Funny Penn St. family in front of me
This is a bit of a long story but my ticket partner and I thought it was pretty funny.
Our tickets are in section 41. 2 rows behind the handicapped section. We have great seats as there is a big aisle in front of us and we are right next to the exit. The other benefit of this area is that there are 2 exits per section making traffic lighter. Anyway, I show up early to watch the band, flyover, etc. A family of 4 PSU fans show up a few minutes after me.
Right away, they are having a discussion with the usher and he seats them in front of us. It turns out they had somehow purchased handicapped tickets, but the handicapped section was full so the usher seated them in the next row behind. Seemed liked no problem at first and they seemed nice enough. The women turned to me, worried that she missed the band, but I explained to her that about 150 extra band members come out early and sit in the stand. The band would be out in a few minutes.
Another 5 minutes go by and she gets the usher to come over. She is upset that she purchased handicapped tickets so she could be right at the rail so her kids could see. She wanted the usher to relocate them to somewhere that her kids could see better. The usher let her know that she was pretty much in the best seats in the area just behind a large aisle. He let her know that her kids could stand up, and that most of the people in the handicapped section in front of them would not be standing up. She didn't seem satisfied with this answer but sat down anyway. After the band and about 5 minutes into the game she blows up and goes over to the usher again. He calls the supervisor of ushers and he comes over and explains the rules of able bodied people holding handicapped tickets. They calm down for about 5 more minutes when she finally stands up, says this is bullshit, rounds up her husband and kids and leaves. A few of us gave her a little golf clap.
Thats the whole story.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:36 PM ^
People are weird.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^
I'm not sure I'd call them "weird" (as you did) or "funny" (as the OP did). I'd call them entitled, unsympathetic, and annoying.
September 26th, 2016 at 2:16 AM ^
that is what I would call her
September 26th, 2016 at 7:36 AM ^
I'd call them Penn State fans.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:39 PM ^
Was it really THAT hard to see?
September 27th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^
It's not hard to see at all. I bring my kids all the time. I would say behind the wheelchair row is the best seats in the house except the wheelchair row. My kids don't really care that much, they just like all the excitement and noise. Her kids (and her husband) didn't seem to care either.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:41 PM ^
Not a bad story, considering some of the crap I have posted on here and have also read. + one
September 25th, 2016 at 9:42 PM ^
She probably thinks paterno didn't know anything about Sandusky too.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
Screw em
September 25th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
Well, as a Penn state fan, she left at just the right time.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^
Just like their former coach, she really didn't want to see what was really going on. They came all this way to see a few minutes???
BTW, FUCK penn state and all their delusional joepa loving fans and cranky families!!!
September 25th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^
your computer, phone and tablet have to auto-populate your PSU sentiments as soon as you type a capital B, right?
September 25th, 2016 at 10:29 PM ^
LOL, my phone does an awesome job of it, thanks Google!
September 25th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
Well 5 minutes into the game it was over right?
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September 25th, 2016 at 9:44 PM ^
I think I saw them as I was nearby in 40 at row 49 which is the second to last before you hit the wall behind you with handicap seating.
There were a couple of psu people nearby. Silent.
I love it when the opposing team's fans are silent because of what's happening.
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September 26th, 2016 at 7:42 AM ^
I sat with Wilton Speight's brother and two friends from Virginia who attend school in South Carolina. They came up for the game. His brother, looks exactly like him (same height, and most importantly, same hair). Nice kids who enjoyed their visit and was impressed by the stadium and the spectacle after being to numerous SEC venues. One of the other guys, who I believe was Wilton's cousin wore a #3 Michigan jersey with "SPEIGHTITI" on the back. He said the company wouldn't put an active player's name on the jersey.
That's my "cool story bro" story for the weekend.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
From A lot of heartache, and possibly nightmares.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:03 PM ^
JoePa..........
September 26th, 2016 at 6:40 AM ^
the heartache and nightmares are only beginning.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
We need to raise the point threshold for starting forum posts
September 25th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
the guy directly behind me kept yelling "BRING OUT THE CHRISTIANS" before PSU took the field.
I'm assuming it was directed at the Penn State administration/former coaches or something but I was under the impression JoePa was Catholic but when in Rome, I guess.
I wanted to remind him that several of our athletes were religious and Harbaugh is fairly outspoken about his faith but this gent didn't seem like logic would register with him.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^
Was it supposed to be a play on throwing the Christians to the lions, e.g. Penn State is about to get killed? Maybe "leading lambs to the slaughter" would have been better.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:03 PM ^
"Burn them alive"
"Crucify them"
"Behead them"
the whole thing seemed inapproprite to me. a bunch of people were shaking their heads around us.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:14 PM ^
that's my go-to chant
September 25th, 2016 at 10:26 PM ^
redacted
September 26th, 2016 at 1:57 AM ^
I've always been a fan of "Give Us Barabbas."
September 25th, 2016 at 10:06 PM ^
My guess was he was making a poorly framed history joke about how in Roman times Christians were fed to the lions for the amusement of those in the colosseum. You know, because his team was going to devour the helpless opposition.
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September 25th, 2016 at 10:32 PM ^
I took it as 'some administrators a PSU were religious, bad thing took place, they ignored it, all religious people would look the other way as well.
oh well. what can you do.
September 26th, 2016 at 2:41 AM ^
I took it as he personally hates all Christians and wants to kill them
September 25th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^
I will be honest - this idea sort of intrigues me. I think we could come up with something that would be realtively witty and in the vein of what the blog would expect. It could be kind of ...well....a humorous sports fanblog equivalent of the old creature features from television long ago (anyone else remember TV20 in Detroit airing these films?).
September 25th, 2016 at 10:51 PM ^
something with Adrienne Barbeau perhaps?
September 26th, 2016 at 1:20 AM ^
I had to run out of the room as the opening camera view slowly panned up starting at the feet of a (now I know probably rubber suited) Godzilla-ish monster becuase I was too scared to see the face. I thought it was channel 50 WKBD though, but then I could be mixing that up with "The Ghoul."
September 26th, 2016 at 8:28 AM ^
The Sunday afternoon? horror movies and Saturday? afternoon creature movies. I thought. Always watched the Godzilla and Ultraman movies.
September 26th, 2016 at 8:13 AM ^
Was that the one hosted by Sir Graves Ghastly?
September 25th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^
That's actually pretty hilarious use of Roman colosseum history pertaining to the slaughter of PSU. I take it you never took "Sports and daily life in Ancient Rome" while at Michigan?
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September 25th, 2016 at 11:26 PM ^
JUB would slay that course
September 26th, 2016 at 12:00 AM ^
I took that class!
September 26th, 2016 at 7:38 AM ^
There were some weirdos in front of us who kissed each other for every point. Maybe they were 50 year old newlyweds or something. Still weird.
September 26th, 2016 at 9:52 AM ^
I can't. There's no cutesies in football fandom.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
Seems logical to have handicapped people sit in the handicapped section. But PSU fans want joepa's statue back too, so what do I know.
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September 25th, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^
And somewhat her husband but he had a choice.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:21 PM ^
He had a choice. He just made the wrong one when he put a ring on her finger.
September 26th, 2016 at 9:54 AM ^
So now I'm praying for the end of time, to hurry up and arrive....
September 26th, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
Yeah I hope I never get to the point where I would let my partner do that to me. Waste all that money and time just to leave because she's entitled. That's the worst part of this story, not the kids or her attitude, but this sad, defeated man.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
Sounds like she was the smartest PSU fan there plus she beat traffic
September 25th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
a Penn State family in front of you than behind you.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^
I see what you did there.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^
Lmao.
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September 25th, 2016 at 11:19 PM ^
Actually, if you wanted unconditional support and veneration no matter your crimes, PSU families are just what you're looking for!
September 26th, 2016 at 7:38 AM ^
Which makes it much funnier. +1 to you!