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A call to action for the loyal Houston Sports Fan. (UH/Rice)

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by Mattj, Nov 24, 2008.

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  1. Mattj

    Mattj Member

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    I am not paid to schill for this game. I do this for the love of my University and because I want to believe that even the thousands of Longhorns, Aggies, Tigers, Red Raiders etc. in this city are sports fans too. Surely you think having good LOCAL college football programs is positive for the city. In the 30 plus year history of the Bayou Bucket, there has never been a year where both UH and Rice have both been this successful simultaneously.

    I make no excuses for the piss poor alumni support for UH. Two decades of relative futility in basketball and to some extent football and the fall of the SWC killed a generation of fans. Rice too faces its own unique challenges of being the smallest university playing D-1 football when it comes to a fan base. That being said, I know that the 90,000 that show up each week at LSU, Texas, and A&M fans are probably only about 75% people who actually attended the university. I remember moving to this town when I was 10 (1986) and being told by my classmates that I had to choose whether I was a Longhorn or an Aggie.

    I'm not asking for long term support for either local team. (Though your walk up ticket buys are always welcome) But is it too much to ask on an expected beautiful saturday afternoon (2:30pm) to but your buns in the stands at Rice Stadium when the Coogs and the Owls battle for a conference championship game birth? You will not be missing any great games on TV, and you don't need to sober up for the Texans game the next day. (They play monday night.) Start a new tradition, and support this rivalry!

    If you don't have a good time at the game, then you hate offensive football. Give it a shot, you won't regret spending the afternoon with the rest of us die hards. So I ask you one more time, what's it going to take to get YOU out there? I'm open to suggestions and will be whoring out for this game all week on the air.
     
    #1 Mattj, Nov 24, 2008
  2. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    1 of only 2 inner city rivalries in all of D1 CFB.
     
    #2 Ziggy, Nov 24, 2008
  3. percicles

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    Saying Texas should be ahead of OU would do wonders with the Texas Exes.

    I will be pulling for Rice. It helps my Longhorns SOS.
     
    #3 percicles, Nov 24, 2008
  4. fmullegun

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    I wanted to go to Tulsa but I had Rockets-Hornets tickets.

    This thread is freakin hilarious, I am putting the over/under at 3 minutes for his rant on the show tommorow.


    Rice sells no alcohol right? Boot flask anyone?
     
    #4 fmullegun, Nov 24, 2008
  5. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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    The set up for this game is damn near perfect.

    It should be a LOT of fun.

    I don't care who you root for, just come!
     
    #5 DonnyMost, Nov 24, 2008
  6. manbearpig

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    What's the other?

    Rice got an AP top 25 vote i hear.

    I would be hopeful for these teams except for the fact that they are both pass happy and zero defense. Wake me up when they start caring about defense.
     
    #6 manbearpig, Nov 24, 2008
  7. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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    UCLA/USC
     
    #7 DonnyMost, Nov 24, 2008
  8. The Drake

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    Rice does sell beer at football games, though you have to keep it in the beer garden behind the north end zone.

    That being said...on a campus where playing drinking games during class is a time-honored tradition...

    your flask will fit right in! :cool:
     
    #8 The Drake, Nov 24, 2008
  9. Mr. Brightside

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    Are you the mayor?
     
    #9 Mr. Brightside, Nov 24, 2008
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    Hey Mattj, where you gonna park?
     
    #10 v3.0, Nov 24, 2008
  11. Fatty FatBastard

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    I went to a UH game 5 years ago with 2 die hard UH fans.

    I'm no longer friends with them.
     
    #11 Fatty FatBastard, Nov 24, 2008
  12. leroy

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    Go Coogs! I didn't go to either school, but I've always pulled for UH more than Rice.
     
    #12 leroy, Nov 24, 2008
  13. RocketMan Tex

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    I think I just might have to go to this game. Just checked the Rice website and there are plenty of good seats left. Waiting on a buddy to get permission from his wife. I always thought UH-Rice was early on in the season. Glad they moved it to Turkey Day weekend. Should be a fun time.
     
    #13 RocketMan Tex, Nov 24, 2008
  14. dskillz

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    I do wish people would actually go out to the UH games. After 5 years of Texans season tickets, going to UH games has been alot more fun in comparison. Might have something to do with the tickets being alot cheaper or the college atmosphere. Either way, if you want to see some entertaining football at an affordable price, I would suggest a UH game.
     
    #14 dskillz, Nov 24, 2008
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    I'd love to go. And I would be there.

    ...If the game wasn't the day after Black Friday. No CHANCE I can get off work.
     
    #15 blathersby, Nov 24, 2008
  16. Fatty FatBastard

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    We need this game to have a taco special. I'd go anywhere for free tacos.

    UH marketing needs to get on this stat.
     
    #16 Fatty FatBastard, Nov 24, 2008
  17. DaDakota

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    Why did UH drop the run and shoot? Any small to mid sized college football team should be looking at that as a way to compete with the big boys.

    DD
     
    #17 DaDakota, Nov 24, 2008
  18. Mattj

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    Would the Run N Shoot be putting up more than 600 yards per game? That's what UH's offense is putting up this year. To be honest, the difference between this team and the Run and Shoot teams is the defense. Lamar Lathon, Glenn Montgomery, Craig Veasey, Audrey McMillan, Ryan Mccoy etc made up a big time "D" that was coached at the time by Jim Eddy and Wade Phillips.
     
    #18 Mattj, Nov 24, 2008
  19. rrj_gamz

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    If I was in town, I'd go, but I'll be watching it on TV...IMHO, you don't have to have an affiliation with either school, just go out and enjoy a great day of college football...
     
    #19 rrj_gamz, Nov 24, 2008
  20. Baqui99

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    As a college football purist, I'd rather set up a nice tailgate out at Rice Stadium and watch the Iron Bowl and Florida-FSU games while grilling out. Then maybe go in and catch a few drives of the Rice-UH shootout in between.
     
    #20 Baqui99, Nov 24, 2008
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