ILL State Game Attendance?

[FMPanther]

What?

I think you are all a bunch of nervous nellies. If you don't think it's safe to go to the game, then don't go. But don't bad mouth the University because they won't cancel the game to accommodate your personal opinion about driving in inclement weather. I'm sure that the Valley and the NCAA have policies and precedures in place when dealing with the decision whether or not to cancel an event.

Nervous nellies? I live here so it makes no difference to me.

Whatever policies and procedures are in place that say it is ok to hold an event on a night like this aren't worth the sheet of paper on which they're printed.

[TravelingPanther]

From the sounds of it...they will be playing with no crowd.

no, we'll be there. that makes 5 plus you guys.

[TravelingPanther]

I mean closing the doors to the public entirely.

why would they do that? i'm sure it would be possible, but if people want to come, let em.

[TravelingPanther]

There will be 750 people there... TOPS....

it'll be just like old times!

[BCPanther]

I am so glad that we will be able to bring that Sweet Indiana State atmosphere to the McLeod Center

[unigriff]

from what i hear, there are no more student tickets available. and 2ndly...students can't sit in the purple seats for mens games. Womens its GA but mens, we have no chance...but id be up for courtside seats if possible

[PantherChic]

from what i hear, there are no more student tickets available. and 2ndly...students can't sit in the purple seats for mens games. Womens its GA but mens, we have no chance...but id be up for courtside seats if possible

With the chance of such little attendance tonight, they shouldn't care where anyone sits. As long as you get your seats if you have tickets, then who cares.

[PantherChic]

And they should be going up and down the halls of the dorms handing out GA tickets to any student who wants them. We need this place loud tonight and if more students could come, that'd be great!

[DrewDog]

We are not going to be there, so the ticket office could put two students in our seats. Can we email the ticket office and let them know?

[TravelingPanther]

Then again if it's quiet they'll hear me yelling 3 seconds when they park in the lane and might actually call it.

[uninisg]

if the student section acutally sound out (and what source do you have griff, I was told by Leon Costello on Monday only 150 had been requested) then they will be given open seats. All members of the athletic department have said if students show up and seats are availible then they won't be turned away.

[GonzoCat]

Sorry Gonzo, but your one post sure seemed to say that and I took offense. If that's not what you meant, then that's fine. Either way, this weather stinks and is making a lot of Panther fans very unhappy!

I said "maybe this is where the term fair weather fan came from", I did not mean to imply that anyone who decides not to attend is a fair weather fan, I was just pondering about the origin of a common phrase. I can understand how you took it that way and I am sorry. My next words in that post were that I'm not coming, so I would be calling myself a fair weather fan as well if that's what I meant.

I am in agreement with Rob Weiss and JCPanther on this thread. UNI is in a tough spot here. If they have the game I don't think anyone should take that as encouraging people to drive. I also think it is each individuals right to make the decision for themselves. Obviously if a particular road is closed you can't decide to go ahead and take that road anyway. I don't think people who decide not to attend are wrong in anyway, but I don't think they should be calling people who decide to attend idiots and recklessly endangering the world in general.

As someone just pointed out, the stores are all probably doing a booming business right now, are those stores guilty of encouraging people to drive by remaining open?

As I said before people have different levels of winter weather driving tolerance, there is no right or wrong answer here, nobody should be out driving if they aren't comfortable doing so. As long as the local authorities do not shut down the local streets, people who are comfortable driving in this weather have the right to do so. Generally the main streets stay pretty safe by virtue of a lot of people driving on them. Cars melt ice and snow.

Be careful out there.

[TravelingPanther]

Good thing I bought that monster truck when I won the lottery.

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

Usually how this goes: The people on here calling others "nervous nellies" will "brave" the elements, and on the way to the game, get in an accident or slip on the ice on their way into the McLeod, then sue the University for creating an unsafe condition...

[GonzoCat]

That's usually how it goes? How many times have we had this situation and how many such suits have been filed against UNI? That's kind of funny coming from you, given your name.