We could be tied with OSU at half and IU fans would complain about too many cumulonimbus clouds and leave.
I don't think think our actual attendance is that bad considering our history. The reasons our fans come up with to leave early are dumb though. There have been threads complaining about how awful 3:30 kicks are and complaints about football being an outdoor sport, so I don't even know if winning will totally change things for some people.
I can sort of understand why some people would leave at half. IU dominated but was one point down. It was sort of depressing. But I was shocked at how many left in the second half right after FIU converted a a 2 point conversion to tie the game. Most of these people didn't have small children that needed to get home. If you're going to leave when the game is tied, why come at all.
That's my big gripe. If you can't handle not constantly being up by 30, why even waste your time?
Why are pass outs that permit re-entry to the stadium permitted anyway. No other stadium allows it. IU should forbid it like every other stadium.
And a very slow moving game. I left at the end of the 3rd quarter and it was already 10:45. Lots of penalties, time-outs, incomplete passes, injuries, etc... This one really dragged on.
Thought I was going to burn up last week. Bough froze to death this week....lol. Gotta love Indiana weather, but it sure is nice to be 2-0
It is a Saturday night so who cares if you get home at 2am. If you go to the game stay for the whole game and root your team on and stop being fair weather fans.
We stayed til the end and got back to Columbus around 1:15. Needless to say, traffic was NOT an issue!
I would be there if I could but being a divorce parent of two teenagers without financial support I have to use my money for different things like saving money for my kids college. I have been to many sporting events in my life time and I never once left before the final gun has sounded and I don't see why anyone would pay that much money and leave early. I have been to many NCAA tournament games and I would stay to the very end of the games even #1 against #16 deeds even tough most was over by halftime.
I have been a fan of IU football as long as I have been a basketball fan. What I find funny is how the football only fan tries to blame all the problems with the IU football program on the basketball program. I just don't understand why people can't be fans of both and try to root for both of them instead of trying to battle between the programs.
I understand totally but it seems like this fan base complains about start time no matter what time the game starts. People hate the noon start because they have to get up to early to get to the game. People complain about afternoon starts especially early in the season due to hot temperatures. It just seems like our fan base complains about any thing because it just seems like some are not really football fans. As for night crowds just look at the games on ESPN or ABC and those stadiums are filled and probably nobody complaining. I just think it is an IU thing because we are usually so bad in football that all the fans have is complaining.
Sound to me like you are the one complaining. We are supposed to understand your situation while you don't want to understand other people's situations. Like someone else said, I don't need to be out driving at 2:00am. We left at the end of the 3rd quarter and got home at 12:45. We didn't leave because of the "play" of the team. I have my "situations", too.
Like I said I can understand that but no matter what times the game starts there are people complaining about the game time. If I was attending the game I don't care what time the game start because I love sports and I am going for the fun of watching the game in person. I use to go to mid night madness when the practice actually started at mid night and under RMK it was actually a 2 hour practice and we stayed until the very end and that was around 2am and I had a 2.5 hour drive back home.
I'm with you, I stayed till the end and what a ending... I can't remember us having shutout quarters since the Mallery years..looking better each week. Our freshman d-backs will get older and stronger,.
How old were you then or even now, for that matter? I'm in my 60's and midnight doesn't even agree with me very much. Most of us old folks don't need to be on the road at 2am.
So now you're bitching about the fans that ARE there?
You know you're trying to talk sense to a moron, right? Give it up - arguing with him is like arguing with a pig. Pretty soon you're both dirty and you realize the pig likes it.
