Originally Posted by
CaribouJim
A faculty member sits next to me and when I expressed my disappointment in the lack of students (although lower level ended up being pretty much full and even some ended upstairs) he said that Wojo sent a letter/email to the students requesting their attendence. I think I heard him right.
When I was at MU ('76 - '80) the first game back was always a rockin' environment. It was also the game when MU would bring out new unis every other year - for me that was in January '77 and January '79. When Butch came out in '77 for warmups in the new unis with the hoodie there was no equal to his coolness factor that year. Speaking of unis, MU really, really, really needs to change their uniforms - it's part of their DNA - what is it 7 or 8 years now? That is not cutting edge. I know, least of their worries right now.
Freshman year Notre Dame, sophomore year UNLV (and Reggie Theus's 'fro) where Ulice Payne garnered the MVP and MU scores 104 in nationally televised game. Junior year ND where MU loses a tight one in a huge snowstorm that limited attendence to about 8,000 - 9,000 but nonetheless one of the loudest and rowdiest crowds I was part of at an MU game. Senior year Florida State.