A Sea Of Red

1: Wonder how many points Auburn will have by halftime (42)
2: Keep reading Rashad Jennings post
3: Play old school vibrating football
4: Pray for a conference
5: Keep eating all things bacon (close enough to a PIGSKIN for me)

Speaking of Rashad Jennings anyone want a bobble Head?

If any of you old farts are on Snapchat, follow Rashad. He is a riot.

Class of 20Something wrote:If any of you old farts are on Snapchat, follow Rashad. He is a riot.

I keep snapping my fingers and nothing happens. What gives?

CCWMichael wrote:1: Wonder how many points Auburn will have by halftime (42)
2: Keep reading Rashad Jennings post
3: Play old school vibrating football
4: Pray for a conference
5: Keep eating all things bacon (close enough to a PIGSKIN for me)

Im actually praying we stay independent. Schedule is 100 times better.

My 5 things to do until football season:

Watch LU softball
Watch LU baseball
Watch Alabama softball
Watch LU softball
Spend time thinking about our "lack of defense" in football

Liberty22 wrote:

CCWMichael wrote:1: Wonder how many points Auburn will have by halftime (42)
2: Keep reading Rashad Jennings post
3: Play old school vibrating football
4: Pray for a conference
5: Keep eating all things bacon (close enough to a PIGSKIN for me)

Im actually praying we stay independent. Schedule is 100 times better.

A conference would serve us well for all sports and elevate our entire department. It may have some drawbacks for football but overall it’s the right move. Our yearly budget is at the top of Conference USA. We can’t keep spending that much with the Big South as the goal.

Good post, most do not think that way (at most schools), because football drives the train.

I know this has been brought up before, but there are more recruits who would gladly play for our football team. I was just looking at Kyle DeArmon’s tweet on restarting recruitment yesterday, and underneath are replies of prospects and coaches (possibly fans promoting players) who are interested in LU. I’m not an expert so I don’t if that is legal towards NCAA, but it made me wonder if the Gill and staff are actually selecting the right guys for our team. Now I’m not implying that these guys don’t know what they’re doing, but I just want The football team to succeed and create an atmosphere that would make every Saturday game an event to mark on the calendar(and not want to miss out on).

Every home game should be biggest event in Lynchburg and surrounding area each Saturday.

I'm pretty sure it is unless Lynchburg consistsntly has events on Saturday attracting 15,000+

ballcoach15 wrote:Every home game should be biggest event in Lynchburg and surrounding area each Saturday.

Define Surrounding Area? Roanoke? Charlottesville?

You know it has to include the greater Gretna metroplex for sure.

I have always said City of Lynchburg, Amherst, Campbell and Bedford. Those 4 localities give 244k local population. One in every ten should be the goal plus about 9k students. That would throw us to 35k every Saturday.

Class of 20Something wrote:I have always said City of Lynchburg, Amherst, Campbell and Bedford. Those 4 localities give 244k local population. One in every ten should be the goal plus about 9k students. That would throw us to 35k every Saturday.

What do you base that Number on? Does it take into account UVA and Tech Fans? Are 10% of that population willing to go to a live Sporting Event? That’s a lofty number you threw out there

We’d have to grow by another 10k students to get 9k to a game.

I think that's entirely possible, maybe even probable. But obviously it won't happen overnight and will most likely take several years. Winning will obviously speed it up some, there's that whole Turner Gill fella...

Purple Haize wrote:

Class of 20Something wrote:I have always said City of Lynchburg, Amherst, Campbell and Bedford. Those 4 localities give 244k local population. One in every ten should be the goal plus about 9k students. That would throw us to 35k every Saturday.

What do you base that Number on? Does it take into account UVA and Tech Fans? Are 10% of that population willing to go to a live Sporting Event? That’s a lofty number you threw out there

I based it on the eye. The Bill seats 19k. about 5k in the upper deck, and 14k split between the other lower sides. Yeah 9k would be about a 10-15% growth in student attendance, which wouldn't be crazy for the FBS move.

I based the local numbers on census data for the populations, and just set a goal of 1 in 10.

How many students do we currently average?

The most we've ever had is 8k I think. Probably average closer to 5500-6000 if I had to guess.

I would think that at least 75% of all resident students should be at the games. If not, someone needs to light a fire under the students.

ballcoach15 wrote:I would think that at least 75% of all resident students should be at the games. If not, someone needs to light a fire under the students.

What school has that type of attendance?

Winning and a coach with a personality, will take care of the attendance. Obviously there are a lot of players who want to come here to play. The trick is to determine do they have the talent. We miss some of them that do, based on the other schools who recruit them, and their results on the field.
I can't prove it, but I believe, based on some personal experience/knowledge, the athletic department as a whole, doesn't really like fans suggesting players for them to recruit. They seem to be pretty jealous of that activity.

Has date for Spring Game been set yet ?