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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 30, 2023 13:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Oct 30, 2023 14:00:56 GMT -5
....I read it yesterday and commented on it at the end....
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Post by The Professor on Oct 30, 2023 17:07:41 GMT -5
I wonder at times do we all attend the same football games. Cause I marched 4 years and I can count on one hand how many times that stadium was packed out when i was in school. (GHOE INCLUDED)
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Post by westcoastaggie on Oct 30, 2023 17:47:06 GMT -5
Some Alumni, professors and fans just want to win, regardless of the competition. They could give a damn if the competition is quality. Wins matter no matter what to some.
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Post by saabman on Oct 30, 2023 18:16:40 GMT -5
Homecoming games at A&T has never been about the game at it's center . But it has been about the camaraderie, fan interactions, the fashion show, and the band. I cannot speak for other hbcus but the homecoming's that I have attended at other HBCU institutions basically are about the same pertaining to the fans and crowd's. Homecoming is about individual emotions you just can make a blanket statement about what a Homecoming is or isn't and the one's that are true football fans don't care about who you play as longe his you win and the rest are just there for the parties, shows and camaraderie. And for some to get what they couldn't get back in the day if they are available and receptive 😆 😂 😅
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Post by jbrob on Oct 30, 2023 19:09:35 GMT -5
We never cared who we were playing. It's just the comfort in knowing the team once someone told you who we were playing. When someone tells you that we are playing New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Maine it's unsettling.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Oct 30, 2023 20:19:47 GMT -5
Change, any change can be unsettling. I think people in our community are struggling with the whole Black and White change. Some fans are fearful that joining a White conference will diminish the HBCU culture we have grown over the years. While others are more bottom line and just don't like to lose, especially to a PWI team. It will be interesting to revisit this debate if we ever get to the point where we dominate the CAA like we did the MEAC. Will our fans care if we are pimp-slapping our PWI opponents like we did our HBCU opponents?
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Post by bigpeete1 on Oct 30, 2023 21:09:31 GMT -5
Sometimes the TRUTH HURTS! AGGIE PRIDE!
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Oct 30, 2023 21:15:19 GMT -5
Change, any change can be unsettling. I think people in our community are struggling with the whole Black and White change. Some fans are fearful that joining a White conference will diminish the HBCU culture we have grown over the years. While others are more bottom line and just don't like to lose, especially to a PWI team. It will be interesting to revisit this debate if we ever get to the point where we dominate the CAA like we did the MEAC. Will our fans care if we are pimp-slapping our PWI opponents like we did our HBCU opponents? I respect his opinion, but I think he is wrong. It’s only been a few years, but games are at attended at the same rates. Our giving is up, research, enrollment, etc. We’ll have to revisit this years from now. He wrote an article describing his opinion on sold out homecoming game…compared to sold out homecoming games in the past. |
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Post by DECKS on Oct 30, 2023 21:16:23 GMT -5
Winning takes care of everything!
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Post by aggie2039 on Oct 30, 2023 22:34:27 GMT -5
Sometimes the TRUTH HURTS! AGGIE PRIDE! That is his truth not necessarily the absolute truth. He writes this article the same season ghoe sells out 60 days before the game and tailgate spots sellout with 24 hours. 😂😂😂 |
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Post by aggieforlife on Oct 31, 2023 1:08:53 GMT -5
I agree with the editor like I have said before pray New Chancellor and the AD will get us out of Never NerverLand and back to our Home LAND look at Tenn.State as prime example.We can Dress a Pig up but its still a pig let's revisit this in five years and see how things are going.I bet it be in front of a empty Staduim and lack of interest in Fools Gold that has been sold to us.
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Post by pj on Oct 31, 2023 3:55:17 GMT -5
To me it’s simple. Go through the Door to R-1, and then bounce back to the MEAC as the Standard, and help those who want to get there too.
I think that Howard lost it’s R-1 Status during some new standards being introduced.
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Post by pj on Oct 31, 2023 4:15:49 GMT -5
To me it’s simple. Go through the Door to R-1, and then bounce back to the MEAC as the Standard, and help those who want to get there too. ( the Celebration Bowl Game or a Playoff Game question would have to be answered though ). I think that Howard lost it’s R-1 Status during some new standards being introduced. |
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Post by pj on Oct 31, 2023 4:19:29 GMT -5
What’s our R-1 schedule? 2 to 3 years?
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