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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

There is a lot of negative talk on the FIU board about the latest FAU plans to build dorms and a 40k dome.

They are attributing the success of their program to the delay of a year they had before their program was approved. As it was they were ready for a football program the same year FAU. Now they are saying the year delay was all part of the plan.

You know, I see very few posts if any comparing us to FIU on this board. We have our own plans and agenda and we go foward with it. When ever I read the FIU board, they are making some comparison of their program to ours and saying "ours is better" "we are ahead of them". "our school is better" Our university president is better". "our stadium that came at no cost to the university is better than no stadium"

They're just lucky the county and state decided to build a "municiple" stadium on the joint Tamiami park/FIU property other wise there would be no stadium and FIU would probably be sharing the Orange Bowl with UM.

Hey FIU, put that in your pipe and smoke it.

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http://fiuathleticscom.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1134481230

$40,000,000.00 of additional on campus housing is a plan that should preceed the dome but FAU still needs a stadium of some sorts. Maybe the state and the county will build a "municiple" stadium near FAU at no cost to the university.

FAU - THE REAL SLEEPING GIANT
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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

Illinoisowl I posted something about that but tried to stay positive even after ready some of the things being said. I thought the energy would be better spent talking about FAU's. If I remember right it was said that it is a negative to have a dome in south Florida because the players would want the open air to giver them the edge and that the recruits would see the open as a positive and the dome as a recruiting negative. The truth is that most of these kids are glad they are getting the ride or a shot.

I still think they should do something but the big guys are driving the bus I just hope they don't string this out or that in my opinion is the negative. You want the south Florida humidity it is simply Scnelly turns off the Air conditioning. Big plus for the dome as is the fact that you are protected from the wet elements and lighting. You want them to get a little frigid for the up north teams turn on the juice. It is kind of ridiculous I mean someone even mentioned a hurricane destroying the thing and it isn't even built yet.

Personally if I was a recruit and I walked into a dome that looked like that artist conception that would definitely leave an impression.
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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

Talon,

I don't know how to respond to you last post.

I don't know if people that post on the FIU board have an inferiority complex or what but there are quite a few posts saying FIU is better than FAU at this and FIU is better than FAU at that.

The theme of this thread is; look what a Shula bowl victory did to FIU's outlook.

The link I included is a link they have back to this board and their comments on how pathetic they think FAU is.

FAU - THE REAL SLEEPING GIANT
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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

I was trying to add to what you were saying but got a little caught up in the moment. I was also a bit frustrated with the 6 months to make a decision on what to do. An old saying is S@%t or get off the pot.
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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

I think part of the problem the higher ups have to deal with are the Donors & boosters, which are pushing for the private suites and the Dome Idea. I still believe that they are having a hard time finding backers even corporation to build this Dome and the biggest stomping block is attendance.

I think the higher ups do need to be a bit more realistic and stop trying to make things look better then what they are - take the attendance for what it is and try to build on the fan base slowly but surely and make plans accordingly for the betterment of the team. I do like the Innovation Village Idea, yet it IMO ahead of what the University is ready for and their imediate needs.

I really do believe that building a smaller stadium ( 20K ) should be the opperative with a nice Press box that could includes some Private Suites, offices, etc. and set it up for TV friendly enviroment - create something nice, small and intimate - give the players a home should be a priority, build the fan base at a pace that only time will do and after a few years when we have sell-outs games after game - then the Dome will build itself. But, lets get to step one before moveing to step 10 - the fan base can't not be created by magic, people aren't going to one wake-up morning and be Owls fans
- only if it was that simple.

Once we do have a stadium on campus it will be much easier to create events around game days to create some excitiment to draw a crowd, just my HO.

Sorry, about the long winded rant.

Go owls!!
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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

Oh, and about FIU - please before they can start saying they are better - they need to first have a winning season - IMHO. At least we had 2 winning season in a row.

Go Owls!!
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Could it be a form of flattery by FIU? To constantly compare themselves to us? The media does it but they don't know any better.

BTW, we've passed Temple and Buffalo in the football talent column but we'd never brag about it.
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Guys, I honestly think you are taking this "he said she said" to an extreme….We all know there are posters in ALL universities that exxagerate, or are very passionate in their way, or are overly sensitive, or make mistakes, or even reads too much into what is said. FIU has some, and FAU has some.

I've read some derogatory comments here against FIU and their posters; I've read here a number of posts making reference/making comparisons to FIU's situation; I've read here how I myself should be treated harshly on this board, since I am an "enemy" and should not be "elegant" about my posting. You see, it goes both ways, and the fact is there are a number of threads here making reference to what is said on FIU's board….does that make you have an inferiority complex? If I say on FIU's board, heck if I say here, with all the respect and discipline I can, that FIU's stadium situation up to this point is better than FAU's (regardless of the irrelevance of where The Cage is located, which by the way is in FIU grounds)….does that mean I'm saying "how pathetic FAU is"?….NO WAY….That's a stretch of an assumption.

I think both FIU and FAU have a lot to be proud of, and believe me, I hope the best for FAU, particularly at this developmental stage. Obviously, my total loyalty is for FIU, but be stating my opinions on my board, I'm not saying, neither I'm implying, that FAU is pathetic, etc. etc……I have too much respect for some long time posters here for me to say that…..
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Every board have their own, FIUFanatic. Hopefully you would never be considered the enemy here. At least from my point of view anyway. You have been nothing but courteous and fair in your opinions and comments. You and I go back to the "olden" days of posting.. ;D…and you know that I have nothing but respect for you,Maxx and ARod. I really don't know anyone else to pass judgment.
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FIU's Shula Bowl take on future goals.

I gotta agree with FIUFanatic. I didn't see any sentiments over on FIU's board that haven't been echoed from this side of the fence. So, one person said the Dome was a pipe dream. Frankly, I agree with him. I think a huge, expensive, inefficient Dome that would cripple the entire athletic department finacially would be a very unwise decision at his point. I think a stadium that seats 25-30k with a nice press box and a few suites is more ideal to our current situation.

Actually, no, I don't think FAU having a dome <i>someday</i> is a pipe dream at all. But I do think that FAU having a dome and being able to afford it within the next few years is. I think that we would be much better off with a far less expensive stadium and sinking more money into our training and recruiting. And all that has already been said elsewhere on this board - albeit in a more pleasant manner, perhaps. Which brings us back to the fact that what was said on the FIU board isn't cause to lynch the FIUfans that post here or to get our panties all up in a twist over.

Actually, am I the only girl who posts here? OK, guys - don't get your boxers in a bunch!

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