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Skipper

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  1. I was at both of those (although a kid for UH so hard to gauge). 08 was fantastic. Tech last year was solid. Bama '22 was elite despite being hot as hell. If you are adjusting for daytime/heat factor that might have been the best. If we bring that Bama energy to a night game watch out.
  2. The indie rock purists are upset!
  3. There were more than 6 scanners at C. Probably 10 or more. I've been on East Side more often and not and entry hasn't been much of an issue. I'm almost positive the last time I was on West gate B wasn't bad either so that is where I tried first before pivoting to C. I don't know how anyone could have predicted that the morons in charge of the cotton bowl would put (and then leave)10 or so scanners at C with only 2 at B but that's what they did. 45 minutes before scheduled kick should be plenty of time to be in line to get into stadium, even that stadium under construction, with borderline competent gameday management. But guess I'll just plan on at least an hour next year.
  4. Not a name I've heard in well over a decade. I just figure CDC knew he didn't need to draw any more people outside the stadium than will already be down there for this one.
  5. The fantastic sight lines from damn near any seat inside that stadium (unless behind a column) almost make up for the shitshow that is everything else. I'm optimistic they can improve some with these renovations. It doesn't have to be perfect and it should never be "comfortable". But it shouldn't be a shit show either. It's a pretty low bar.
  6. The easiest method is to purchase from whichever third party resale site has the relationship with the team As the tix can be put up for sale via your ticketholder site and presumably transferred automatically upon purchase. For Texas games that is Seatgeak. For Stars/Mavs games, that is Ticketmaster for example.
  7. I don't think many at all have any desire to ever see that game moved. We just want them to fix it or hire someone that is borderline competent to manage gameday. I'm perfectly fine with being uncomfortable and crowded. It should be. But running out of water at some locations before kickoff on a 95 degree day and wondering if you are going to make it in stadium in time despite being in line 50 minutes before kick shouldn't be that hard to fix.
  8. All very true. But this is where CDC and Joe Castiglione have to just say no more excuses just fix it. You need to pay $100/hour to get enough people to show? Fucking do it. This wasn't my first rodeo. It was my 26th straight Texas OU. I'm well aware there is always a jam to get in if you want until 20 mins before kick so always start that process around 45 till kick and never saw anything like yesterday at Gate B. 2 ticket scanners and a cop with probably 7-10K people coming from 3 directions. I'm glad I trusted my instinct to fight back through everyone that came behind us and look for other options. Of course I didn't know if the other gate would be just as bad so it was a bit of a risk. Once that situation developed, it was a fireable offense to whomever was in charge to not pivot more scanners to that location and/or have SOMEONE direct traffic to Gate C that was 4X the size with 5 or 6X the ticket scanners and probably 1/3 the traffic. I noticed game didn't kick until closer to 2:45. I wonder if that was to let more people get in given the clusterfuck outside or just a TV thing?
  9. My concern is that improvements can't fix general incompetency of whoever is in charge of managing gameday. Someone that had a year to plan around construction to make the best of it thought it would be a good idea to station a grand total of 2 ticket scanners at Gate B which is always a choke point. Pure idiocy.
  10. This was what they did for the Winter Classic. Of course, the difference was there wasn't a fair going on. I love it in theory but don't know how it could work.
  11. There are pretty simple solutions in my opinion: 1. Fix entrances/exits. Hopefully the renovations help from an infrastructure perspective. But with the current set up a lot of problems can be fixed with more staff. Pay Cowboys stadium employees whatever is needed to come work for the day. There was simply no excuse to not have more people scanning tix to alleviate the pregame bottlenecks. 2. Fix bathrooms/concessions. Again, hopefully the renovation helps but they simple have to figure out a way to get more staff. You shouldn't have to risk miss a quarter of football to run to restroom and grab a beer or whatever. Texas has certainly improved this significantly over the past several years at home games. 3. Cap non-game attendees or increase pricing to reduce from that perspective. This is the one that will be hard to accomplish because I have no doubt the vendors make an absolute killing on this day. But it's a real problem that seems to have gotten worse post-Covid. As others have said, I can't fathom having a family 'fair day' during Texas OU but every year clearly a ton of people there that don't care about the game.
  12. Gate B was an absolute shit show pregame. We got there by probably 1:45, waited 15 minutes and barely moved. I think the gate was smaller than normal due to construction but I swear those fucking morons only had 2 people scanning tix and there were thousands trying to get in. I realized the situation and fought back through the crowd around the food court then went in gate C without much delay at all. From the concourse up above, I was trying to direct Texas fans to ditch gate B and pivot to C. It seemed like few realized what I was doing and left but most just rode it out. There is no way most made kickoff despite trying to get in 40 minutes before game. That is just flat out unacceptable. Absolute incompetence by the Cotton Bowl staff. They should have had 4X more ticket takers there + crowd control directing people to gates with smaller lines.
  13. Yep. I've never seen anything like the momentum swings that can take place inside the Cotton Bowl. It's what makes the game great.
  14. For sure. But it is just indicative of their mindset. I think Sark is a lot closer to that mindset than his predecessors.
  15. This stat is indicative of how differently OU approaches this game than Texas does at least since the start of the Stoops era (and has clearly continued under BV). They had shit for a backup (an even more raw JA) and an injury riddled QB with significant concussion history. They knowingly risked their season running DG time and time last year because beating Texas is all that matters. That approach is a big reason why we are 9-16 in this game since Stoops took over.
  16. Yeah, that game kind of started our long national nightmare of shit OL play that lasted until the Sark era. We just didn't quite know it yet as Colt was able to mask it that season outside of that game and the Neb Big 12 Championship game where Suh just toyed with our interior line.
  17. Maybe 2009 (Colt's senior year). Don't recall spread but we were a much better team on paper that year I think and barely won.
  18. 9-16-1 here. Time to get a streak going the other direction. We're due. Forecast looks brutal for Saturday. Glad I made the decision to go west side with shittier seats than east side where I usually sit once I saw the 2:30 kick.
  19. This is the same to some extent every single year. They are poor.
  20. Wow. played in 2 early games where he didn't attempt a pass? Great management of a FR QB OU.
  21. 2nd time I've seen this mentioned. I guess he didn't redshirt last year? I assumed he did as little as he played but guess not
  22. Sports "inequality" is a hot topic no matter the level. Starting at Kindergarten redshirts, to high school "transfers" or Allen refusing to split up their high schools, all the way to Tampa Rays fans bitching about the Yankees payroll and lack of a real salary cap in MLB. Or 90% of CFB teams bitching about Texas NIL. That's my point. It's a successful argument because everyone already has hot sports opinions (literally) about inequity in sports. So throw transgender and the mere thought of a "male" dropping 30 and 15 in a girls high school playoff game (regardless of whether it is actually happening or not, as it isn't) and it's a winner to fire people up that aren't going to research whether or not there is an actual issue.
  23. This 100%. The reason this is an effective strategy is because the concept of inequity as it comes to sports is absolutely a winner at a base level without gender issues layered on top. Are some of people against this super transphobic? I'm sure. But we had a little league game earlier this week where our 2nd grade boys team played a team with a bunch of known 3rd graders on it that were mashing and a bunch of the moms got all pissy about it. Kind of like Highland Park parents (among others) are purportedly notorious for kindergarten "redshirting" their boys for sports purposes and enjoying that advantage in youth sports (which similarly gets people outside of highland park all pissy as I've heard this get brought up/bitched about in 3 or 4 different settings). So you take a concept like sports inequity that draws people offsides anyways, slap transgender on top of it, and of course it accomplishes exactly what they want.
  24. I think it's as simple as being one of the few 'MAGA' positions where there is likely pretty clear majority support to the extent there was actually an issue. If, in reality, you had biological males playing against biological females across all sports for 2 or 3 teams in every district with many of those biological males being really good players and dominating games, it would be an actual issue that would be unpopular as the majority (even non-MAGA) would take the position that seems inherently unfair. Of course, that's not happening in the real world. But trying to pretend it is an issue is a political winner and we live in the year 2024 where online outrage about shit like this gets people fired up. It is what it is.
  25. This. Keep the fucking negative press on this douchebag leader and their ridiculous demands and you aren't going to risk many votes with the government intervening. It's hard for anyone looking at this objectively to think that the ILA are the 'good guys' given these demands and demeanor.
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