Students leaving early: What gives?

Submitted by Bando Calrissian on November 3rd, 2018 at 5:37 PM

At the game in the concourse, watching a steady stream of hundreds of students walking out the gate and down Greene St. It’s halftime.

What is wrong with you?

Section 1.8

November 4th, 2018 at 8:54 AM ^

And; whatever "kinda sucks" about the Stadium experience in Brian Cook's view is not peculiar, or even applicable, to the students.  (Cost of tickets, time pressure, TV-directed kickoff times that screw up out of town plans, etc.)  Then there are the things that all of us have to endure.(tv timeouts, digital connectivity in and around the Stadium, etc.)  By the way; these complaints are absolutely true for every televised football game in every big stadium in North America.

Whatever "kinda sucks" about the Stadium experience; it is mostly the same for the students and the general public.  But the students arrive later, and leave earlier every single week.  It's their right to do that, but for my part I really don't care to hear any of the "up in back" complaints from a demographic group whose basic attendance isn't even all that good. 

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LSAClassOf2000

November 3rd, 2018 at 5:58 PM ^

When I was an undergrad, I only left a game early once. Coming down with what would later turn out to be salmonella will do that. Otherwise, no.

I would be interested to know if there was some event though. 

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Section 1.8

November 4th, 2018 at 9:02 AM ^

I don't buy the thing about how it is a "bad view" from the student sections.

Here is what I know, for sure and personally, from having been a student in the 70's and having been a season ticket holder for a couple of decades since.

In the 1970's, students with senior status got to apply for section-and-row-numbered seats that were closer to the 10 or 20 yard line in the northwest corner of the Stadium.  And they jumped on those tickets, and chose them for the better view.  And underclassmen chose rows that were higher up in the corner so as to get better views.

Fast forward to the era of smartphones, and what we see is students treating the section as general admission, and jamming down as low into the first rows, and then as near to the front rows as possible because... I don't know.  It isn't for the view.

 

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FauxMo

November 3rd, 2018 at 9:15 PM ^

Young people are strange and they scare me! I miss the old made-up days, when me and 50 other perfect white people stayed at the game until told to leave by a large white man who we all respected for no reason I recall... 

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Ibow

November 3rd, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^

We watched on TV tonight and the student section actually looked full all night.

On the other hand, have to admit we’ve been to 3 home games this year and it emptied out pretty early for those games. 

 

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njvictor

November 3rd, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^

Some students will leave the game early if it's a blow out against a bad team and I understand that. Some people also leave early because they're just not that interested in football and used it as an excuse to drink. I'm really not sure why students left early today besides that it was cold and became a blow out?

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ppToilet

November 4th, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^

I'm not sure things are so different than when I was a student about 30 years ago. I came late to the noon games because I was waking up somewhere, heading back to the dorm, nursing my hangover then waiting to walk over (the dorms are kind of far from the stadium, btw) with friends who weren't ready yet. When I got there, the upper seats were mostly empty and people crammed in wherever.

The 3:30pm games were tough to get to on time because there would be a party and beer involved prior. Usually not checking my watch (and no smartphones then, of course) and only headed over when the mass of everyone headed over. I think I stayed for the whole game, but I might have left in the 4th quarter if it was a blowout. Inebriation or its consequences might have been an influencing factor.

I've been a season ticket holder the whole time since then (and had been going to games since I was a kid). I stand and yell pretty much the whole game (I'm not obstructing anyone's view) and even had some "fan" say we were being too loud today. So, I'm not worried about the students and they can stay on the lawn...The kids will be alright.

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