Public Service Announcement: If you have Gators season tickets, don't sell them to USF fans
by mlmintampa on Sep 8, 2010 10:41 AM EDT
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PrintThere are a few reasons why a Gators season ticket holder would not want to attend Saturday's game against USF; the hot-as-hell noon kickoff, the compelling 3:30 TV games, a boring offense and a cult leader making Gainesville look bad that night.
I understand. As a student who had season tickets, I missed one game in my sophomore year (FAMU) and missed half of the LSU game my junior year to watch a Yankees playoff game. Here's the thing; I never sold my ticket. One look at Stub Hub today and you see plenty of season ticket holders who are selling their tickets. Since the beginning of the season, the USF tickets have cost as much as LSU.
You know what that means. The commuters at USF will have no problem getting on I-75 and treating Gainesville like they did Tallahassee last season. This is their field trip to a real football school in a real college town. Last season, about 15,000 USF fans showed up to see the Bulls upset FSU. I was at the game, and while I was pleased to see FSU football dying in front of me, the amount of USF fans floored me. Not only that, they ripped off their hand sign from Texas and spelling chant from FSU, which makes them easy to be annoyed by.
This isn't the first time a commuter school came to Gainesville thinking they had a chance to win. In 2006, the Gators defeated UCF, 42-0. UCF kids came to Gainesville hoping to party and maybe see their team win. But when the Gators easily took over, the UCF fans turned. I remember at least four fights in the UF student section. At halftime, my friend Natalie asked me to sit with her in the north end zone student section because guys were harassing her. I realized what she meant when I got there and she was surrounded by about 20 UCF fans. After shouting down a few UCF fans, we left. Yes, a Gator fan, in their own stadium, had to leave because of the visiting fans.
I'm not saying USF fans will do the same, but I'm thinking the pilgrimage of USF fans will rival Miami in 2002 and 2008. It is better to take the loss and not sell your tickets, than to contribute to allowing visiting fans in your stadium. You wouldn't let strangers sit in your La-z-boy, why would you let them sit in your bleacher seat? If you really have to get rid of your ticket, give them to future Gators who can't afford a ticket.
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15k USF fans at Tally?
UF education at work. You can’t count.
James Wilder, Jr today Kelvin Taylor tomorrow. Sorry UF!!
Say what you want...
But there were easily 15k USF fans at that game. Check the media reports, whatever you like. I was there, and the USF fans were out in force.
Lots of Gator fans at the FSU game.
15k is like the O’Connell center filled and then some. There was more like 8k there. Those bastards were crazy loud so it felt like 15k but it wasn’t.
James Wilder, Jr today Kelvin Taylor tomorrow. Sorry UF!!
Also, I like how the story is about USF-UF and an FSU fan comments about a perceived slight to FSU. Defensive much?
mlmintampa
UF C/O 06
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USF Fans, in my experience...
…have an unusual approach to football. They’re very fair-weather, don’t really understand the game, and are blessed with a surprisingly good team. They also get to watch said team in a really nice stadium where—btw—you can buy beer during the game.
This seems to mystify them when they go to other stadiums that have no alcohol sales. Apparently they feel like they have to load up before the game, and then get irrational/belligerent right before and during the game.
I could be wrong about this, and it certainly doesn’t generalize to ALL USF fans. But watch the number of girls passed out at the game this weekend, surrounded by their friends trying to revive them. I bet you it’ll be higher than most visiting fan bases.
Any time the topic turns to beer in stadiums my head hits the desk.
It’s unbelievable. People actually get worked up about this. Take care of business at the tailgate and you don’t have to worry about buying $8 beers where the money doesn’t even end up in USF’s pocket.
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by Jamie DeVriend on Sep 8, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
normally I'm with you on this issue
Why can’t you enjoy your drinking at the tailgate and then come into the stadium to watch some football, not wait in a concession line?
But one does have a valid argument in a noon kickoff game.
I’m not one who goes to concession lines at any sporting event. Maybe one or two trips at the most, but if the line is somewhat long…I will just say “Screw it” and go sit down.
The Once and Future King
Anyone with Tickets
to spare, I’m willing to take them off your hands and go to the game, I’d love to, and I’m a Florida Gator, my wife is 35 weeks pregnant with our first (a boy, and future Gator, start em young raise em right) I’ve actually never had the privelege to go to a game in person (I know it is sad), I’ve had many opportunities but each time I had something else come up. So if you want to, I’d be honored to go, if you can give me two tickets, so I can take my wife, that’d be Christmas!!!
Get out of my House!
by ECFIVESTER on Sep 8, 2010 12:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dude
PLEASE do not take your 35 week pregnant wife into the Swamp for a noon kickoff in early September!! No charge for that sound advice.
Oh, and congrats on the pending birth of your son!
I agree. That’s bad to take a pregnant wife to a game like this.
And yes, congrats.
The Once and Future King
Thanks
I guess it would give me another excuse to drag her along at a later date, if I didn’t take her.
Get out of my House!
Thanks
I didn’t even think of that, I’d rather take my dad anyways (don’t tell my wife that)
Get out of my House!
I’m not a Florida lifer, so my first game at UF was not until I was a student. That said, when my Dad and I took a campus tour during my HS senior year, the Cicarone who gave the tour told us you could drive up on gameday and get two tickets from scalpers.
When we finally went to a game my father was blown away by the atmosphere. He has been to the World Series, Stanley Cup, Giants, Jets and Bucs playoff games. But nothing matches a Gator game. You have to do it eventually.
mlmintampa
UF C/O 06
http://www.alligatorarmy.com
USF will always get people to go to games like this one (FSU, Miami…etc). A big time game in-state, they don’t have to travel that far, they will always have a decent amount of fans at a game of this type. I’m not worried about it.
The Once and Future King
I remember the '95 UGA game in Athens
I looked over the side of the upper deck at halftime to see thousands of disgusted fans in red and black streaming out of the stadium. It was awesome. We then spent the second half basking in the beautiful fall weather (spread out with plenty of room), and then went and watched the Braves clinch the World Series a few hours later. It was a fantastic day for this Atlanta Gator.
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…& its dismissive, arrogant attitude towards other, smaller programs is why most people want to see UF fail. Im apparently the only one who remembers the pre-90’s era of Gators football, when beating UGA & FSU made the season but was anything but certain. Go ahead & look at the Bull Gator donation list, count how many actually attended Uf.
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Guess what? I feel the same way about Packers, Panthers and Falcons fans when they come to Bucs games and Flyers and Devils fans at Lightning games. I don’t want other people in our building. I would think other teams would feel the same way.
What does being a Bull Gator have to do with this? I don’t care that Lemerand never attended UF or Griffin did not get his degree. Just don’t come into our building and root for the opposing team or sell tickets to fans of the opposition.
mlmintampa
UF C/O 06
http://www.alligatorarmy.com
So
by your logic, noone should go to away games. In any sport. Ever. Because the home team fans might get upset at their presence? How dare they show dedication to the team by, say, driving from Tampa to Gainesville to watch a game. Who would ever do that?
by Bull_Gator on Sep 8, 2010 5:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No, by my logic home fans should not sell tickets to visiting fans. Case in point: my incredibly obnoxious performance in FSU’s student section. I got those tickets because FSU students did not pick up their tickets, leaving several hundred for obnoxious Gator fans like me to buy. I should not be in your student section. I also flipped out at a FSU fan (and his UF friends who got him the ticket) in the UF student section after the ACC Refs game. I might have some anger management issues on gamedays.
mlmintampa
UF C/O 06
http://www.alligatorarmy.com
Yeah, I’m a believer in that there shouldn’t be an empty seat at any student section regardless of the school. If there is, then they shouldn’t be allowed to cry or whine at all. That’s kind of funny though that you were able to get tickets in the FSU student section. Awesomeness.
The Once and Future King
Exactly and if you do attend the game as a visitor, at least wait until your team is winning before you act like your team is any good.
"When you argue correctly, you're never wrong."-Nick Naylor
by Hook85 on Sep 9, 2010 6:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Everyone want UF to fall because nobody likes a constant winner.
When USC was dominating, everyone hated them. Now nobody cares again.
"When you argue correctly, you're never wrong."-Nick Naylor
by Hook85 on Sep 9, 2010 7:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I know what you’re talking about. I took a beer bottle off the face thrown by a fat girl from UCF at that game in ’06. True story. Look it up, it even made the Alligator.
by bence174 on Sep 8, 2010 4:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I did call her friend fat, but only in response to something she said about UF. So she literally crow-hopped a throw right at my face. It happened at Copper Monkey. Luckily, the bottle didn’t break but I needed stitches to close the gash right above my eyebrow. It didn’t really hurt, but I was super pissed because it knocked my sunglasses off my head into the parking lot below and I never found them. Was bleeding like a sieve walking down University, much to the horror of the gameday crowd. Refused medical attention and just had my buddy in the vet program stitch me up the next day. She did get arrested for battery and spent the night in county though. Must have been a wonderful phone call to her parents on Sunday.
Wow. That is wow. Copper Monkey, I’ve always liked that place. That sucks about the stitches and sunglasses though. And yeah, must have been a real interesting phone call to her parents the next day.
The Once and Future King
Hey, it all worked out. Got an interesting story to tell out of it, much applause around campus, and we ended up winning the natl championship.
never set foot in the Copper Monkey....
and I didn’t even know about the bottle hurling fat chick problems they had there!!! Now Lavender Mullet, I spent some time there!
It will be easy to spot the USF fans
They’ll all be wearing this sweet shirt
Has anyone seen the final printed design? Or did they just hand draw them all in crayons on wife beater undershirts??!?!!?
Lol
I’m from st Pete, so a bunch of my old friends are bragging about those gay shirts, and how they are going to tail gate before the game. So mlm is right, there might be a lot of bull fans there.
"When you argue correctly, you're never wrong."-Nick Naylor
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