think TCU is a toss up - the other two are sure Texas wins on a neutral field. Texas is just as good defensively as TCU, so it pretty much comes down to who has the better QB and special teams.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GoMeanGreen1999 Rising Star

GoMeanGreen1999

Posted
Posted

I'm as far from a Horn fan as you can get it without Maroon underwear, but I think TCU is a toss up - the other two are sure Texas wins on a neutral field. Texas is just as good defensively as TCU, so it pretty much comes down to who has the better QB and special teams.

I am not much of a Horn fan myself, but I doubt very seriously that BYU or Boise state would beat UT at their place. TCU would be closer, but played 10 times I think UT wins 7 or 8 times. Can you see TCU beating Florida, LSU, or Alabama?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Got5onIt Experienced

Got5onIt

Posted
Posted

I am not much of a Horn fan myself, but I doubt very seriously that BYU or Boise state would beat UT at their place. TCU would be closer, but played 10 times I think UT wins 7 or 8 times. Can you see TCU beating Florida, LSU, or Alabama?

Texas couldn't beat Florida, LSU, or Bama.

Texas loses to Boise, BYU, & TCU, on a neutral field.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Green Jackal Newbie

Green Jackal

Posted
Posted

One of the best football teams in the nation and they are only averaging 31,000 in a city of nearly a quarter of a million people.

Sad.

Maybe they should schedule UNT. With the attendance we have been having we should be good for at least 20k fans. I'm sure we would bring more fans than Colorado State did this year. I don't understand why doesn't TCU want to play us anymore. Until they do, I won't be going to any of their games no matter what their ranking is.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
greenminer Grand Master

greenminer

Posted
Posted

Texas couldn't beat Florida, LSU, or Bama.

Texas loses to Boise, BYU, & TCU, on a neutral field.

How can you say that, especially regarding BYU when they were just humiliated on national TV by TCU?

You are implying you think TCU is #3 or 4 material, and I just am not positive about that. They are a solid top-10 team that blew past a BYU squad that just fell out of the top-25.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mrsgreengoblin Newbie

mrsgreengoblin

Posted
Posted

Part of the reason that they probably can't get a sold out stadium is how bad the tailgating and layout of the parking lots suck. And I've been to plenty of TCU games.

My grandpa graduated from TCU and my mother has worked in some sort of capacity for them for the past 15 years including athletics (for 10). I grew up about 1 mile from the campus.

The stadium isn't all that nice IMO. It holds 44k or something like that and it's old. You can especially tell when you are walking around the concourse.

This team this year is good. Good enough to beat this year's Texas team down in Austin on their turf.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CaribbeanGreen Mentor

CaribbeanGreen

Posted
Posted

How can you say that, especially regarding BYU when they were just humiliated on national TV by TCU?

You are implying you think TCU is #3 or 4 material, and I just am not positive about that. They are a solid top-10 team that blew past a BYU squad that just fell out of the top-25.

That BYU game is so hard to read - the Cougars looked good against OU in the opener (though who knows what OU is), but they got absolutely whipped in Provo by a weak Florida State team... which is exactly what TCU did to them as well.

Time will tell. Avoiding their typical once a year bad loss may be the Frogs' biggest obstacle. Boise, on the other hand, is the world's biggest Oregon Duck fan club this Saturday.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
untjim1995 Grand Master

untjim1995

Posted
Posted

Texas couldn't beat Florida, LSU, or Bama.

Texas loses to Boise, BYU, & TCU, on a neutral field.

You are either high, an Aggie fan, or haven't watched any college football this year if you think TCU, Boise, or BYU would beat Texas on a neutral field. TCU would keep it close because of their defense, but the other two would get BLOWN out. They would beat LSU, too. I will agree, though, that Florida and Bama would kill them anywhere.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
GrandGreen Grand Master

GrandGreen

Posted
Posted

To the factors of city size, student number, alumni numbers, you might want to add that TCU ticket prices are roughly double what NT's are.

I think the TCU attendance situation just demonstrates how difficult it is to prosper in the collegian football arena. TCU is a school with a great location, tradition and enourmous resources relative to NT and most of the non-AQ teams. Yet, they struggle for coverage and attention against the pro and Big Twelve dominated media and the ever present UT influence over the entire state.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!

  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 210

      PAC is back

      Great encapsulation of our strengths! Nice to see that all pulled together. Maddening that our history of middling football hires is the reason we’re not at the forefront of the current round of conference shuffling discussion. All the more reason myself and others were advocating for a “surer bet” as HC with some skins and name recognition this past go around. Especially given what we’re capable of paying.
      Green Lantern in Conference ReAlignment
    2. 13

      Sell Out Next Week?

      25K after last weeks game would be incredible! Depending how the season plays out, Army may be a natural sell out.
      • 1
      • Upvote
      Glory to the Green in Mean Green Football
    3. 4

      Nebraska just proved the 3-3-5 defense is trash

      The 3-3-5 to me is like a Prevent Defense.
      Venson in Mean Green Football
    4. 32

      Morris needs to own the Caponi hire

      I can appreciate your optimism. For me, Caponi has got to go. That guy will not grow. Last year against LaTech, we come out in a four man front, hold LaTech down and we score offensively and get a sizable lead. He inexplicably switches back to the 3-3-5 and let them back in the game and we have to win on a last minute FG. That tells me he is hard headed, cannot adjust his defense to what is thrown at him, and will not grow.
      Venson in Mean Green Football
    5. 31

      Week 4 Depth Charts

      Looks like Landon Peterson is back at RG. Seemed like we were pretty good at pass blocking in game 1. Hopefully, we can break away from the game plan of throwing at or near the LOS so often, but downfield instead. Also excited to see our transfer RB play. I thought he looked decent last game. Big game today. Hope we got a lot of things corrected. Hopefully they learned a lot after being humbled.
      • 1
      • Upvote
      3_n_out in Mean Green Football

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,440
    • Most Online
      1,865
    Mikee
    Newest Member
    Mikee
    Joined

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

News

Recruiting

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.