Texas AD Chris Del Conte

[Machinator 32097]

 

[SoCalHorn 40]

Do any of you fucks complaining about CDC remember Steve Patterson?

[KYHorn 16857]

Anyone catch what ol Kevin said? He deleted within 5 mins of CDCs reply.

 

[Bevo14 8274]

maybe he'll pass this shit off to some interns soon

[Machinator 32097]

[Tex Pete 20167]

6 hours ago, gecko said:

CDC’s rather defensive posture on twitter on this issue seems out of character. This whole subject and the resulting criticism seems to have hit a nerve with him

I’d say it’s because idiot student created the major safety issue at the LSU game by acting inhuman and the staff has had to respond to their stupidity. He’s trying to protect them from themselves, and all they can do is be assholes. 

[Pato del Muerto 52338]

Big ticket I assume is the current nomenclature for what was the longhorn all sports package when I was gracing the 40 with my presence?

i liked having the student season ticket. Maybe have sections for student season ticket holders who prefer having an assigned seat, then another section GA for those that like to show up in a group?

Assuming it’s a decent split, that should lessen the strain. 

[Tex Pete 20167]

18 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Kevin, you are nowhere near as important as you seem to think you are. Your parents should have beat that ass. Act like a grownup. 

[TtomTerrific 200]

this has our own private Idaho Listeater potential. 

[Bullneck 18987]

Since this wasn't a problem when I was a student and it doesn't seem to be a problem anywhere else right now, can someone explain why there are such issues getting people into a stadium?  

[Machinator 32097]

2 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Since this wasn't a problem when I was a student and it doesn't seem to be a problem anywhere else right now, can someone explain why there are such issues getting people into a stadium?  

Was it general admission seating when you were a student?

[Bullneck 18987]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Was it general admission seating when you were a student?

'81-83 we had the ticket draw.  You took your ID (and others if you had a group) to Belmont whenever they opened the ticket window and gave it to the staff.  If you had a group of 4 people they would pull that number from that giant chickenwire drum I referenced in the game thread and handed it to you.  Somehow they kept track of who had drawn tickets. But you had an assigned section (I'd have to look to see if they had seats).  

Tech had general admission and gave you a book of tickets to everything at the beginning of the semester.  You had to show up early to Jones Stadium to get the seats you wanted.  

 

I'll go dig out some old stubs if I can find them.  

 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Pig Bellmont 8691]

5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Plus no listeria 

[GreenspointTexas 9559]

15 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Haley is a goddamn moron

[Pancho 44454]

Who the fuck is this

 

[Machinator 32097]

3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Who the fuck is this

 

That could be any of about 10,000 people tweeting at CDC over the last 24 hours

[GotThatFire 166]

15 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Plus no listeria 

or aggy

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

3 hours ago, Bullneck said:

'81-83 we had the ticket draw.  You took your ID (and others if you had a group) to Belmont whenever they opened the ticket window and gave it to the staff.  If you had a group of 4 people they would pull that number from that giant chickenwire drum I referenced in the game thread and handed it to you.  Somehow they kept track of who had drawn tickets. But you had an assigned section (I'd have to look to see if they had seats).  

Tech had general admission and gave you a book of tickets to everything at the beginning of the semester.  You had to show up early to Jones Stadium to get the seats you wanted.  

 

I'll go dig out some old stubs if I can find them.  

 

79-83 checking in to confirm, but I never saw the chickenwire drum. True or not, that becomes part of my old man lore. 

Edited September 23, 2019 by ImissWallyPryor

[MirrOlure 14618]

79-83 checking in to confirm, but I never saw the chickenwire drum. True or not, that becomes part of my old man stories. 

The drums were right behind the people working the ticket booths at Belmont. As I recall, they had one each for two, three and four ticket bundles. You hand them the ID’s (with sports pass stickers on them), they’d reach into the appropriate drum, and hand you 2, 3 or 4 tickets, rubber banded together, randomly drawn assigned seats.

 

Genius in its simplicity.

[mininghorn88 2263]

I was there from 84 to 88. My recollection is that we would take our student ID’s to Belmont and would draw tickets. I forget how many ID’s we could take to sit as a group. We would have different seats each game. The OU game was a lottery if memory serves me correctly.

The only time that you could sit in generally the same location was if you signed up to do the flash cards.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21781]

Assigned seating only works if the students actually show up.  And by show up I don’t mean stroll in just before halftime.

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

I just never saw the drums. Shoulda lifted my Ray Bans, I guess. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

1 minute ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Assigned seating only works if the students actually show up.  And by show up I don’t mean stroll in just before halftime.

Then do what someone suggested earlier. If your ticket wasn’t scanned by a certain time, you get some sort of penalty for future draws. 

[BurntOrange&White 39614]

Assigned seating only works if the students actually show up.  And by show up I don’t mean stroll in just before halftime.

This assigned seating is a joke and you get a shitty atmosphere because of it

[Goodman 3273]

3 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

Haley, you are an embarrassment. If you want that crap, transfer to bcs.

[Bullneck 18987]

21 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

The drums were right behind the people working the ticket booths at Belmont. As I recall, they had one each for two, three and four ticket bundles. You hand them the ID’s (with sports pass stickers on them), they’d reach into the appropriate drum, and hand you 2, 3 or 4 tickets, rubber banded together, randomly drawn assigned seats.

 

Genius in its simplicity.

Thanks. I couldn't quite remember how they divided the tickets in different bundles.  Sweatergawd, I recall the "Athletics package" or whatever it was called was dirt cheap.  

19 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

I was there from 84 to 88. My recollection is that we would take our student ID’s to Belmont and would draw tickets. I forget how many ID’s we could take to sit as a group. We would have different seats each game. The OU game was a lottery if memory serves me correctly.

The only time that you could sit in generally the same location was if you signed up to do the flash cards.

That's right.  Only the OU game was different.

Edited September 23, 2019 by Bullneck

[Gravy Train 974]

5 hours ago, Machinator said:

 

Fuck off, Gunter.  

1. Sanford is dumpy in comparison

2. Washing the stadium out in red is gimmicky

3. Burnt orange is among the most difficult colors to replicate with LED lighting and often requires a fourth (amber) emitter

[Girdwood 118]

Lol at anyone that thinks CDC himself is on twitter responding to this horseshit.

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

1 hour ago, Gravy Train said:

Fuck off, Gunter.  

1. Sanford is dumpy in comparison

2. Washing the stadium out in red is gimmicky

3. Burnt orange is among the most difficult colors to replicate with LED lighting and often requires a fourth (amber) emitter

Unfortunately, the comments are almost unanimously in support of Gunter’s shitty idea. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

1 minute ago, Girdwood said:

Lol at anyone that thinks CDC himself is on twitter responding to this horseshit.

I’ve become a bit skeptical myself, except what staffer invites the Tweeter to stop by his office?

[Girdwood 118]

1 minute ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

I’ve become a bit skeptical myself, except what staffer invites the Tweeter to stop by his office?

A staffer that knows that student will run into no less than 3 receptionists when they try to “stop by the office.” 

[MirrOlure 14618]

Assigned seating only works if the students actually show up.  And by show up I don’t mean stroll in just before halftime.

Well, whatever in the fuck that was Saturday night didn’t work either, and was as bad if not worse than anything I’ve witnessed in 30+ years of attending games as an adult (the student apathy years notwithstanding).

They need to completely start over

[MirrOlure 14618]

Assigned seating only works if the students actually show up.  And by show up I don’t mean stroll in just before halftime.

Well, whatever in the fuck that was Saturday night didn’t work either, and was as bad if not worse than anything I’ve witnessed in 30+ years of attending games as an adult (the student apathy years notwithstanding).

They need to completely start over

[Armybrat 40725]

Like you just did?

[Queen Bitch 1692]

I’m just going to keep adding that in the VY years, students had “group” season tickets and it worked perfectly.  You and your friends created a group via the internet the summer before, you got your season tickets e-mailed to you, and you got to tailgate and stroll in 10 minutes before like everyone else.

[Machinator 32097]

1 minute ago, Queen Bitch said:

and you got to tailgate and stroll in 10 minutes before like everyone else.

The problem is that students would often "stroll in" well after the game started. That's why the change was made to GA seating in the first place.

[Queen Bitch 1692]

Well I’ve never seen a literal entire section completely empty through a quarter (half?) of an otherwise crowded football game, so I’m not sure this is better? 

[MAUFRAIS 6573]

The problem is that students would often "stroll in" well after the game started. That's why the change was made to GA seating in the first place.

Guilty as charged. Missed Cory Redding’s flip touchdown because I got too stoned. The roar from outside sounded pretty cool though.

[RollLeft 5040]

43 minutes ago, Queen Bitch said:

Well I’ve never seen a literal entire section completely empty through a quarter (half?) of an otherwise crowded football game, so I’m not sure this is better? 

User name checks out.

[Chuckie Finster 22598]

Everyone claiming that "back in my day we did this!" is leaving out the very important detail that for decades, we had one of the least intimidating home crowds in the country, and student participation was a key reason.

We had general admission last season and none of this was an issue.  General Admission combined with the SEZ construction combined with a bunch of entitled twats with a twitter account whining about safety caused the problem.

We've got a month to figure this out before our next game, although I doubt any of the remaining games will have the same enthusiasm.  I imagine that these last two games will be  small blips on the radar and will be forgotten in the long run once the EZ renovations are complete.  I'd much rather have an AD that listens to complaints and tries to fix things (sometimes will unsuccessful results) than someone like Steve fucking Patterson.

 

[texifornia 56488]

12 hours ago, Gravy Train said:

Fuck off, Gunter.  

1. Sanford is dumpy in comparison

2. Washing the stadium out in red is gimmicky

3. Burnt orange is among the most difficult colors to replicate with LED lighting and often requires a fourth (amber) emitter

My friend at the game said the effect was really cool in person. And he's an ND fan, so no real dog in that fight.

[Thermos H. Christ 478]

On 9/21/2019 at 11:49 PM, Machinator said:

 

at first I was like whoah they're gonna build a huge fuckin screen and then I realized the actual field image was the same size as now and they're just putting in extra ad space because lol of course they are

[NorthLoop 14083]

Anyone who says the student sections sucked during the VY/Colt days is only remembering the Iowa State 11am snooze fests - and we had a lot of those. For a game like okie state with a 7pm kick, the student sections were packed by kickoff and were loud as fuck. 

Can you imagine how empty the stands would've looked this weekend had this been a morning kickoff? You think students would've lined up at 8am to get in? Now imagine that same scenario, except we're playing Kansas. 

[Armybrat 40725]

As I recall in 1962 & 1963, the first home games had no reserved student seats, just first come first served with your $15 Blanket Tax card. After that, the $2.50 student seats were reserved spots. Can’t remember when or where we got those, but I think it was a game by game draw. Too much alcohol in those years.

i do remember the shittiest location they gave me was row one of the wood bleachers in the south end zone. The cinder track ran around behind that setup, and the tennis courts were situated behind the little wood frame scoreboard where the field house is now.

Edited September 23, 2019 by Armybrat

[DaysOff 7851]

Does anyone know how those idiots in state college and college station assign student tickets?

[Zone Read 298]

1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

We had general admission last season and none of this was an issue.  General Admission combined with the SEZ construction combined with a bunch of entitled twats with a twitter account whining about safety caused the problem.

 

Maybe if you had two kids in that crowd of students that turned into a mob you'd be whining about safety.  Maybe you're too young to remember the 1979 Who concert in Cincinnati.  That concert sold 14 thousand general admission tickets with 1 entrance gate.  The numbers here were similar.  Color me an "entitled twat' if you think being concerned about my twins' safety is silly.

[MAUFRAIS 6573]

ET ok for short?

[RoundRobin 828]

So, are these twin girls or....

[Hank Scorpio 17721]

3 minutes ago, Zone Read said:

Maybe if you had two kids in that crowd of students that turned into a mob you'd be whining about safety.  Maybe you're too young to remember the 1979 Who concert in Cincinnati.  That concert sold 14 thousand general admission tickets with 1 entrance gate.  The numbers here were similar.  Color me an "entitled twat' if you think being concerned about my twins' safety is silly.

Sounds like something an entitled twat would say. Also: