Hollis wants to shut down tailgating

....bc binge drinking is a growing problem in his eyes.

Won't link BC that's utter bs And just another reason I won't watch us play teams like Wyoming in person

Blanch32 wrote:....bc binge drinking is a growing problem in his eyes.

Won't link BC that's utter bs And just another reason I won't watch us play teams like Wyoming in person

I think they are targeting you. They are trying to keep you away. You make them look bad. They are jealous.

I cooked a western omelet for lunch, and bacon.

Leftover lasagna. Never as good as it is coming out of the oven.

You're kidding right?

Joe Rexrode ‏@joerexrode 3h3 hours ago
Mark Hollis brings up his concern about the binge drinking scene around MSU football games. "Are we marketing to the wrong fan?"
Joe Rexrode ‏@joerexrode 3h3 hours ago
Hollis said the need for portajohns keeps rising, because behavior is "different" at games. And I say .... hmmmm.... I remember the '90s.

start marketing to the binge drinker, yo.

If anything more happens re: tailgating, attendance will continue to go down. Hollis is smarter than this.

goodbar wrote:start marketing to the binge drinker, yo.

PricewaterhouseCoopers just released a report that said jenkem users are the emerging market that should be targeted most by the sports industry.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:If anything more happens re: tailgating, attendance will continue to go down. Hollis is smarter than this.

No he's not. Dude sat idle while tailgating has been neutered over the past 20 years. This is like izzo not understanding why the izzone doesn't yell "o9ooooo" loud enough year after year

Turtleneck wrote:

I think they are targeting you. They are trying to keep you away. You make them look bad. They are jealous.

3 home football games in the past 5 years. Success!

Blanch32 wrote:

3 home football games in the past 5 years. Success!

Sounds like we're trending in the right direction. Well played Mr. Hollis.

They definitely could use some more porta potties.

Last game I went to, I wasn't even binge drinking and the line to the facilities was ridiculous.

Everyone I knew was just pissing off in the bushes.

Joe Rexrode ‏@joerexrode 3h3 hours ago
Hollis said they will only have uggo fatty midwest gurls and literate conversation.

Realistically tailgating must be a huge drain on resources. The town is flooded all after noon, and people are bringing their own food/beer so there's not as much profit for the University. They are probably better off from a financial point of view to just sell tickets and do away with the tailgating.

steveschneider wrote:Realistically tailgating must be a huge drain on resources. The town is flooded all after noon, and people are bringing their own food/beer so there's not as much profit for the University. They are probably better off from a financial point of view to just sell tickets and do away with the tailgating.

You're wrong. Attendance brings a lot of business downtown.

Next years schedule would be the perfect time to make it a dry campus. Drop the attendance from 75k to 50k. Whoever is in his ear about this has an agenda. I guess it doesn't matter to me that much, but at some point, recruits and even coaches are going to ask why they don't get support.

steveschneider wrote:Realistically tailgating must be a huge drain on resources. The town is flooded all after noon, and people are bringing their own food/beer so there's not as much profit for the University. They are probably better off from a financial point of view to just sell tickets and do away with the tailgating.

You can always tailgate in Bob's yard. A few of us have been meeting up there for years. He even came out and said hello in '97.

steveschneider wrote:Realistically tailgating must be a huge drain on resources. The town is flooded all after noon, and people are bringing their own food/beer so there's not as much profit for the University. They are probably better off from a financial point of view to just sell tickets and do away with the tailgating.

Haha....what?? Is this serious? Yeah those thousands of people that otherwise wouldn't be there are a huge drain

Turtleneck wrote:

You can always tailgate in Bob's yard. A few of us have been meeting up their for years. He even came out and said hello in '97.

Blanch32 wrote:....bc binge drinking is a growing problem in his eyes.

Won't link BC that's utter bs And just another reason I won't watch us play teams like Wyoming in person

and goodbye student attendance.

Rocinante wrote:

You're wrong. Attendance brings a lot of business downtown.

I'm sure that would continue. I bet they just want to do away with the tailgating and push the influx of folks to establishments/restaurants to do all their eating/drinking.

What is the benefit to the university to have thousands of people tailgating?

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

You laugh at the dumbest crap.

Didn't MSU close most of its campus buildings on game days - not allowing people to use the bathrooms?  Might that have a little something to do with increased porta-john usage?

MSU addict wrote:Didn't MSU close most of its campus buildings on game days - not allowing people to use the bathrooms?  Might that have a little something to do with increased porta-john usage?

Wells is still open I believe.

steveschneider wrote:They definitely could use some more porta potties.

Last game I went to, I wasn't even binge drinking and the line to the facilities was ridiculous.

Everyone I knew was just pissing off in the bushes.

This. And we were in a bfe lot too. Simply unacceptable

....charge mo for the spot If you have to. No reason to hold those prices for 15 yrs

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Joe Rexrode ‏@joerexrode 3h3 hours ago
Hollis said they will only have uggo fatty midwest gurls and literate conversation.

Piece

InTenSity wrote:Next years schedule would be the perfect time to make it a dry campus. Drop the attendance from 75k to 50k. Whoever is in his ear about this has an agenda. I guess it doesn't matter to me that much, but at some point, recruits and even coaches are going to ask why they don't get support.

Whomever?? Dude the residents of el all nothing but FUDs and lameasses

LoneWolfSparty wrote:

You laugh at the dumbest crap.

You can come too

steveschneider wrote:

I'm sure that would continue. I bet they just want to do away with the tailgating and push the influx of folks to establishments/restaurants to do all their eating/drinking.



What is the benefit to the university to have thousands of people tailgating?

uh...people going to the game.

I would not renew my season tickets if tailgating did not exist.

I;'ve been around the Big Ten tailgating, and MSU's in the last 5 years is one of the worst atmospheres. Cops acting like the Gestapo.

Nebraska is probably the best, followed by OSU, Iowa, PSU that I've been to.

UGA Wife took me down there, THAT is how tailgating should be, its like night and day from Big Ten Country. (granted, I'm sure the weather helps)

beal99 wrote:I;'ve been around the Big Ten tailgating, and MSU's in the last 5 years is one of the worst atmospheres. Cops acting like the Gestapo.

Nebraska is probably the best, followed by OSU, Iowa, PSU that I've been to.

UGA Wife took me down there, THAT is how tailgating should be, its like night and day from Big Ten Country. (granted, I'm sure the weather helps)

Is there a lot of kissing cousins at SEC tailgates?

Well it sounds like the administration didn't get the message after the Munn Field riots. Time to assemble peacefully for more tailgating.

beal99 wrote:I;'ve been around the Big Ten tailgating, and MSU's in the last 5 years is one of the worst atmospheres. Cops acting like the Gestapo.

Nebraska is probably the best, followed by OSU, Iowa, PSU that I've been to.

UGA Wife took me down there, THAT is how tailgating should be, its like night and day from Big Ten Country. (granted, I'm sure the weather helps)

Where do you tailgate, and are you underage?  I don't think I've seen a cop in the last 10+ yrs of tailgating.  Never been an issue since I  turned 21 and stopped pissing in bushes

Turtleneck wrote:

Is there a lot of kissing cousins at SEC tailgates?

not that i saw, just trailers with full tap and directv systems, moonshine, sundresses on the UGA coeds, massive RV's, they dont mess around, it really is peoples lives down there, maybe thats the difference too

Was disappointed in president Simon's quote:

"I predicted that no matter what system we had, people would be very unhappy with it, and that prediction has come true," Simon told Russ White on the podcast. "Which is why I wasn't particularly excited about adding more teams, because I think more teams you add, the more you devalue the bowl games. And you create the kind of swirl that occurred around our selection (to the Cotton Bowl). Because the committee now controls those six bowl games, not just one."

Who gives a shit about the bowl games? I don't get it.

Brock Middlebrook wrote:

Where do you tailgate, and are you underage?  I don't think I've seen a cop in the last 10+ yrs of tailgating.  Never been an issue since I  turned 21 and stopped pissing in bushes

really? what lot are you in?

S for a long time, now T

If they were to further limit tailgating while continuing to demand that I pay $100 for two seats plus licensing fees plus parking for games against teams like Wyoming, Air Force, Rutgers and Eastern.... Well, sorry, but I'd start only buying the games I actually want to go to on the secondary market.