Courier Article regarding Saturday

[Panther-Sheik]

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By the way, this article also made another point for not discounting tickets...people will sit back and wait for the discount rather than step up and buy them because they merrit a face value...and it isn't just students. I think a lot of people this year grew accustomed to getting a cheap ticket in years past...which in turn somehow made them feel "ripped off" by having to pay full price this year...regardless of the price. Once ticket prices are set at a "fair market value", and people understand that there won't be a "give a way", then maybe we can get a better consistent crowd.

[Panther-Sheik]

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This is the current location for player's families and I believe faculty and staff.
Where would you put them? Not challenging, just curious.

Don't know...but as it sits right now, there are about 8,000 other seats to choose from

[JayJ79]

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Also, I like the idea of moving the students to the NW side from the goal line to the 25. They can make a lot of noise from there...and be on the same side as the visiting team's bench.

There are some NCAA regulations regarding this, in the playoffs at least:

For all playoff contests, the visiting team’s bench (between the 25-yard lines) shall not
be placed in front of the home team’s student section or band, unless there is a track around
the playing field (or the equivalent distance between the team’s bench and seating area). If
the visiting team’s bench is near the home team’s student section, that student-section must
begin at least 10 rows back from the front row of the seating area.

I know you proposed goal line to 25, and the regulations address between the 25s. so maybe it wouldn't be an issue. But I don't foresee them moving the student section at all

[UNI Fight]

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My parents and their friends sit directly behind the opposing team in the front row. Trust me, they give the opposing team a fair share of crap already, most games the fans and the opposing players interact since the fans sit just 3 feet above the opposing players, some may call it "trash talk".

[TravelingPanther]

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hard to believe the opposing team ever responds. but they definitely do. we sit in the
2nd row. when you boo a bad call or yell something, a lot of times a coach or player will turn around and respond.

[Cat80]

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Don't know...but as it sits right now, there are about 8,000 other seats to choose from

Good point, but why dilute the west side with empty seats? I mean, students.

[UNI Fight]

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http://www.northern-iowan.org/1.1101761

Sounds like Dannen is trying to put together a student panel to understand the student's mind-set, maybe that will help get some students to games. It's not like UNI isn't making an effort.

[Cap'n Cat]

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We whine too much here, guys.

Love what you get. Life is short.

[anthropanther]

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You know if it was the Hawks, they wouldn't use studying as an excuse...

And seriously if you have to spend 48 straight hours studying... you haven't been paying attention in class whatsoever.

I did undergrad and grad level work with a lot of nights going to bed at 3 in the morning to get up at 7:30 for an 8am class. I still made it to football games, and I was working 3 jobs at the end there while gimping on crutches across campus for half the semester. I also made it to intramural basketball for one season, sat there with the laptop and tape recorder and did homework while watching. If you're a fan you'll do what you have to to make sure you have time to watch a game.
That being said, I know I have a post saying I can't make it due to wedding stuff and it's true. But I never let homework stop me.

[1988]

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Guess how many students will celebrate if we win the whole tournament? All of them. Here is what I am going to do, If someone mentions a win I am going to ask to see their ticket stub. If they can't produce the stub I will punch them in the throat! So keep your stub!

[ryan19]

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Guess how many students will celebrate if we win the whole tournament? All of them. Here is what I am going to do, If someone mentions a win I am going to ask to see their ticket stub. If they can't produce the stub I will punch them in the throat! So keep your stub!

i just laminated mine..... geez, my throat is sensitive!

[UNI MadCat]

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Why are we only coming down on the students after reading this article? From the sounds of it, the community at-large is sucking too.

[caagman]

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Why are we only coming down on the students after reading this article? From the sounds of it, the community at-large is sucking too.

Exactly! What concerns me most about this is not the lack of student attendance as much as it the lack of community involvement. It is amazing that we have such a historically successful football program but we could count on 2 hands the number of sellouts we have had in a 17,000 seat venue. Hell, there's about 100,000 people in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area and we can get less than 10,000 to show up for a playoff game. UNI Chippewa brought up a great point that there is so little promotion for this team in the local area and even less throughout the rest of this state.

[Cap'n Cat]

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Guys, I'm no expert, but I'm thinkin' we have to walk a mile in an AD's shoes before we throw all these javelins.

Take it easy, gang.

[caagman]

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Truthfully I wasn't making any judgement on the performance of the AD. I think it's a little too early to tell how he's doing or willl do.
The fact of the matter is that UNI is looked at as the bastard step-child to 2 other universities in this state, despite the fact that we have such a tremendous football program. It's sad that we can only draw 10,000 fans to a playoff game. I'll do my part in bringing my family on Saturday and I plan on getting my tickets right away for Chatty. Go Panthers!