Spokane/EWU submits bid to host NC game

[JMU DJ]

Blah blah blah blah blah

yackity yackity yackity yackity


Maybe the NCAA should only concentrate on something from 25 years ago in a completely different location and customer base and make the decisions based only on historical attendance.

[Grizalltheway]

Blah blah blah blah blah

yackity yackity yackity yackity


Maybe the NCAA should only concentrate on something from 25 years ago in a completely different location and customer base and make the decisions based only on historical attendance.

All you eastcoasters can suck it. Except for wideright, he's chill.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Blah blah blah blah blah

yackity yackity yackity yackity


Maybe the NCAA should only concentrate on something from 25 years ago in a completely different location and customer base and make the decisions based only on historical attendance.

I understand DJ. You have trouble thinking rationally since the loss at home last year in the playoffs. We not only wrecked 2008 for you but appear to have taken your soul for the 2009 season as well.

You have every reason to be angry with us Griz fans and lash out like you do. I wish you well my friend.

[JMU DJ]

I understand DJ. You have trouble thinking rationally since the loss at home last year in the playoffs. We not only wrecked 2008 for you but appear to have taken your soul for the 2009 season as well.

You have every reason to be angry with us Griz fans and lash out like you do. I wish you well my friend.

Low blow....


You left coasters take message boards to seriously. If you've gathered anything from my tenure at CS.com, is that pretty much everything I say is a bunch of BS. But go ahead, play your role UAH

[AZGrizFan]

I understand DJ. You have trouble thinking rationally since the loss at home last year in the playoffs. We not only wrecked 2008 for you but appear to have taken your soul for the 2009 season as well.

You have every reason to be angry with us Griz fans and lash out like you do. I wish you well my friend.

Low blow....


You left coasters take message boards to seriously. If you've gathered anything from my tenure at CS.com, is that pretty much everything I say is a bunch of BS. But go ahead, play your role UAH

Bunch o' fuckin' posers.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

I understand DJ. You have trouble thinking rationally since the loss at home last year in the playoffs. We not only wrecked 2008 for you but appear to have taken your soul for the 2009 season as well.

You have every reason to be angry with us Griz fans and lash out like you do. I wish you well my friend.

Low blow....


You left coasters take message boards to seriously. If you've gathered anything from my tenure at CS.com, is that pretty much everything I say is a bunch of BS. But go ahead, play your role UAH

There is NO WAY that you didn't take my banter with you in the humor that was intended!

I take nothing about the boards seriously, and I know you are full of shit.

[JMU DJ]

There is NO WAY that you didn't take my banter with you in the humor that was intended!

I take nothing about the boards seriously, and I know you are full of shit.

Ursus, we all know everything you say on this board is spewed with the hate filled rage of one thousand... no make that a shitload... I mean 20 million Rush Limbaughs. If you weren't such an angry, violent, spiteful human being maybe you would have more friends and get more bitches. But you're just a prankster playa hatin Griz fan.

My comments were more directed a GATW. If that toolbox thinks WR82 is the bees knees, well then guess what, GATW isn't getting a pole for festivus this year.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

What would the attendence be in Chatty for say, Maine vs NAU?

Equally crappy as Spokane or Orlando or San Antonio... but what are the chances of that match-up? You have to have it in a place where you have the best chance to get at least one team that can drive.

Starting in 2010 there will be more than one week between the semi finals and the finals, correct? This would make an attractive "destination" type location more viable as people would have more time to plan and make arrangements.

[Grizalltheway]

There is NO WAY that you didn't take my banter with you in the humor that was intended!

I take nothing about the boards seriously, and I know you are full of shit.

Ursus, we all know everything you say on this board is spewed with the hate filled rage of one thousand... no make that a shitload... I mean 20 million Rush Limbaughs. If you weren't such an angry, violent, spiteful human being maybe you would have more friends and get more bitches. But you're just a prankster playa hatin Griz fan.

My comments were more directed a GATW. If that toolbox thinks WR82 is the bees knees, well then guess what, GATW isn't getting a pole for festivus this year.

As long as we still have the Feats of Strength, I could give a shit about the pole.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Ursus, we all know everything you say on this board is spewed with the hate filled rage of one thousand... no make that a shitload... I mean 20 million Rush Limbaughs. If you weren't such an angry, violent, spiteful human being maybe you would have more friends and get more bitches. But you're just a prankster playa hatin Griz fan.

My comments were more directed a GATW. If that toolbox thinks WR82 is the bees knees, well then guess what, GATW isn't getting a pole for festivus this year.

As long as we still have the Feats of Strength, I could give a shit about the pole.

That's the first time that I've ever seen you treating the two as mutually exclusive events.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

There is NO WAY that you didn't take my banter with you in the humor that was intended!

I take nothing about the boards seriously, and I know you are full of shit.

Ursus, we all know everything you say on this board is spewed with the hate filled rage of one thousand... no make that a shitload... I mean 20 million Rush Limbaughs. If you weren't such an angry, violent, spiteful human being maybe you would have more friends and get more bitches. But you're just a prankster playa hatin Griz fan.

My comments were more directed a GATW. If that toolbox thinks WR82 is the bees knees, well then guess what, GATW isn't getting a pole for festivus this year.

Well you kinda got me on that one but WR is definitely the cat's meow.


Sorry man but he's further east than you are and he gets the nod.

[89Hen]

Montana has been in more or as many as any team on your list. Am I missing a point here?

Maybe the NCAA should only concentrate on something from 25 years ago in a completely different location and customer base and make the decisions based only on historical attendance.

Yes, you are missing the point. Montana has been in 4 of the last 10 championships. A team from the East has been in 10 of the last 10 championships including 4 that featured TWO Eastern teams. Believe it or not, there's more to the I-AA world than Montana.

As for the final comment... I'm sure Tacoma and Spokane are very different from each other, but they have one HUGE thing in common.... they are more than 1,000 miles from the epicenter of I-AA football. There's no changing that. If Montana, EWU, MSU or ISU don't make the NC game (chances are they won't) it will have attendance that was the same for the ones played in Tacoma 25 years ago. Have you seen the attendance in the Humanitarian Bowl when Boise doesn't play in it?

[Screamin_Eagle174]

My lord, this thread has gone from a quality discussion about football to a goddamn pillow fight with the Jonas Brothers.


What a buncha f@gs.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Montana has been in more or as many as any team on your list. Am I missing a point here?

Maybe the NCAA should only concentrate on something from 25 years ago in a completely different location and customer base and make the decisions based only on historical attendance.

Yes, you are missing the point. Montana has been in 4 of the last 10 championships. A team from the East has been in 10 of the last 10 championships including 4 that featured TWO Eastern teams. Believe it or not, there's more to the I-AA world than Montana.

As for the final comment... I'm sure Tacoma and Spokane are very different from each other, but they have one HUGE thing in common.... they are more than 1,000 miles from the epicenter of I-AA football. There's no changing that. If Montana, EWU, MSU or ISU don't make the NC game (chances are they won't) it will have attendance that was the same for the ones played in Tacoma 25 years ago. Have you seen the attendance in the Humanitarian Bowl when Boise doesn't play in it?

You can act like a fucking dick all you want with your snide comment about the epicenter of the football world Hen but the fact is that only two of the games in the past 10 years had two teams from the east in it. The others ALL had to fly there to play/view so what is it about you that makes you think that it all centers around what you want. You oughta work on that a little bit.

You don't understand some things and I will be here to help you so keep asking. I never said one thing about any team from the BSC conference being IN the game I am talking about the fact that unlike a lot of you on the the other coast the game would be heavily attended by our fans even if we weren't in it. That makes it vastly different than the Tacoma thing that you are trying to compare it to.

[89Hen]

You can act like a **** dick all you want with your snide comment about the epicenter of the football world Hen but the fact is that only two of the games in the past 10 years had two teams from the east in it. The others ALL had to fly there to play/view so what is it about you that makes you think that it all centers around what you want. You oughta work on that a little bit.

You don't understand some things and I will be here to help you so keep asking. I never said one thing about any team from the BSC conference being IN the game I am talking about the fact that unlike a lot of you on the the other coast the game would be heavily attended by our fans even if we weren't in it. That makes it vastly different than the Tacoma thing that you are trying to compare it to.

How was that snide? Somebody did a geographic study of I-AA football and the dead center is somewhere in southern Kentucky, not really that far from Chattanooga. That's a fact. The best chance to get at least one team in it that can drive is to have it somewhere that most of the teams reside.

10 of the last 10 NC games featured a team from the East.

4 of the last 10 NC games featured a team from the East (YSU/GSU, UD/Colgate, AppSt/UD, AppSt/UMass).

Any talk of you or MSU or EWU fans filling the stadium is just that... talk. GSU hosted the NC three times. Twice it featured GSU and sold out (25k and 23k). The year it didn't feature GSU it had 12k. I would expect if Montana or MSU or EWU were in it, it would sell out. If they're not, I would expect 8k.

[EWURanger]

From what I have heard, large scale renovations are in store for Joe Albi......(new turf, expanded seating??)

Also, to reiterate what was posted above. Spokane does a great job of hosting events like this. Google Bloomsday, Hoop-fest, National Figure Skating Competition, etc...

I think it would be a great move by the NCAA.

[89Hen]

Starting in 2010 there will be more than one week between the semi finals and the finals, correct? This would make an attractive "destination" type location more viable as people would have more time to plan and make arrangements.

More possible to plan, yes. But I think the timing acutally hurts more than helps though. Being the week after the week most people take off is going to make it less appealing to travel IMO. Look at the first round games. They occur the weekend of Thanksgiving at home locations and are always the least attended of games for the hosts... that includes teams like Delaware, Montana, AppSt, GSU, YSU... places that support their teams pretty darn well.

[BlackFalkin]

You CAA fans are full of it. Maybe Poly, Davis & Southern Utah should join the Sky, then The Big Sky could split the conf & throw 4 teams (EWU, Weber, UM, & Cal Poly) in the playoffs every year... I guarantee one of them would make it to the NC game. CAA fans seem to think bc their conf mates have success in any given season, then they can collect some of the praise. GTFOH

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

You can act like a **** dick all you want with your snide comment about the epicenter of the football world Hen but the fact is that only two of the games in the past 10 years had two teams from the east in it. The others ALL had to fly there to play/view so what is it about you that makes you think that it all centers around what you want. You oughta work on that a little bit.

You don't understand some things and I will be here to help you so keep asking. I never said one thing about any team from the BSC conference being IN the game I am talking about the fact that unlike a lot of you on the the other coast the game would be heavily attended by our fans even if we weren't in it. That makes it vastly different than the Tacoma thing that you are trying to compare it to.

How was that snide? Somebody did a geographic study of I-AA football and the dead center is somewhere in southern Kentucky, not really that far from Chattanooga. That's a fact. The best chance to get at least one team in it that can drive is to have it somewhere that most of the teams reside.

10 of the last 10 NC games featured a team from the East.

4 of the last 10 NC games featured a team from the East (YSU/GSU, UD/Colgate, AppSt/UD, AppSt/UMass).

Any talk of you or MSU or EWU fans filling the stadium is just that... talk. GSU hosted the NC three times. Twice it featured GSU and sold out (25k and 23k). The year it didn't feature GSU it had 12k. I would expect if Montana or MSU or EWU were in it, it would sell out. If they're not, I would expect 8k.

The snide part is the "Believe it or not, there's more to the I-AA world than Montana." but you did have a couple of winks after it so my bad.

You can assume as much as I can on te attendance but it would have a ton of Griz fans there and I can assure you of that. When we lost out early and EWU had a game there at Joe Albi the next week in the playoffs for the second round there was a couple thousand Griz fans there to cheer on EWU for a second round game. I was there and it was loaded with Griz fans. Your expectation of 8K is way off because I think there was over 10k for tthe week after thanksgiving.

I believe the center was Bowling Green KY if I remember right and I like Chattanooga as much as the next guy but the NCAA is exploring other options and I am telling you that dismissing Spokane from it base on 25 yr. old #'s from Tacoma is no way to look at it. As far as the feel of the place it is very similar to Chatty it's just not in your back yard.

How many time has a team (at least one of them) not had to fly to the game? I didn't go look.

[weberwildcat]

EWU cold, UM cold

why not a big city so flights would be cheaper and somewhere warm or indoors?

vegas? phx - but where? atl - where other than chattanooga?

what is the attendace of the NC? what is considered high?

[weberwildcat]

How much are flights to spokane and missoula? can u fly to missoula? how much from ATL to Missoula?

[danefan]

EWU cold, UM cold

why not a big city so flights would be cheaper and somewhere warm or indoors?

vegas? phx - but where? atl - where other than chattanooga?

what is the attendace of the NC? what is considered high?

Anything over 20,000 is considered high.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

My lord, this thread has gone from a quality discussion about football to a goddamn pillow fight with the Jonas Brothers.


What a buncha f@gs.

Hey look everybody, the pillow biter just called us pillow fighters.

[weberwildcat]

UNLV would be a good place, its not that big.


what about Idaho State's dome lol.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

UNLV would be a good place, its not that big.


what about Idaho State's dome lol.

Fuck, the god damn Vegas talk again. i'm not even getting into this one.