ConnHusk wrote ---"You hate the fact that people would rather eat, drink, hang out with their friends and meet up with people as oppossed to sitting our fat a$$es on the bleachers for AN HOUR listening to the marching band?"
Well, you've managed to take hyperbole to the next level. For your info, the entire pregame, from first drumroll to kickoff is less than 20 minutes. And more importantly, it is a key part of the pagentry of college football. The serious football schools get it. So now because you and your buddies can't get in your seats for the TV kickoff we have a half empty stadium, and resemble any other typically disengaged eastern school. Watch any other team's TV games where the crowd is weak as the game begins and tell me what your first impression is.
You also said "The fact that you think the ACC, of all things, has attendance prior to kickoffs on their priority list is mind numbing." Well, of course it isn't the dispositive issue, but consider this: Right now we KNOW that we're being considered and scrutinized --and yet knowing all that we, the fans, can't (won't) even try to make a "good impression" by displaying the simplest measure of passionate support.
All of us love the tailgating part of game day. Some of us wish it wouldd go on for several more hours. But if we truly want to be a big time program, we have to act like we want it and get in the stadium before kickoff.