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My big take-away was how much people in the south endzone stomped their feet on the metal bleachers. First time I can recall fans doing that all the way through the game. Ben Bruns talked about how it was built to make noise. Finally, we are starting to use it for our advantage.
You're welcome...along with the furious pounding on empty seatbacks in the SEZ!
 

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Everyone was great in our section. Plenty of space, everyone wore masks.

The piped in crowd noise when we were on offense was odd.

The stadium was rocking pretty good considering the size of the crowd.
 

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Student section looked in full compliance. Purdy's mom was the most visible mask issue on tv coverage to be honest. (Not raging against that, just what I saw)

Purdy’s Dad, in all fairness, also must not ever breathe through his nose.
 
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I had too much fun. Apologies to those around me.
I saw security talk to a few people that attempted to move seats and they did a great job keeping things under control. Masks didn’t seem to be much of an issue.
 
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Only one guy in my section was visibly inebriated and, in turn, had his masked pulled down. Security and some fans took care of it. Mask went back on and all was fine. I really thought the security was great Saturday, and the entire process of parking and entering the stadium was great.

I do wish I had my chairback, but seat cushions and blankets made the bleachers tolerable.
 
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It did feel that the spacing became less "social distant" as the game went on. I'm not sure if people saw open spots and moved to be closer to action, closer to friends or both but it did feel different than at the beginning.
I know it would be an added expense but installing chairbacks for each assigned group of tickets could be a good way to ensure we stick to the seating plan. Never felt uncomfortable however I don't want it to impact future attendance plans.

I personally like the freedom to move. Our ticket group is from all over and a couple opted to stay more distant and moved across the aisle. I may sell my ticket for TT and as an outsider I’d love the freedom to move to a spot away from strangers. Better for all involved.

As long as there is common sense being used by everyone there shouldn’t be an issue.
 

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We got reassigned to new seats, which were more crowded than where our old seats were. Nobody in them.
Same thing with my new seat assignments. 10 people closely grouped together. The wife and I decided to move up about 20 rows to an area where no one was sitting. We'll do the same thing next game.
 

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I think more so than the noise from the metal bleachers in the south endzone I believe people figured out they have a metal back rest in front of them they could bang on to make a lot of noise.
 

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Yeah, no issues. Only concern I had was an older woman a few rows in front of us that struggled with the steps and a few times made it appear she could take a header down them.
I can identify with that. If you have knees that are giving out on you, those steps with no handrail are a real ***** to navigate. I'm fine in Hilton because they have handrails on ALL of the stairs. JTS is a problem though.
 

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It did feel that the spacing became less "social distant" as the game went on. I'm not sure if people saw open spots and moved to be closer to action, closer to friends or both but it did feel different than at the beginning.
I know it would be an added expense but installing chairbacks for each assigned group of tickets could be a good way to ensure we stick to the seating plan. Never felt uncomfortable however I don't want it to impact future attendance plans.
We noticed that the student section in particular became more compact as the game went on. Also, that there were fewer folks on the upper deck (but we didn't really notice if they had moved below).
 

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I can identify with that. If you have knees that are giving out on you, those steps with no handrail are a real ***** to navigate. I'm fine in Hilton because they have handrails on ALL of the stairs. JTS is a problem though.
Handrails are probably needed. I wonder if the aisles are too narrow to make them work.