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Preseason Projections

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:16 pm

Not sure I follow your point. Our regular seats are pretty full most Saturdays compared to to our conference mates when I view App at away games or just watching SBC in general
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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by Bootsy » Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:39 am

I’d almost prefer everyone dog App in preseason polls. Great bulletin board fodder for an unproven team/coach.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by AtlAppMan » Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:59 am

Bootsy wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 6:39 am
I’d almost prefer everyone dog App in preseason polls. Great bulletin board fodder for an unproven team/coach.
True, dogging us will provide motivation.

Point is, nobody has any factual reason to justify App performing exceptionally well or poorly based on the degree of changes occurring with the program (unproven HC, new coaching staff/players/etc). And given the level of flux in the SBC it is reasonable to put us somewhere in the middle of the pack give or take. That is what analyst and writers appear to be doing.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:46 am

AppSt94 wrote:
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:16 am
The above is true. We do have a fanbase that shows up to KBS. It would be nice to see more folks show up for road games outside of Marsha, Georgia State and JMU.
Those are the closest conference games that have been played on Saturdays in recent seasons. There’s only been one road game at JMU and that was when we were hot and they hosted gameday.

Coastal gets a lot of visitors even though the game has been on Thursday.

I think our fanbase travels very well despite your recency bias.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by AppSt94 » Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:58 am

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:46 am
AppSt94 wrote:
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:16 am
The above is true. We do have a fanbase that shows up to KBS. It would be nice to see more folks show up for road games outside of Marsha, Georgia State and JMU.
Those are the closest conference games that have been played on Saturdays in recent seasons. There’s only been one road game at JMU and that was when we were hot and they hosted gameday.

Coastal gets a lot of visitors even though the game has been on Thursday.

I think our fanbase travels very well despite your recency bias.
You are bound and determined to make an argument with every one of my posts just to be a d!**. That’s not what I said at all, I’ve been to road games at ULM, Texas St., Louisiana, and Arkansas St. All of them on a Saturday and the majority of the folks there for App are parents of players.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by BambooRdApp » Thu Jun 19, 2025 12:42 pm

There is no doubt that we do not have a huge fan base that travels to West side schools like ulm, arky st, Texas st, etc.

Okay to decent for SBC championship games at lala and Troy.
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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by Saint3333 » Thu Jun 19, 2025 12:55 pm

We probably travel in the top 1/3 of the SBC. But that isn't a high bar as some school struggle with home attendance.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by bcoach » Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:15 pm

AppSt94 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:58 am
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:46 am
AppSt94 wrote:
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:16 am
The above is true. We do have a fanbase that shows up to KBS. It would be nice to see more folks show up for road games outside of Marsha, Georgia State and JMU.
Those are the closest conference games that have been played on Saturdays in recent seasons. There’s only been one road game at JMU and that was when we were hot and they hosted gameday.

Coastal gets a lot of visitors even though the game has been on Thursday.

I think our fanbase travels very well despite your recency bias.
You are bound and determined to make an argument with every one of my posts just to be a d!**. That’s not what I said at all, I’ve been to road games at ULM, Texas St., Louisiana, and Arkansas St. All of them on a Saturday and the majority of the folks there for App are parents of players.
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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:33 am

AppSt94 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:58 am
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:46 am
AppSt94 wrote:
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:16 am
The above is true. We do have a fanbase that shows up to KBS. It would be nice to see more folks show up for road games outside of Marsha, Georgia State and JMU.
Those are the closest conference games that have been played on Saturdays in recent seasons. There’s only been one road game at JMU and that was when we were hot and they hosted gameday.

Coastal gets a lot of visitors even though the game has been on Thursday.

I think our fanbase travels very well despite your recency bias.
You are bound and determined to make an argument with every one of my posts just to be a d!**. That’s not what I said at all, I’ve been to road games at ULM, Texas St., Louisiana, and Arkansas St. All of them on a Saturday and the majority of the folks there for App are parents of players.
You can’t reasonably expect fans to travel 10+ hours to go to the western schools in cities that are generally non-desirable.

I had no idea that’s what you meant because you didn’t specify western division schools. You just listed 3 eastern schools.

Use some common sense please.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by ASUFan4863 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:36 am

bcoach wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:15 pm
AppSt94 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:58 am
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:46 am
AppSt94 wrote:
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:16 am
The above is true. We do have a fanbase that shows up to KBS. It would be nice to see more folks show up for road games outside of Marsha, Georgia State and JMU.
Those are the closest conference games that have been played on Saturdays in recent seasons. There’s only been one road game at JMU and that was when we were hot and they hosted gameday.

Coastal gets a lot of visitors even though the game has been on Thursday.

I think our fanbase travels very well despite your recency bias.
You are bound and determined to make an argument with every one of my posts just to be a d!**. That’s not what I said at all, I’ve been to road games at ULM, Texas St., Louisiana, and Arkansas St. All of them on a Saturday and the majority of the folks there for App are parents of players.
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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by AppSt94 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 12:45 pm

ASUFan4863 wrote:
Fri Jun 20, 2025 10:33 am
AppSt94 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:58 am
ASUFan4863 wrote:
Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:46 am
AppSt94 wrote:
Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:16 am
The above is true. We do have a fanbase that shows up to KBS. It would be nice to see more folks show up for road games outside of Marsha, Georgia State and JMU.
Those are the closest conference games that have been played on Saturdays in recent seasons. There’s only been one road game at JMU and that was when we were hot and they hosted gameday.

Coastal gets a lot of visitors even though the game has been on Thursday.

I think our fanbase travels very well despite your recency bias.
You are bound and determined to make an argument with every one of my posts just to be a d!**. That’s not what I said at all, I’ve been to road games at ULM, Texas St., Louisiana, and Arkansas St. All of them on a Saturday and the majority of the folks there for App are parents of players.
You can’t reasonably expect fans to travel 10+ hours to go to the western schools in cities that are generally non-desirable.

I had no idea that’s what you meant because you didn’t specify western division schools. You just listed 3 eastern schools.

Use some common sense please.
No, you just want to argue because you are you. I called out the schools that are close for obvious reasons. I didn’t point out the lack of attendance at games that are outside of east opponents to shame folks for not going or not meeting my expectations. That’s a you thing. Just pointing out that the only people that are typically there are parents. I go because I can and I want to. I don’t expect others to feel the same why I do and I certainly don’t get my nose bent out of joint when they don’t. 👀

Texas St is between San Antonio and Austin. Louisiana is in Louisiana where the food and company are great and you can make a day trip from New Orleans to both Louisiana and Southern Miss. Arkansas St is the same from Memphis and South Alabama is on the gulf shore. For you to say that the destinations aren’t desirable are excuses of convenience for you.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by Bigdaddyg1 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:07 pm

The comments about the low attendance by App fans for some of the western road games reinforces the fact that it’s absolutely stupid for conferences to be so spread out. Theoretically (in my mind) App should really be a bus ride away from almost every conference opponent. I’ll readily admit that we can’t afford to fly to Texas or La for a football game.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by Bootsy » Fri Jun 20, 2025 7:42 pm

On a (sort of) related note, does the App State Alumni Association still try to put together package deals for people who want to travel to the “western” games?

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by AppSt94 » Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:13 pm

Bootsy wrote:
Fri Jun 20, 2025 7:42 pm
On a (sort of) related note, does the App State Alumni Association still try to put together package deals for people who want to travel to the “western” games?
They have one set for Boise and they have done them for Louisiana before.

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Re: Preseason Projections

Unread post by Saint3333 » Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:47 am

The packages are never economically friendly and feel like supplementing athletic staff members.

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