The few remaining tickets went on sale at 8 and are gone already. Most left were standing room only and now those are gone. I'm sure there will be a few online soon for a crazy high price. I like the in state series, especially since I live close, but I hate how they always try to block us from getting any tix in every sport when it's in Hburg. I hope dawg fans find ways to fill the stadium with maroon.
USM series sold out
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Yeah and for what it's worth, I decided not to buy the season tickets. I know a few Hattiesburg-area State alums who found out about sellouts the past couple days because season ticket holders had the right to buy single game tickets.
Is there any benefit to playing USM in anything? Seriously. They are willing to give up any amount of money just to keep us from attending a game at their place. They don't treat it like a great opportunity to become relevant. They act like they are being forced to play us and get all territorial. We might as well be playing baseball 2 states away where we could actually buy tickets and the opponent would be happy to have us.
From this event and previous events against MSU, they have given up enough to do major renovations on all major sporting venues.
If they are sold out then they aren't losing any money. The size of their stadium is more the problem.
The benefits of playing them include keeping money in-state and reducing travel costs. I see no problem with it, especially in basketball and baseball.
Not as big of a fan of it in football, because if you lose, it stings much more. Football is just a different animal altogether.
I personally think MSU needs to do everything possible to increase their brand awareness in South Mississippi. The Gulf Coast and Hattiesburg are growing. I wish we would play a weekend series in Biloxi every single year.
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They always sell out every time they play us at anything. So, I'm curious what makes "our" money better than their own money according to multiple posters in this thread.
If they are begging alumni to buy season tickets just to keep us out, then there will be a lot of season tickets stuck in the hands of people who will probably never come. Does that sound familiar? This will affect actual attendance and everything that comes with it for the rest of their season.
So how is this approach different than every sales pitch in the country for baseball season tickets? How does putting single game tickets in the hand of an MSU fan increase their revenue in this situation compared to the USM fan who actually bought tickets for the whole season and will also actually be there this weekend? The logic behind that thought is non-existent. They sell out grandstand season tix every year. What they were selling here were SRO "general admission" season tickets which = an empty spot standing on the side of a hill if that person doesn't come back at all.
USM has pretty good actual baseball attendance. Around #15-20 nationally in attendance every year. About like Alabama, Florida, Miami, Virginia, Texas Tech, NC State, etc....
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Depends on how you want to look at it. I was planning to go on Friday, pay for 2 hotel rooms and eat meals from Friday through Sunday while I was there. If the USM fans taking those tickets spend the same amount of money, then they're in just as good of a place. If however it's someone local who stays and eats at home, it's is Hattiesburg that takes the hit. Going forward I hope we only play them in Biloxi or Pearl where State fans will have an opportunity to attend.
If I was John Cohen or any future MSU AD, I would never play Usm in any sport at Hattiesburg.... If they want to come to Starkville, then OK.....when is last time Ole Miss has played USM in Hattiesburg in football or baseball?
Ole Miss plays us every other year in baseball in Hattiesburg. But it’s a single midweek game, not a 3-game series. The deal we have with them is 1 game in Pearl and 1 game in either Hattiesburg or Oxford (this year’s campus game is in Oxford).
They gave us a game in Hattiesburg in hoops in 2011. You’re right that they won’t play us in football though.
They gave us a game in Hattiesburg in hoops in 2011. You’re right that they won’t play us in football though.
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And FWIW, this series was Cannizaro’s thing. Not Cohen’s. I’m sure Cohen had to sign off on it, but this was pretty much all Cannizaro. He’s tight with our associate HC Caillet (who will actually handle USM’s managing duties on Friday and Saturday with Berry’s suspension) and has ties to USM with his dad and brother both having played here.
Well you guys should personally thank every MSU fan that you see down there for keeping your program afloat.... If we hadn't played you in football a few years back you would now be having a heck of a rivalry with Mississippi College.
I like playing them because it means more than playing a 3 game series against some random directional school that no one in the state gives a **** about. Or did you not get extra satisfaction out of beating them in their own regional last year?
There’s a concrete terrace where the RF hill used to be ... believe it’s been there since 2009 or 2010. If you have a GA/SRO ticket, you can bring a lawn chair and set it up there. I prefer sitting in the grandstands, but lots of people love sitting out there.
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That 2015 game helped us, sure. But I doubt that the revenue we made from that game came close to what we get when we play on the road against Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, etc.
Now the 2019 football game in Starkville .. that will definitely help us keep the lights on.
Now the 2019 football game in Starkville .. that will definitely help us keep the lights on.
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