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October 14th, 2008 at 12:59 PM
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Bando Calrissian
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Blue Rage?

Apparently student season ticket interest for Michigan basketball has been so low that the Athletic Department has opened up the Maize Rage bleachers in Crisler to non-students.  For $199, you can be a member of the "Blue Rage," with seating in the bleachers and the overflow seating they hoped to fill with students in the lower bowl. 

According to a commenter on UMHoops.com, student ticket sales were in the 300's...  What's the deal?  I mean, I know the team has been bad, but this is pretty deplorable interest even by Michigan basketball standards...  They should have made student tickets free this season, as the rampant rumors indicated they were going to.  Even if only for returning season ticket holders.  I've personally paid for 4 years of shitty basketball, and am in for a 5th year of being in the piss-poor Maize Rage.  It would have been nice to have been kicked some freebies for being loyal to the program.

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October 14th, 2008 at 1:34 PM
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bsb2002
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the maize rage is so so lame

the maize rage is so so lame

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October 14th, 2008 at 1:40 PM
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Nate-Dawg
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Its absolutely ridiculous

Its absolutely ridiculous that the University of Michigan would charge $300+ to students to attend basketball games period. Nevermind that the team has been terrible.

 I'm an alum of the University of Florida. I paid exactly $0 to go to games in all 4 of my years there. That included both National Championships. Know what?...We had one of the best student sections in the country, the Rowdy Reptiles and consequently one of the biggest home court advantages in the country. It makes no sense for the University to charge students for basketball games, especially if the team sucks. What it leads to is dwindling interest and the disengagement of the most important fans---the students.

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October 14th, 2008 at 1:42 PM
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Nate-Dawg
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I actually think the Maize

I actually think the Maize Rage is really cool and has done a decent job providing a home court edge to our team given how crappy they've been the last 10 years. It looks pretty intimidating on TV and they get pretty loud for their size. I've always hoped that the Maize Rage would expand to include more rows vertically to create a bigger home court advantage. Charging an arm and a leg to students for tickets is asanine at this point in the programs' development.

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October 14th, 2008 at 2:33 PM
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He meant only 300 or so

He meant only 300 or so students had bought tickets.  Season tickets are $99 for students.  They threw in some junk about being entered in a raffle to win some UM/OSU football tickets etc.

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October 14th, 2008 at 2:34 PM
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MGoAndy
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Not $300


He meant only 300 or so students had bought tickets.  Season tickets are $99 for students.  They threw in some junk about being entered in a raffle to win some UM/OSU football tickets etc.

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October 14th, 2008 at 2:47 PM
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Maize Rage is lame compared

Maize Rage is lame compared to what? Compared to what was there before  - which is to say nothing - it's terrific.

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