I have been hoping for a reason to make the three hour drive to Pullman for a game for a long time. Time to but the $ where the mouth is.The team has finally given me a reason and I and 3 others will be making the drive next weekend. I would encourage you all to try and make it if the roads are safe. Hopefully the students will show up and we can have some fun. We haven't had a decent environment since the last GU game. Go Cougs!
Apple Cup of Basketball
- Thread starter walzuu
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The bigger question, will the students make the 3 minute trek to Beasley? Would love to see a good student turnout, especially if I make the trek down.
Could be a capacity or near-capacity crowd, ideally.
Gonzaga is on the road at USD, so the "CougZags" from Spokane may be out in force for this one.
Gonzaga is on the road at USD, so the "CougZags" from Spokane may be out in force for this one.
Perfect time to bitch once again about this "Apple Cup of..." crap. I know that it has now been sponsorized across all sports but it is still stupid. The Apple Cup is a trophy for the FB game - not a slogan to refer to all Coug-mutt encounters.
You don't see the "Little Brown Jug of...." any other sport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(college_football_trophy)
You don't see the "Little Brown Jug of...." any other sport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(college_football_trophy)
Based on tickets available there better be a lot of walk up ticket buyers if this game is going to have a a near capacity crowd and they don’t even make tickets in the upper level available anymore.
Agreed. We are a long way from a decent crowd. 75%ish of the lower bowl sold and 0% of the upper. Pretty sad, but understandable.
If the Spokane-ites show up in full force (GU is on the road this week and doesn't play on ESPN until 7 PM), the athletic dept. may choose to begin packing fans in the upper level.
Last week's convincing Desert Sweep hopefully has energized the fan base.
A lot of the lower bowl seats are sold with frequent no shows by the season ticket holders, a lot like the alumni side for football. Hopefully they show up this week.
I remember the early Bennett years when the students and casual fans started to come back. One game some of us had to roll back a couple of the upper deck tarps so we could have a place to sit. Didn;t sit well with the Beasley people but what were we supposed to do?
