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Message: [QUOTE="JustbrewitMan, post: 5074569, member: 7806"] It definitely wasnt 32K fannies in the seats. But it was a great crowd given: (1) coming off a 3-9 letdown season, (2) a 50-7 drubbing the week before, and (3) threat of rain (admittedly, forecast got better as the week went on, but more than a few people in our big tailgate group bailed earlier in the week and made other plans due to the bad forecast). Pitfalls of an off-campus stadium and a huge blowout, unfortunately (I don't want to open the can of worms for location of stadium) led to the students leaving the stadium earlier. I don't blame them...If I was a student and it was 56-7 at halftime, I'd hop on a bus to get back to campus during halftime too. Lots of on-campus activities/parties/bar scene to get back to. The students have no concept of the torture and suffering the old guard/long-term season ticket holders have gone through. We stayed the whole game to relish the blowout, because lord knows they've been a rarity for the last decade. The current students only know us as a crappy football team and haven't experienced "the way it used to be". Stay and pay $15 per beer to keep their buzz, or head back to the parking lot/campus for cheaper alcohol. Hmmm... [/QUOTE]