CAA Flagship wrote:Word is that approximately 2100 tickets, instead of the 500 minimum, were allocated to Norfolk St as a goodwill gesture. That means that the remainder was gobbled up by ODU which is pretty impressive.
Yep. Only 60 were made available to the general public this morning which means the students, ODU season ticket holders, and fans on the season-ticket waiting list gobbled up around 17700 tickets. GO MONARCHS!
Found this little gem on MFZ from an NSU poster.
Also was told they are no longer taking orders online because NSU fans been signing up as ODU alums and purchasing tickets since last night. LOL!!! It's going to be a lot more Spartans than they thought at the stadium.
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. - Coach Finstock
Congrats on selling out a Thanksgiving week game ODU definitely has some loyal fans!
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. - Coach Finstock
Also was told they are no longer taking orders online because NSU fans been signing up as ODU alums and purchasing tickets since last night. LOL!!! It's going to be a lot more Spartans than they thought at the stadium.
I highly doubt it was a lot of people...probably less than 20. I saw what they were trying to do on their cute little beholdnsu forum yesterday. Yes, I know the password to their hidden "This is Sparta" and "Spartan Empire" sections...that's what this thread was about: http://meacfanszone.proboards.com/index ... read=12040" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
DSUrocks07 wrote:More proof that the Norfolk State AD is a jackass...I can't even imagine how much bank would have been raked in for the school with having this game at Dick Price Stadium. 35,000+ guaranteed, Classic type atmosphere. Smh...
Tip to all athletic departments, if you let the perception get out there that you are broke...you ARE broke.
That was a gamble they could not afford. Had they drawn a Stoney Brook or an EKU, they would have been hosed.
DSUrocks07 wrote:More proof that the Norfolk State AD is a jackass...I can't even imagine how much bank would have been raked in for the school with having this game at Dick Price Stadium. 35,000+ guaranteed, Classic type atmosphere. Smh...
Tip to all athletic departments, if you let the perception get out there that you are broke...you ARE broke.
That was a gamble they could not afford. Had they drawn a Stoney Brook or an EKU, they would have been hosed.
Still would have been NSU's first ever D1 home playoff game, they would have drawn well, at least well enough to make a little profit. That $54k bid that ODU made, would have been covered easily at DPS. Not too many finance majors in the NSU admin.
They still were able to draw about 13-15k (reported 10k) for the Thursday night game against BCU.
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I highly doubt it was a lot of people...probably less than 20. I saw what they were trying to do on their cute little beholdnsu forum yesterday. Yes, I know the password to their hidden "This is Sparta" and "Spartan Empire" sections...that's what this thread was about: http://meacfanszone.proboards.com/index ... read=12040" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
∞∞∞ wrote:BTW, does anyone know if NCAA playoff rules prohibit MEAC bands to play during actual gameplay? When Hampton visited ODU this year, that's all they did and it was really annoying. I know NSU's band is even bigger and louder so I'm hoping the rules disallow it.
Yes, it is prohibited. SIU came to UD in 2003 and complained about the UD band playing their traditional tunes in the 3rd quarter where sections of the band march through the stands. So the band was not allowed to perform as they had for as long as I've been alive. Perhaps SIU should have worried more about playing football.
93henfan wrote:
I did do an amphibious landing during an exercise at the Little Creek Naval Base in 1996!
But hell no, I can't swim 17 miles!
Hey 93, where did you hide your yacht?
I came in on a mike boat and the sadistic bastard Navy petty officer dropped us off about 30 yards shy of the beach for no valid reason and it was f'ing freezing.
DSUrocks07 wrote:
Hey 93, where did you hide your yacht?
I came in on a mike boat and the sadistic bastard Navy petty officer dropped us off about 30 yards shy of the beach for no valid reason and it was f'ing freezing.
∞∞∞ wrote:BTW, does anyone know if NCAA playoff rules prohibit MEAC bands to play during actual gameplay? When Hampton visited ODU this year, that's all they did and it was really annoying. I know NSU's band is even bigger and louder so I'm hoping the rules disallow it.
Yes, it is prohibited. SIU came to UD in 2003 and complained about the UD band playing their traditional tunes in the 3rd quarter where sections of the band march through the stands. So the band was not allowed to perform as they had for as long as I've been alive. Perhaps SIU should have worried more about playing football.
That was the snow game, right? I remember the much-touted SIU QB spent most of the afternoon running for his life ... or on his azz.
93henfan wrote:
I came in on a mike boat and the sadistic bastard Navy petty officer dropped us off about 30 yards shy of the beach for no valid reason and it was f'ing freezing.
Shrinkage?
More like "disappearance". My berries reemerged about three days later.
89Hen wrote:
Yes, it is prohibited. SIU came to UD in 2003 and complained about the UD band playing their traditional tunes in the 3rd quarter where sections of the band march through the stands. So the band was not allowed to perform as they had for as long as I've been alive. Perhaps SIU should have worried more about playing football.
That was the snow game, right? I remember the much-touted SIU QB spent most of the afternoon running for his life ... or on his azz.
Hey 93, you better change that avatar or else no free tickets to the UD-ODU game, no free alcohol, and no free food. So if you find a way to scrounge up the money to cross the Potomac or Chesapeake, no freebies for you. Your choice.
CAA Flagship wrote:Hey 93, you better change that avatar or else no free tickets to the UD-ODU game, no free alcohol, and no free food. So if you find a way to scrounge up the money to cross the Potomac or Chesapeake, no freebies for you. Your choice.
I did do an amphibious landing during an exercise at the Little Creek Naval Base in 1996!
But hell no, I can't swim 17 miles!
...yeah, that would be quite a swim
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. - Coach Finstock
ODU definitely has some loyal fans!
