Bear Down Wildcats

azcat49 wrote:That’s the only way fans can hold an athletic department accountable. Yates has all off season to game plan for Hawaii and this is what we got. Safeties were terrible and he coaches those groups as well.

I know you will be there for NAU but that loss just cost them 15k fans at the game.

ASUHATER! wrote:Well outside of like 0-12 no one is getting fired this year. But Sumlin will be on the hot seat next season. Anything less than like 8 wins next year should be fireable.

ASUHATER! wrote:Well outside of like 0-12 no one is getting fired this year. But Sumlin will be on the hot seat next season. Anything less than like 8 wins next year should be fireable.

UALoco wrote:Saw the game last night with the East Valley Cats in a Chandler sports bar. It was a painful game to watch. If it wasn't for all the turnovers, we wouldn't even have been in the game. And in true Arizona fashion, we come back in the end just to have our hearts ripped out by Tate being stopped one yard from the goal. Oh well. I don't understand why we are jumping down Yates's throat, the defense gave our offense what, 5-6 possessions and they just fell short.

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

UALoco wrote:Saw the game last night with the East Valley Cats in a Chandler sports bar. It was a painful game to watch. If it wasn't for all the turnovers, we wouldn't even have been in the game. And in true Arizona fashion, we come back in the end just to have our hearts ripped out by Tate being stopped one yard from the goal. Oh well. I don't understand why we are jumping down Yates's throat, the defense gave our offense what, 5-6 possessions and they just fell short.

Because we gave up 400+ yards and 5 TDs to a QB that wouldn’t make a PAC 12 team and subsequently was pulled because he was so inaccurate? Oh, and 45 points that would have been 63 if he had been pulled for a Freshman sooner in the game?

UALoco wrote:

ByJoveByJingle wrote:

UALoco wrote:Saw the game last night with the East Valley Cats in a Chandler sports bar. It was a painful game to watch. If it wasn't for all the turnovers, we wouldn't even have been in the game. And in true Arizona fashion, we come back in the end just to have our hearts ripped out by Tate being stopped one yard from the goal. Oh well. I don't understand why we are jumping down Yates's throat, the defense gave our offense what, 5-6 possessions and they just fell short.

Because we gave up 400+ yards and 5 TDs to a QB that wouldn’t make a PAC 12 team and subsequently was pulled because he was so inaccurate? Oh, and 45 points that would have been 63 if he had been pulled for a Freshman sooner in the game?

I guess my point is that the offense wasn't all that great either.

5. Support the Football Team
Apathy may be at an all-time high for Arizona football, which is a very troubling thing. Win or lose, love a coach or hate, perhaps the worst thing that can happen to a football program is when fan apathy sets in.

An apathetic fan base is a turn off to donors, recruits and prospective coaches down the road. It is even a turn off for other fans. When people stop caring and supporting, the climate and culture is not conducive to a winning program. And it’s hard to turn around.

That is a major reason I continue to push the need to be a football season ticket holder. If this community and University wants to take football to a new level, it needs to support football. When people stop buying tickets, stop going to games and lose their desire to have a good football program, it becomes impossible to have a good football program.

You can like or dislike coaches as much as you want, but if you want to have a strong football product you have to support it – both financially by buying tickets and physically by being at the games to create an atmosphere that gives the team an edge and invites the next generation of Wildcats to want to be a part of this program.

Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that the 100-plus student-athletes putting on the pads and dedicating themselves to the program are what matter each year. They represent the past history and are the connection to the future of the program. Those young men deserve a first-class experience here at the University of Arizona and they deserve full support from the fans in this community.

Attendance this Saturday likely won’t top 35,000. That’s a shame. Hopefully this team will show its improvement over the last couple weeks and give us optimism for the rest of the season regardless of the opponent this week.

So I encourage every Wildcat near or far, if you have an interest in the success of Arizona football in the future, don’t fall into the trap of apathy.

Don’t wait until basketball season. Don’t wait until next year.

Bear Down and Beat NAU. Get your tickets here.

We are pleased to announce our Coca-Cola Fan Fiesta and Wildcat Club tailgate will be hosted inside the beautiful Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center, starting this season. This new and dynamic pregame hospitality area opens three hours prior to kickoff and is open to all fans with a ticket to the game. We will have food and beverage concessions with beer and wine options, including some special local vendors like eegee’s, Brother John’s BBQ and La Parilla Suiza. We will also host plenty of entertainment options for fans with live music, tailgate games and a kids’ zone with inflatables and a photo booth.

CalStateTempe wrote:Football is a dying sport.

cats101 wrote:

CalStateTempe wrote:Football is a dying sport.

Yo as many know I moved to Irvine from Tucson recently. I've really only slightly followed UofA basketball. Out of the loop on anything else. Do you know last Thursday I was like hmm CFB starts soon let me keep the schedule. Once I did, saw the Cats lost to freaking Hawaii. My asu friend didn't even bother to rub it in. Sad.

PHXCATS wrote:https://dryheatsports.com/2019/09/03/fi ... this-week/

5. Support the Football Team
Apathy may be at an all-time high for Arizona football, which is a very troubling thing. Win or lose, love a coach or hate, perhaps the worst thing that can happen to a football program is when fan apathy sets in.

An apathetic fan base is a turn off to donors, recruits and prospective coaches down the road. It is even a turn off for other fans. When people stop caring and supporting, the climate and culture is not conducive to a winning program. And it’s hard to turn around.

That is a major reason I continue to push the need to be a football season ticket holder. If this community and University wants to take football to a new level, it needs to support football. When people stop buying tickets, stop going to games and lose their desire to have a good football program, it becomes impossible to have a good football program.

You can like or dislike coaches as much as you want, but if you want to have a strong football product you have to support it – both financially by buying tickets and physically by being at the games to create an atmosphere that gives the team an edge and invites the next generation of Wildcats to want to be a part of this program.

Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that the 100-plus student-athletes putting on the pads and dedicating themselves to the program are what matter each year. They represent the past history and are the connection to the future of the program. Those young men deserve a first-class experience here at the University of Arizona and they deserve full support from the fans in this community.

Attendance this Saturday likely won’t top 35,000. That’s a shame. Hopefully this team will show its improvement over the last couple weeks and give us optimism for the rest of the season regardless of the opponent this week.

So I encourage every Wildcat near or far, if you have an interest in the success of Arizona football in the future, don’t fall into the trap of apathy.

Don’t wait until basketball season. Don’t wait until next year.

Bear Down and Beat NAU. Get your tickets here.

azcat49 wrote:Thus article really rubs me the wrong way. Don’t tell me what to do with my money or my fandom

azcat49 wrote:8%, it’s that high. Guess we should all buy tickets. F that noise. You want to make a commitment, fire the whole staff and spend 100 million and try and get a real coach and coordinators

The University of Alabama is offering an incentive for students to stay inside Bryant-Denny Stadium for the entire game by utilizing location tracking through a new phone application.

The app monitors when students enter the stadium for Crimson Tide games -- and when they leave.

Students receive 100 Tide Loyalty Points for attending a home football game and 250 points per game for staying all four quarters. Those points can then be used toward priority access to student football tickets.

Dave wrote:It is time to put a dome on the stadium.

Dave wrote:It is time to put a dome on the stadium. That would solve alot of our problems. The fans would be alot more comfortable and we could start the games any time we want.

Dave wrote:It is time to put a dome on the stadium. That would solve alot of our problems. The fans would be alot more comfortable and we could start the games any time we want.

PHXCATS wrote:I was actually presently surprised with the attendance for the NAU game. Not what I think we should have overall but all things considered it was a good showing and better than expected. Then on Saturday it was a complete disaster. Absolutely pathetic. Huge game, white out, first OOC Power 5 team in 7 years to visit Arizona Stadium, really nice weather and no one was there. The team deserves so much better

azcat49 wrote:Supposedly only 4K tickets left so looks like we will get a 50k plus crowd. Big opportunity to put people back on the bus but we all know what usually happens.

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Alieberman wrote:

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