Attendance - Homecoming

[East Tennessee Cowboy]

It is. Never a big fan of las Cruces. Wife said it's better than watching Wyoming football. She's a lobo fan and cowgirl through and through.

she a lobo fan AND a wyoming alum?

 

[505nmguy]

she a lobo fan AND a wyoming alum?

Yes.

 

[505nmguy]

We were planning on going to homecoming. She said Wyoming football sucks. So she said lets's go las cruces. She said she never seen a sorry ass team like the one she sees now. She was proud of the tough cowboy teams. The teams that won games

 

[DamThatRiver22]

Which is what UW football has transitioned to at this point...and has now for several years. Basically, it is just a large cocktail party with the Richie Rich's kissing each others asses.

War Memorial, and UW football in general, is turning into Coors Field/The Rockies. Lmao.

Great atmosphere, everyone comes out to party, etc.

But the product on the field sucks and will continue to suck because the higher up don't care....butts in seats, everything's all good.

It's scary how similar the two situations are.

 

[McPeachy]

War Memorial, and UW football in general, is turning into Coors Field/The Rockies. Lmao.

Great atmosphere, everyone comes out to party, etc.

But the product on the field sucks and will continue to suck because the higher up don't care....butts in seats, everything's all good.

It's scary how similar the two situations are.

Truer words! Great comparison!

 

[DamThatRiver22]

Not my business, and never going to say otherwise, but the local establishments and similar shouldn't be shit upon, because of Tom Burman and VaJayJay Sawful.

Thanks for this.

As the owner of a small service-industry-based business in Laramie that is blessed to do well when the Pokes are even marginally alright....but has seen some really, really tough times during very dark years (2015, for example, was absolutely awful)....it's nice to know some do hold this mentality a bit.

Don't get me wrong, fuck all this noise and UW itself isn't going to get a dime more from me until things change. But I know firsthand the real financial struggle when there is zero enthusiasm in town, no one comes back to visit for games, etc.

There are very few people in this town who are just loaded and have no financial worries in the world. Most of us....even actual business owners...often scrape by and do the best we can.

(I do know the argument can be made that no business should be reliant on something like the football program, but the reality is that a lot of businesses and services in Laramie would not exist at all for any of you/us if it weren't for the bump that comes from football season, Jubilee Days, and a couple other micro-seasonal things. It is what it is. When those things falter, hard times wash over Laradise. And frankly, I'm too damn old and have too much invested in this over the last 20 years to change careers anyway lmao)

 

[LanderPoke]

Thanks for this.

As the owner of a small service-industry-based business in Laramie that is blessed to do well when the Pokes are even marginally alright....but has seen some really, really tough times during very dark years (2015, for example, was absolutely awful)....it's nice to know some do hold this mentality a bit.

Don't get me wrong, fuck all this noise and UW itself isn't going to get a dime more from me until things change. But I know firsthand the real financial struggle when there is zero enthusiasm in town, no one comes back to visit for games, etc.

There are very few people in this town who are just loaded and have no financial worries in the world. Most of us....even actual business owners...often scrape by and do the best we can.

(I do know the argument can be made that no business should be reliant on something like the football program, but the reality is that a lot of businesses and services in Laramie would not exist at all for any of you/us if it weren't for the bump that comes from football season, Jubilee Days, and a couple other micro-seasonal things. It is what it is. When those things falter, hard times wash over Laradise. And frankly, I'm too damn old and have too much invested in this over the last 20 years to change careers anyway lmao)

You could probably add the Turf Wars youth soccer tourney into that category