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Title: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: HerbTarlekVol on November 22, 2015, 03:17:39 EST 1. This morning on the show with Jimmy Hyams, Tim Irwin (who wasn't there, by the way) called it a "hostile" environment in Columbia for Tennessee last night. From the TV broadcast, it looks like the only thing smaller than the crowd was the home crowd support. Your thoughts.
2. Was there any home fan talk about the effects of the goings on of the last couple of weeks at Mizzou? I've read a lot of stuff on the interwebz and from what I see it appears that there are a lot of unhappy Mizzou alums about what is happening to their University. Thanks. Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: PirateVOL on November 22, 2015, 03:33:58 EST 1. This morning on the show with Jimmy Hyams, Tim Irwin (who wasn't there, by the way) called it a "hostile" environment in Columbia for Tennessee last night. From the TV broadcast, it looks like the only thing smaller than the crowd was the home crowd support. Your thoughts. honestly, we were making more noise than their crowd. The east side (new) upper deck was 3/4 empty. The students were apparently tired from all their special snowflake protests and were a no show. Even the numerous (say just about every TV time out) Pinkle highlites (almost all of which were defensive highlites) brought much reaction.2. Was there any home fan talk about the effects of the goings on of the last couple of weeks at Mizzou? I've read a lot of stuff on the interwebz and from what I see it appears that there are a lot of unhappy Mizzou alums about what is happening to their University. Thanks. The alumni in the West stands were there but pulled a KY by the middle of the 3rd and started to melt away. In the re were no worse than 2-1 dogs in fans remaining I spoke to numerous MO fans/alums who were, without exception, good hosts. Not one single word was spoken of the last two weeks. Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: PirateVOL on November 22, 2015, 05:23:34 EST This picture from RTI gives you a clue on the East side. The last full empty section on the right is the band location. The students are supposed to fill in the left lower bowl, they didn't
(http://twitter.com/WATEMichael/status/668218099833802752/photo/1) Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: Creek Walker on November 22, 2015, 05:27:41 EST This picture from RTI gives you a clue on the East side. The last full empty section on the right is the band location. The students are supposed to fill in the left lower bowl, they didn't (http://twitter.com/WATEMichael/status/668218099833802752/photo/1) They said before the game that Mizzou students have all of next week off for Thanksgiving. Given the option of heading home for the break or sticking around to watch a 5-6 team in sub-freezing temperatures, I imagine that was an easy choice to make. Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: PirateVOL on November 22, 2015, 05:44:45 EST They said before the game that Mizzou students have all of next week off for Thanksgiving. Given the option of heading home for the break or sticking around to watch a 5-6 team in sub-freezing temperatures, I imagine that was an easy choice to make. lot ofMizzou kids in the airport this morning Also, a LOT of happy folks in ORANGE :powert: Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: Tnphil on November 22, 2015, 06:01:01 EST Not a lot of support and sendoff for a coach that had done so much for your program for many years.
Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: Black Diamond Vol on November 22, 2015, 06:02:04 EST They said before the game that Mizzou students have all of next week off for Thanksgiving. Given the option of heading home for the break or sticking around to watch a 5-6 team in sub-freezing temperatures, I imagine that was an easy choice to make. True. But if it was us, I would hope that there would be more support there for the final game of the greatest coach in our history. Title: Re: So, Pirate - a couple of questions Post by: Creek Walker on November 22, 2015, 07:13:15 EST True. But if it was us, I would hope that there would be more support there for the final game of the greatest coach in our history. No doubt. I said the same last night. Hard to imagine Neyland ever being half-empty for a conference game, let alone the final game of the Fulmer era (which is the closest modern comparison we can make...in reality, Pinkel was closer to their Neyland.) Just goes to show how weak Mizzou's fan base still is. |