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[quote name="UNLV" post="1009798" timestamp="1305297855"] I have several reason for wanting to move up. One of them is old rivalries. I was going to Lamar football games in the late 70's to the end in 1989. And as much as Terror tries to push the Lamar/Sam Houston old buddies crap, SHSU, SFA, Nicholls st were not the schools I saw. So I don't get excited to see SHSU. The only SLC that excite me is Mcneese, an old rival. Idaho or SJSU don't excite me either, but they do at the very least get Lamar name exposed out west, especially if we win. FBS also brings exposure, exposure brings money and growth. Is it worth it? I think so. [/quote] The question I think, is whether getting crushed by Idaho because you moved up before you were ready is the kind of exposure that brings you any money or growth?

That's correct. I called the ticket office and they told me they were basically sold out from last year. That really sucks. So basically if you didn't get one the first year, you might never get the opportunity to buy one until they open up more lots for sale. That's quite a buzzkill for an alumni who didn't get the chance to tailgate last year. I was really looking forward to it. I think with all the money they'd make from selling more lots as tailgating sections, it'd be worth the added cost of providing security. So add this into the already horrible problem of the parking shortage on campus. 

Anyone know about the parking spots for tailgating? Are they on sale yet, and if not when? I don't want to miss out this year as last year I was SOL and not only had to park in the senior section, but couldn't tailgate out there.

[quote name="coachacola" post="994564" timestamp="1302273542"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82846.msg994551#msg994551 date=1302272149] [quote author=LCM2LU link=topic=82846.msg994542#msg994542 date=1302271154] Pat Knight: HE'S AWESOME BABY! [/quote] ::) [/quote] Come on bluedove, it's time to drink the kool-aid!   :D [/quote] It's way more fun that way :D

Pat Knight: HE'S AWESOME BABY!

Speaking of Texas State ... It seems like it would be SO easy to recruit kids to San Marcos. Take them to the river on a Saturday in the summer and let them see the "benefits" :D BAM they sign the next day lol. I know I would have!

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[quote name="wompaskat" post="993006" timestamp="1302011748"] If true, this is good.  This will give us visibility on a national level because of his old man that we haven't had in a while.  Good, bad or indifferent, publicity is publicity.    [/quote] Exactly what I was thinking. Not a bad thing for the football program either. It's better for a recruit to say "Oh that school where Bob Knight's son went" than to say "where the heck is that????" I'm far from a die hard basketball fan so excuse me for being selfish I guess lol. Good luck coach!

Maaaan that's a pretty bad snub. AtM  you can stomach, but SFA is a pretty intense burn lol. Oh well. So much for all those "hints".

[quote name="puddin tane" post="943398" timestamp="1294338806"] the same national attention idaho, new mex st and denver get?  quick...name their mascots.. [/quote] Easy. Potatoes, New Mexicans, and the Fighting Johns. pfft  ;)

[url=[Hidden Content] known Lamar player scores 52[/url] Beware, some of the comments are brutal, even by this board's standards.  ;D Pretty cool to get some national recognition though.

[quote name="bigred360" post="936998" timestamp="1292951981"] I really can't believe some of the post made on this forum and to read this stuff from people in SE Texas makes me sick! [/quote] I can. At the first home game, I listened to the drunk gentleman behind me scream about firing the coach after every stalled drive. THE FIRST GAME! There are pockets of this area where tact and reason are foreign concepts.

I'm guessing this young man will be looking for other options with the signing of JJ. Unless he learns to like playing TE all of a sudden.

Just got my tickets! W00t! Can't wait man. I have no idea where I'll park either. My super sneaky plan is to come in from the Cardinal Drive side and keep moving till I see a lot with space ...

They should really have let the marketing department have a crack at that name though. "Be at the bridge" ?

[quote name="LCM2LU" post="790110" timestamp="1271260470"] I've been thinking about this. Did you know Lamar had a fight song and an alma mater? I've never heard either one of these before. Honestly I didn't know they existed. Point being, with the reemergence of football, Lamar needs some traditions. Our own "rock chalk jayhawk" if you will. Our own "dotting the i" or "yell practice" or "bonfire". Those types of traditions are what bonds a student body, a community, an alumni base, etc. They create passion for a program. They give it identity. It becomes something honorable to defend against rivals, and to share with friends. We have nothing like that.  If you meet someone else from Lamar, what common practice or experience can you relate to them with? The gyros at Kampus Korner? Many will say that winning breeds tradition, and I can't argue that. I would just say that tradition and passion have a lot to do with winning too. So how about a little collective brain storming? Start with something simple. What is something that Lamar can do say before the McNeese or SHSU game every year, that will get the student body, the team, the faculty, the alumni, and the community excited and involved? Maybe students and alumni march together from campus to the stadium before the game and everyone touches the big head for good luck? Maybe everyone gathers and they smash a Dan Rather pinata before kickoff or something? Ideas [/quote] Sounds familiar: 9/7/2010 Lamar University football coach Ray Woodard is issuing a fresh challenge to the Big Red Faithful. Woodard is encouraging Lamar fans to come early for Saturday's home opener against Webber International and for all of the Cardinals' home games this season to enable them to participate in the new "Be At The Bridge" ceremonies. At 4 p.m. Saturday and for all of the Cardinal home games this season, the football players - all wearing their game jerseys - will depart the Dining Hall on Virginia Street and walk to the Pedestrian Bridge that crosses Martin Luther King Boulevard between the Plummer Administration Building and the Montagne Center. Lamar students, fans, cheerleaders and tailgaters are encouraged to show their support for team by greeting the players along their route, which will eventually take them to their locker room in the athletic complex on the south end of newly renovated Provoust Umphrey Stadium. "We're looking forward to a lot of high-fiving going on between the players, the students and the fans as they make their way to the locker room," said Woodard, whose team opened its first season since 1989 last week in an exciting 30-27 loss at longtime rival McNeese State. "These types of things help elevate school and team spirit. I'm all for it." Lamar officials are hoping to have hundreds - if not thousands - on hand along the team's path Saturday to start this new tradition for sending the Cardinals out for battle. "Starting this Be At The Bridge tradition is an excellent way to bring a lot of loyal Lamar University students and fans together with the players," said Larry Tidwell, Lamar’s interim athletics director. "It's a method of allowing the tailgaters and everyone else to unite with the Cardinal Nation."

Cam turned back towards scoreboard! Put that bad boy up!

Non-turf related but ... frame for scoreboard is up and it's MASSIVE!

Odd that this coincides with all the conference re-alignment mess  no? ...  ???

They must read this thread lol. They turned the cam towards the field!

Didn't someone have a link to pictures of McNeese's turf project? I just walked by there and it looks like they're pouring gravel for a good base. Still a lot of dirt work going on too.

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If you click on facilities and look around there is like a virtual tour of different areas of campus now. I swear I was just thinking that the other day. The quad is really nice on a spring day you know. That's the kind of thing you need to show recruits, and now they can see it online. Nice move.

[quote name="coachacola" post="798600" timestamp="1273180225"] [img][Hidden Content]] Hey, the refinery is gone!!  :D [/quote] They're going to use some of the money to buy a 2 mile wide canvas with Hill Country scenery painted on it that they can hang up in front of the railroad tracks.  ;D

I'll tell you one thing. They are FOR SURE cleaning up the Montagne because they're building the suites to match it. Man they better get on their horse if they want all this done before the season starts.