You can wish in one hand and crap in the other.
Student Section Complaint Thread
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I actually think its more realistic than you think. Not all the SEZ folks are big donors. Its open to Cardinal and higher. They end up paying their donation and then pay extra for seats they don't even use. Make it a poll if you like. ask any SEZ club member if they would prefer to pay $400 per club pass only ($999-$599 ticket difference) and then allow them to buy either normal seats like everyone else in their level for their other $599. Or let them do $275 and have upper corner seats. Or let them do $200 for hillside/GA meaning they just stay in the club basically. I promise you that not many would prefer to stay at the $999 price and sit in the EZ. Lots would take the $600 club only
You could actually just wish and crap in both hands if you chose to.
Put a second deck on the club and they can lounge up there or venture to the corners. Would need to raise the scoreboard just a smidge.
I sat in those seats since the SEZ was built and in the same area for years before that. We could hear the band and the first down chant and participated in both.
And that's the deal with sound -- it's just vibrating air, and can be affected by seemingly innocuous things like direction, hard/soft surfaces, temperature, and wind.
We've been very surprised the minimum donation has stayed at $750. It will be interesting to see if that continues or if they will increase the minimum donation and, if they do, how many will move? Part of me hopes they do - we'd like to move our SEZ seats to a higher row.
Last night on the Coach's Corner, Pollard said that due to the suites they would lose around 1000 seats if they moved them across to the west, which was the main reason for not doing this.
I've heard people make the argument that "the people complaining about the student section being quieter probably used to be closer to them than they are now". I sit near the 50 yard line on the west side which would put me about equidistant between the two locations. The old student section seemed much louder and had a much larger presence. I've forgotten we have a student section multiple times this year because they are shoved away in the corner. It makes a huge impact in my opinion.
Just a reminder to everyone that the athletics website has a gameday fan feedback section. If this issue gets raised to their attention by enough people, maybe changes can be made to fix the problem.
cyclone power isn't gone, they tried it at the baylor game. unfortunately they did it right when they played the intro video/music for the team to come out. Cyclone power is right after the band plays.
I think it would be best to put the students on the west side on the flip side they were last year. This way they can cheer when the team runs out and close to the band still. Plus we need the noise on the open side of the stadium.
I think it would be best to put the students on the west side on the flip side they were last year. This way they can cheer when the team runs out and close to the band still. Plus we need the noise on the open side of the stadium.
They raised the ticket price though. It seemed like there were a few openings this year so I question if they raise it much.
The regular crowd needs to do more and play along with the band chants. Home games in Jack Trice only happen 7 times a year at home. Get loud and play along get off yo butts.
The poor band is all alone now with no one to play with.
And how much is the conference really paying us to move the student sections? If it's not hundreds of thousands it's not worth it. Get better security if you think it's that big of a deal.
The poor band is all alone now with no one to play with.
And how much is the conference really paying us to move the student sections? If it's not hundreds of thousands it's not worth it. Get better security if you think it's that big of a deal.
A few, yes. We have a group of 4. We moved into SEZ when they increased the ticket price thinking that would help our chances. We also increased our donation level above the minimum that year so we could help ensure getting seats. We stayed in that donation level hoping this year we could move a few rows back/higher up. No such luck. We’re taking about trying it again one more year and then deciding if we stay at that donor level for the parking or go to the minimum $750 level.
Yeah, these are really unintelligible and have been basically forever. They need to keep that part short and scripted - like a "let's gooooooooooooooooooo" type of yell or something, because it's a mess.
