Re: NDSU v Iowa State 2014 (after NDSU wins 3rd title & 43-2!)
Of.course it would be much worse. No depth in fcs.
Of.course it would be much worse. No depth in fcs.
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Re: NDSU v Iowa State 2014 (after NDSU wins 3rd title & 43-2!)
We take more to ****** bowl games so congrats
We take more to ****** bowl games so congrats
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Re: NDSU v Iowa State 2014 (after NDSU wins 3rd title & 43-2!)
Great ESPN said 30k .... not sure that means in fact it is true. Could be right... could be wrong.
But your numbers do keep changing ... Kinda like a Bingo ball machine. So lets get two questions answered so we can have an accurate conversation.
1) How many tickets were sold through your AD for the Dallas game?
2) What was the official attendance at that game?
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Great ESPN said 30k .... not sure that means in fact it is true. Could be right... could be wrong.
But your numbers do keep changing ... Kinda like a Bingo ball machine. So lets get two questions answered so we can have an accurate conversation.
1) How many tickets were sold through your AD for the Dallas game?
2) What was the official attendance at that game?
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- Jun 20, 2006
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Re: NDSU v Iowa State 2014 (after NDSU wins 3rd title & 43-2!)
From the recap found here: Towson Tigers vs. North Dakota State Bison - Box Score - January 04, 2014 - ESPN
ATTENDANCE: 19,802
I'll give you 9,000 NDSU fans in attendance for the game in Dallas. That is a great following for small time football. But please, admit your exaggerations about the attendance numbers in the posts above.
From the recap found here: Towson Tigers vs. North Dakota State Bison - Box Score - January 04, 2014 - ESPN
ATTENDANCE: 19,802
I'll give you 9,000 NDSU fans in attendance for the game in Dallas. That is a great following for small time football. But please, admit your exaggerations about the attendance numbers in the posts above.
Wow! Your fan base is like a small town where everyone knows everyone? I couldn't imagine knowing every single Iowa State fan!
Re: NDSU v Iowa State 2014 (after NDSU wins 3rd title & 43-2!)
the fargo dome holds 19,000 don't say you bring half of that to away non-bowl games
the fargo dome holds 19,000 don't say you bring half of that to away non-bowl games
Looks like the Bison staff hired one of our own:Wide receivers coach Atif Austin. Austin coached with Klieman as an assistant at Northern Iowa from 2005-09. He spent last year at Stetson University (Fla.) as the running backs coach. Prior to that, he returned to his alma mater, Tarpon Springs High School in Tampa, Fla., as the head coach in 2010 and 2011. He was a four-year starter at Iowa State from 1999-2002 and also had a coaching stop at Southwest Minnesota State.
From what you know, what do you think of the selection?
One of the secrets to NDSU success has been coaching. They have always gone for the best, top to bottom.
Apparently this game has gained some notoriety The BISON, with their win in FRISCO, have tied the longest NDSU winning streak in history. The streak is also the longest in FCS history. A win at Jack Trice will establish a new BISON, and national, record.
Tickets are now on sale!! The hillsides and 2 sections each on the SE end and NW end. There are also some end zone sections open. None of these seats seem like good views. I sat in 123 last time NDSU visited your statium.
One of the secrets to NDSU success has been coaching. They have always gone for the best, top to bottom.
Apparently this game has gained some notoriety The BISON, with their win in FRISCO, have tied the longest NDSU winning streak in history. The streak is also the longest in FCS history. A win at Jack Trice will establish a new BISON, and national, record.
Tickets are now on sale!! The hillsides and 2 sections each on the SE end and NW end. There are also some end zone sections open. None of these seats seem like good views. I sat in 123 last time NDSU visited your statium.
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Taking a closer look at the tickets now available on stub hub, there were none a few days ago, prices range from $39 on the hillsides to $60 in sections AA and K to $121 in sections L and 1. Endzones are $50-$60.
There are also tickets, or should I say a ticket offering, showing up on ebay. Hopefully the flood gates for tickets will open.
Do you guys think there will be a lot of tickets? Hotels are already booking and prices are high, but I imagine this isnt the first football season for those folks and prices are always high.
There are many BISON fans already booked. Most will book the rooms first because they are the hardest to get, knowing they will get some kind of ticket.
Last time I had an RV which was nice. This time we are staying at relatives of my Sister in Law. She, my brother, myself, my wife and a couple of old BISON travel partners will be in town for the Big Game.
I wouldnt be suprised a bit if this game was the biggest OOC game of the year for ISU. I know it is for The BISON and it seems BISON fans are treating it that way. Sure its early, and this game is not important right now, but it will be someday.
Its almost Game Time!!! Tickets are going fast!!
There are also tickets, or should I say a ticket offering, showing up on ebay. Hopefully the flood gates for tickets will open.
Do you guys think there will be a lot of tickets? Hotels are already booking and prices are high, but I imagine this isnt the first football season for those folks and prices are always high.
There are many BISON fans already booked. Most will book the rooms first because they are the hardest to get, knowing they will get some kind of ticket.
Last time I had an RV which was nice. This time we are staying at relatives of my Sister in Law. She, my brother, myself, my wife and a couple of old BISON travel partners will be in town for the Big Game.
I wouldnt be suprised a bit if this game was the biggest OOC game of the year for ISU. I know it is for The BISON and it seems BISON fans are treating it that way. Sure its early, and this game is not important right now, but it will be someday.
Its almost Game Time!!! Tickets are going fast!!
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JBB, you need to get another hobby. This game is the least exiting game of the year for cyclone fans. There is not another game on the schedule that I could say that I care less about. If I had to choose between our spring scrimmage and this game, I would pick the spring scrimmage. But I know how you feel, it is like when I was a kid and the only place we had to shop was our crappy little five and dime store, the local Gibson's (now Pamida) or Ben Franklins, it was amazing and exciting to go to Mason City, Rochester, or Austin and get to shop at a "big" mall. Enjoy your weekend in Ames and cherish your memory of a fantasy trip to a BCS venue. Hopefully you can relive your fantasy on a yearly basis with other BSC venues. PS, consider ice fishing, it may be a good diversion for you.
It is a smaller fan base, but I sure dont know that lakes fellow.
I dont know how things work around here but the bisonville fan board tries to be a community. They organize parties and tailgate in loosely affiliated groups. But that is only part of it. There are a lot of different communities in the fan base. Each tailgate camp is a little community. I guess most fans just go to games with their close friends and go home but the huge party around the college stadiums is something.
I can tell you one thing, we have tailgating at the Fabulous Fargo Dome and its a big deal. Even College Game Day went there last season, but its nothing like I saw at Iowa State. Its amazing how big Jack Trice is especially with the sourrounding lots.
Scale is amazing. I told one of the Kansas State fans if we were sitting "this" far from the field in Fargo you would be in the Ag Science building. The seats I had at Jack Trice were great, walking in and out the hillsides had good corner views but it was more for families with kids.
I would like to get seats between the 20's. Either deck would be good.
Hopefully a lot of Cyclone fans will feel the same way you do. That way the stadium will get soft and there will be plenty of tickets for the BISON fans. I dont shop much. Ill leave the malls to you.
Plans for Ames: find a place to park for the game. Find a place to eat. Both might be impossible. I like Ames, dont get me wrong, but its just a small town with a huge school. Not much different than Fort Collins or Manhattan for that matter. Both of those towns have built areas where football fans can gather, eat, drink and catch transportation to the game from really cool "spots". Fargo is actually a much nicer place than either Fort Collins or Manahattan.
There arent very smart business owners in Manahattan. They didnt open all the eateries in their little cool college village so they had hundreds of fans looking for places to go. Thats their business I guess. They lost too.
Ill never forget the rant, 20 minutes before kickoff, of the KSU announcer. He started scolding NDSU fans, saying it was cute at first when we came to town thinking we could win. But now he said it was down right disrespectful. Where did NDSU fans and their team get the idea they could beat a huge, disinterested, defending Big 12 champion? He went on to say the Coach and the team were very aware of the disrespect in the locker room and we were all going to see that on the field in just few minutes.
Well, it was 104 degrees at kickoff, and they were KSU.
The point is the game is a celebration for the fans and a competition for the teams. I try and keep it that way.
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Can we get a separate forum for Bison fans? Preferably something that all cyclone fans can opt out of until a week before the game when people may actually care.
Why would you pay $39 for a hillside seat on Stub Hub? You can buy one at the ticket office for something like $10 to $15 on gameday. None of those are reserved seating. You sit on a hillside.
Secondly, the price for the NDSU game will likely be in the $40 to $50 range for a reserved seat. That is not an expensive ticket for an ISU game. One of the cheaper ones on our schedule. There will likely be a visitors section for NDSU and an allotment made to your school. I would suggest you order them from NDSU as I do not believe they used their entire allotment we gave them the last time we played. Visiting team generally gets about 4,500 tickets. Let's see how many you sell.
How much do tickets cost at the FargoDome for NDSU games? Going to BCS Football games is not cheap. And those seats between the 20's are generally held by donors who pay sizable contributions plus the season ticket charges for those seats. Probably not available for general public purchase unless those people sell them. Good luck.
If you are buying tickets for this game already, you are getting ripped off. Single game tickets probably don't even go on sale until August. (that is if there are any left after season tickets get renewed)
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