Embarrassment 2

[jegbomb52]

Go ahead and start the ripping apart of this thread but the student section tonight (I mean the thousands of empty seats that are wear the students were supposed to be) was the biggest joke EVER in the UNI Dome. This was the 3rd biggest game all time in the UNI Dome (IdSU, SIU 03') and our students lay the biggest egg of any student section of all time. Students, hope you enjoyed the Hawks tear apart that joke of a Wisconsin team from a joke of a conference.

[JayJ79]

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Was the WHOLE lower half of the east side reserved for students? (minus the band section, of course. though they ARE students too). Because that whole section looked way too sparse. There looked to be a fair amount of people in the upper half of the east side, but the lower half was way too empty.



Anyhow, I'd have to disagree with you on the importance of this game. Going into the season, this game certainly had the potential to be HUGE. And it still was an important game for both teams. But given how the season has played out, especially for NDSU, I really can't qualify this one as top 3

[Newsbreaker]

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Was the WHOLE lower half of the east side reserved for students? (minus the band section, of course. though they ARE students too). Because that whole section looked way too sparse. There looked to be a fair amount of people in the upper half of the east side, but the lower half was way too empty.



Anyhow, I'd have to disagree with you on the importance of this game. Going into the season, this game certainly had the potential to be HUGE. And it still was an important game for both teams. But given how the season has played out, especially for NDSU, I really can't qualify this one as top 3

Exactly. I don't know how any playoff game isn't bigger than a home game in October against a team that was already on a playoff lifeline.

In other news, whomever wrote the "1,100 tickets remaining" press release for UNI Athletics is a liar.

The Students Section in the first half was pathetic. In the second half it didn't even qualify to be that.

[Dutch]

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Yeah...being a student I am really disgusted....

Sorry UNI, I guess your students are too good to stay and watch a game.

[FerociousCat]

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Agree totally other than the importance of the game...before the season started this potentially was a HUGE game.

My understanding is the SW & NW corners are sold first, then from the lower SE & NE towards the center...the students were expected to fill in the lower Eastside, center & on out...

A bison fan told me before opening kick,"One thing is for sure, the Fargo Dome would never look like that!!" and pointed to the east side. I quickly responded,"Well we are playing a no-name team with 3 losses"...

Imagine if NDSU was unbeaten & this game was HUGE...they could have outnumbered us possibly...& that would be a frickin tragedy.

But credit needs to be given to the students who did represent!!
TELL YER FRIENDS!!!

...and let's not pretend that UNI just became a suitcase school.

[06panther10]

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Student section was really poor tonight. But lets not make this game into a bigger game than it actually was. SIU at the Dome last season was a BIG game and students showed up and stayed for that one. But, I agree, it was pretty bad tonight.

[Newsbreaker]

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A bison fan told me before opening kick,"One thing is for sure, the Fargo Dome would never look like that!!" and pointed to the east side. I quickly responded,"Well we are playing a no-name team with 3 losses"...

A couple of things about this.

First, it's true. The students don't have a friggn clue who North Dakota State is. They're a 'new' team to the league that's already (before today) sitting on 3 losses. While those of us on here were excited for this game, it was mostly because of what we thought this game was going to be, not what it turned out to be as the date drew nearer. To the students, it was just some nobody they'd never heard of that wasn't in contention. I'm not saying that to make excuses, because there is none, but it might've played a roll.

Second, if NDSU had lived up to their undeserved hype, the dome would've been full today.

Finally, in another thread someone said UNI might need to think about lower ticket prices...I think there might be something to that. We sold out a year ago based in part on some great ticket deals. People don't care that they got tickets half price, they only care what they paid. UNI might've put the "loyalty" cart before the horse a little, and stepping those half-priced tickets up more gradually might've been a better course.

[KittyMeowPanther]

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Are you serious? the student/other section was awesome tonight, when they went out to shake hands, and the ND fans were yelling, and we started doing the U...N...I...FIGHT that was effin mad sick nasty!!!

[joecooll6]

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Go ahead and start the ripping apart of this thread but the student section tonight (I mean the thousands of empty seats that are wear the students were supposed to be) was the biggest joke EVER in the UNI Dome. This was the 3rd biggest game all time in the UNI Dome (IdSU, SIU 03') and our students lay the biggest egg of any student section of all time. Students, hope you enjoyed the Hawks tear apart that joke of a Wisconsin team from a joke of a conference.

This certainly wasn't the 3rd biggest game of all time in the dome, not by a longshot. That being said the student turnout suprised me a lot. The students came out in FORCE for South Dakota, South Dakota State and for Homecoming. The student section was GREAT for those games. Now we come to this week and its about half as full as it has been the rest of the season. There really is no logical explination for the inconsistency.

[DomeRanger Posse]

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I think it's the bar scene on college campuses today. Not saying that UNI is a big party school, and I'm not trying to start some tirade about drinking, cause Lord knows I've done my share, your share, and your Grandma's share of drinking when I was younger, but there really just seems to be an attitude on every campus I've been on that Saturday night is meant for parties. They ain't running home to listen to Garrison Keillor. I don't know how to counter that attitude with students...you'd think that they'd be able to hold off until after the game.

[06panther10]

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This was one of the biggest games ever for the bison, and just another victim for us.

[UNIChippewa]

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Here's one possible reason...

Back when I was a student at UNI in the mid-90's, the weekend after Homecoming was always a big weekend for a lot of students to go home for the weekend, regardless of who the football team was playing.

If that is the reason for tonight's lackluster student attendance, it looks like that dynamic hasn't changed.

[06panther10]

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I just dont think alot of the students know who NDSU is. Or care for that matter. I mean, we havent played this team for 25 years or so.

[SiouxYou]

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This was one of the biggest games ever for the bison, and just another victim for us.

BOOOYAHH!! Way to go Panthers!!!

[dustin86]

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Go look at the parking lots around the dorms this weekend and you will see that most of them are over half empty. Trying to get people to stay up here for 2 weekends in a row is like pulling teeth. I also knew some people who didnt go because they were studying for mid-terms on a saturday night POOR EXCUSE