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re: South Carolina will beat MSU in basketball tonight
Posted on 2/29/12 at 2:44 pm to QCC
Posted on 2/29/12 at 2:44 pm to QCC
In the late 1990s, you could say that basketball was more popular than baseball. That was because we had just won the SEC and made the big dance in back to back years. I think that in sports other than football, success is what puts butts in the seats. Football is the cash crop, so to speak, and even during crappy years, people will still drive to tailgate, hang with friends, and venture into the stadium for games. Just a different animal. I dont necessarily think that we have a poor reception for basketball, just for the product we are seeing now.
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Posted on 2/29/12 at 2:56 pm to UpstateCock2007
You're probably right, and that was before the Tanner era as well. Football can be seen as more than just football. It's an all-around social experience. Basketball is pure sport. No tailgating, no social gathering.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 2:57 pm to QCC
Exactly... which is why people are boycotting or just not showing up. Hard for someone who doesn't live in Columbia to justify driving an hour or more to watch us get slaughtered. Now, say were were even just a reverse of our record and were 18-10, then I think that it would be different.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 2:59 pm to UpstateCock2007
Totally (see 2004, 05, 06, etc).
I guess I'm crazy for driving down to watch them play regardless
I guess I'm crazy for driving down to watch them play regardless
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:10 pm to UpstateCock2007
I don't go because of the attendance. Hypocritical of me I know, but the small crowds make it boring.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:23 pm to UpstateCock2007
Yeah this fan base will support a successful basketball team, hence the arena size, hell in Horn's 1st year when we were doing well we had "Operation Sell-Out" and the venue was filled to rafters even if it was against a crappy UGA team.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:24 pm to QCC
I went to every football game during the 21 game losing streak.
Basketball is just different. It's not an all-day event. A close game is exciting; a win is always fun. On the other hand, watching your team flounder around and be pretty much guaranteed to lose by double digits against any team with a pulse (including Southern Conference teams) is just depressing. Honestly, when you read the box score you're glad you didn't go. When the team is middle of the road and any game can go either way, sure, then it's still worth going. If you're as bad as we are, with no chance -- forget it. Why put yourself through that?
Basketball is just different. It's not an all-day event. A close game is exciting; a win is always fun. On the other hand, watching your team flounder around and be pretty much guaranteed to lose by double digits against any team with a pulse (including Southern Conference teams) is just depressing. Honestly, when you read the box score you're glad you didn't go. When the team is middle of the road and any game can go either way, sure, then it's still worth going. If you're as bad as we are, with no chance -- forget it. Why put yourself through that?
Posted on 2/29/12 at 3:30 pm to SpringBokCock
Because I like basketball 
Posted on 2/29/12 at 8:23 pm to QCC
Cocks up 3 with 1 minute left
This post was edited on 2/29/12 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 2/29/12 at 8:52 pm to SterlingBrooks
Headed to OT in Columbia
Posted on 2/29/12 at 8:53 pm to SterlingBrooks
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Headed to OT in Columbia
Are you shitting?? MSU was up 23 earlier.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 8:55 pm to chilld28
I feel bad for Arnett transferring into this catastrophe.
Posted on 2/29/12 at 8:59 pm to chilld28
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:04 pm to S
PUT BAXTER IN
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:05 pm to S
Bryant Byrant!!!
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:06 pm to SterlingBrooks
Cocks choke and blow it, State wins
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:12 pm to SterlingBrooks
Cocks ALWAYS choke when they play anybody from the West. RTR
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:21 pm to bamarolls1
Except for Bama in football
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:29 pm to SpringBokCock
State in football as well
Posted on 2/29/12 at 9:32 pm to CNB
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You heard it here first folks.
Not true I already called a win in an earlier thread.
Oh Yeah!!!! Hope I am right.
This post was edited on 2/29/12 at 9:34 pm
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