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# | Wall St Journal - Student Attendance at College Football Games 
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Doubtful. Sadly, very doubtful.
1) Totally agree with this but at tech they actually have paper tickets. The issue becomes students who are not satisfied with their seats get friends to print out multiple of their tickets, and once they get in the stadium they use the friend's ticket to get a better seat. Thus the lower East student stands and the NEZ are over filled where as the corners are unfilled. This was probably my biggest frustration when I was a student. I totally understand why people do this but I endured two years of high east, or high SEZ tickets and finally got NEZ and low East...except that the first two years have my best memories because I could actually see the entire game and not have people all up in space sweating, drooling, spitting, and sitting in my seat (during half time) and acting like a complete a-hole about it when i told them to move so i could sit.
3) totally agree here too. I never bought concessions nor did my friend because of the prices.
I don't see a stripe down the middle so hopefully they fixed the rock scheme to match in the middle.
Shockingly enough the 4 people (including your mother and Miami fans) that read your blog, can.
I read that comment from a different perspective. I enjoy the atmosphere of a college town on gameday, and I love cheering along with the crowd. What I don't love is being packed into the student section shoulder to shoulder with a ton of 18-22 year olds. Nothing could possibly go wrong...right?
I'm a recent Auburn grad, and I went to a lot of home games between 2008 and 2011. Yes, that encompassed a championship and a couple 7-5 seasons, as well as a 5-7 season. See my post below for my views on the student section. In essence: it just isn't worth the hassle, and I'd pay double for a paper ticket with a seat than a student ticket. That's a sentiment that I share with everyone I know besides 1 guy who wants to sit in the student section until he dies (and bless him for that, we need fans like that).
ESPN "Numbers Never Lie" just showed the helmet with the pylons logo. I like em!
ESPN "Numbers Never Lie" just showed the helmet with the pylons logo. I like em!
I'm going to have to give Glennon props. Of course his first 2 posts were intercepted.
Wasn't 2011 Miami 4th and 9 or something, not 4th and 1?
Don't think that's true. Russell Wilson was on a baseball scholarship at NC State and was technically a walk-on on the football team.
I hate to say this, but it seems like Logan just isn't a fast decision maker both in the running and passing game. He hesitates too long on whether or not to hold on to the ball on the read option, just as he hesitates on a lot of throws. This small hesitation often is the difference between a loss of yardage play and a good gain, or a incompletion and a catch. As Bud Foster would say, Logan's mind is tying up his feet. A lot of that can be fixed by repetition, but how quickly players master it depends on the individual. I'm worried that Logan is an individual that needs a ton of reps and that he won't have enough time to put it all together. It's a shame because he has all the physical tools for the job, but the mental aspect of quarterbacking is so far behind.
Yeah, he's a mortgage broker in northern VA. A friend of mine was actually dealing with him a while back when he was trying to buy a house.
As the service is right now, many stadiums are such dead zones that "you can't text, Instagram or tweet," said Georgia senior Kim Baltenberger.
You can't tweet? WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO?! Oh yea, watch the friggin football game! And the other stupid quote.
"There are a ton of people who prefer this," said Sam Little, a junior at Georgia. "They can actually watch the game instead of deal with the crazy atmosphere."
The crazy atmosphere? Are you people even college students? Who doesn't love the atmosphere of a college game?
I agree the handoff looks slow. From under-center, the option needs to be a quick hit, but from the gun, the play needs time to develop. You guys should go check out french's It Wasn't Pretty... He does a great job of breaking down the playbook we've seen thus far. The read option isn't one play, but rather a category of the playbook. The run game hasn't been great against 7-8 in the box, but that's to be expected when the passing game has been so inconsistent.
VPI at GiT -6.5 - HOKIES
LSU at UGA -3.5 - GO DAWGS
OU -3.5 at ND - OU
Ole Miss at bama -16.5 - Ole Miss keeps is close
Arizona at UDub -8.5 - They've impressed me so far. Washington
Wiscy at tOSU -7.5 - tOSU
NOOOOOO I was soooo happy when Kam got that pick, because it helped Seattle's D push me over FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT WEEK. Oh well, I guess you can't win all the close (less than 3 points) games... and yeah, I agree, the sack in question was kind of BS, I was counting my lucky stars when they gave it to me. I don't really mind that.
I still feel bad for Danielle, 2nd most points and still 0-3?
And oh by the way, I am still in the market for a RB, if anyone needs a WR or 2. And/or Cam Newton or Mike Vick.
Let's see how Mike does before we say its been a good week.
You mean like what we did on 4th and 1 against Miami? Or LT3's game-winner and 2 pt in OT this past week? Or would you rather see the failed sneak against ECU in the red zone? I'm just sayin', don't be so quick to judge the formation when shotgun on 3rd/4th and short has been very successful for us.
I got tix from a buddy on the sideline and was the only time I remember sitting on the pressbox side. When the punt was blocked, I swear the stands were shaking. Loudest I've been in there by far. And this was before the south end zone was completed....just imagine what that would have been like!
Scott didn't even see my "smack-talk." I had to tell him about it. I lost in both of my leagues this week. Ugh.
Oh well... I hate everything.
I agree with this, but he does look natural running it. I believe he will get pad level down but what I think he may be best at is making the right cut decision. That could be because he played QB before and can read the defense a bit better, but he definitely looks like he knows which way he should be going.
The only thing I can surmise is that you game-plan for each team and you don't deviate from that game plan. Perhaps he used components of his offense for each of the four games, using it intelligently enough to produce wins, but at the same time holding some items out. The offensive game plan is an ever growing thing, so the only thing I am hoping for with GT is more complexity and better execution. It was like Loeffler was testing components of the offense. I could be, and am likely off here, but I think to a degree, he was holding some stuff back.
Spiller & the lack of Steven Jackson/Roddy White are KILLING ME
damn, you put a lot of work into that post. Well done sir
Don't apologize for your opinion. It was a good rant. I have some counter points though:
1) You don't think concessions weren't marked up when we alumni went to the games. I can tell you with 100% certainty while I was a student I ate a hot dog once and a nachos once, both before the game. The only thing I bought with regularity was coke because I didn't have to leave my seat and I needed it for the bourbon I snuck in.
2) We have all waited in line. And please forgive the walking in snow uphill bit, but lines were much, much longer when I was at school. My friends and I camped out at Cassell for days for some games.
your other points I hear you but I'm not sure if that is an SEC thing to oversell and not have assigned seats, but VT is different in that regard. (as far as I know)
So my main response to your rant is: You have good points but we have all been there. And in some ways we had worse conditions than you have now. Yet we still filled the stadium, we still stood the entire game, we still NEVER threw paper airplanes, we still stayed until the end. So why is it not possible for students to do it now?
ps. I am pro-wifi connection. Every sports complex I have designed has always been laden with wifi coverage. Stadiums must upgrade to provide and it really is not hard to do.