Post by DOOMS on Jun 20, 2021 0:58:09 GMT -5
As y’all know and are tired of reading, I’ve been driving around a large swath of this great nation of ours with the fam. I’ve seen some nice campuses during our travels. In Kansas City today a dude was walking his dog. My son went up and said nice dog. I said terrible shirt though. The guy had on a Duke shirt. I actually couldn’t give two sheeets about Duke one way or the other but anytime I can crowbar A&T into a conversation at some point I try to find an entrance.
The guy said he didn’t like duke either and it was actually his brother’s shirt. He then asked my son what his favorite team was. My boy, properly raised from birth, stated A&T without skipping a beat. Not N-CAT, not NC A&T, not AT&T. The guy paused for a second or three, then before I could even say North Carolina A&T, we are ranked top three in men’s t&f the guy says “North Carolina A&T?” I told him of course, it’s the only A&T’. Everybody else is A&M. He smiled and said you’re right! I was quite pleased that a random white guy from Kansas City knew who we were.
Get to the point DOOMS…
So I got to thinking, and it’s in line with the following that said posted in another thread:
The only big football school for some miles should definitely start focusing on getting the surrounding area into the fan base I mean that sheeet wide open for A&T to take over. From billboards to murlas to community service, we have to paint the picture literally and figuratively that this is the top show for miles and the hero’s you want to see. That should be another focus before the school across town gets their wheels spinning and take advantage on the biggest thing we’re slacking on.
We had lunch with some of my wife’s friends of a different persuasion a few weeks back. They asked where I went to school and I told them A&T. They paused and asked was it in Greensboro. I was shocked they knew. They told me they’re from around Greenville, SC and they take 29 home sometimes and it takes them right through campus. All that culminated in my mind and I figured we need to completely take over East Greensboro. I’m talking every billboard listing a different accomplishment, both on 29 and Market, plus some on 85. Aggie paw prints on 29and East Market. Signs that say AGGIE TERRITORY as soon as you cross Elm Street, hit the outskirts of campus on 29, and the farm.
We should find a way to have a or the Feb 1 museum on campus. We started the fire, we should be the ones keeping it burning.
The school across town can have a number of things, but as long as they don’t have football we have an advantage so long as we use it properly.
Like I said in another thread we should be using Truist for big outdoor fairs, festivals, and concerts. Country, pop, rock, whatever we can do to get more of the region to see what we have to offer. Granted there is the danger that a drunk racist will end up on campus and do something unbecoming, but we can’t let that stop us from moving and expanding.
The one issue I see with these ideas is that I think the administration doesn’t like to throw stuff out there without funded planning and somebody experienced in place to implement the ideas. Even if I showed up tomorrow with a proposal, funding, and a pledge to work without a salary to get everything done within two years I’d be turned away because of my complete lack of experience in the area.
I’d still love to see it happen though.
I will say if you see somebody hired or retained by the athletic department who has been involved with a school that recently successfully made the jump to FBS, we can stop speculating.
The guy said he didn’t like duke either and it was actually his brother’s shirt. He then asked my son what his favorite team was. My boy, properly raised from birth, stated A&T without skipping a beat. Not N-CAT, not NC A&T, not AT&T. The guy paused for a second or three, then before I could even say North Carolina A&T, we are ranked top three in men’s t&f the guy says “North Carolina A&T?” I told him of course, it’s the only A&T’. Everybody else is A&M. He smiled and said you’re right! I was quite pleased that a random white guy from Kansas City knew who we were.
Get to the point DOOMS…
So I got to thinking, and it’s in line with the following that said posted in another thread:
We had lunch with some of my wife’s friends of a different persuasion a few weeks back. They asked where I went to school and I told them A&T. They paused and asked was it in Greensboro. I was shocked they knew. They told me they’re from around Greenville, SC and they take 29 home sometimes and it takes them right through campus. All that culminated in my mind and I figured we need to completely take over East Greensboro. I’m talking every billboard listing a different accomplishment, both on 29 and Market, plus some on 85. Aggie paw prints on 29and East Market. Signs that say AGGIE TERRITORY as soon as you cross Elm Street, hit the outskirts of campus on 29, and the farm.
We should find a way to have a or the Feb 1 museum on campus. We started the fire, we should be the ones keeping it burning.
The school across town can have a number of things, but as long as they don’t have football we have an advantage so long as we use it properly.
Like I said in another thread we should be using Truist for big outdoor fairs, festivals, and concerts. Country, pop, rock, whatever we can do to get more of the region to see what we have to offer. Granted there is the danger that a drunk racist will end up on campus and do something unbecoming, but we can’t let that stop us from moving and expanding.
The one issue I see with these ideas is that I think the administration doesn’t like to throw stuff out there without funded planning and somebody experienced in place to implement the ideas. Even if I showed up tomorrow with a proposal, funding, and a pledge to work without a salary to get everything done within two years I’d be turned away because of my complete lack of experience in the area.
I’d still love to see it happen though.
I will say if you see somebody hired or retained by the athletic department who has been involved with a school that recently successfully made the jump to FBS, we can stop speculating.
