2011 Gopher Game... Let the Planning Begin

[gotts]

I called and asked if they allowed tailgating, they said no. Which goes along with your assumption that drinking=tailgating. You also won't be allowed to use Charcoal grills. It's not the University's rule, it's the City of Minneapolis.

Why so many empty seats? The team sucked.

I'll tell you there were plenty more then 12,000 (67%) for every game(Southern Illinois, Robert Morris). What's your excuse? How many season ticket holders do the Bison have with the recent "success"?

Ill offer you the opportunity to withdraw the argument now... you're just not gonna win!

[mnriverbison]

We travel better than WI and Iowa ...

Maybe as a % of population or school size, yes maybe. But as someone who has witnessed both Iowa and NDSU "take over" the dome, I can assure that Iowa travels in much larger numbers. It isn't even close on face value, and when you factor in the fact that UM ticket holders do not care at all about NDSU and that Iowa is their biggest rival, it speaks volumes. Those Hawkeyes travel

Wisconsin also did a good job of filling the dome. Not like Iowa, but again, I've never seen anything like that last dome game in my life.

[HandoEX]

Maybe as a % of population or school size, yes maybe. But as someone who has witnessed both Iowa and NDSU "take over" the dome, I can assure that Iowa travels in much larger numbers. It isn't even close on face value, and when you factor in the fact that UM ticket holders do not care at all about NDSU and that Iowa is their biggest rival, it speaks volumes. Those Hawkeyes travel

Wisconsin also did a good job of filling the dome. Not like Iowa, but again, I've never seen anything like that last dome game in my life.

I hear people from Iowa just take over handicap bathroom stalls.

[CAS4127]

I called and asked if they allowed tailgating, they said no. Which goes along with your assumption that drinking=tailgating. You also won't be allowed to use Charcoal grills. It's not the University's rule, it's the City of Minneapolis.

Why so many empty seats? The team sucked.

I'll tell you there were plenty more then 12,000 (67%) for every game(Southern Illinois, Robert Morris). What's your excuse? How many season ticket holders do the Bison have with the recent "success"?

OK, OK--maybe Kill will get you guys headed in the right direction. I think we have something between 9K and 10K season ticket holders. Remember, we are just an FCS team. We can't compete attendence-wise with Big 10 schools--no way, no how!

Can you actually "tailgate" (using our mutual, generally accepted definition) at the fairgrounds

[OhFourGopher]

Ill offer you the opportunity to withdraw the argument now... you're just not gonna win!

What argument?

I said that Gopher Fans didn't show up because the team sucked. It's embarassing.

I asked why the Bison fans didn't show up for multiple games either. Seems like a fair question.

[mnriverbison]

I hear people from Iowa just take over handicap bathroom stalls.

that's the game I was at! I saw a lot of drunken shenanigans that night in the Iowa-dominated cheap seats and even I was shocked to read the details of that story. Legendary stuff.

[OhFourGopher]

OK, OK--maybe Kill will get you guys headed in the right direction. I think we have something between 9K and 10K season ticket holders. Remember, we are just an FCS team. We can't compete attendence-wise with Big 10 schools--no way, no how!

Can you actually "tailgate" (using our mutual, generally accepted definition) at the fairgrounds

Wasn't really comparing attendence, just percentage of capacity. But I imagine the Fargo Dome is one of the bigger venues in the conference. Gopher fans come now for the novelty of the new stadium for the big games, but that definitely wore out fast.

There are quite a few people that tailgate in every sense of the word at the fairgrounds. $10 gets you in I think.

I drank out of a gigantic plastic cup at the private lot I used to have a spot in, and we never got in trouble. I have no idea what the Day's Inn security will be like though.

[OhFourGopher]

that's the game I was at! I saw a lot of drunken shenanigans that night in the Iowa-dominated cheap seats and even I was shocked to read the details of that story. Legendary stuff.

Iowa fans are the the worst fans in the Big 10, no question. I actually think it's mostly the Iowa fans that live in the MSP area that cause the most problems.

[CAS4127]

Wasn't really comparing attendence, just percentage of capacity. But I imagine the Fargo Dome is one of the bigger venues in the conference. Gopher fans come now for the novelty of the new stadium for the big games, but that definitely wore out fast.

There are quite a few people that tailgate in every sense of the word at the fairgrounds. $10 gets you in I think.

I drank out of a gigantic plastic cup at the private lot I used to have a spot in, and we never got in trouble. I have no idea what the Day's Inn security will be like though.

That's what we have to do in the westlot of the Fargodome so as not to get arrested, even though the Fargo law enforcement patroling the lot know that we have alcohol in the cups--kinda like a don't ask/don't tell policy.

Thanks for the info on tailgating. I'll save my smack for next fall. Just hope Kill doesn't get his team heading in the right direction before our game.

[gotts]

What argument?

I said that Gopher Fans didn't show up because the team sucked. It's embarassing.

I asked why the Bison fans didn't show up for multiple games either. Seems like a fair question.

Our metro area isn't 60 times the capacity of our stadium, just sayin...