POLL: Which Alabama Home Game Do You Want to Attend?
by kleph on Jul 8, 2010 6:31 AM CDT
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PrintAlabama is rolling out a new and improved Bryant-Denny Stadium for the 2010 football season and were so excited to check it out that we can barely sleep at night (it's either that or the caffeine). There's a heaping helping of great games lined up on the home slate this year just waiting for you and some 101,000 of your best friend to enjoy.
And the post-national championship hysteria should ensure that each and every game should be an event every Crimson Tide fan would want to experience. (That and stopping by Egan's before and after, of course.)
So if you only were able to hit T-town one time this season which game would it be? The first matchup between the Crimson Tide and Penn State in a generation? The 2009 SECCG rematch with Florida? The Iron Bowl? Heck, given the new digs, even San Jose State is looking pretty nice.
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are you gonna be in on Friday there are something I'd like to show you around town
by chinesedentist on Jul 8, 2010 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't fall for his GHB lines...
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
tee hee hee
so ‘show you around town’ is a euphemism?
Since joining the Big Ten, Penn State has a record of 103-2 in games where they score 30 points or more. Of course, which college football team doesn't have a similar record.
It's a bitch, man
He’s the resident Bartender to the Gods™ so he can always spike your Zima.
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 9, 2010 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Same, bringing a Penn Stater with me
We’re doing the game in State College next year, too.
As will I
And probably every game except GA State.
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk.
by That Other Dave on Jul 8, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Florida, Florida, Florida...
I figure the odds are good that I can see a 20-10, 17-6 final during most of the SEC slate (OM, So. Car., etc). And, let’s admit it, Penn State is the closest thing to an SEC team north of Mason-Dixon.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 7:53 AM CDT reply actions
more than a few hawkeyes might disagree with that assessment...
and have a very good argument to back them up.
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They are West, silly.
Iowa is the closest current B10 team to an SEC squad (well, since Jay Paterno decided to run the spread). I would love to play the Hawkeyes, hell even in the snow: Over/under on forward passes? 8.5.
It seems to be a game that would make Saban all warm and fuzzy…
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 8:06 AM CDT up reply actions
if we did get to play iowa
i’d want them down here in september and then us go up there in november. lets see what a real home field advantage will do.
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Since I went to the SEC Championship game last year...
…and saw Alabama decimate the Gators, I would prefer to go to the Penn State game this year. I just need to find some tickets. If anyone has any, let me know. :)
We have a bus rented
From Bham for the Nittany Lions. Can’t wait.
Auburn fans are like slinkys... not really good for anything but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
From a Penn State fan
I have looked forward to the Alabama series more then any other game we’ve had scheduled in 3 seasons. So the feeling is mutual — two historic programs with so much tradition and great fans. I can’t wait to be there in 2011 for Alabama’s trip to Happy Valley.
Do you want the mustache on, or off?
Too bad.
It's not a toy...
It makes real cupcakes, with a 40 watt bulb, and there’s icing packets. But the secret ingredient is love. Damn it.
If I had to choose one and one only..
I’d choose Penn State. First of all, it’s a night game. Second, I’d rather meet and chat with fans from a different region. And it’s not every day you get to see a coaching legend in person. Oh yeah, and Joe Pa will be there as well.
by yellowhammer on Jul 8, 2010 8:36 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
We are lots of fun
Thank God I'm a "Too Country" Girl
by letsgopsu on Jul 8, 2010 9:08 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I voted for Penn State
Buddy called me with an extra ticket on Saturday morning, booked my flight to Bham from Tampa an hour later. Will be in T-Town Friday night and will be stopping by Egans (and by stopping by, I mean drinking a crap ton). Just thinking about what the atmosphere will be in newly renovated BDS on Sept 11 gives me the goosebumps.
that's a helluva' buddy...
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions
word I'll be there (egans that is)
For a while Friday night, I open 8am sat morning though so I have to get a little rest
by chinesedentist on Jul 8, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully there will be a little meetup scheduled
a la A-Day this year. I always enjoy meeting people I interact with over the Interwebs.
by bumblebeetuna on Jul 8, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure we can do that
I can get the vip treatment
by chinesedentist on Jul 8, 2010 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
As a penn state fan planning on heading down I'm a little nervous
I’m guessing tickets will be extremely hard to come by since this seems to be the home game most Bama fans are looking forward to
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
They're all extremely hard to come by
I'm wrong all the time.
by PeteHoliday on Jul 8, 2010 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You'll find one
But you’ll probably pay dearly
by bumblebeetuna on Jul 8, 2010 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions
what my plan is
to start drinking heavily with some Bama fans. Obviously Southern Boys can’t drink like us from the NE, so when they are too drunk to go to the game they will sell me their tickets cheap.
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
We're Southern...
…even the ladies can out drink you…
by Queen of the Universe on Jul 8, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Or you'll wake up 6 hours later
with indescribable pictures of a camel in drag and a country girl doing Jager shots off your stomach.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll be holding it down at Egans (bar) next to campus
Pop over you would be surprised the market for tickets and sometimes you make a friend over drinking and they have an extra.
by chinesedentist on Jul 8, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I will definitely stop in for a few cold ones
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
We're Southern...
…even the ladies can out drink you…
by Queen of the Universe on Jul 8, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
clearly...
…I’ve started already. Cheers!
by Queen of the Universe on Jul 8, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Remember
When it comes time to sell a kid that dowries are expensive. Hope that helps narrow down your choice.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
well here is to hopefully having all boys
and not having to worry about dowries
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
Was a toss-up between Penn St and FL for me
Voted for Florida just because of the SEC implications.
The Process of Champions
Same here.
That and it’s going to be a night game! I know the PSU game will be special, but I can’t imagine BDS being anything but pure insanity for a night game with FL.
Dammit, you got me pumped up just thinking about it!
I hope I don’t peak too early! How long till kickoff?!!!
Penn State Wanted!
I was at the 79 Sugar Bowl and it was so awesome. All of the Penn State fans were cool and I love JoePaw. (Great pic above). Looked at tickets but (gulp!) not sure I can justify the cost even tho’ it is worth it.
Bama's Pluck and Hrit have Writ Her Name in Crimson Flame
Too young to have seen it happen live
But this is indeed college football at its finest— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICkQWWRgapM
Penn State!!!
I’ll be in Alabama, and soooooooo trying to find tickets.
by Queen of the Universe on Jul 8, 2010 10:19 AM CDT reply actions
Thankfully,
I don’t have to imagine a scenario as horrid as only being able to attend one home game. It’s good to be a student: $25 season tickets.
"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life." - Ronald Reagan
by batkinson on Jul 8, 2010 10:33 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Ridiculous!
How did tickets go down over the last decade?
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
How does it work?
Select games? Cupcakes with one or two conference/oocs? OOCs only?
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
This changed after I left, so I’m not 100% sure, but I thought that there were two packages now, each with ~half of the home games, and you picked one or the other.
I am also pretty sure that not all students are able to get tickets anymore.
When I was there it was every student, every game, $5 a game. Shame we sucked while I was there.
I'm wrong all the time.
He said it wrong. It’s $35 for the season. Freshman and first-year grad students can pick one of two half-season packages. However, every other student gets the full season at $5 a game or $35 for the season.
Interesting — I thought for sure I had heard that some students weren’t getting any tickets these days. Maybe that’s changed with the stadium expansions?
I'm wrong all the time.
I left in 2000
after finishing off grad school: we had one option, and it was $35 all-in. First come, first serve.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep...
then it was campout-at-Coleman time for the sell off of the single game tickets. Oh well, not like that was the only time most of us had awakened on campus, disoriented and surrounded by people we didn’t know.
I miss setting up the tent
for the SECCG, drinking all night with 8-10K of your best friends, orgies on the Coleman lawn…that was truly what you envision when you imagine a college experience.
"Hush now, let it go now. I know it's time to go. Time to let this fall from my hands" VNV Nation, "From My Hands"
by Stuck in the Plains on Jul 8, 2010 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
This spring...
When student tickets went on sale, the ticket office/SGA went all out to make sure those that qualified for tickets could get them. Last season, if you were a student and you sold your ticket more than 3 times to a non-student, you lost your privileges to buying postseason tickets, this season’s season tickets, and this season’s postseason tickets.
So, as a rough number, there were about 14,000 students that qualified for tickets (undegraduates and graduate students), and 13,000 tickets. Freshmen, transfers, and first-year graduate students had to choose between two packages. I think one full season for home games was $35. They haven’t sold the away game student tickets yet, however.
by CaliforniaTide on Jul 8, 2010 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Last season, if you were a student and you sold your ticket more than 3 times to a non-student, you lost your privileges
Did they track usage too, or just whether or not you sold them to a non-student? i.e. was it better for you to simply not show up rather than sell to a non-student? If so, that surely didn’t help with all those games where we saw vacant seats in the student section (which is a dang disgrace, I’ll tell ya.)
Tickets are no longer paper
They’re on your student ID card. You can upgrade for a price, or you can transfer to another student. The problem is that you can’t upgrade after Thursday, so if you’re one of those students who are lazy (most are), you forget to do this and then the only people you can sell to are other students. This problem is compounded by the fact that the transfer must be done online. Who’s going to find a seller and then go back to their computer on gameday?
Long story short, the vacant seats are entirely a product of the new ticket policies. Before, students could simply hand their ticket to someone else. Now it’s a big hassle.
I'm a jackass...
..they were $35, I don’t know why I wrote 25. Momentary insanity I suppose.
"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life." - Ronald Reagan
by batkinson on Jul 8, 2010 9:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
All that empty space in the student section
is from the frats and sororities that leave early to go party, they have assigned seats for the Greeks at UA, when my ex first came to Bama (7 years ago) we could get 2 sets of season home tickets (he is a professor at UA) the year Saban came they cut it to 1 set.
Voted Penn State
Since we have a newborn, not sure how many games I will make this year. Since I have to be picky I am going to go with San Jose and Penn State because its going to be hard to beat the last time UF came to the Capstone. San Jose State just to be at the new BDS and listen to the roar when they announce the National Champs comin out of the tunnel. Penn State just so I can say I saw the JoPa coach (since I went to J’ville for the FSU game).
Of course, if I had to pick just ONE game if someone was to offer me my pick it would be the PSU game (or a ticket to AZ for the BCS game will do)
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GO SOX!!
Wow
Twice as many people want to see Georgia State as want to see Mississippi State.
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PSU, because...
…I have not missed a PSU/Bama game in this state…was at the last at the Old Grey Lady in ’88…Derrick Thomas ran wild on Tony Sacca all day long…they could not stop him.
MSU tickets available
Or at least they were available on July 5th on the MSU website for less than buying them from UA. For those of us without season tickets, it’s an affordable way to see a Bama game in T’town. RTR!!!
Can't wait to hear Joe start tellin stories about Bear again
And to have a few drinks with you fine people!
Since joining the Big Ten, Penn State has a record of 103-2 in games where they score 30 points or more. Of course, which college football team doesn't have a similar record.
I wish the San Jose St game was not a home game.
As I live in San Jose and have no chance of seeing them play otherwise.
You are joking right?
Bryant-Denny Stadium has sold out every game since 1988.
"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life." - Ronald Reagan
by batkinson on Jul 8, 2010 9:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
got tix to the opener
in our shiny new stadium but really really really want to take part in the penn state history in the making….so i’ll just meet y’all at egans cuz i sadly just dont see it happening
"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban
Does it put joy in your hearts that Auburn is third in this poll?
Also: They’re selling season tickets in movie theaters now. Wonder how many games they’ll sell out?
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