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[unigriff]

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<-----and as for those fans that left when we were down 2 with over 2 minutes to go....wow....i still cant believe it. We (students) were all like WTF!!! apparently beating the traffic and getting to bed at a decent hour (after 10pm) is still a big deal.

Disclaimer: its not a knock on those of you who have full time jobs, live outta town, or what not. I totally understand. I also realize it was a week night, but as said before in a post, already 2+ hrs of game, whats 5 more minutes? The ones i saw leaving were quite older (60s and up)...i dunno, just discouraging to see a great game get spoiled by fans leaving so early. I could understand when it was like 7 points with 30 seconds left...yea..its a little far fetched and i could see people heading for the exits...but 2+ minutes? seriously.

[clenz]

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<-----and as for those fans that left when we were down 2 with over 2 minutes to go....wow....i still cant believe it. We (students) were all like WTF!!! apparently beating the traffic and getting to bed at a decent hour (after 10pm) is still a big deal.

Disclaimer: its not a knock on those of you who have full time jobs, live outta town, or what not. I totally understand. I also realize it was a week night, but as said before in a post, already 2+ hrs of game, whats 5 more minutes? The ones i saw leaving were quite older (60s and up)...i dunno, just discouraging to see a great game get spoiled by fans leaving so early. I could understand when it was like 7 points with 30 seconds left...yea..its a little far fetched and i could see people heading for the exits...but 2+ minutes? seriously.

I hated to see that too. That was almost as bad as the way the dome emptied with a couple minutes left in the 4th quater. I hated to see that

[9YRPLAN]

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I hated to see that too. That was almost as bad as the way the dome emptied with a couple minutes left in the 4th quater. I hated to see that

try going to carver. the people over 30 that are actually there stay for 20 minutes.

[Kyle]

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Man, if someone wrote on this board that the sky is blue and the grass is green you would have to come up with a way to disagree with them...

It's no use Brett, they will never see the light. If a UNI fan said it, it must be wrong...especially if it degrades their Righteous Hawkeyes.

[TH1974]

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It's no use Brett, they will never see the light. If a UNI fan said it, it must be wrong...especially if it degrades their Righteous Hawkeyes.

ouch......

[06panther10]

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How about the fact that it was just a regular season non-conference b-ball game. There shouldn't be THAT much dissapointment. If you want to be depressed, think about Delaware and the semi-final football game we should be playing tonight....

[BCPanther]

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I tried to watch part of the Appy game and it hurt way too much... That should be us... I am planning on watching the SIU game tomorrow, but I fear I will have the same feelings...

[9YRPLAN]

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yep, not even watching it. i cant even imagine how the seniors feel.

[06panther10]

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Same here....tried to watch......couldn't.

[D Panther]

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The fustrating thing is that the UNI has always had to play 3rd or 4th fiddle to the rest of the state. So those of us us who are passionate about UNI athletics have a hard time understanding fans that brush us off. It is disappointing that corporations buy prime seats and never use the them, but I don't know how to fix the problem as UNI needs the money.

[FOTY]

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The fustrating thing is that the UNI has always had to play 3rd or 4th fiddle to the rest of the state. So those of us us who are passionate about UNI athletics have a hard time understanding fans that brush us off. It is disappointing that corporations buy prime seats and never use the them, but I don't know how to fix the problem as UNI needs the money.

Is it a possibility for the ticket office to include a ticket donation process with their season tickets? The ticket office would take any tickets donated back to them and either resell or give them away to a Cedar Valley youth. Some of these companies donating money to UNI are not based in the Cedar Valley (many in CR or DM) and unable to get people to every game. If they were unable, the company could advise the ticket office that their tickets are available and they could be taken as a donation....

Just a thought to fill the seats....

[anthropanther]

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I know as far as cooperate tickets go for GPAC stuff, so not sure if althletic tickets work the same way, the business doesn't pay exactly for them. For example, a couple years ago the Bossard managers all got tickets for front row Orchestra seats, umm the first 4 rows all the way across actually, to Miss Saigon by the sponsoring hotel in Cedar Falls because the President for Bossard who is located in Switzerland stays there all the time. Now while the rows were filled up I'd imagine the actors would have felt much like the Panther fans did if the managers and their families did not come. (my dad is a manager for Bossard)
Now I happen to know that this cooperate ticket handout stuff actually causes pretty hard feelings in the long run. For example everyone at Bossard knew about the tickets and knew that no floor workers were getting tickets, just the dress shirt people.

I know there are some in the Dome as well that are blocked off for companies so it doesn't surprise me that McLeod center works the same way. What does bug me is that the Hawkeye fans got nice fancy seating!?!?!? What the heck, if I remember right, it may have changed, doesn't our own student seating kinda stink for comfort?? Why should the whorkeyes get better seating??

[clenz]

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The student section comfort isn't great. It is wood benches with no backs, but we stand pretty much the whole game. It does suck though if you get the when the doors open to get a decent seat, and have to sit there with no back for an hour and a half

[larrygaffey]

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The boy dressed in UNI apparel and cheering for Iowa was Sam Buser's son i.e. Community Motors....................

Just to set the record straight, Sam Buser's kid was not the kid you guys are talking about. Buser is a huge supporter of UNI athletics and his kids wouldn't cheer for the Hawks. I was at that game and saw them. There were other kids there who's dad works at another dealership that might have been who you saw. Busers are at almost every game and huge UNI fans. What the hell are you pickin on kids for anyway.

[3ballkaboom]

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To FOTY and clenz...I like your ideas...especially the one relating to the donation of tickets. I have season tickets and it PAINS me to miss games, especially if I can't find someone to take the tickets (for instance the game post UNI v Delaware football). If there are season ticket holders who aren't going to use the tickets...so be it, but there are plenty of people who want to go who might not either have the schedule availability to make EVERY game or the games in the Panther Pack or have the opportunity to get in on the purchase of season tickets. If you're not going to use them, let someone know. And the ticket office or PSC office seem like two reasonable places to coordinate that effort. Yeah, it'll take some work, but isn't filling the arena a great mission? And like I said, it PAINS me to not be able to use my tickets, and rather than call and email everyone I know, it would be nice to fire off a single email or make one call and know that they'll be used by some happy Panther fan.

Even if the dollars aren't going to change, ticket purchase wise, one extra person who might not have otherwise gone who gets a free ticket and buys a soda is one more soda than you would have sold before. And one more pair of eyes on the court, one more fine impression made on someone who might cough up the cash in the future, and one more person who might shed their Iowa or Iowa State gear in favor of a more flattering shade...PURPLE!