ccbulldog Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 no way anyone can say this compares to past games in hattiesburg. Attendance looks terrible and I've heard many west jones fans are gonna have to drive home at midnight tomorrow night because of no hotel rooms available in Oxford. This is just not a good venue/location for these games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slicklizard Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Just wait until that field looks like a disced horse pasture by tomorrow night 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Bert Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 42 minutes ago, slicklizard said: Just wait until that field looks like a disced horse pasture by tomorrow night Rain will do that but still better looking than that Coe pasture in Starkville. Then there is a difference of 30,000 seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Quote “Just wait until that field looks like a disced horse pasture by tomorrow night” “Rain will do that but still better looking than that Coe pasture in Starkville. Then there is a difference of 30,000 seats.” Did you just fall off a turnip truck? The cow (not sure what a coe is) pasture in Starkvegas is easily the best field in Mississippi and in the nation. It will handle the rain just fine as there are pumps under the field to drain the water. 30,000 seats? Both stadiums seat just over 60K with Oxford Jr. college being just slightly larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Did West Jones fans not look into Airbnb’s because there’s over 60 available on the site? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 4 hours ago, ccbulldog said: no way anyone can say this compares to past games in hattiesburg. Attendance looks terrible and I've heard many west jones fans are gonna have to drive home at midnight tomorrow night because of no hotel rooms available in Oxford. This is just not a good venue/location for these games. 20miles north east there are rooms in New Albany, 20 miles east and tupelo has rooms. batesville is 20 miles west.........no telling how many bnb's within 10 miles of the stadium. inclement weather does hamper a crowd a bit in some cases though. hate them WJ folks ain't a coming then. they must not be parents of the actual players. is the band coming? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 There’s currently 19 rooms available in various Oxford hotels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 5 hours ago, slicklizard said: Just wait until that field looks like a disced horse pasture by tomorrow night Another advantage for my mustangs. We already used to playing on disced pasture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Oh lord I’m even joking on my own team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 I'm ready to see them play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagsFan77 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Mississippi State wins national awards for their turf management every year. There are folks taking care of stadiums all over the country learned how to do it at Mississippi State. Don't even try to call that playing surface a pasture. It could easily host all 7 games in the rain and still be in playable shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowtengo Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Glad Mississippi State is good at something. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSSportsGuy Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Frankly both stadiums are very good and the crowds would appear to be tiny due to the venue size, as would be the case at Veteran's in Jackson. USM has a small stadium and it's not great (at least the last time I was at a game there) but it would give the appearance of a more filled venue. Hattiesburg has more hotel rooms than Oxford or Starkville (I would guess) but the need for them would vary based on where the teams are coming from, which is unknown when these things are scheduled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaction Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 USM/Hattiesburg just checks all the boxes for the state title games in my opinion. It’s not necessarily who has the nicest looking stadium out of the 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Darkness Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 It needs to rotate between the 3 venues (MSST, UM, USM). For the north teams to continually have to travel to Hattiesburg each year is not ideal. The way the crowd looks in the stadium is way down on the list of importance. The current rotation is good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastfootballfanman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Prince of Darkness said: It needs to rotate between the 3 venues (MSST, UM, USM). For the north teams to continually have to travel to Hattiesburg each year is not ideal. The way the crowd looks in the stadium is way down on the list of importance. The current rotation is good. South Teams having to continually travel north 2 out of the 3 years is ideal though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, coastfootballfanman said: South Teams having to continually travel north 2 out of the 3 years is ideal though? Honestly, Starkville is not really a bad ride from the Hattiesburg/Laurel and other pine belt area schools. And nobody from the coast makes the championship games anyway. LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastfootballfanman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Vott said: Honestly, Starkville is not really a bad ride from the Hattiesburg/Laurel and other pine belt area schools. And nobody from the coast makes the championship games anyway. LOL. About like Hattiesburg, huh? Heck, you guys cannot even win a playoff game IN Hattiesburg. LOL. For Picayune it is roughly 3 hours and 45 mintues to Oxford and almost 5 hours to Oxford. Conversely, for a team like Biggersville, it would be over 5 hours to Hattiesburg for them. In my opinion, the games need to get back to the Jackson area. I do like Hattiesburg more than the others, but I feel for travel and all, it is best to play it somewhere in the Jackson area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubaction Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Sorry but the Vet is terrible. Other states play state title games in their best stadiums and so should we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastfootballfanman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Dubaction said: Sorry but the Vet is terrible. Other states play state title games in their best stadiums and so should we. You are definitely right, Dub. I just liked it being central for everyone to travel. I do not mind the rotating thing because honestly, it is more about/for the kids and while some of us may not like it, the kids I am sure truly enjoy playing in the Big 3 stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cards1968 Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 38 minutes ago, coastfootballfanman said: South Teams having to continually travel north 2 out of the 3 years is ideal though? Should be a 4 year rotation. Oxford, Hattiesburg, Starkville, Hattiesburg. Not hard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWammies Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Just now, Cards1968 said: Should be a 4 year rotation. Oxford, Hattiesburg, Starkville, Hattiesburg. Not hard. Was just about to post that. It makes the most sense if going to do the 3 stadium rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 52 minutes ago, coastfootballfanman said: About like Hattiesburg, huh? Heck, you guys cannot even win a playoff game IN Hattiesburg. LOL. For Picayune it is roughly 3 hours and 45 mintues to Oxford and almost 5 hours to Oxford. Conversely, for a team like Biggersville, it would be over 5 hours to Hattiesburg for them. In my opinion, the games need to get back to the Jackson area. I do like Hattiesburg more than the others, but I feel for travel and all, it is best to play it somewhere in the Jackson area. While travel is a big issue amongst fans traveling that far, I have a friend of mine who lives in Pascagoula and he has season tickets to ole miss and him and his wife make that drive from goula to oxford 6 sometimes 7 or 8 times every season. Thats a no for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Golfer Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Guarantee the teams(players and coaches) would drive to Alaska to play the Championship is that’s where it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastfootballfanman Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Vott said: While travel is a big issue amongst fans traveling that far, I have a friend of mine who lives in Pascagoula and he has season tickets to ole miss and him and his wife make that drive from goula to oxford 6 sometimes 7 or 8 times every season. Thats a no for me. No way I could do that drive that often! No way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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