Pack The Mac!

[Felis P. C. Schorgeri]

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About 3 weeks before the season starts I call the ticket office to find out about ordering season tickets. They are too busy right now they tell me and they take my number so somebody can call me back to take my order. Well that kind of made me mad but guess what? They have still not called me back!! That is just nor right that they could be so bad.

For some reason I would doubt that. Did you give them a call back and ask why you hadn't gotten a call?

[JayJ79]

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We complain often of our football attendance, but even on a bad day we get 10,000 for a football game. Where do those people go during the basketball season?

Some of them are football fans, but not basketball fans.

[achrist70]

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We need a standing only section. The older folks can retain their seating in certain sections. I understand that some people are going there just to watch a basketball game and are only mildly interested if UNI wins or not, but if we could - either formally or informally - put together a section where it is widely known that you are going to stand for most of the game, then I think it would alleviate the "sit down, I can't see" issue.

I believe that is called the student section.

[jegbomb52]

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Some of them are football fans, but not basketball fans.

I love going to basketball games, and I don't miss many home football games. The difference is that I only have to set aside 5 Saturday's a fall. It is an event, not a weekly routine for 12-13 weeks. That being said, I attend 3-4 home basketball games a year as well as the road Drake game, and just this year added Creighton, its kind of like football. I have set aside 5-7 weekends and made it an event. I think you would find this common amongst basketball fans.

Oh, and I have done Arch Madness EVERY year for 7 years, I plan on continuing to do so until I can no longer eat wings or drink beer.

[bobsboy84]

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We need a standing only section. The older folks can retain their seating in certain sections. I understand that some people are going there just to watch a basketball game and are only mildly interested if UNI wins or not, but if we could - either formally or informally - put together a section where it is widely known that you are going to stand for most of the game, then I think it would alleviate the "sit down, I can't see" issue.

I respectfully disagree. This is not the theatre. At sporting events, the crowd is expected to clap, cheer, yell, AND stand. It is so frustrating when this doesn't happen. At a MN Vikings game last year, a mother was telling her young children to sit down and be quiet. I, politely, explained that the yelling, screaming, jumping up and down was the correct and expected behavior at a game. She thanked me and the kids had a great time during the rest of the game.

[TommyT]

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I believe that is called the student section.

Why does it only have to be the student section?

I respectfully disagree. This is not the theatre. At sporting events, the crowd is expected to clap, cheer, yell, AND stand. It is so frustrating when this doesn't happen. At a MN Vikings game last year, a mother was telling her young children to sit down and be quiet. I, politely, explained that the yelling, screaming, jumping up and down was the correct and expected behavior at a game. She thanked me and the kids had a great time during the rest of the game.

Sorry, I may not have been clear. I wish EVERYONE would stand, yell, scream and chant. As you can see, I want the Mac-LOUD. The problem we have is Herb from Dunkerton who just got a new plastic hip who can't stand and Purvis from Oelwein who refuses to stand. If the sit down crew want a section to sit down in, they pay their money and should get one. But we should not be forced to sit down and shut up because of them. That's why I said we need a standing section or sections as close to the floor as possible. I WANT teams to fear coming to Cedar Falls more for the crowd than for the weather.

[panther84]

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I print them off, but have had problems similar to yours with printed off tickets (see above post).

So I went with the on-line ticket purchase. Don't see anyway to print 'em. Looks like I have to go to will-call. Did I do something wrong on my order that I did not get the print option?

[CincyPanther88]

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Sorry, I may not have been clear. I wish EVERYONE would stand, yell, scream and chant. As you can see, I want the Mac-LOUD. The problem we have is Herb from Dunkerton who just got a new plastic hip who can't stand and Purvis from Oelwein who refuses to stand. If the sit down crew want a section to sit down in, they pay their money and should get one. But we should not be forced to sit down and shut up because of them. That's why I said we need a standing section or sections as close to the floor as possible. I WANT teams to fear coming to Cedar Falls more for the crowd than for the weather.

At least they are coming to the games.