Gameday Review from an Outsider

[Shldr2Shldr]

Part 1 http://13saturdays.com/blog/2016/10/16/week-6-the-buffs-breakthrough

Part 2 http://13saturdays.com/blog/2016/10/21/week-6-pt-2-flatirons-fieldhouses-and-fun-with-ralphie

Pretty cool write up from a guy with no affiliation to the program. The atmosphere at the stadium definitely had an impact.

 

[Highlander]

"Are you going to name him, Sefo?" - Me, asking the aforementioned tailgater about baby names for his soon-to-be-born child. His response:
"No, it's a girl. So were going with... Ralphie."

 

[Buff_nc]

This made me cry.

 

[SuperiorBuff]

Outstanding!

 

[Highlander]

The (Balch) Fieldhouse is a great place to chant the fight song along with the cheerleaders before the game and I’m sure it’s a nice place to defrost at halftime during the chilly November showdowns, but if you’re not a fan of the “3 day-old buttered popcorn” air freshener, you may have a hard time putting up with Fieldhouse’s putrid air long enough to finish your Coors Light.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Yep. I know Balch has a ton of history attached to it, but its time is over. It needs a lot of help.

 

[Highlander]

Yep. I know Balch has a ton of history attached to it, but its time is over. It needs a lot of help.

That article needs to be shown to Phil and Bruce and have their noses rubbed in that quote. I have no doubt RG has already started campaigning for replacing Balch as a part of the next phase of development.

 

[BuffLuke80]

What's up with Balch, is it falling apart or what?

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

What's up with Balch, is it falling apart or what?

Basically.

It is almost 100 years old, and its showing.

 

[SuperD]

Is it wrong that with all the improvements to the concessions and adding beer that I'm really bummed they got rid of the old donut stand? I'd really like them to bring it back, lol. Particularly for colder games in November.

 

[BuffLuke80]

Well would they plan to renovate that or build a new one?

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Well would they plan to renovate that or build a new one?

I don't think there is much saving to be done. It needs to be replaced.

 

[onealcd]

I don't think there is much saving to be done. It needs to be replaced.

Replaced/Expanded, whatever the campus is missing the most right now, that is the place to incorporate it. A big event type facility with club seating facing the field will go a long ways on gamedays and non-gamedays.

 

[dio]

What's up with Balch, is it falling apart or what?

Yes, it is an absolute dump

 

[Darth Snow]

also, you can go into the practice facility to booze. Or the practice fields if you have better friends than I.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Beer gardens are: In balch, on the rooftop, inside the IPF. Preferred the beer garden on the plaza with the big screen. I wish they would bring that back.

 

[Darth Snow]

Beer gardens are: In balch, on the rooftop, inside the IPF. Preferred the beer garden on the plaza with the big screen. I wish they would bring that back.

I wish they just sold beer I could take to my seat.

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

I wish they just sold beer I could take to my seat.

Obviously the best answer, but I think the AD is happy with the balance they have achieved at the moment.

 

[BuffLuke80]

Would it be first on the agenda or like the bathrooms, stadium seating, and sound system I read so many glowing reports about?

 

[Shldr2Shldr]

Would it be first on the agenda or like the bathrooms, stadium seating, and sound system I read so many glowing reports about?

sound system is first. bathrooms and balch renovation are probably one in the same.

 

[BuffLuke80]

Gotcha.

 

[leftybuff]

xx

 

[buff4bcs1985]

LOL the baby guy is @CityBuffPete

 

[SJBuff]

Balch was ridiculously antiquated when I went to CU 25 years ago. I can only image how much of a museum piece it is today.

 

[gobuffs58]

the smell of urine , sweat and stale food is what balch is all about!

 

[Tatanka™]

I thought this was going to be about a review of College Gameday by C. Thomas Howell.

 

[GoBuffs08]

Is it wrong that with all the improvements to the concessions and adding beer that I'm really bummed they got rid of the old donut stand? I'd really like them to bring it back, lol. Particularly for colder games in November.

My daughter was crushed when we couldn't find donuts at halftime

 

[Buffenuf]

Obviously the best answer, but I think the AD is happy with the balance they have achieved pretending that the students can't get drunk, particularly on beer sold at the Stadium, at the moment.

FIFY!

 

[AughtTwoBuff]

Two things:
1. I got goosebumps reading the part about Ralphie. Best tradition in sports, period.
2. As a student, circa 2000, I once had to camp out in Balch for the night in order to secure my place in line for season football tickets. I awoke from a drunken slumber to find a cockroach scurrying across my face. Chances are the cockroach is long gone, but I think they should burn Balch to the ground just to make sure. You can never be too safe.

 

[Highlander]

Two things:
1. I got goosebumps reading the part about Ralphie. Best tradition in sports, period.
2. As a student, circa 2000, I once had to camp out in Balch for the night in order to secure my place in line for season football tickets. I awoke from a drunken slumber to find a cockroach scurrying across my face. Chances are the cockroach is long gone, but I think they should burn Balch to the ground just to make sure. You can never be too safe.

It is a really good thing you were never in the military stationed at a base south of the Mason-Dixon line.