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Tequilla · November 2015

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
I think I'm pretty close to Tequila's age if alcoholic memory holds.

I was a student the last time we went to the Rose Bowl

Fire_Marshall_Bill · November 2015

Tequilla said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
I think I'm pretty close to Tequila's age if alcoholic memory holds.

I was a student the last time we went to the Rose Bowl

Me too

whuggy · November 2015

Alexis said:
I'll fix the problem for you right now.

1. Get rid of the troll singing the national anthem. Marching band only

2. Allow some local kids who aren't Asian, nor 4.2 GPA students, to enroll in the school. Then make the student section straight G.A. again. Let the fraternities save seats like the old days and force those fuckers to get there early.

3. Allow 3 parking lot rapes per season. But only allow them post game. If you leave at halftime, you miss out.

4. ????

5. Profit.

There, fixed.

Number 2 is so spot on. Way back when I attended, the 70's, you could get accepted
with a shitty 2.7 like I had. Going to classes was only part of the college experience.
Football game attendance was just expected. Now the students are all brainiacs and
could care less about football. Shit the school could probably raise more money by charging students to go to the library rather than the stadium. Good decision to put them in the end zone. Empty seats on the 50 after halftime would look ridiculous.

Tequilla · November 2015

section8 said:
I got that too.

Called out student section, lowering value of season tickets by consistently having them for sale at 50% of the cost on a per game basis, crappy stadium program, P12 scheduling killing off desire to sit in the rain until midnight, shitty concessions, shitty game day experience in general, the zone causing 1/2 the stadium (hot ticket!) to miss half the 2nd quarter and most of the 3rd. and on and on.

I didn't rail on the start times because that would be barking up the wrong tree ... there's a certain cannibalizing effect that Larry Scott and the ADs didn't factor in when entering into a massive TV contract thinking that nothing would change elsewhere. Failure to understand your customers at its finest.

I didn't say too much about the concessions ... I don't really eat at the games so I don't know if they are a problem or not. Concessions in general should be simple and to the point. IF you embrace tailgating, then buying food at the stadium shouldn't be a priority.

The Zone is a paramount problem that is another critical trying to get the best of both worlds (profit grab + not acting like you are embracing drinking). I get that they think that enabling drinking in the stadium could cause problems, but it's not a huge problem. No more than the fact that people today binge drink before the game or the effect of games starting at 7:30 or 8 allowing people to get completely sauced up before the game starts compared to morning tailgating leading to 12:30 starts.

Tequilla · November 2015

The student composition is also driving the terrible tailgating. We normally park up by the Business School because we aren't interested in paying the E1 prices but trying to find a parking spot up there can be a big problem at times because the lot is completely over run with students parking and going to the library.

When you go elsewhere in the country, notably some of the more recent trips that I've taken that have included KState and TAMU, while I understand that they are in smaller towns and community, the fact of the matter is that on the day of the game, the only thing that matters in the community is THAT game. That's how it used to be at UW. It's not how it is treated now.

digits · November 2015

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Tequilla said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
I think I'm pretty close to Tequila's age if alcoholic memory holds.

I was a student the last time we went to the Rose Bowl
Me too

Me three... and that was 14+ fucking years ago. Severely depressing in more ways than one.