BleedSLUBlue

I was at the Open House and you made a very good summary and I agree with most of what you have said. I noticed the seats seemed sort of small and not a lot of leg room.....but that can be a good thing. I don't think we want a place that is like our living room loungers. I want the fans out of their seats and standing most of the night at the games. I think the tightness of things will be of benefit to increase a great atmosphere. Have you ever been to a game at KU's Allen Fieldhouse.....don't go there if you want any personal space! But I don't think the KU fans mind at all! The Billiken Band better be ready to tighten up their space used also! No more using an entire section to spread out with music stands and massive drum equipment. I don't think I remember ever seeing other school's pep bands have the sheet music or music stands in front of them at games? I think you are right also about the corner scoreboards.....they are okay but I think those corner scoreboards were cost cutting moves with keeping the ceiling low.......let's not give Father too much credit for the brilliant idea of the scoreboards. But I do like that the ceiling low to the floor......that creates the intimacy of the place too.....and that fan noise might bounce right off that ceiling and back down on the court! I would think there will be added touches relative to Billiken history and such in the concourse with due time. Can't wait to see that place rockin with a packed house in November!!

I think he would be terrific! Frank, how 'bout it?????? We want you!

More attention in the media for SLU!! http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/131614.html

A lot of times people drag Borgia into the controversies of recruiting and such. There's just not much truth to that. A couple years ago, when Borgia won the state championship, the entire Borgia roster was made up of boys whose fathers had played at Borgia. Pretty much the same families of athletes and students there have been attending Borgia for generations. Borgia's success comes from parents and faculty that care and kids that are motivated.

I have been going to Billiken games for 15 years and have NEVER paid to park.....or maybe just 50 cents or so to feed the meter! Street parking is free after 7pm on weekdays and free on weekends.......walk a few blocks!

I asked one of the clueless SLU marketing guru's what happened to the Pre-Game Prayer. He said "It doesn't fit in to the time script". I laughed and told him, "Oh, but now we have time for some corporate sponsor's silly "Move of the Game" where someone in the upper deck acts excited about moving to the bottom deck. Just another commercial that we are bombarded with at games nowadays. I always thought the pre-game prayer was a nice touch and something unique to SLU. It was one thing that let the crowd know that SLU is a religious based institution. Just because Fr. Eugene may be in failing health does not mean the prayer has to go away!! Bring back the prayer!

So what has happened to the prayer before the game? Myself and my group of friends always thought that was a sort of unique SLU tradition that was a nice touch. I asked one of the marketing staff what happened to it. Their response "It didn't fit in to the script time". I laughed and told him.....you can't spare 30 seconds! My gosh....they have time for all that other crap and one irritating commercial after another. And speaking of irritating.....please take the microphone away from that loser with the blonde wig that gets way too much time on the court and yells till your ears hurt. If he has to be on the court.....someone just tell him to stop yelling! The game day atmosphere never seems to get any better. Please don't let the blonde wig loser on the court and embarrass St. Louis during the North Carolina game!!!!!! And I can't wait till we get to the new SLU Arena so that the Scott Trade Center people can stop telling us to leave immediately. The PA announcement twice, even before the game was over, told us to get out of the building quick! Boy that is gratitude for showing up and spending your money and supporting the team.

I have 2 great College Cup tickets for sale for both the semifinals and finals. They are in Section 118, Row O for face value of $25 each for Semifinals or $25 each for the Finals. 314-435-1880

But I guess I am starting to get used to it?!?!?

I am not the one that said it took 30 seconds for a page to load. I did say though, it is much slower than before. It takes about 5 seconds longer than it used to to open a page. The point is......there is a new/recent problem with this board and it is frustrating.

......and I never had a problem with the Billiken.com website until last week or so when I found there was a new Billiken message board. And my work internet service has always worked fine also. There is an some kind of new problem with this board's website!!!!

I checked out the website for the first time in a few weeks earlier this week. That is the first time I noticed there was a new message board......and that is when I noticed it being VERY slow in opening up postings. It's the same on my home computer and my work/office computer.

.....or is it taking anyone else much, much longer to open the postings since the new board was set up?

Does anyone know what hotel in Cincy the team and SLU fans are mostly staying?