Mornin Mates...
Today's Topic = Big-12 vs PAC
That's a topic Greg Hansen takes on in his sports column in the Daily Star this morning...
He points out the just before the Cats game with K-State on Friday night in Manhattan, KS, 100 Harley Davidson motorcycles entered the stadium to reeve up the already boisterous crowd before the game as they circled the the field with their engines firing loudly as only a Harley can do...
He then contrasts that with how often PAC stadiums are only half-full before games while K-State has sell-out crowds all of the time being treated to a Big-12 rowdy type crowds that are now part of their teams identities...
Even teams like USC and UCLA, in the LA area, populated by millions upon millions of people, don't typically have large crowds unless the Trojans are playing a team like Notre Dame while the Big-12 teams average 93% capacity for their home games...
Those teams have left for the Big-10 but I wonder how many fans will show up for games against the likes of Rutgers and Maryland, etc...
How many fans did ASU have against either Wyoming or MIss St..??
And, how many will they have when they return home in a couple of weeks to play Kansas..??
We know there won't be any Harley's circling the field beforehand, although crowds at other Sun Devil road games will be viewed by large, boisterous crowds for the most part...
So, when we face K-State later in the season, on the road, we will face not only a talented and well coached football team but a capacity, going bonkers crowd in their stadium, too...
And, the same will be true next Saturday when we visit Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX, that has a stadium capacity of 60K+...
The Red Raiders put on an event before each game called Raiders Gate that has 10,000 students doing a tailgate party outside the stadium beginning four hours before each game, where they can party hardy and meet and interact with players and coaches before the game and it's free...
Maybe, it will be a brunch sort of deal before the ASU game on Saturday, since it's not a night game, but you can bet the fans will be plenty amped up before the game...
Getting back to the Cats for a moment, Hansen also pointed out that the team, that lost badly to K-State, was missing at least 10 key members of last seasons 10 win year Wildcat team...
Which made me think how many "key" members of the Sun Devil team last year we have really missed this season...
Off hand, I'm not sure that we lost any players that haven't been replaced successfully by Dilly and his staff this season but will defer to what some of you think regarding that point...
If so, who are we missing that we wish we had back this season..??
There might be a few but probably not like anything approaching more than a handful, if that, right..??
On another note, Wyoming and Miss St lost badly last night that calls into question the quality of the first two Sun Devil wins, right, or does it..??
Additionally, are the Devils as good as a team like Toledo from the MAC that demolished Miss St in Mississippi yesterday..??
And, how many teams in the Big-12 are as good as the Toledo Rockets that we will be facing in the Big-12 for the rest of the season..??
But, one thing is for sure, the Big-12 crowds will be large and boisterous, unlike what was seen, oftentimes, in the PAC, right..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
Today's Topic = Big-12 vs PAC
That's a topic Greg Hansen takes on in his sports column in the Daily Star this morning...
He points out the just before the Cats game with K-State on Friday night in Manhattan, KS, 100 Harley Davidson motorcycles entered the stadium to reeve up the already boisterous crowd before the game as they circled the the field with their engines firing loudly as only a Harley can do...
He then contrasts that with how often PAC stadiums are only half-full before games while K-State has sell-out crowds all of the time being treated to a Big-12 rowdy type crowds that are now part of their teams identities...
Even teams like USC and UCLA, in the LA area, populated by millions upon millions of people, don't typically have large crowds unless the Trojans are playing a team like Notre Dame while the Big-12 teams average 93% capacity for their home games...
Those teams have left for the Big-10 but I wonder how many fans will show up for games against the likes of Rutgers and Maryland, etc...
How many fans did ASU have against either Wyoming or MIss St..??
And, how many will they have when they return home in a couple of weeks to play Kansas..??
We know there won't be any Harley's circling the field beforehand, although crowds at other Sun Devil road games will be viewed by large, boisterous crowds for the most part...
So, when we face K-State later in the season, on the road, we will face not only a talented and well coached football team but a capacity, going bonkers crowd in their stadium, too...
And, the same will be true next Saturday when we visit Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX, that has a stadium capacity of 60K+...
The Red Raiders put on an event before each game called Raiders Gate that has 10,000 students doing a tailgate party outside the stadium beginning four hours before each game, where they can party hardy and meet and interact with players and coaches before the game and it's free...
Maybe, it will be a brunch sort of deal before the ASU game on Saturday, since it's not a night game, but you can bet the fans will be plenty amped up before the game...
Getting back to the Cats for a moment, Hansen also pointed out that the team, that lost badly to K-State, was missing at least 10 key members of last seasons 10 win year Wildcat team...
Which made me think how many "key" members of the Sun Devil team last year we have really missed this season...
Off hand, I'm not sure that we lost any players that haven't been replaced successfully by Dilly and his staff this season but will defer to what some of you think regarding that point...
If so, who are we missing that we wish we had back this season..??
There might be a few but probably not like anything approaching more than a handful, if that, right..??
On another note, Wyoming and Miss St lost badly last night that calls into question the quality of the first two Sun Devil wins, right, or does it..??
Additionally, are the Devils as good as a team like Toledo from the MAC that demolished Miss St in Mississippi yesterday..??
And, how many teams in the Big-12 are as good as the Toledo Rockets that we will be facing in the Big-12 for the rest of the season..??
But, one thing is for sure, the Big-12 crowds will be large and boisterous, unlike what was seen, oftentimes, in the PAC, right..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
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