|
Post by Trojanfan2 on Nov 19, 2023 19:26:01 GMT -6
I love hosting the championship game. But having it at a fairly centrally located (MS, AL, or TN) neutral stadium i think would elevate the status of the Sun Belt. I wonder if anyone in the New Orleans office is thinking about it. Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Independence Shreveport, or even Legion Field could be a fit. There's others I'm sure.
|
|
|
Post by cornhole on Nov 19, 2023 19:44:56 GMT -6
I love hosting the championship game. But having it at a fairly centrally located (MS, AL, or TN) neutral stadium i think would elevate the status of the Sun Belt. I wonder if anyone in the New Orleans office is thinking about it. Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Independence Shreveport, or even Legion Field could be a fit. There's others I'm sure. Some Atlanta venue would be a desirable draw. Hospitable location, lots to do and logistical access. Just schedule around $EC if possible.
|
|
|
Post by Trojan By Birth on Nov 19, 2023 20:00:08 GMT -6
We can’t pack The Vet, but we will definitely pack some far away city stadium.
|
|
|
Post by cornhole on Nov 19, 2023 20:06:41 GMT -6
We can’t pack The Vet, but we will definitely pack some far away city stadium. Pensacola has been a great venue for SBC Basketball, is there a suitable football venue there?? Panama City? Just thinking outside the usual box.. Both desirable winter venues?
|
|
|
Post by Trojan By Birth on Nov 19, 2023 20:42:58 GMT -6
We can’t pack The Vet, but we will definitely pack some far away city stadium. Pensacola has been a great venue for SBC Basketball, is there a suitable football venue there?? Panama City? Just thinking ouside the usual box.. Both desirable winter venues? Pensacola doesn’t have a football field. They used the baseball stadium until uwf built their own high school level field. You couldn’t see the game in the baseball stadium. Panama City doesn’t have anything either.
|
|
|
Post by troyfan on Nov 19, 2023 20:51:26 GMT -6
I say just dominate the division every year and plan on 7 games a year at the vet!
|
|
|
Post by cornhole on Nov 19, 2023 21:07:50 GMT -6
Pensacola has been a great venue for SBC Basketball, is there a suitable football venue there?? Panama City? Just thinking ouside the usual box.. Both desirable winter venues? Pensacola doesn’t have a football field. They used the baseball stadium until uwf built their own high school level field. You couldn’t see the game in the baseball stadium. Panama City doesn’t have anything either. Venue could prove 2nd fiddle to desireable winter destination for SBC member fans. "Who goes to Troy? " Who goes to Boone NC in winter"? Who goes to Conway, Jonesboro or Lafayette? Harrisburg, Va ? Where dat? What SBC Team has "The" football field? San Marcos? Oh yeah, Hattiesburg?
|
|
|
Post by mlambertii on Nov 19, 2023 22:33:06 GMT -6
You're most likely asking the teacher salary fan base to travel twice in December. A nice Nola hotel room is 250 a night, then turn around and go bowling? Bad idea. Let's keep that money to the small town with the top seed. That's asking a lot on a family budget at Christmas. Just because it works for the SEC doesn't make it a good idea for the SBC. Small businesses in small town college towns also appreciate the December boost and will likely contribute more to SBC programs, especially in hospitality. I don't hate the idea of playing it Friday night for more exposure.
|
|
|
Post by Bubba the Trojan on Nov 20, 2023 8:12:30 GMT -6
I don’t remember the attendance number from last years title game but it was somewhere in the 25K-28K range and that wasn’t just paid attendance numbers. It was one of the best “butts in the seats” games I’ve ever attended at TROY. The same would be true if it were played I’m Statesboro, Boone, Hattisburg, or Harrisonburg. If that game were played at a neutral site, there wouldn’t be half that number in attendance. The truth is, like it or not, the SunBelt doesn’t have the national appeal to attract a large contingent of non affiliated fans.
|
|
|
Post by Trojanfan2 on Nov 20, 2023 10:06:31 GMT -6
We can’t pack The Vet, but we will definitely pack some far away city stadium. Pensacola has been a great venue for SBC Basketball, is there a suitable football venue there?? Panama City? Just thinking outside the usual box.. Both desirable winter venues? Closest thing to P'cola is Ladd-Peebles in Mobile or Southern's place. Troy's fans travel well. According to what I see coming to Troy, Troy attends away games better than any other team. ULL/ULM game may be better attended. ODU travels pretty good, especially to JMU and vice versa. IF we ever get to a neutral sight, I agree that filling the stadium with two SBC schools would be difficult so there would have to be some other attraction. We didn't even fill the Cure Bowl last year in Orlando. I think all the conference championship games are played on the first Saturday after the regular season (the Army--Navy game is an exception) so it would be a weekend game and they are better attended. I was just thinking out loud (well on the keyboard) that if the SBC continues its path in football, it will get to the point that we could fill a neutral sight on a weekend if at a nice location that everyone could drive to or at least get a cheap flight.
|
|
|
Post by Trojan By Birth on Nov 20, 2023 10:29:47 GMT -6
You're most likely asking the teacher salary fan base to travel twice in December. A nice Nola hotel room is 250 a night, then turn around and go bowling? Bad idea. Let's keep that money to the small town with the top seed. That's asking a lot on a family budget at Christmas. Just because it works for the SEC doesn't make it a good idea for the SBC. Small businesses in small town college towns also appreciate the December boost and will likely contribute more to SBC programs, especially in hospitality. I don't hate the idea of playing it Friday night for more exposure. You bring up something that I have been thinking about for some time. To compete in the future, we need to produce higher earning alumni. We need an engineering school, or a law school. Also, we need to get our international alumni to kick back. It’s unfortunate that we now have a pro football team, but it is what it is.
|
|
|
Post by TrojanFanatic on Nov 20, 2023 10:42:18 GMT -6
You're most likely asking the teacher salary fan base to travel twice in December. A nice Nola hotel room is 250 a night, then turn around and go bowling? Bad idea. Let's keep that money to the small town with the top seed. That's asking a lot on a family budget at Christmas. Just because it works for the SEC doesn't make it a good idea for the SBC. Small businesses in small town college towns also appreciate the December boost and will likely contribute more to SBC programs, especially in hospitality. I don't hate the idea of playing it Friday night for more exposure. You bring up something that I have been thinking about for some time. To compete in the future, we need to produce higher earning alumni. We need an engineering school, or a law school. Also, we need to get our international alumni to kick back. It’s unfortunate that we now have a pro football team, but it is what it is. ALSDE makes the decisions on majors/minors, the school just requests them. It's why Troy doesn't have a music performance degree. (At least that's what I was always told) If we have to bank on the state making a decision to benefit us, we're screwed
|
|
|
Post by Trojanfan2 on Nov 20, 2023 10:52:26 GMT -6
Higher earning alumni is good. An alumni where everyone contributes is great. Attracting alumni from other schools is fantastic.
|
|
|
Post by Hemi Man on Nov 20, 2023 11:00:13 GMT -6
Higher earning alumni is good. An alumni where everyone contributes is great. Attracting alumni from other schools is fantastic. Excellent post and points!
|
|
|
Post by Troy_Fan_15 on Nov 20, 2023 14:19:12 GMT -6
I like that it is hosted at an SBC team's stadium. If we played a Nissan Stadium in front of 15-16K fans it would look awful. 25k-28k in Troy, AL watching us is way better.
|
|
|
Post by chattvalleytrojan on Nov 20, 2023 15:20:36 GMT -6
I like that it is hosted at an SBC team's stadium. If we played a Nissan Stadium in front of 15-16K fans it would look awful. 25k-28k in Troy, AL watching us is way better. Nissan would be better than a home game because it’s closer to me. But like this year if we host Saturday for football we play basketball at home Friday night. So I get two games in one trip.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2023 19:49:10 GMT -6
Logistics would be a good major for Troy to have… Wiley Sanders being right across the street. Also, Auburn has the only brewing/distiller school in the state. With Clyde Mays coming to town, that may be something to look at.
|
|
|
Post by trojanocean on Nov 21, 2023 9:03:36 GMT -6
We can’t pack The Vet, but we will definitely pack some far away city stadium. Admin should have closed this thread after this perfectly worded notion right there.
|
|
|
Post by fltrojan on Nov 21, 2023 9:11:45 GMT -6
What about Crampton Bowl in Montgomery? It's fairly neutral, holds a decent crowd and hosts both the FCS kick off and Camelia Bowl
|
|
|
Post by Bubba the Trojan on Nov 21, 2023 9:44:00 GMT -6
I hate the idea of neutral site games for conference championships. 99% (made up stat) of the time, one of the two teams involved has a better record and has had the better season. They should be rewarded with a home field advantage. I know, at least in the case of the SBC, there is an attempt to minimize the home field advantage by covering up signage with SBC signage, limiting the things the PA announcer can say, etc but if you don't think that us hosting the title game last season and putting 20K + TROJANS in the stands made a difference, ask the participants on the field. We earned the right to have that advantage, and it would not have existed had that game been played in Nashville, Atlanta, NO, Birmingham, and probably not even Montgomery. If we can earn the right to have our guys in their own locker room, with familiar site lines, and tons of rabid fans, I don't want to give it up for peripheral entertainment opportunities.
|
|
|
Post by fltrojan on Nov 21, 2023 14:28:42 GMT -6
I hate the idea of neutral site games for conference championships. 99% (made up stat) of the time, one of the two teams involved has a better record and has had the better season. They should be rewarded with a home field advantage. I know, at least in the case of the SBC, there is an attempt to minimize the home field advantage by covering up signage with SBC signage, limiting the things the PA announcer can say, etc but if you don't think that us hosting the title game last season and putting 20K + TROJANS in the stands made a difference, ask the participants on the field. We earned the right to have that advantage, and it would not have existed had that game been played in Nashville, Atlanta, NO, Birmingham, and probably not even Montgomery. If we can earn the right to have our guys in their own locker room, with familiar site lines, and tons of rabid fans, I don't want to give it up for peripheral entertainment opportunities. It's great when it's in Troy. Not great when you play in Boone, Virginia or WV in December so it's a good with the awful
|
|
|
Post by trojans09 on Nov 21, 2023 15:06:01 GMT -6
I hate the idea of neutral site games for conference championships. 99% (made up stat) of the time, one of the two teams involved has a better record and has had the better season. They should be rewarded with a home field advantage. I know, at least in the case of the SBC, there is an attempt to minimize the home field advantage by covering up signage with SBC signage, limiting the things the PA announcer can say, etc but if you don't think that us hosting the title game last season and putting 20K + TROJANS in the stands made a difference, ask the participants on the field. We earned the right to have that advantage, and it would not have existed had that game been played in Nashville, Atlanta, NO, Birmingham, and probably not even Montgomery. If we can earn the right to have our guys in their own locker room, with familiar site lines, and tons of rabid fans, I don't want to give it up for peripheral entertainment opportunities. It's great when it's in Troy. Not great when you play in Boone, Virginia or WV in December so it's a good with the awful Just keep winning and it’s all good!
|
|
|
Post by Bubba the Trojan on Nov 22, 2023 9:48:45 GMT -6
I hate the idea of neutral site games for conference championships. 99% (made up stat) of the time, one of the two teams involved has a better record and has had the better season. They should be rewarded with a home field advantage. I know, at least in the case of the SBC, there is an attempt to minimize the home field advantage by covering up signage with SBC signage, limiting the things the PA announcer can say, etc but if you don't think that us hosting the title game last season and putting 20K + TROJANS in the stands made a difference, ask the participants on the field. We earned the right to have that advantage, and it would not have existed had that game been played in Nashville, Atlanta, NO, Birmingham, and probably not even Montgomery. If we can earn the right to have our guys in their own locker room, with familiar site lines, and tons of rabid fans, I don't want to give it up for peripheral entertainment opportunities. It's great when it's in Troy. Not great when you play in Boone, Virginia or WV in December so it's a good with the awful Don't want to play in Boone, Virginia, or WV in December? Win the home field advantage. As I said in my post, home field advantage is a reward for being the best in the regular season. Playing for home field advantage just adds another level of excitement and tension for the fans. As I view it, wanting to play the game at a neutral site to avoid playing at someone else's home field in December is equivalent to hedging one's bets.
|
|
|
Post by fltrojan on Nov 22, 2023 10:34:48 GMT -6
It's great when it's in Troy. Not great when you play in Boone, Virginia or WV in December so it's a good with the awful Don't want to play in Boone, Virginia, or WV in December? Win the home field advantage. As I said in my post, home field advantage is a reward for being the best in the regular season. Playing for home field advantage just adds another level of excitement and tension for the fans. As I view it, wanting to play the game at a neutral site to avoid playing at someone else's home field in December is equivalent to hedging one's bets.. I agree but with that you have to take the bad. If the fighting mayonnaise were eligible this year we would be playing in Virginia in the cold. With that said I'm hoping that we are playing in Troy this year
|
|