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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Aug 14, 2013 20:14:34 GMT -5
Agreed they'll be there regardless. Lets bring the streamers back while we're at it. Streamers can be done without a tech. Say students throw them at alums and vice versa. Just have to make sure none get on the court. Or students just toss them straight up in the air, or backwards from first few rows. DO IT
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Post by durenduren on Aug 14, 2013 20:43:35 GMT -5
Just have to make sure none get on the court. You gonna take that bet? We managed to get a snowball on the court, so you've got guts believing.
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Post by bredsdaman on Aug 14, 2013 22:03:32 GMT -5
Anyone have any idea when individual games go on sale. I wish I could do season tix but I know I cant make half of them and I want to get tix to certain games. I'm in a similar boat. Considering the season tix just for the convenience AND mostly being guaranteed every big game without headaches.
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Post by 23won on Aug 15, 2013 10:12:57 GMT -5
I can imagine it now. "La Salle /Temple AD's Agree No Rollouts with National Broadcast Present." Rollouts have had schools and venue staff on edge alot in the last few years, and I could see them folding from ESPN pressure. They tried for St Joes-Temple last year. My gut: this is going to happen I disagree for a few reasons. The football gameday telecasts always have signs, so I doubt ESPN will apply the pressure. SEcond, ESPN doesn't have to switch cameras to the stands to pick up the rollout. Third, last year's TU agreement was largely the fallout of the pending criminal case with KW. What ever happened in that case - a plea?
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Post by luhoopsfan on Aug 15, 2013 10:21:29 GMT -5
My only concern is that coverage of this event will be heavily weighted towards Temple bc of their new conference's ESPN affiliation
Not trying to be a downer, but I think the game was chosen more for Temple than the fact it's out home game
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Post by 20thandolney on Aug 15, 2013 10:38:04 GMT -5
Yeah, if anyone could post when individual tickets go on sale that would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by theneumann64 on Aug 15, 2013 10:50:17 GMT -5
My only concern is that coverage of this event will be heavily weighted towards Temple bc of their new conference's ESPN affiliation Not trying to be a downer, but I think the game was chosen more for Temple than the fact it's out home game I agree. so let's go in to that game like 13-1 and force them to change the equation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 11:01:09 GMT -5
My only concern is that coverage of this event will be heavily weighted towards Temple bc of their new conference's ESPN affiliation Not trying to be a downer, but I think the game was chosen more for Temple than the fact it's out home game I think the main reason the game was chosen was because of the Palestra. It doesn't happen if the game is at Gola or Liacouras.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 11:03:07 GMT -5
Yeah, if anyone could post when individual tickets go on sale that would be greatly appreciated. Probably not until mid-October based on previous years.
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Post by coqui900 on Aug 15, 2013 11:07:55 GMT -5
I think they're going to push this as Palestra, Palestra, Palestra.
As well they should. The venue is what makes this worthy for Gameday.
It's awesome it will be there. It stinks network decisions (yes, Temple had to be a part of this) wouldn't allow it to be The Holy War or us/St. Joe's (PA). Those are better rivalry games than us against Temple.
La Salle/Temple should be a really fierce rivalry. The campuses are super close and can be reached via subway. There's our sordid relationship against Dunphy. There's the Behemoth Quasi-Public vs. Spunky Catholic storyline, too.
I pushed it another thread but I have no idea why this isn't one of the best rivalries in the Big 5.
My initial hypothesis:
1) Our games have never been at The Palestra for whatever reason.
2) We were pretty bad when Temple was in their heyday (the Pepe Sanchez years).
3) Our lack of a die-hard fanbase until the past little while is obvious. But Temple's tepid fanbase is pretty ridiculous. It's better than it was but still -- they should have an incredibly following considering the size of the alumni base, the prominence of that alumni base, their arena, sustained success, etc.
Maybe this will really jump-start the rivalry. I would love that, especially it looks like our Palestra games against St. Joe's will be on hiatus unless we end up playing them only once per season again (or until Martelli stops being a selfish tool or, more likely, gets put out to pasture).
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Post by gjc576 on Aug 15, 2013 11:58:58 GMT -5
I emailed LaSAlle and heard back that single game tickets will not be on sale until mid-September, but to keep checking their website for more information.
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Post by broderickpresident on Aug 15, 2013 12:09:59 GMT -5
I think they're going to push this as Palestra, Palestra, Palestra. As well they should. The venue is what makes this worthy for Gameday. It's awesome it will be there. It stinks network decisions (yes, Temple had to be a part of this) wouldn't allow it to be The Holy War or us/St. Joe's (PA). Those are better rivalry games than us against Temple. La Salle/Temple should be a really fierce rivalry. The campuses are super close and can be reached via subway. There's our sordid relationship against Dunphy. There's the Behemoth Quasi-Public vs. Spunky Catholic storyline, too. I pushed it another thread but I have no idea why this isn't one of the best rivalries in the Big 5. My initial hypothesis: 1) Our games have never been at The Palestra for whatever reason. 2) We were pretty bad when Temple was in their heyday (the Pepe Sanchez years). 3) Our lack of a die-hard fanbase until the past little while is obvious. But Temple's tepid fanbase is pretty ridiculous. It's better than it was but still -- they should have an incredibly following considering the size of the alumni base, the prominence of that alumni base, their arena, sustained success, etc. Maybe this will really jump-start the rivalry. I would love that, especially it looks like our Palestra games against St. Joe's will be on hiatus unless we end up playing them only once per season again (or until Martelli stops being a selfish tool or, more likely, gets put out to pasture). Some of the unique storylines for this matchup: last time they played in the Palestra - Dunphy was on La Salle's bench The game featured two of the greatest players in Big 5 history (Simmons & Macon) The teams shared the Big 5 title at 3-1 (just like last year) It was 25 years ago, which I am fairly certain is the longest lapse in Palestra games in any Big 5 rivalry (and is completely unacceptable). I complain about ESPN being a destructive force in sports at times as much as anyone, but here's an awesome instance of them helping something great and long overdue occur. Let's make no mistake that the Palestra is the star of this show for ESPN. Everything else is gravy. From ESPN's perspective, Nova is no longer in an ESPN league, so Temple makes sense from a TV perspective and La Salle enters the season with the most momentum among the Bog 5 teams. Right place, right time for us. We're on a helluva ride, let's keep it going!
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Post by a10champion15 on Aug 15, 2013 12:46:44 GMT -5
The rivalry with Temple has grown significantly over the past two years. When I went to the La Salle Temple game I was shocked how many students were there. It is going to get ugly at the Palestra this year, but in a good way.
Our fan base is returning. I believe we went from an attendence of 2,200 last year to 2,900 this year. That is a significant jump.
The new TV deal is also in affect this year while I think perhaps Temple may get more of the spotlight depending on the records of La Salle and Temple. The new A10 tv deal that went into affect this year obviously is having an impact as well. They will spend a good deal talking about La Salle during game day and the tip off marathon absolutely.
(The agreements mean that nearly 150 games will be televised. There will be 30 potential appearances on the ESPN family of networks, 54 on CBS Sports Network and 50 on NBC Sports Network) - This is going to be great for additional exposure and the continued return of our fanbase.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 14:25:21 GMT -5
The gist of the story is that some people still play words with friends. I played that game nonstop for about 3 weeks and then I remembered I needed to shave and eat actual meals, so I uninstalled it. The game is addictive, but it is all luck and no strategy because you can test words and you don't get penalized or lose a turn like in real scrabble. If they deducted 15 points each time someone flopped down a fake word, then maybe people would bother to look it up. Which would still be cheating, but then at least you earned the 15 points by doing some freaking research.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 14:31:21 GMT -5
Does anyone remember all the times SJU fans thought it odd that La Salle treasured that particular rivalry which they wouldn't even acknowledge as rivalry? For the last few seasons, Temple has just about eclipsed them in importance (for me) and I think this event, regardless of the loss of conference affiliation, may just make this the biggest game of the season. Meanwhile, SJU will always "matter" - and a home and home will certainly draw - but how anticlimactic right after we play Temple at the Palestra on ESPN.
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Post by bredsdaman on Aug 15, 2013 15:01:04 GMT -5
I emailed LaSAlle and heard back that single game tickets will not be on sale until mid-September, but to keep checking their website for more information. funny, I emailed them and got a response that single game tickets are tentatively scheduled to go on sale October 21st
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Post by gjc576 on Aug 15, 2013 16:15:36 GMT -5
yeah, he emailed me back with october 21st as well. he was wrong in his initial assessment.
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Post by durenduren on Aug 15, 2013 17:51:45 GMT -5
Damn. That's a long way out. Not what I was hoping for.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 12:21:18 GMT -5
Nice !
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Post by durenduren on Aug 16, 2013 15:02:52 GMT -5
That's some okay company...
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Post by luhoopsfan on Aug 16, 2013 20:23:06 GMT -5
I'm still trying to understand this. How is this happening to us. I guess it's true, for all the bad things that happened here we've certainly started to see the opposite now, like the ying and the yang
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Post by lasallerules1978 on Aug 16, 2013 21:59:37 GMT -5
I think they're going to push this as Palestra, Palestra, Palestra. As well they should. The venue is what makes this worthy for Gameday. It's awesome it will be there. It stinks network decisions (yes, Temple had to be a part of this) wouldn't allow it to be The Holy War or us/St. Joe's (PA). Those are better rivalry games than us against Temple. La Salle/Temple should be a really fierce rivalry. The campuses are super close and can be reached via subway. There's our sordid relationship against Dunphy. There's the Behemoth Quasi-Public vs. Spunky Catholic storyline, too. I pushed it another thread but I have no idea why this isn't one of the best rivalries in the Big 5. My initial hypothesis: 1) Our games have never been at The Palestra for whatever reason. 2) We were pretty bad when Temple was in their heyday (the Pepe Sanchez years). 3) Our lack of a die-hard fanbase until the past little while is obvious. But Temple's tepid fanbase is pretty ridiculous. It's better than it was but still -- they should have an incredibly following considering the size of the alumni base, the prominence of that alumni base, their arena, sustained success, etc. Maybe this will really jump-start the rivalry. I would love that, especially it looks like our Palestra games against St. Joe's will be on hiatus unless we end up playing them only once per season again (or until Martelli stops being a selfish tool or, more likely, gets put out to pasture). Temple's heydey being Pepe Sanchez is pretty narrowminded. Temple was great in the late 80's and prior including when the L Train was at his prime. The history is alot deeper than pepe sanchez and lamont barnes to be fair.
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Post by coqui900 on Aug 16, 2013 22:20:58 GMT -5
I think they're going to push this as Palestra, Palestra, Palestra. As well they should. The venue is what makes this worthy for Gameday. It's awesome it will be there. It stinks network decisions (yes, Temple had to be a part of this) wouldn't allow it to be The Holy War or us/St. Joe's (PA). Those are better rivalry games than us against Temple. La Salle/Temple should be a really fierce rivalry. The campuses are super close and can be reached via subway. There's our sordid relationship against Dunphy. There's the Behemoth Quasi-Public vs. Spunky Catholic storyline, too. I pushed it another thread but I have no idea why this isn't one of the best rivalries in the Big 5. My initial hypothesis: 1) Our games have never been at The Palestra for whatever reason. 2) We were pretty bad when Temple was in their heyday (the Pepe Sanchez years). 3) Our lack of a die-hard fanbase until the past little while is obvious. But Temple's tepid fanbase is pretty ridiculous. It's better than it was but still -- they should have an incredibly following considering the size of the alumni base, the prominence of that alumni base, their arena, sustained success, etc. Maybe this will really jump-start the rivalry. I would love that, especially it looks like our Palestra games against St. Joe's will be on hiatus unless we end up playing them only once per season again (or until Martelli stops being a selfish tool or, more likely, gets put out to pasture). Temple's heydey being Pepe Sanchez is pretty narrowminded. Temple was great in the late 80's and prior including when the L Train was at his prime. The history is alot deeper than pepe sanchez and lamont barnes to be fair. I forgot about the Macon years. I wasn't around these parts yet. My first major La Salle heartbreak was Pepe Sanchez sinking a half court bomb my freshman year.
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Post by lasallerules1978 on Aug 16, 2013 23:07:36 GMT -5
Temple's heydey being Pepe Sanchez is pretty narrowminded. Temple was great in the late 80's and prior including when the L Train was at his prime. The history is alot deeper than pepe sanchez and lamont barnes to be fair. I forgot about the Macon years. I wasn't around these parts yet. My first major La Salle heartbreak was Pepe Sanchez sinking a half court bomb my freshman year. Cool I dont need a troll coming on here talking about guy rodgers, we should recognize temple has a deep history.
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Post by theneumann64 on Aug 16, 2013 23:43:46 GMT -5
And they can take a deep knee bend to go along with their deep history too....if I have a vote
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Post by durenduren on Aug 17, 2013 1:05:26 GMT -5
And they can take a deep knee bend to go along with their deep history too....if I have a vote I see what you did there...
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