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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 20, 2012 8:27:34 GMT -5
I beleive more North Carolina friday night high school game students and good football players would attend,but the past early start of admissions university day and football games are too early. Aville, I agree the University day is early, but speaking from experience logistically it would be hard to do a late University Day. Gameday operations require the work of multiple departments and pushing University Day back even 2 hours would be a mess. Sidenote: A&T doesn't realize how powerful University day is. I can remember being sold on UNC-Chapel-Hill from birth. I was dead set on being a Tarheel and nobody could tell me otherwise. I went to one A&T University Day with a high school group and it changed my life, literally  ... |
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Post by AggiePride on Mar 20, 2012 9:31:41 GMT -5
So since NCCU and SCSU are our designated rivals. What happens if another school designates A&T has a rival?
University day is an excellent marketing tool.
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Mar 20, 2012 9:55:18 GMT -5
I could be incorrect in my assumption, but I think that designating another conference school as a " permanent rival" has to be reciprocal...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Mar 20, 2012 10:04:08 GMT -5
I agree 100% these 1:30 starts are way to early for those of us who have to work on saturdays. Given the number of home games with some on back to back weekends it is difficult to get off that many times at 1:00 . It just makes sense to play at 6 in sept, 4 in oct. This provides to opportunty to make some money and bring our families to the games. We just went through this in basketball season with the early starts,. Will anyone listen to the fans and alums? i've been singing that exact song for several years, especially regarding basketball! i agree with you 100%! especially for loyal season ticket holding alums like myself who have to put in a 5 hour drive to get to aggie stadium from home. for me, the difference between 1:30pm starts versus 6pm starts means leaving home at 7am in the morning versus leaving at 11am in the morning. and on saturday mornings, who wouldn't want an extra "4 hours of sleep" before hitting the road for a 5 hour drive? i'd support any drive to open the eyes of our admins to start our saturday football and basketball games at a later time. matter of fact, somebody "pm" me mr. hilton's email address and i'll be glad to send him one expressing exactly that... |
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Mar 20, 2012 10:08:51 GMT -5
I could be incorrect in my assumption, but I think that designating another conference school as a " permanent rival" has to be reciprocal... i have the exact same "assumption". i mean, if dsu proclaimed a&t their permanent rival, i'm sure we wouldn't want to be locked into dsu's preference. i'm thinking permanent rival designations must be "mutually" agreed to by both institutions... |
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Post by Tee-Sharp on Mar 20, 2012 10:35:55 GMT -5
I could be incorrect in my assumption, but I think that designating another conference school as a " permanent rival" has to be reciprocal... I’m not so sure about that assumption. This 2011 article about Norfolk’s schedule suggests that their permanent rivals are Hampton and A&T. hamptonroads.com/2011/08/norfolk-state-football-preview-schedule-switcherooPerhaps asking the question on the MEAC Fan Zone can clear things up. |
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Mar 20, 2012 10:44:02 GMT -5
Looks like our permanent rival appers to be VUL.....but I digress......
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Post by AggiePride on Mar 20, 2012 11:15:18 GMT -5
The university should at least make a trip to the DMV once a year, since it is probably A&T's greatest alumni presence outside of NC.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Mar 20, 2012 11:25:50 GMT -5
I could be incorrect in my assumption, but I think that designating another conference school as a " permanent rival" has to be reciprocal... I’m not so sure about that assumption. This 2011 article about Norfolk’s schedule suggests that their permanent rivals are Hampton and A&T. hamptonroads.com/2011/08/norfolk-state-football-preview-schedule-switcherooPerhaps asking the question on the MEAC Fan Zone can clear things up. wow! that's interesting. cuz scsu clearly draws more fans to aggie stadium than norfolk does. perhaps scsu chose 2 permanent rivals that don't include us, perhaps one or both of the florida schools (definitely probably famu) or ssu... |
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Post by Aggie Monster on Mar 20, 2012 12:41:30 GMT -5
Someone is just misinformed.
We have Norfolk's coach saying the permanent games are based on distance. If that was the case their permanent rival would NOT be A&T. It would be Hampton and NCCU. I thiink he was mistaken as to why A&T was still on his schedule. We are not the closest 2(not since NCCU has joined. I think he overlooked that) nor have we declared them a rival. Norfolk will be removed down the line, which is disappointing because its a decently attended game by Aggies.
Done by distance:
NSU - NCCU and Hampton.
Howard - Delaware and Morgan .
A&T - NCCU and South Carolina State.
Delaware - Howard and Morgan State
NCCU - A&T and NSU
BCU - Savannah and FAM
FAM - BCU and Savannah
Savannah - BCU and SCSU
Morgan - Howard and Delaware
SCSU - A&T and Savannah
Hampton - NSU and Howard
And I dont know, but what game is bigger? Howard/Delaware or Howard/Hampton? Thats another reason not to do it by distance. Deleware is closer, but come on now. I think the distance formula works because rivals are normally close, but the Howard/Hampton might be an exception.
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Post by aggiebred09 on Mar 20, 2012 13:18:29 GMT -5
Sidenote: Which rivalry is bigger Aggie Eagle Classic, or the Battle for the real HU?
Ive never attended the latter, but I have heard it gets pretty dirty up there especially during a football game.
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Post by AggiePride on Mar 20, 2012 13:18:43 GMT -5
I thinks SCSU considers us and FAMU there rivals, with BCU being third.
I think we are the popular kids, everybody wants to play us.
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Post by mthollyaggie98 on Mar 20, 2012 13:24:53 GMT -5
Sidenote: Which rivalry is bigger Aggie Eagle Classic, or the Battle for the real HU? Ive never attended the latter, but I have heard it gets pretty dirty up there especially during a football game. the only rilvary that comes close to ours is famu/bcu Sent from my ADR6400L using ProBoards |
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Post by bluehaze on Mar 20, 2012 13:31:56 GMT -5
If we are talking about football only, it's the Florida Classic and then everybody else. Not even close...
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Post by Aggie Monster on Mar 20, 2012 13:37:27 GMT -5
Sidenote: Which rivalry is bigger Aggie Eagle Classic, or the Battle for the real HU? Ive never attended the latter, but I have heard it gets pretty dirty up there especially during a football game. the only rilvary that comes close to ours is famu/bcu Sent from my ADR6400L using ProBoards You must mean ours is the only one that comes close to FAMU/BCU. That game is HUGE! |
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