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Posted on 11/21/21 at 2:10 pm to OleVaught14
Posted on 11/21/21 at 2:10 pm to OleVaught14
I think it’s a combination of a lot of the things people have mentioned on here. People coming from out of town, even Memphis like me, either have to spend $500 minimum to do an overnight weekend the right way OR have to stay sober and awake enough to make the drive back after. Add a night game or a boring matchup to the equation and you lose a massive chunk of peoples excitement about the whole thing. It’s hard to imagine making it to 3+ games if you have kids in the house.
I made it back home at 1am after A&M.
My solution: Play every game at 2:30pm
I made it back home at 1am after A&M.
My solution: Play every game at 2:30pm
This post was edited on 11/22/21 at 1:33 pm
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Posted on 11/21/21 at 5:02 pm to Dorsal-Fin
We need an over saturated hotel market.
Posted on 11/21/21 at 5:56 pm to Ole Colonel 27
Heck, they've added about 5 new hotels when I started there in 2015 
Posted on 11/21/21 at 8:05 pm to jakesnake66
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It's 10pm on a Saturday night. Ole Miss just squeaked out a win against the powerhouse known as "Vanderbilt University" I'm watching Lane Kiffin being interviewed
Why aren’t you at the game?
Glass house and shite
Posted on 11/21/21 at 9:38 pm to Oxford Ways
There's also been a whole bunch of hotels added to DeSoto County, just an hour away.
Posted on 11/21/21 at 10:01 pm to Landmass
I mean Oxford is definitely growing as a city. The problems with gameday now might be obsolete in 20-30 years
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:26 am to Oxford Ways
Are we losing Kiffin after this season? Upvote for yes and downvote for no.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:43 am to SquarePizzaRebel
I don’t care either way. Dealing with the will he won’t he leave while complaining about your current job is already more annoying than Freeze’s fake preacher shtick.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 10:11 am to DMagic
Where is your holiday spirit DMagic?
Posted on 11/22/21 at 2:43 pm to SquarePizzaRebel
I seriously doubt he's coming to Florida. He's not a favorite with the admin or Bull Gators.
If the Miami job opens, that could be a problem. I've heard Miami's boosters are a little leery about paying another buyout and getting into a bidding war though.
I do have to agree with the contingent who says the fans here are a bit soft. Who doesn't go to an SEC game when tickets are that cheap even when it's Vandy? I paid $5 for mine on the 50-yard-line.
Not to call anyone out, but is the view here that all of folks in Tiger Stadium, BDS, or The Swamp live in town? Tons of folks in The Swamp are coming in from Orlando, Tampa, Jax, and surrounding areas and dealing with getting home at 2 a.m. Running the table at home is always special, and here pretty rare.
I don't know, but Ole Miss rarely if ever seems a particularly intimidating place to play, and some of the criticism folks like Pank are throwing out isn't unwarranted. Cool, so it was really loud that one time against Alabama, but even places like Arky and SCar tend to be much louder environments week to week.
I enjoy going to games here, a lot more than The Grove actually, and have really enjoyed Kiffin being here. It would be fun to actually see Vaught as nuts as it supposedly was for that Bama game for once though.
If the Miami job opens, that could be a problem. I've heard Miami's boosters are a little leery about paying another buyout and getting into a bidding war though.
I do have to agree with the contingent who says the fans here are a bit soft. Who doesn't go to an SEC game when tickets are that cheap even when it's Vandy? I paid $5 for mine on the 50-yard-line.
Not to call anyone out, but is the view here that all of folks in Tiger Stadium, BDS, or The Swamp live in town? Tons of folks in The Swamp are coming in from Orlando, Tampa, Jax, and surrounding areas and dealing with getting home at 2 a.m. Running the table at home is always special, and here pretty rare.
I don't know, but Ole Miss rarely if ever seems a particularly intimidating place to play, and some of the criticism folks like Pank are throwing out isn't unwarranted. Cool, so it was really loud that one time against Alabama, but even places like Arky and SCar tend to be much louder environments week to week.
I enjoy going to games here, a lot more than The Grove actually, and have really enjoyed Kiffin being here. It would be fun to actually see Vaught as nuts as it supposedly was for that Bama game for once though.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 3:39 pm to LuciusSulla
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Not to call anyone out, but is the view here that all of folks in Tiger Stadium, BDS, or The Swamp live in town?
Just to play devil's advocate, Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa, and Gainesville are in much more populated areas than Oxford and the same attendance issues that have been affecting us have been affecting those three powerhouses as well. As to the population difference, consider this: East Baton Rouge Parish has 440,000 people; Tuscaloosa County has 203,000 people; Alachua County has 269,000 people; and Lafayette County has 55,000 people. As to the attendance, consider Florida put just 70,000 butts in the seats two weeks ago and, although LSU claims 92,000 attended the UL-Monroe game, anyone with a set of eyes who watched that game knows that claim is simply false.
All the empty areas in our stadium doe look bad on TV, though.
The problem is our stadium is too big and the cost of attending a game worth attending has priced out the average consumer. Our stadium needs to seat 50,000. The days of mega stadiums are dead, even in college football, which might be dying too.
This post was edited on 11/22/21 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 11/22/21 at 3:55 pm to LuciusSulla
It has much more to do with the slate of games this year than anything. Austin Peay, Tulane in a torrential downpour, Arkansas at 11 am, LSU, A&M, Liberty, and Vandy in 30 degree weather.. 4 cupcakes and Arkansas at 11 when everyone has had issues with attendance.
I'm lucky enough to live here and went to every game except Tulane (didn't wait out the rain) and Liberty (went to a wedding). But when talking with friends, I couldn't ever get a lot of them to come because if they needed a hotel, it was exorbitantly expensive. It ain't worth it to see most of those games. The ones that it was worth it, we showed up.
I'm lucky enough to live here and went to every game except Tulane (didn't wait out the rain) and Liberty (went to a wedding). But when talking with friends, I couldn't ever get a lot of them to come because if they needed a hotel, it was exorbitantly expensive. It ain't worth it to see most of those games. The ones that it was worth it, we showed up.
Posted on 11/22/21 at 5:10 pm to TMRebel
We have put butts in the seats when the game matters.
Again, I want to stress this issue is not ours alone. Even bluebloods have been struggling with attendance.
Some bluebloods, such as Alabama and LSU, report attendance numbers which are clearly incorrect to the naked eye. If you watched even a fraction of the LSU/UL-Monroe or LSU/Arkansas games, you'd know there weren't 92,000 people there. The same thing is true for Auburn: there were huge swaths of Auburn's upper decks with no people in them in their game versus Mississippi State, yet Auburn reported a sellout.
Then, there are the programs that have simply stopped caring. Those programs are out west. Oregon State is having its best season since 2012, and even they can't sell out their stadium. They only had 29,579 in the stands this weekend when they beat a 7-4 Arizona State team. Their stadium seats over 43,000.
Again, I want to stress this issue is not ours alone. Even bluebloods have been struggling with attendance.
Some bluebloods, such as Alabama and LSU, report attendance numbers which are clearly incorrect to the naked eye. If you watched even a fraction of the LSU/UL-Monroe or LSU/Arkansas games, you'd know there weren't 92,000 people there. The same thing is true for Auburn: there were huge swaths of Auburn's upper decks with no people in them in their game versus Mississippi State, yet Auburn reported a sellout.
Then, there are the programs that have simply stopped caring. Those programs are out west. Oregon State is having its best season since 2012, and even they can't sell out their stadium. They only had 29,579 in the stands this weekend when they beat a 7-4 Arizona State team. Their stadium seats over 43,000.
This post was edited on 11/22/21 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 11/22/21 at 8:14 pm to Tornado Alley
One thing that might be rectified via the Stadium renovation is putting in some sort of overhang that will trap the noise while providing some shade. As has been noted, VHS is a large flat bowl, the stands are pushed back from the field and the student section is completely open. All these issues allow noise to escape. A good architectural firm would be able to work on these issues while making the stadium loom more appealing
Posted on 11/22/21 at 10:20 pm to ABearsFanNMS
Anyone getting their feelings hurt about him complaining about the crowds is a damn gullible idiot. It's a game to him. He's taking pointers from Saban. He doesn't actually GAF.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 12:47 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
It died a long time ago. I’m truly ambivalent though all joking aside.
Posted on 11/24/21 at 6:38 pm to jakesnake66
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jakesnake66
Keep scrolling or go to a new thread/board
Posted on 11/25/21 at 1:29 pm to adp
We ha d offered kiffin 8mil per year.
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