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Deeeefense said...
Another issue is the fact that it's a night event means most people that have to drive a good distance will have to spend the night, whereas when they had them in the afternoon before you could make the round trip in a day without much of an issue. OTOH having it at night keeps it from conflicting with Keenland I assume?
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rompcat said...
There is a home softball game vs Florida at 1300 and a home baseball game vs Tennessee at 1400. I believe they decided to not have the spring game conflict with both of those home sporting events. It also appears that there are several major races for that day at Keeneland, moreso than other Saturdays.
Evening probably seemed the best choice for that weekend
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Deeeefense said...
Another issue is the fact that it's a night event means most people that have to drive a good distance will have to spend the night, whereas when they had them in the afternoon before you could make the round trip in a day without much of an issue. OTOH having it at night keeps it from conflicting with Keenland I assume?
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IB4UK7 said...
Any reason can be used not to attend. What I am saying is recruits care about the fans. Even more than I thought before twitter and other forms of social media shed light on how much they do care.
As I said before, recruits want to be needed and need to be wanted. IMO, the most important part in developing a footballprogram is the Jimmy's and Joe's. Obviously coaching matters, but there is only so much a coach can do. The entire coaching staf'fs of all of the top 25 teams could not turn me into a college football player.
If we want to be relevant in SEC football we need to do all we can to help the staff build a solid program. This starts with recruiting. Obviously, legitimate things can happen outside of anyone's control to keep you from attending the game.
The main point I was trying to make was to plan in advance to make it to the spring game and make it a priority. There will be lots of recruits at the spring game. Probably triple or more the number of recruits that have ever attended a UK spring game. Having a packed house will help the staff to seal the deal by showing recruits we do care about football.
If we truly care about having a relevant SEC football team, we need to make it a point to be there. If we can't do this we have no right to complain about a "bad" team with subpar talent. The BBN is packed with great fans. It's time to come together to try to turn the program around. These chances don't come around very often for UK football.
See ya there! GO CATS!!!
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IB4UK7 said...
Any reason can be used not to attend. What I am saying is recruits care about the fans. Even more than I thought before twitter and other forms of social media shed light on how much they do care.
As I said before, recruits want to be needed and need to be wanted. IMO, the most important part in developing a footballprogram is the Jimmy's and Joe's. Obviously coaching matters, but there is only so much a coach can do. The entire coaching staf'fs of all of the top 25 teams could not turn me into a college football player.
If we want to be relevant in SEC football we need to do all we can to help the staff build a solid program. This starts with recruiting. Obviously, legitimate things can happen outside of anyone's control to keep you from attending the game.
The main point I was trying to make was to plan in advance to make it to the spring game and make it a priority. There will be lots of recruits at the spring game. Probably triple or more the number of recruits that have ever attended a UK spring game. Having a packed house will help the staff to seal the deal by showing recruits we do care about football.
If we truly care about having a relevant SEC football team, we need to make it a point to be there. If we can't do this we have no right to complain about a "bad" team with subpar talent. The BBN is packed with great fans. It's time to come together to try to turn the program around. These chances don't come around very often for UK football.
See ya there! GO CATS!!!
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mjdotson said...
This. When Nick Saban was hired at Bama, he talked in his introduction press conference about how everything is a process and how the fans are just as much a part of the overall "team" as the players, just like everyone all the way down to the secretaries in the AD are a part of the "team" and that everyone on the "team" has their part to play in order for the team to succeed at a high level. The fans' role on the "team" is to show up, come hell or high water, and to help publicly promote the program to sell it as something elite recruits want to be a part of. A few months later they had over 100,000 fans in the stadium at their Spring game, with thousands more outside the stadium just to be there for the event.
Obviously, that is Bama football which can be compared to UK basketball in terms of history, fan support, etc., but there is no reason CWS can't and shouldn't be AT LEAST 50% full at the Spring game every year, but especially this year with the added excitement surrounding the program. If there isn't at least 35,000 fans at the Spring game this year, then the fans as a whole have failed to do their part to adequately support this new staff from the start. That may sound harsh, but it is how I feel. SHOW THE F*CK UP, PEOPLE, and spread the word to everyone you know to do the same.
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IB4UK7 said...
Tickets are not issued. It is simply walk up and go into the stadium. There will likely be ushers checking for prohibited items, but other than that just walk right in. It is festival seating, so first come first serve picking seats. No cost whatsoever.
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IB4UK7 said...
If its free and if we can get the word out to the fans about how important it is to be at the game, especially for recruiting purposes, I believe our fans will respond.
We need some promos on TV and radio stations with Mark Stoops and certain players asking the fans to attend because of the importance of having a large attendance to show all of the recruits that are in attendance that we support football and we want them to choose UK to further their football career. Something like the ad that ran during the Super Bowl would be great. I hope we have some creative promo things in the works for the spring game. GO CATS!!!
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curtisc19 said...
Just received an email regarding tickets for the Spring Game, they are free but they ARE reserved seating this year. Season Ticket holders can reserve theirs beginning Thursday, 28 February, at 9am.....the remaining tickets will be available for the general public on Monday, 11 March, at 9am.
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