For what it's worth, 12th Man Foundation is already selling them. I just bought some.

I don't think I've ever said that students deserve more seats.

Another problem is that apparently the athletics email is down and they can't send out a reminder about the game so probably 85% of students don't even know we're playing LSU this weekend.

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Another problem is that apparently the athletics email is down and they can't send out a reminder about the game so probably 85% of students don't even know we're playing LSU this weekend.

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An email server going down is the reason that the students have only claimed 20% of their alotted tickets?

Give me a break.

It's crappy support, nothing else.

all that matters is that the place is full, if the old folks have to carry it for a game then so be it, students will do their part for mid-week conference games

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That is PISS POOR support and some of you "fans" should be ashamed.

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Are there really Aggie students reading this thread that aren't going to the game?

And if classes started Monday I would agree that only having 1000 pull for this game would be some kind of huge disappointment. We're still a week away from most students returning to College Station.

and there's 10,000 students that even if they wanted to come 9 days early couldn't (on campus residents)

I live on campus, and live 680 miles away, and I'm going. There really is no excuse...especially if you live within a couple of hours.

Good point, tony.

Also, you're telling me that students are that unaware of who we're playing that they have to be told in an email?

Really?

yeah, I am

As a TA, it amazes me how many students seemingly refuse to check their Neo email.

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all that matters is that the place is full, if the old folks have to carry it for a game then so be it, students will do their part for mid-week conference games

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Like Iowa State last year?

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And if classes started Monday I would agree that only having 1000 pull for this game would be some kind of huge disappointment. We're still a week away from most students returning to College Station.

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With that logic it is simply amazing that we had more than 5,000 students at the Alamo Bowl a few days after Christmas and a few days before New Year's Eve.

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and there's 10,000 students that even if they wanted to come 9 days early couldn't (on campus residents)

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*sigh*


Always an excuse with this crowd.


"There was a big engineering test this week.", "The dorms were still closed.", "I didn't check my Neo.".



Lets just take a quick glance around college basketball, shall we?


Kent State @ #1 UNC - 20,356 attendance
TCU @ #14 Texas - 12,157 attendance
Wisconsin @ #9 Texas - 16,438 attendance
#18 Arizona @ #2 Memphis - 17,965 attendance
Yale @ #3 Kansas - 16,300 attendance
Wisconsin-GB @ #7 Michigan State - 14,759 attendance


And there's about 10 other examples I could use. All schools playing somewhat mediocre to bad opponents (save for Memphis/Arizona), all while school was not in session.


There's no excuses -- the students are flat out not supporting this team like they should be and it is a damn shame.

*IONA* played at *VANDERBILT* the same day we played Rice -- AND THEY DREW 12,000!

like ive said before, you cant force people to like something they dont care for. its likely not going to change, so getting angry does nothing but raise your blood pressure and make you miserable.

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Kent State @ #1 UNC - 20,356 attendance
TCU @ #14 Texas - 12,157 attendance
Wisconsin @ #9 Texas - 16,438 attendance
#18 Arizona @ #2 Memphis - 17,965 attendance
Yale @ #3 Kansas - 16,300 attendance
Wisconsin-GB @ #7 Michigan State - 14,759 attendance

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all you're doing is quoting total attendances. these numbers have nothing to do with the number of students at these games. if you want to talk about these numbers wait until saturday night and we'll see how we compare. i think that plenty of students will try to walk up to the game to get in... just because students haven't pulled tickets early doesn't mean that they're not coming. we'll see.

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One guy on here was saying that driving in from Conroe for this game was "too much".

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If this dude needs a ride, I drive in from Conroe each time I attend a game. I will be there for sure.

Ummmm


Iona played at Vanderbilt the same day we played Rice.

Iona @ Vanderbilt - 12,000+

Rice @ Texas A&M - 8,000+


One thousand student tickets were allocated. ONE THOUSAND.

You can twist things any way you want, that tells everyone exactly where the lack of support is coming from.

The students only care about the big games.

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Bob I don't care if it is over the break. There are like 10,000 freshmen so what about the other 35,000? I keep hearing be grateful for what you have because 5 years ago it sucked. SHUT UP ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO!!! Why not concentrate on what we have now and that is a top 10 team that can't even fill it's own student section. It's not like we are playing Rice, we are playing effing LSU!! A team that has beaten us two years in a row and I don't care if they are down, they are still LSU and that alone should make students show up.

Gillispie left because of poor support and Turge within a month is already complaining about it. How many great coaches must we lose before people start realizing this?

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I thought you said that we sucked and didn't deserve to be ranked...

And for the record, Billy didn't leave because of poor attendance. My roommate and I had talked to him plenty of times when he was at UTEP and here at A&M. He's always wanted to reach the top of college basketball. It was his dream to coach at Kentucky. Yes, he liked Texas and he wanted to make a name for himself, but his dream was to be at the top. What idiot would pass up on his dream (which was handed to him a few years into his career) for staying and "accomplishing" something?

I TexAgs.

i dont think the main reason he left was attendance, but i know it bothered him enough for him to make reference to it at his introductory press conference at kentucky.

mhayden, what are you doing about student attendance besides whining like a girl about it on a site mostly viewed by students who are going to be there?

When I was in school, I was disappointed with student turnouts at basketball games so I decided to do something about it instead of complaining on the internet. With a bunch of friends and not a whole lot of work, I believe we raised the awareness level about bball games on campus substantially.


All your posts do are annoy people. That's it. You've accomplished nothing.

Kent State @ #1 UNC
TCU @ #14 Texas
Wisconsin @ #9 Texas
#18 Arizona @ #2 Memphis
Yale @ #3 Kansas
Wisconsin-GB @ #7 Michigan State
Iona @ Vanderbilt

You're comparing apples to oranges look at the size of those towns...

Chapel Hill North Carolina - 48,715 people with 1.5 million in the Metro Area. They're the #1 team in the country, and they didn't make a Bowl game in football so their fans hadn't already travelled anywhere.

Austin, Texas - 709,000 people, playing against a perenially ranked team in Wisconsin.

Memphis, Tennessee- 670,000 people, 1.2 in the metro area Arizona at Memphis was one of the biggest non conference games of the year.

Kansas is freaking Kansas they sell out every game ever.

Vandy plays in Nashville which has over 600,000 people also.

If Texas A&M played a game in Houston or Dallas we'd have almost 12,000 there also.

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i dont think the main reason he left was attendance, but i know it bothered him enough for him to make reference to it at his introductory press conference at kentucky

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Dude, it's Kentucky....

It'd be like saying Brad Wright (Texas State) leaving for Michigan and mentioning the great attendance at Michigan Stadium.

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If Texas A&M played a game in Houston or Dallas we'd have almost 12,000 there also.

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I TexAgs.

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guys you are making a big deal out of nothing regarding student tickets. most students do not register for games because 1.) they forget 2.) as mentioned before they dont want to risk the penalty of registering and then not being able to make it. So most students dont register with the intention of walking up at game time. As a student i am about 90% sure that if the 12th man foundation didnt sell our tickets away, that the students would fill all 4000 seats come saturday.

If the 12th man foundation had stated their intention of selling the extra student tickets that werent registered for i can guarantee you that MANY more students would have registered.

he didnt have to say anything about it at all. its not like he just mentioned kentuckys attendance.

Any way you want to cut it, there have to be 10,000-15,000 A&M students who will be within a 90 minute drive of Reed Saturday night. To only have 1,000 sign up for tickets is disappointing, but it's not the end of the world. When some of those kids don't win the lottery for tickets to conference games, they'll realize that it might have been worth their time and effort to make the roundtrip from home to BCS for single game, as so many old farts do for every game.

I'll give our students the benefit of the doubt and assume that they aren't clamoring for LSU tickets because they know LSU sucks, but that attitude of only showing the big games is something that the weighted lottery was intended to change. Let's hope that it works over time.

I got mine!

Wrec86 nailed it. TexAgs...making mountains out of molehills while abusing deceased equine for years.

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"The expectations are high, and I'm ready to prove that I have what it takes to lead this team. I know there are people wondering if this team has what it takes, and I have what it takes to move to the next level. All i can say is, 'Wait and see.'"

- Donald Sloan

guys you have to remember.. a lot of students just dont care about basketball. if they are on campus, then they go because its something to do. none of these people are going to drive up for a game if they arent passionate about it. the ones who want to be there will be there.

CDub06 -- I'm the one in Conroe. This was the first game I've actually registered for. The other games I've just walked up. I (like everyone else) thought that demand would be higher. What I was saying is that had I not been awarded a ticket, then I would not drive up just to hope for a SRO ticket. Obviously thats not the problem anymore.

I'll be there.

I agree with Wrec86 too. Im dissappointed in the athletic department on this move. MANY more students would have registered for the game had they known the schools intention to sell the unregistered for tickets. I can guarantee you that the students would have been able to completely fill out their side had the athletic department let them. My brother was one of those who didnt register with the intention of walking up and i know there are many more like him. My brother and i have gone to every game over the break and this is the first one i registered for. There is a difference between students who register for games and students who attend games. The Athletic Department knows this but they are selling the student tickets anyway. But hey, why let students watch the games when old people pay more.

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yeah, I am

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So, they have to be told.

Unbelievable.

Again, always an excuse with this crowd. Engineering tests, travel time, dorms being closed, weddings, etc, etc... You'd think that none of these other schools have these issues.

You have a Top 10 Basketball team and you can't even move 20% of the student ticket allotment.

Any way you slice it, its a damn shame that the general public is going to have to make this a sellout because the students didn't care enough.

mhayden, go back and read my post. The students would have been there in full force had the athletic department let them. Just because 1000 students registered does not mean only 1000 students planned on going to the game. Now those students wont be able to watch their team because the AD sold their seats

So let me get this straight.

You didn't register, but then because a lot of people didn't register and the ticket office doesn't want to eat 3000 tickets they know are in demand and they put them on sale, you complain?

If you were planning on going to the game, why didn't you register?

Seems pretty simple to me.

mhayden, I'd like to refer you to my previous post in case you missed it

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mhayden, go back and read my post. The students would have been there in full force had the athletic department let them. Just because 1000 students registered does not mean only 1000 students planned on going to the game. Now those students wont be able to watch their team because the AD sold their seats.

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Do you realize how stupid that sounds? All you have to do is register, and the ticket will be there. But, no, the AD is supposed to hold those tickets back when nobody bothers to register? Why not register? To keep your options open? If you can't make the committment to register and say you'll be there, then there's no reason for the AD to save a ticket for you.