Meyer says The Swamp is College Football's best atmosphere

[soflagator]

This argument doesn’t hold water when you see other schools have student sections who are just as crazy as they were 10, 20, 30 years ago. Those schools actually allow kids in that didn’t get 1600 on their SAT’s.

As he said though, that does have an impact. You don’t see that at any other southern school except TxA&M. Even Alabama players commented on it last year. Between the luxuries of cable, the weather for the first two months and the new student body, it was inevitable. The northern schools would face a lot of the same issues if the regular season extended into January, especially if they weren’t winning.

An easy solution would be, as suggested, cutting the students section. They clearly don’t want to be there, and I’d rather see kids and families that are never able to go, in their place. We’re forcing an issue.

 

[oxrageous]

As he said though, that does have an impact. You don’t see that at any other southern school except TxA&M. Even Alabama players commented on it last year. Between the luxuries of cable, the weather for the first two months and the new student body, it was inevitable. The northern schools would face a lot of the same issues if the regular season extended into January, especially if they weren’t winning.

An easy solution would be, as suggested, cutting the students section. They clearly don’t want to be there, and I’d rather see kids and families that are never able to go, in their place. We’re forcing an issue.

Make the student section small and exclusive enough that the kids that really want to go are battling over the slots. You make sure every seat is filled with a lunatic that is thrilled to be there and had to fight for it.

 

[CGgater]

Make the student section small and exclusive enough that the kids that really want to go are battling over the slots. You make sure every seat is filled with a lunatic that is thrilled to be there and had to fight for it.

Or give a midweek deadline for students to buy their tickets before they are offered to the public.

 

[soflagator]

Make the student section small and exclusive enough that the kids that really want to go are battling over the slots. You make sure every seat is filled with a lunatic that is thrilled to be there and had to fight for it.

I say do one of those spelling bees. Only the catch is the further you go in the competition, the less likely your chances of getting a ticket. Win it all? Enjoy watching Bravo all day at home.

 

[B52G8rAC]

uhh.. when were you there? I don't remember anything 'southern' about UF from my time there except for the kids that came from Georgia and Tennessee.

68-73. Coat and tie for football games.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Make the student section small and exclusive enough that the kids that really want to go are battling over the slots. You make sure every seat is filled with a lunatic that is thrilled to be there and had to fight for it.

I remember as an undergrad being frustrated with the constraints on student section tickets. We were loud and rowdy. The alums had nothing on us. It’s a shame what it’s become. What will it be like in 20 years when the current students aren’t buying season tickets? Ghost town in the stadium.

 

[ufgator812]

I remember as an undergrad being frustrated with the constraints on student section tickets. We were loud and rowdy. The alums had nothing on us. It’s a shame what it’s become. What will it be like in 20 years when the current students aren’t buying season tickets? Ghost town in the stadium.

The “alumni” side (West) has always been restrained. I sat in John Reaves’ block of seats more than one time and was told to “sit down and shut up” a number of times. I had not been told this since grade school and wasn’t told this again until I got married.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I sat in John Reaves’ block of seats more than one time and was told to “sit down and shut up” a number of times.

Ridiculous.

We didn't sit the entire fvkking game and it was hotter than hell.

Heck, we snuck people in and I don't think it was physically possible to sit down bc there were extra people in the damn row.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Or give a midweek deadline for students to buy their tickets before they are offered to the public.

Do they not still have a lottery for student tickets?

 

[CGgater]

Do they not still have a lottery for student tickets?

No clue how it works these days, but I seem to remember somebody posting within the last few seasons that the student tix are exclusive to students and never offered to the general public. Seems to me that unsold tix should at some point be offered to those who actually want to watch the Gators play.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Do they not still have a lottery for student tickets?

My son was able to get student season tickets with no problem. He did not order them fast enough to get a ticket for the WLOCP however. No idea on single game tickets, but I can ask him if he knows.