Arkansas State thread

[Lanny]

The Red Wolves will play ULL for a chance to win the Sun Belt this saturday and some are worried that 15k will show up?  WoW

http://www.arkst.com/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=sbeqkleipm9b1789g2te958rd4&topic=51405.0

[MTBrookHog]

I understand what you are saying. On top of that, ASU has scheduled their annual "Little bitta Christmas" in the Convo (which is next door to the stadium). This is a huge event in Northeast Arkansas every year.

Also, the crowd will depend on the Hog fans in NEA. With the game starting at 2, there may be a good crowd there for the first half. Then, the Hog fans will leave to watch our game.

I'm considering going to the game if I am not working. ASU fans need to show up. This doesn't get any bigger for them. If they want to become a player in their conference, they need to show it.

[3kgthog]

A player in their conference? 15,000 would probably be a Sun Belt record for any team. Go ULL!

[Fatman]

So you have one ASU post a year whether you want to or not?? You a risk taker for sure Lanny!!

[The Great Hambino]

SO can we expect redwolveville.net to be up and running soon or what?

[oldbear]

The Red Wolves will play ULL for a chance to win the Sun Belt this saturday and some are worried that 15k will show up?  WoW

http://www.arkst.com/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=sbeqkleipm9b1789g2te958rd4&topic=51405.0

Someone report this guy to a moderator.  Doesn't he know this is a Razorback board?

[ladyhogfan]

Lita Bita Christmas has been scheduled on the second weekend in November (Fri-Sun) for many many years.  I have been going myself for over 15 years...it's a major Arts-Craft event bringing in thousands of early Christmas shoppers, with vendors from surrounding states.  Too bad about the conflict with ASU's game, hope they win--and WPS.

[Hooch]

Someone report this guy to a moderator.  Doesn't he know this is a Razorback board?

I watched em the other day on ESPN, playing some team, had a rowdy crowd of about 43 people that night. 

[GotPig?]

If they played Bentonville on Saturday night, now that would be an interesting game that might put some folks in the stands, as I hear Bentonville fans travel well.  I'm not sure if the Sun Belt is up to par with the 7A-West, though.  Maybe they could hang with P.A. for a half.

[Seminole Indian]

A player in their conference? 15,000 would probably be a Sun Belt record for any team. Go ULL!

Well I'm from Tennessee and there is really nothing a good ASU team can do about their  20K crowds any more than a bad Vol team can do anything about their 100K+ crowds. Those crowds in the SEC, Big 10, etc. are their because of the tradition and history of those storied programs and not those teams.

Still with the 85 scholarship limitation there is nothing to prevent a FBS school like ASU from putting a very good product on the field or Tennessee a bad one.

[pigmailyen]

Makes one wonder if some FCS schools have ASU's coach on their radar when replacement time comes.  (Ole Miss).

[Razorback88]

Congrats to ASU on receiving a vote in the USA Today poll today for the first time since moving to D1.

[Seminole Indian]

Makes one wonder if some FCS schools have ASU's coach on their radar when replacement time comes.  (Ole Miss).

Although they are playing like one, Ole Miss is a FBS program.

[DEVIL DOG HOG]

Lanny's New Board: RED WOLFVILLE

[Seminole Indian]

Is ASU in Arizona

There is one there and in Alabama and.........well you get the point.

The important thing for the one in Arkansas is that people outside Arkansas know there is one and their play against good FBS teams outside the State of Arkansas has insured that they do. This accounts for the rapid improvement in the caliber of athletes they have playing for them now and winning will only increase that awareness.

[Blue35]

The Jonesboro engines are doing very well this year. Good luck to them.

[DeltaBoy]

Good Luck to the ASU Indians.

[Seminole Indian]

Lanny's New Board: RED WOLFVILLE

He has provided us with the General Sports board and the fans of other Arkansas schools who like to drop by and catch up on the Razorbacks appreciate that he did.

[jmingram911]

You never know.  ASU could be the next Boise State.  NOT!!!   )

[Seminole Indian]

The Jonesboro engines are doing very well this year. Good luck to them.

So are you guys.

[Seminole Indian]

Congrats to ASU on receiving a vote in the USA Today poll today for the first time since moving to D1.

We got 2 votes.

True it is the first since moving up from 1AA, but they got enough to tie with Notre Dame at #21 in 1975. There was only a top 20 not top 25 then so it really did not count.

[elksnort]

It's nice to have both Arkansas teams do well.

ASU fans need to show up Saturday.

[rogersvillemohog]

I couldn't stop laughing at some of those posts. Sorry that I don't support the other Arkansas teams. I honestly couldn't care if stAte does well or not. One thing is for sure, I'm glad we don't have to worry about whether or not we're going to fill our stadium half-way up this weekend.
:razorback: :razorback:

[Seminole Indian]

You never know.  ASU could be the next Boise State.  NOT!!!   )

More like the next Southern Mississippi.

Actually ASU has only been a step behind them for the last 30 years and all the athletic contest between them have gone down to the wire. I think ASU is poised to take that step to where people think of them the same way they think of USM.

[Seminole Indian]

I couldn't stop laughing at some of those posts. Sorry that I don't support the other Arkansas teams. I'm only loyal to one Arkansas team and that is it. I honestly couldn't care if stAte does well or not. One thing is for sure, I'm glad we don't have to worry about weather or not we're going to fill our stadium half-way up this weekend.
:razorback: :razorback:

Why would the fact some people root for other state teams be funny. I have no problem being and ASU and VOL fan and both schools have played. I'm glad they are not playing this year.

[PigDaddyKane]

They have a special hunter's promotion to help increase attendance:

http://www.arkansassports360.com/27614/special-hunters-promotion-in-place-for-asu-ull-football-game

[spiritof92]

It's nice to have both Arkansas teams do well.

ASU fans need to show up Saturday.

Agreed

Would love to see the Hogs win 12 games and the Red Wolves win 11. 

[Razorback88]

It's nice to have both Arkansas teams do well.

ASU fans need to show up Saturday.

Throw in UCA at 7-3 (6-1) and it's a pretty good year for football in Arkansas.

[Calling All Hogs]

Hugh Freeze's name has come up on NAFOOM a few times as a possible replacement for Nutt. He was the interim coach Nutt replaced at Ole Miss. Talk about screwing up. That was kind of like us replacing interim coach Mike Anderson with Stan Heath. 

[spiritof92]

Freeze >>>>>>>>>>>> Nutt

[Wild Bill Hog]

Throw in UCA at 7-3 (6-1) and it's a pretty good year for football in Arkansas.

Ouachita won the Great American Conference championship with a 6-0 record and is 7-2 over all.  Good year for the Tigers as well.

[Justifiable Hogicide]

Freeze >>>>>>>>>>>> Nutt

Anybody>>>>>>>>>>>Nutt

[jobiegohog]

The p/kicker for Harding was mentioned last night on ESPNU for kicking a 62 yd field goal and also having a 72 yd punt .

[checkraiser88]

The p/kicker for Harding was mentioned last night on ESPNU for kicking a 62 yd field goal and also having a 72 yd punt .

WOW

[Westcoasthog]

   Arkansas State fans, the City Of Jonesboro - you need to fill ASU Stadium to
capacity for the University Of Louisiana Lafayette football game. 

[PorkCheops]

A player in their conference? 15,000 would probably be a Sun Belt record for any team. Go ULL!

Just to be fair, UL has averaged more than 29,000 for its five home games this season (the average last season was around 17,000).  Not SEC numbers, sure, but it goes to show that fans will show up for a team in at least some of the SBC stadiums, if that team wins.

[Seminole Indian]

   Arkansas State fans, the City Of Jonesboro - you need to fill ASU Stadium to
capacity for the University Of Louisiana Lafayette football game.

Their will be a lot of asu fans from all over the mid-south, and a lot of Razorback fans at the game, always are.

[HoggyCat]

No, ASU has drawn 30,000 or so a few times

For Memphis when they were somewhat relevant, Ole Miss when they had Eli, and maybe Louisville?

They've never had over 21K for a CONFERENCE GAME, even when they were in line for a bowl fame a few years back.

[HoggyCat]

   Arkansas State fans, the City Of Jonesboro - you need to fill ASU Stadium to
capacity for the University Of Louisiana Lafayette football game.

If I go, I'll go buy some ULL attire for the whole family to wear.

[Albert Einswine]

Why would the fact some people root for other state teams be funny. I have no problem being and ASU and VOL fan and both schools have played. I'm glad they are not playing this year.

Well, you're just ate up all the way around, then...

[Lanny]

I hope ASTATE fills the stadium and wins the SunBelt.  Go Red Wolves!

["Pickled" Pig's Pete]

Just to be fair, UL has averaged more than 29,000 for its five home games this season (the average last season was around 17,000).  Not SEC numbers, sure, but it goes to show that fans will show up for a team in at least some of the SBC stadiums, if that team wins.

ULL's attendance is exactly why if ASU wins against ULL, the Red Wolves WILL NOT get the invite to the New Orleans Bowl.  ULL will be playing in the New Orleans Bowl, regardless of the outcome of the game on Saturday.

Unfortunately for the Red Wolves, the New Orleans Bowl can invite any bowl eligible Sun Belt team they choose.  With ULL being bowl eligible (win or lose), and only being an hour away from New Orleans, they will get the invite.  The Red Wolves will have to settle for the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile.  The positive about that will be the game will be either on the Saturday or Sunday before the BCS Title game.  If it's Saturday, there will be one other bowl game for football fans to watch.  If it's Sunday, it will be the only college game on.

[clutch]

ULL's attendance is exactly why if ASU wins against ULL, the Red Wolves WILL NOT get the invite to the New Orleans Bowl.  ULL will be playing in the New Orleans Bowl, regardless of the outcome of the game on Saturday.

Unfortunately for the Red Wolves, the New Orleans Bowl can invite any bowl eligible Sun Belt team they choose.  With ULL being bowl eligible (win or lose), and only being an hour away from New Orleans, they will get the invite.  The Red Wolves will have to settle for the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile.  The positive about that will be the game will be either on the Saturday or Sunday before the BCS Title game.  If it's Saturday, there will be one other bowl game for football fans to watch.  If it's Sunday, it will be the only college game on.

I thought it was an automatic spot for the SBC Champion

[Albert Einswine]

I thought it was an automatic spot for the SBC Champion

Me too, in fact I looked it up and that's what it says on the New Orleans Bowl wiki page.

[Seminole Indian]

For Memphis when they were somewhat relevant, Ole Miss when they had Eli, and maybe Louisville?

They've never had over 21K for a CONFERENCE GAME, even when they were in line for a bowl fame a few years back.

This year they drew 29,872 for Memphis and 27,918 for UCA.

Prior home attendence best:

30,427. . . . . . . Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . UM, 47-35
29,465. . . . . . . Central Arkansas . . . . . . . . . 9-13-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 36-35
27,774. . . . . . . Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27-07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 35-31
25,938. . . . . . . Southern Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite. . . . . . . . . . USM, 27-24
25,219. . . . . . . Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . . UL, 34-24
25,112. . . . . . . Central Arkansas . . . . . . . . . 10-5-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 17-7
24,256. . . . . . . Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . 9-20-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 31-14
23,641. . . . . . . Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Day . . . . . . . . . . Troy, 30-27
23,426. . . . . . . Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 14-6*
23,176. . . . . . . Louisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . 9-18-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 34-20
22,745. . . . . . . Louisiana-Monroe . . . . . . . . 10-11-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 37-29
22,368. . . . . . . Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . UM, 35-17
21,741. . . . . . . Texas Southern. . . . . . . . . . . 9-6-08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 83-10
21,134. . . . . . . Southeast Missouri . . . . . . . 9-13-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 21-3
21,056. . . . . . . Mississippi Valley State . . . . 9-5-09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 61-0
20,949. . . . . . . Southwest Missouri State . . 10-26-91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . SMS, 37-20
20,548. . . . . . . Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . 9-6-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . . . . . ASU, 63-6
20,367. . . . . . . Florida Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . . 10-22-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nite . . . . . . . ASU, 3-0 (OT)*
19,357. . . . . . . New Mexico State . . .

[Seminole Indian]

I thought it was an automatic spot for the SBC Champion

No, not every year and ASU and the SBC do not want ASU in the NO Bowl. The SBC has another bowl in line for ASU if they win a couple of more games.

[HoggyCat]

Seminole Indian, I'm talking butts in the seats. Paid attendance and actual are two different things. The Tuesday night ESPN game a couple weeks ago wasn't even half capacity.

The Memphis and UCA games this year....NON conference games, and proximity was the reason so many were there. Show all the games from all those years and average it out. This year they're in control of the sun belt and still won't and can't fill that stadium.

[Seminole Indian]

Seminole Indian, I'm talking butts in the seats. Paid attendance and actual are two different things. The Tuesday night ESPN game a couple weeks ago wasn't even half capacity.

The Memphis and UCA games this year....NON conference games, and proximity was the reason so many were there. Show all the games from all those years and average it out. This year they're in control of the sun belt and still won't and can't fill that stadium.

I did not attend the Tuesday night game but those that did seemed to agree with you. That they cannot fill the stadium is speculation that they have not is a fact.

[elksnort]

And it's a shame, because they have a nice team out there this year.

[HF#1]

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