And it would also remove the student section from where the opposing team enters the field which I think is a huge negative.
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And it would also remove the student section from where the opposing team enters the field which I think is a huge negative.
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Obviously you're in a position to know better than I, but is the student reaction to the opposing team entering really a big deal beyond the initial entrance?
I could be wrong, but I think Iowa has their students on their side of the field. I wonder how other schools do it? If it has that much of an effect, you'd think all schools would do it.
I honestly was a little surprised we stormed the field. We were favored to win. However with that said, it was a dramatic finish and an important win for us and I have to admit I walked down to the field on my way out. It is alot of fun to be down on the field and feel the energy and see the view the players and coaches have.
Move the students to the SE corner and use that as an excuse to re-do the visitors sections. Move most of the visitors to the top of the upper deck in the NE corner. I think ISU is too generous to visitors in the quality of seats that it reserves; I've seen other stadiums really put them up high and away, and we should too.
Added bonus that this would give us an enclosed, all-Cyclone end of the field to try to play overtime on if we lost the OT coin flip - we could always choose the south end. (We should move the visitor seats currently in the SW corner to be higher up, a thin strip along the top of the bowl, as well.)
Added bonus that this would give us an enclosed, all-Cyclone end of the field to try to play overtime on if we lost the OT coin flip - we could always choose the south end. (We should move the visitor seats currently in the SW corner to be higher up, a thin strip along the top of the bowl, as well.)
All good suggestions. You can't move students to the west side, I think those are considered more desirable seats because the sun is not in your eyes. Fans would be outraged if moved from west to east. But students in the SW side would make sense and avoid the mess when they run onto the field. Only negative: horn guy would get moved to the north end. Those of us in the south would miss him on all those Cyclone...... First Downs!!!!!
I have heard horror stories from players having to deal with the Tech students right behind the bench.
Are there suites there? I was thinking you'd put the students in Sections 23-27 and S-O. Move visitors from 26/J/H to N/M.
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You could give the opposing team an alternative route. Use the NW exit and cut behind th eband to get to their locker room. Once field is full it doesn't matter but it may buy then a little time,
No you are right. I was thinking the original proposition would be to move them to directly opposite side of the field so they would be right by the team when they ran out which could really create an awesome environment. Sticking them back in that corner kind of feels like we are minimizing them. I really wish they didn't have to move, I really like them right by the opposing player bench and near their entrance, giving the other team complete hell.
They don't have to move, it's just over reaction by some on this site.
Exactly. I'm not understanding the desire to move the students. It is an advantage to have them in that corner. They greet the opponents as they walk onto the field and off the field (3) times and are behind the visitor bench. All because 1 game year they storm the field and out of 5,000 students 1 kid is an idiot? Arrest the kid, cancel his season tickets and thank the remaining 4,999 students for acting maturely and being responsible yet fun fans. Notice I never once said Iowa State or Okie State in there. This can be a universal policy for any and everywhere.
I think it's fair to say it would be better if the opposing team and students didn't cross paths in a field storm and not have that labeled as an over-reaction. IDK if it's worth moving them or not, that's for some risk-assessment person in the AD to decide, but I can see why they would want to change that up.
Expel the kid, publish in Daily so students know there are consequences for confronting visiting guests of the University, move on.
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This. I'm fully on board with rushing the field. I think it's great, and I don't want to tell fans not to do it. However, deserved or not, Iowa State has had a bumpy history with field/court rushes. And that's going to add a layer of scrutiny that might not exist at other schools. I'm not saying that's fair or unfair, just acknowledging that it exists.
As a result of that, it's not overreacting to see if there are measures that can be taken to mitigate the risks associated with field rushes. That doesn't mean we have to implement them, but there's nothing wrong with exploring that area. It might have only been one student that was arrested on Saturday, but it only takes one to cause an ugly incident. It's Pollard's job to look at the situation, determine the likelihood of an incident, decide what level of risk the school is willing to assume, and make/decline to make changes.
But make no mistake, it's not likely that Iowa State is going to get the benefit of the doubt on any future field rush incidents going forward.
If, for example, we beat Texas in a couple weeks, and rush the field again. If there's another incident with a fan and an opposing player, you can bet Iowa State will be getting more than just a letter as a result. We're in a position now, where any change we make is our choice. You don't want to be in a position where you're forced to change. That's not overreacting. That's just pragmatism.
Should we move high $ donors in Hilton from being on the floor since one of them followed KU players and refs off the floor?
No. No matter where you put people there may or may not be idiots.
