the line is that long.
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The real reason the student section is never even half full at kickoff
- Thread starter JRK7
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Look at my sig. Not only does every post end with Woo Woooo, it comes from emoticonbubbrubb.
The long lines are the same basis as people going to get food at halftime with thousands of other people. Some people don't car yeah but a lot do. We're not an SEC school and never will. College kids want to get smashed and hook up with girls, not watch us get rolled.
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I turned signatures off a long time ago and had to turn them back on so i can live the dream too. whoop-whoooooooo
JRK7
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I've already explained that twice.
No long lines are 99% of the problem. I showed up 10 minutes early for the USC game and still had to wait in line for 20 minutes.
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If you're not exaggerating, you should really bring this up to Bohn in a respectful and adult manner and see what he says.
Every time I walk by, the students are all queued up in the cattle chute. Line looks long as hell.
Hmmmm. The 2,000+ students I personally saw standing in the line to get into the game last Friday might like to have a word with you on that. But why bother? You obviously know everything. Those people were just a figment of my imagination. They didn't actually exist. It was like a giant jedi mind trick was being played on me. "No that is NOT a couple thousand students waiting in an unending line waiting to get into the stadium".
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JRK7
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How woud you explain it then? Tons of students show up after the game has already started, against USC were down by 17, not even that bad and we were playing better then the score would indicate and yet half the students at that point had left early, and when you're sitting in the student section most people aren't even paying attention to the game, again I bet less then half could tell you the exact score at a given time. You really think most students care?
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People leave early and don't pay attention during the game because the lines to get in are long?
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And if those students actually gave a sh*t about the game don't you think they would show up earlier so they didn't have to wait in long lines and thus not miss the start of the game?
MrFrumpylane
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My guess is when alcohol was banned, students snuck in alcohol until it became a problem. Hence forcing them to go through designated gates with beefed up security.
People leave early because we're getting stomped. People are late because they all show up at gametime and Argus herds a bunch of cattle into the stadium 10 people at a time.
As Frumpy said, more security. Everyone gets a pat down and has to empty their pockets before they can get in which makes the line even longer.
One thing I do agree with is that the issue isn't totally on event management. I'd love to see student feeling it was important to be in the stands for the pre-game warmups. Honestly, things have been so bad the past few years that I don't even do that any more. I'd rather get that one extra drink in at the tailgate.
I think you're expecting too much from your fellow students, though. Getting to biology class on time should be more important to them. Going to a game is something they do because it's fun. The game is secondary. The student culture will change a lot after some sustained success. They'll be more interested since more will be at stake and a lot more of them will have applied to CU, at least in part, because of the football team's success. Frankly, I'm just glad to see so many of them showing up these days.
Probably something to bring up with Bohn... but I'm sure it was because students use cards to get in instead of tickets. Something needs to be fixed about this.
I know I always snuck in alcohol.
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Cu fan and student support is the least of our problems. The lines and where they let students in is recockulous!
The asinine "security" BS is a big problem. I only makes the lack of a full stadium at KO more of a problem. I am sure Bon-Bon has his pat PR prepped answer for why adding yet another stupid procedure that detracts from the atmosphere and makes it less enjoyable to go the game. I doubt he understnads the concept, "the customer is always right". [Insert JRK "the terrorists will blow you to bits" rant here.]
I have been going to Buffs games as a student/alum for two decades. Even when we were ranked in the top 10-15 consistently, the students were late getting there, and were early leaving if the game wasn't close. At any point, the chances of the student section being more than half full at the time Ralphie runs is pretty much nil. It was that way in the golden years of Mac, and has been ever since.
I've always figured it has little to do with anything more than getting their drink on. I imagine when they were selling 3.2 beer to everyone over the age of 18, it probably wasn't that big of a deal, but it has been ever since, and probably wouldn't change even if they started selling beer again in Folsom, seeing as most of the undergrads aren't 21.
I've always figured it has little to do with anything more than getting their drink on. I imagine when they were selling 3.2 beer to everyone over the age of 18, it probably wasn't that big of a deal, but it has been ever since, and probably wouldn't change even if they started selling beer again in Folsom, seeing as most of the undergrads aren't 21.
Heh - I'm showing my age a bit here, but when I was at CU, we got one season pass that had six games on it. We'd show our student ID and the pass to get into any gate. The ticket holder would use a hole punch to punch out the hole of the game we were attending. No actual "ticket", just a little card with six places to punch a hole. If you lost that pass, you were screwed.