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Watching USF at MSG was an excellent experience. Glad I got to take it in before it ended. Memphis will be a cheaper trip for us (and Southwest just started service there from TPA).

Did he mention the indoor practice facility or any other projects?

Anyone have a rundown of the interview?

Winner is an 84 year old woman. Anyone have an aunt or grandma Gloria?

http://news.yahoo.com/winner-590m-powerball-jackpot-84-old-190502464.html

They've been pushing dirt on the southeast corner of the BBD/Fowler intersection. I wonder what that's for.

In case you haven't made your way over to the MSU game thread on the travel board, I got this from some MSU fans after asking for suggestions:

***Red Haven is a great tapas restaurant not too far from where you are staying. Not walkable but close.

For a taste of East Lansing's bar scene, Crunchy's is a landmark institution. Great beer selection.

***Another bar selection that is downtown directly across from campus is Peanut Barrel.

***There is an awesome (if a bit expensive/pretentious) restaurant that will be just around the corner from your hotel. It's called Red Haven; corner of Hagadorn & Mt Hope.

As for bars, there aren't any that I would say are "can't miss," everything in EL is pretty much the same; dive-y and small. Although by that time the new Hopcat (a 100 tap craft beer bar) will be open, and I'm told it will be a game changer. In fact the rest of the bars in the area might have already boarded up their windows and thrown in the towel by then.

As for something to do, there is a really cool but little known RE Olds (the guy who started Oldsmobile) Museum towards Lansing's downtown. If any of your group are car guys they will enjoy the hell out of it. The museum is also shares a parking lot with the world renowned Lansing Ballet.

***I second Peanut Barrel. Try sitting on the patio. Not a better outdoor dining experience in East Lansing.

Also, on gameday you can drink anywhere on campus so walk around sipping beer on the north side...one of my favorite fall traditions.

***For local dives, Crunchy's and Peanut Barrel are definitely the top choices.

***Go bar hopping downtown.

End up at Rick's late night for sloppy drunkiness...if you like that sort of thing.

Or go to the Landshark. I'm sure Jerry and the Juveniles and the Jr. Juveniles will be rocking out.

***Just take a cab to the corner of MAC and Albert. Within a 5-10 block radius there are several college bar options.

Rick's, Landshark, PT Omalley's, Harpers, The Riv, Peanut Barrel, Crunchy's, Dublin Square.

If there aren't any lines just bounce around. None of them are 'must see' but they get different crowds.

My favorite is the Peanut Barrel. It's low key and unimpressive. Good sandwiches, a few decent beer options, dart boards, etc. Typically an older crowd.

If you're looking to experience E.L. in it's full dirty drunken collegeness then make sure to hit up the other bars mentioned above........

Enjoy your trip.

***If you can find a parking spot on game day to get to the downtown EL area, everything is walkable. There are plenty of bars and restaurants to get within walking distance - Peanut Barrel, the new HopCat, the Riv, BW3, Landshark, PT's, Beggar's Banquet, and others are all within a short walk to each other. Crunchy's is a little further and would be a few minutes of a walk to the rest of them. As for food - Peanut Barrel for burgers, Crunchy's for Pizza (and a lot of good beer), BW's is BW's, and the others all have some form of bar food that likely won't make you ill and will absorb the beer.

I'll finally be able to make this.

Is this proposed or is construction starting soon?

I hope we get a good crowd to the MSU game. We have a group of 6 going.

How much are tickets in the group?

I don't think parking would be an issue. There are thousands of 'S' spots that aren't used during the weekend. Overflow parking at the University mall lot with Bull Runner shuttles back and forth. Luckily the university is in a location that there's more than one way in and out of the area too.

We should find a place to hang out and have drinks at on Friday night.

I'm glad it was a home and home. It makes sense for both schools.

Bully- Are you still involved with BBBS? I had a question and it won't let me send you a PM.

1 and 1's? Nice!

Well, then I guess we've hit an all time low, because these are the seven designs that will appear on your season tickets this fall.

Assuming this post is accurate , that there were 12 submissions...I wonder what the other five looked like? I don't have a problem with

any of 'em...they're just tickets...and of limited utility anyway. Maybe this might mushroom into an annual event - for those in search of

tradition - the annual ticket design contest. 

These are the 12 they originally posted:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151559520114600.1073741826.49104229599&type=3

7 games, 7 winners. There were only 12 designs sent in.

So....here are the winners........

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151576166729600.1073741827.49104229599&type=1

Side note at the spring game I asked about the "Free Tickets/travel/stay" to MSU drawing date.. I was told it would be after season ticket renewal  period was over .May 1...

What's this about?

What they need to do is push the $99 new alumni package a little harder.

ctbrown for AD

 

Stampeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeede!!

 

But does he have experience leading a football program? Oh, wait.

Does NCAA 13 count?

Well that is silly then. Especially the assumption that the sole way to reach fans is twitter and fbook. I'll be missing many an invite since I frequent neither. The fact that I may "follow" a number of their many twitter handles doesn't guarantee I'll be aware. It's a cheap and lazy way to communicate with certain demos. If that's the main way of communicating with fans, yeah, it needs to be timely too. Like their emails can be, late is not the recipe for success.

It would have been cool if they incorperated this with 'USF Week'. What about a cookout on USF's campus instead with students and alumni that want to come? I bet it would have been cheaper and more interactive than having at restaurants. And if you want to have the teams seperate, have one team have hot dogs on an IM field and the other have burgers on MLK plaza or something. Oh, and maybe some more advance notice. Maybe next year!

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At both locations they came around afterwards and greeted all the fans who came by to see them.

 

It was a good idea, maybe just needed to be executed a little better.

 

You say come from 6-8. We got there at 6:15 and had dinner, even dragged it out a bit to see if they'd say anything. Left about 7:30. I will say coach Cooper seems very animated. I saw him at the open practice too and he seems like a good guy to have onboard.

 

Agreed. I think it was more of a last min Green vs. White kinda thing than anything else. Hope we get some people out to see the spring game tomorrow. Would think a lot of people will want to see Taggart's schemes in action.

 

 

But, if you're going to ask fans to come out and support the team, try and give them a little more notice. More people will show up.

 

 

Hem asked fans to come out and support the team.  USF did not, they didn't do it last minute.  Not trying to be a smart ass, but this sounds like something they just wanted to happen and had no intention of making a fan support initiative.

 

He mentioned it on here, but they were vocal about it via Facebook and Twitter about 24 hours before the events.

 

 

At both locations they came around afterwards and greeted all the fans who came by to see them.

 

It was a good idea, maybe just needed to be executed a little better.

 

You say come from 6-8. We got there at 6:15 and had dinner, even dragged it out a bit to see if they'd say anything. Left about 7:30. I will say coach Cooper seems very animated. I saw him at the open practice too and he seems like a good guy to have onboard.

 

Agreed. I think it was more of a last min Green vs. White kinda thing than anything else. Hope we get some people out to see the spring game tomorrow. Would think a lot of people will want to see Taggart's schemes in action.

 

I know. I'm not mad at all. If anything, I'm glad it was at Hooters and not an Applebees or Chilis. 

But, if you're going to ask fans to come out and support the team, try and give them a little more notice. More people will show up.

I think there will be a decent turnout- I wasn't at the game last year but heard that attendance wasn't very good (rain threats, 5-7 season?).

Jose was Tweeting a lot yesterday. Sounds like he is recruiting pretty hard. Hope he stays.

At both locations they came around afterwards and greeted all the fans who came by to see them.

It was a good idea, maybe just needed to be executed a little better.

You say come from 6-8. We got there at 6:15 and had dinner, even dragged it out a bit to see if they'd say anything. Left about 7:30. I will say coach Cooper seems very animated. I saw him at the open practice too and he seems like a good guy to have onboard.