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re: "Arkansas' fan base continues to prove maybe it's an SEC program in name only"

Posted on 8/9/12 at 1:29 pm to
Posted by sugatowng
Look at my bling Bitches
Member since Nov 2006
25332 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 1:29 pm to
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how long are y'all handcuffed to LR for games anyway?


2 more years...but I live in LR and love to have the games here, if a day game. I have an interest in a restaraunt here. Night games we might do 200 dinners, but day game we would do 600. At 30pp avg that's a lot of dough to lose.

Moving the games to Nam helps the program...but personally effects me
Posted by FootballHog
Member since Nov 2006
7694 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 1:29 pm to
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so this is incorrect?
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With the occasional exception of a game of national importance (Alabama, 2010, for instance) they seem to dislike walking across the street for a game in Fayetteville too, or at least sticking it out through the third quarter. But that's a story for another day.


This part is.

Students camp out in front of the stadium like 5 days before the football game.
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
28590 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 1:35 pm to
Why would anyone want to drive all the way to the northwest corner of the state, pay for parking, have a crappy tailgate experience, pay for upper deck seats, get stuck in traffic on the way home if you stay the whole game or buy a hotel for the night, when you could avoid all that and see a much better view of the game from your big flat screen television from the comfort of your or your friend's living room?
Posted by ROAD HOGG
Houston TX
Member since Nov 2009
370 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 1:43 pm to
Dr. RC, I remember Arkansas State beating the Aggies in Kyle Field about 4 yrs. ago. You really belong in the SEC.
Posted by ArCoRazorback
Member since Jun 2012
803 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 1:47 pm to
Says an A&M fan
Posted by BrerTiger
Valley of the Long Grey Cloud
Member since Sep 2011
21506 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:05 pm to
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Why would anyone want to drive all the way to the northwest corner of the state, pay for parking, have a crappy tailgate experience, pay for upper deck seats, get stuck in traffic on the way home if you stay the whole game or buy a hotel for the night, when you could avoid all that and see a much better view of the game from your big flat screen television from the comfort of your or your friend's living room?


Sounds somewhat similar to the same gripes a Jackson resident might have about driving out to Oxford or Starkville for games.

Way to support your team, Jon Ham!
This post was edited on 8/9/12 at 2:06 pm
Posted by Latarian
Thug POS
Member since Jul 2010
27604 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:13 pm to
A&M fans now getting in in the GSD?

FML
Posted by SunHog
Illinois
Member since Jan 2011
9202 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:17 pm to
Little Rock is on its way out nothing more here to read. It's a large issue in the state and now with all the good games on the hill and 20,000 more seats sold at RRS, I wouldn't drive three hours from Fayetteville to Little Rock either as a student or donor while sitting in luxury on the hill. Old habits die hard.

Reference the article it's about students and ticket packages to Little Rock not Fayetteville. Watch how many people show up for Jackson State in Fayetteville which will be more than Little Rock against Ole Miss. That says more about Little Rock than the opponent.



Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:30 pm to
I'm a season-ticket holder and I haven't been to a game in Little Rock since 2005 or so.

I think the article is an off-season stoking of the anti-LR sentiment more than anything.

Our home stadium has 72k permanent seats. We'll have more than 72k for just about every game in Fayetteville regardless of opponent. Bama and LSU will be more like 75-76k.
Posted by Latarian
Thug POS
Member since Jul 2010
27604 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:33 pm to
Warren Stephens is the only reason we still play in Little Rock
Posted by Hubbhogg
Fayettechill
Member since Dec 2010
13436 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:33 pm to
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I have my tix...These games will be sold out by the time the game rolls around


This, and terrible bait. Per capita we have one of the strongest if not strongest fanbases in the country
Posted by AUTiger83
ATL
Member since Sep 2006
2188 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:39 pm to
All this hate toward Upig. Why does everybody here hate a team named after breakfast food?
Posted by SunHog
Illinois
Member since Jan 2011
9202 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:41 pm to
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I'm a season-ticket holder and I haven't been to a game in Little Rock since 2005 or so.


With future expansion coming in Fayetteville, more fans, improved tailgating, on campus, new video board and atmosphere it's no wonder demand for Little Rock has drastically decreased. While skyboxes and club seats increase in Fayetteville.

Personally, I'm glad to see us moving away from the Rock regardless of the fun games I saw there. My family has generations of ticket holders yet we made a handleful of Little Rock games the past decade. Opponents are subpar, tack on driving and the metal bleachers don't do much for me. Not to mention its 3 hours from campus so I can't even visit my old stomping grounds.



This post was edited on 8/9/12 at 2:45 pm
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65779 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:42 pm to
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Posted by Latarian
Warren Stephens is the only reason we still play in Little Rock




Stephens, Robert Shields and Rey Pygsterio to be precise
Posted by cigsmcgee
LR
Member since May 2012
5233 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:43 pm to
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In their three home games last year, attendance hovered around 74,000, well below the Kyle Field capacity of approximately 83,000.


LINK

im sure this will be blamed on sherman.
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:45 pm to
And that's with 30k student tickets. We only offer 9500 student tickets, by comparison.
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
28590 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:47 pm to
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In their three home games last year, attendance hovered around 74,000, well below the Kyle Field capacity of approximately 83,000.


LINK

im sure this will be blamed on sherman.


This deserves its own thread.
Posted by BrerTiger
Valley of the Long Grey Cloud
Member since Sep 2011
21506 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:50 pm to
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This deserves its own thread.


Woo hoo!

I mean Woo pig!

Another A&M/Arky flame thread will be born!
Posted by WonderWartHawg
Member since Dec 2010
10401 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:50 pm to
Like New Mexico State and Louisiana-Monroe type shite sells out in Fayetteville, too.
Posted by Drewbie
tFlagship
Member since Jun 2012
57902 posts
Posted on 8/9/12 at 2:52 pm to
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Is he correct when he says they have trouble selling out a 55k stadium?
I've never personally seen a Little Rock game that wasn't sold out. Even when we play cupcakes. This guy's an idiot...or trolling...or both.
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