From Lashard Durr

[croomin]

[FONT=proxima_regular]"It's very important to have a live crowd out there. Without our fans, I don't know where we would be. We need the crowd on our side. If we get up, we need them and if we get down, we need them to lift us up. The fans are our motivation. They get us pumping and when we get pumping, we do good things."

Show up this weekend and stay til the end (looking especially at our weak student section)[/FONT]

 

[ShrubDog]

Yup I posted last weekend that the student crowd sucks.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

The entire crowd sucked last weekend. Even when it was full there was 0 energy. And then it was less than half full by the start of the 4th quarter.

 

[MSUDC11]

11 am game in 100 degree heat. 80% of the people left when we thought we were in the process of blowing them out.

I don't blame people for not having a ton of energy last week. It will be a lot better tomorrow night.

 

[Shamoan]

if somebody can make it there by 11:00 in the sweltering heat, they should be able to make it through a game that is still very much in question despite it still being hot. its not like it went from a cool 70 degrees up to 110 in the matter of a few hours. people act shocked that they showed up to an already hot game and left because it was hot. if you cant make it through a competitive game in the heat, you probably shouldnt even go in the first place. lets call it what it is....buyers remorse about having to go to an early game, seeing a poor effort on the field, and realizing that your tailgate and shade is preferable to suffering through the heat and watching that **** show, but make no mistake, it was hot and uncomfortable when you first got there.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

11 am game in 100 degree heat. 80% of the people left when we thought we were in the process of blowing them out.

I don't blame people for not having a ton of energy last week. It will be a lot better tomorrow night.

Not saying I dont understand why people left. Just saying that it doesn't apply to only students

 

[Digging dog]

Hard to be really turnt up when the temperature is doing the same thing.

 

[ShrubDog]

Not saying I dont understand why people left. Just saying that it doesn't apply to only students

If Durr really said that above, he calls out the weak student section.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

If Durr really said that above, he calls out the weak student section.

The student section was bad. But so was the east side. And the west side. And the upper deck. And the club level. And the skyboxes. And the scoreboard club. And the tiki huts. And the endzone club. Did I miss anywhere? Because the entire stadium was as bad as I have seen it since 06. Everything and everyone sucked on Saturday.

And FYI I am not a student. Season ticket holder on the east side.

 

[o_LandDawg]

100% correct. I felt like I had leprosy when I stood to cheer during that game. People just sat and stared with scowls on their faces the whole damn game. I know I know....we laid a big stinky turd, but this crap also happened the last few years...the best seasons we've ever had. I've been to a lot of college games and stadiums and we are the most apathetic crowd I've ever seen. I won't even get into the number of times I've been asked to sit down, just so someone behind me could see a big 3rd down. And before you say it, I've never been asked to sit because I was being obnoxious, cussing, etc.

Do you go to the games to cheer on you team? If yes, then get up and yell, clap, ring, stomp or whatever.

Ahhhhhhhhh....soapbox over and out

 

[DirtyDog]

I don't know what you saw last Saturday, but I was more embarrassed by the non-student departure. The student section after half-time was empty, but so were the rest of the grandstands. The West side looked plain empty. I would guess there were only about 20,000 fans total after halftime. It was by far the worst departure that I've ever seen in a game that was not a blow out or a tornado. The students didn't have to drive to Starkville to see the game. I was embarrased by the "mature" fans desire to tailgate rather than support their team. The crowd rarely even tried to rally the team on defense with cowbells. There was a minor amount of rattle going on when 3rd down approached.People seriously can't hold off on drinking themselves silly for another hour and a half? Pathetic. At least the students cheered for the defense early when the defense was on the field and it was time to put the bells down. The East side was so quiet that it was sad.

 

[croomin]

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[GuardDawg42]

Seems like it's a yearly thing for our weak student body to be called out.

 

[croomin]

Why don't we all just agree to make up for it this weekend?

 

[ShrubDog]

Seems like it's a yearly thing for our weak student body to be called out.

Exactly

 

[GhostOfJackie]

I spend enough money on season tickets, lodging, gas, food and drinks, putting up with ********, giving up a perfectly good golf Saturday, etc...... to stay for the entire game whether or not we are blowing a team out. The older I get the less likely it is that you will see me anywhere in Starkville but inside the game.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

I really have never understood why our crowd leaves if we are blowing out our opponent.

Maybe I'm just a heartless bastard but I like the games where we are blowing someone out. I think I like it because as a MSU fan I clearly remember 1995 when South Carolina hung 65 points on us and blew us out / 1995 when Tennessee scored 52 points and blew us out / 1993 when Memphis State scored 45 and blew us out / etc. And not to mention embarrassing loses like Troy 2001, Maine 2004, Tulane 2006, and South Alabama 2016---so I even enjoy beating the smaller schools.

 

[diggidydog]

I sit on the west side...whole section is standing for the kickoff yelling and cheering, as soon as the returner is tackled this whole side of the stadium sits down and the stadium goes silent until the opponent has a third down or we have a big play. I have been asked numerous times to sit down. It has been that way for as long as I can remember with the exception of maybe the Auburn and A&M games two years ago. You could easily count the number of people left in the student section after halftime last week.

 

[KurtRambis4]

The biggest problem

is playing these **** teams. I couldn't care less to see us play USA. Throw in the fact it's an 11:00 game, and it's a recipe for disaster, so to say. I know it's outside of our control, but these games need to be later in the day.

 

[Ishmael]

I wasn't able to go last week because of work obligations (so I probably have no room to talk but I did give my ticket away to an MSU fan), but on tv the student section looked way worse than the rest of the crowd. The whole place may have been bad, but the student section was most obviously terrible. And this isn't a one-game occurrence.

 

[kired]

And I feel like I spend enough money on tickets to leave whenever the hell I want.

With that said, I can only remember ever leaving one game early (its was my junior year in 2001) except when I bring my kids (they are 6 & 3). My kids love football games but 2 or 3 quarters is all the youngest can stand - especially when the heat index is over 100. I generally bring them only to non-conference games when I expect a blowout. Our team shouldn't need my yelling and cowbell ringing in the 4th quarter to beat USA, UAB, midd-ten st, jackson st, samford, etc.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

I really have never understood why our crowd leaves if we are blowing out our opponent.

Maybe I'm just a heartless bastard but I like the games where we are blowing someone out. I think I like it because as a MSU fan I clearly remember 1995 when South Carolina hung 65 points on us and blew us out / 1995 when Tennessee scored 52 points and blew us out / 1993 when Memphis State scored 45 and blew us out / etc. And not to mention embarrassing loses like Troy 2001, Maine 2004, Tulane 2006, and South Alabama 2016---so I even enjoy beating the smaller schools.

Im the same way. I've seen teams blow us out enough it's nice to watch us dish itt out when I get the chance

 

[ChinaDogSunflower]

Well, when all they are bumping is CCR and Tom Petty from the speakers it would be pretty hard to turn up.. Just my observation from watching from home but it didn't seem like there was any rap or any music w energy being played all game.

I love classic rock, but if I'm about to go compete I don't wanna hear "...we built this city on rock and roll..."

I get papaw likes CCR, but whoever is controlling the music needs to understand that it's not just filling time while we daydream until the action starts again, they are controlling the energy of the stadium. It can be a party or it can be a picnic. Get your **** together

And I saw a post shortly after the game that implied the speakers needed to be turned up and questioned if we need a new sound system..

Gameday Production Grade (Absentee): D

 

[ChinaDogSunflower]

I think that it was hot and everyone is frustrated watching Dan squander talent and opportunities because of his allegiance to seniority and clueless personnel decisions. They also probably left because of his stubborn and ignorant play calling. His unwillingness to allow his coaches to do there job without him getting in the way might factor in too.

I don't know.. I'm not a docta..

 

[Miketice]

^ Prep?

 

[Palos verdes]

Millenials suck, that's what it all boils down to.

 

[muhstate]

- 11am game
- **** opponent
- Hot as balls
- Labor Day Weekend
- Was looking like a blowout

Yeah I left at halftime. The three girls who were with us were miserable in the heat, sunburnt and the lady next to us had to be escorted out of the stands due to what looked to be a heat stroke.

I've suffered through some hot and cold games, and last Saturday was by far the hottest. I'll put up with some **** but I'm not going to be miserable just to watch us blowout a cupcake... which we then lost to.

17 off

 

[msstate7]

The entire crowd sucked last weekend. Even when it was full there was 0 energy. And then it was less than half full by the start of the 4th quarter.

I was part of the problem last week. I was sitting most the day working on my tan

 

[Where'sWaldo]

I was at the game start to finish and in the sun. The heat wasn't that bad. We have some really vaginas in our fanbase.

 

[ronpolk]

I stayed the whole time too. It was hot no doubt but I don't think it even came close to comparing to UAB a few years ago.