BOL Round Table

Got there 2 hours early to go straight to the upper deck because it's so stupid how full the lower bowl gets. It's like 3 people to seat really down there, so going straight to the top is something I've done this season. Not to mention they re-open the lower bowl after the first half so a lot of the upper deck students went to the lower bowl where all their friends are. As embarrassing as that sounds it's the truth.

Hard to argue with that last paragraph...

There is a problem with that upper deck utilization. My opinion, as an Alum, and a father of a student there, is to get rid of upper deck student seating altogether, and sell those tickets just like any other upper deck ticket to non students. Put ALL the students in the lower bowl where they can feel like a "unit"---I crave those days as a student on gameday, and I would HATE having to be separated from all the other students. By putting them in the uppers, we are losing a POWERFUL, intimidating force and dampening some of their collective "noisepower" (for lack of a better word).

I would urge everyone to write the AD, the President, etc. if you're an alum or a student, or the parent of one. There is no reason why this shouldn't be a fixable problem...

AND,finally, there is still NO excuse to leave early, ever. Don't care who you are or where you sit. If you have upper deck seats...well, it's bad luck, but you still need to stay the whole game, like everyone else around the entire bowl is expected to do. The players DEFINITELY notice and so does the coaching staff---what difference does it make if you just wait til 00:00 as opposed to leaving early? You could miss a LOT of stuff, and of course you're going to miss Ramma Jamma, which is one of the most glorious parts of a home game! We need every voice when that goes out....

When did you attend school, was it recently because you are largely misinformed about the treatment of current students. The upper seating is a horrible idea, I agree with revoking ticket rights for those who don't attend or sell all of their tickets. However in many other aspects the University has lost the vision that it is there FOR the students.

no one want to sit up top. the bottom is filled over capacity every time so that explains some of the empty seats up top. the others they get there for a bit and say screw this and go back home and drink.

I think people that cant bask in a great win against a quality opponent, in front of a very large crowd that was instrumental in the win yesterday need to just mind their own business. I spend alot of money to let my daughter go the University and I dont need every week after the students and fans "do their job" and help the team win big....its shameful that you constantly harp on who is sitting where, the students want to sit together...and you are so unbelievable in complaining about this every week...even when the kids do well...your complianing...I got a message for you...get a petition that states everyone has to sit in their assigned seat, and stand the whole game, and yell....see how many sign on!! Im just a little tired of you know it alls ragging on these kids even when they are instrumental on winning the game...you disgust me dude..

I think under the current penalty system, you should have to swipe out if you leave before the game is over and it counts against you to whatever penalty they think is worthy for the game, but then again, regular admission leaves whenever they want and are never-ever there 2 hours before the game, you can take any game you want and it usually doesn't fill up until kickoff, 30 minutes prior and there are still a lot of empty seats because theirs are guaranteed and students are a free for all, anybody that would really have a problem with that policy are the people who leave early for "reason x"...what kills me is people drive longer distances to get to the game and then want to turn around and leave to beat traffic...dude if you just spent 3 hours just to get to BDS what sense would it make to leave the game ealry , you invested three hours in a car + gas just to get there and leave before the game ends, just makes no sense to me.

I don't think cutting the ticket allotment will lead to a greater percentage of consistent attendance from the students. Students who leave early will still be proportionally distributed throughout the remaining student seats. However, I have to believe that there are students who don't attend games and who also would stay the entire game if they could get student tickets.

One idea that I like is at the University of Dayton, where my girlfriend's nephew visited recently. At this Dayton, students scan their cards when they go to any university athletic event. At each scanning, the students accumulate points. The number of points allows students to gain priority at gaining football tickets. This policy encourages more attendance at less popular sporting events and allows students with the most school spirit, who are therefore less likely to leave early, to have priority in the football student section. Thoughts?

assign a section in the upper deck specifically to freshmen.

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