Football Gameday Attire

[RedRoseSAI]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
OK, another "old guy" story.

Thanks for sharing, DA - that was a really nice story!

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by TKEmz894 (in part)
I think the dressing up thing is mainly a SEC thing....

Maybe a Southern thing -- I've seen it (and done it) at plenty of ACC games and games in other Southern schools.

Aw, now I wish this were the thing to do at my alma mater. I love the idea of all the greeks being (well, A- at the game) dressed up, with their dates, etc.

What do you all mean about block seating? Do you have to buy tickets to the game that have specific seats? At Whitewater the games were free, and you just went and sat down wherever.

[TigerGirl52]

Originally posted by TKEmz894
\ I dont know why because whenever LSU scores, and they did a lot last year, everyone throws their drinks forward creating a large wave of cups, coke, ice, and bourbon......Its pretty cool........

Don't you love that???? That's probably one of the best parts of the game...well up until you get smacked on the head with a big piece of ice like one of my sisters did last year. Almost knocked the poor girl out. The funniest thing about that tradition is that everybody spends countless hours perfecting how they are going to get their alcohol into the stadium to put in their cups then they throw it all away with the first touchdown. I've gone home countless times smelling like I took a bath in Jack Daniels or Jim Beam. LOL. Did you hear that they are putting security cameras in our stadium to watch "problem areas" (aka the student section). I think that's the biggest bunch of BS I've ever heard. But then again this is the athletic administration that just created the ugliest logo I've ever seen. I guess the point of my post is that Tiger Stadium is one helluva place to be in the fall. The atmosphere is like no other.

[Cluey]

I have friends that went to school all over the southeastern United States. It was always interesting to me to go to one of their football games and see what everyone considers appropriate dress. It truly runs the whole gamut.

Jacksonville hosts "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" (aka the UGA/UF game) every year. You get to see two completely different types of game day attire in the same place. One half of the stadium is dressed pretty nicely and the other half is wearing tank tops and jeans shorts. It's always a good party, though, and that is the important thing, I guess.

[shadokat]

Being so close to Penn State, we always went up to their games Harmony and PSUSigKap are right...there is no better place to go to a college football game than Happy Valley! The student section is AWESOME, and there's all sorts of fun things...marshmallows being my fav

[auakl]

Originally posted by Ginger
Aw, now I wish this were the thing to do at my alma mater. I love the idea of all the greeks being (well, A- at the game) dressed up, with their dates, etc.

What do you all mean about block seating? Do you have to buy tickets to the game that have specific seats? At Whitewater the games were free, and you just went and sat down wherever.

At Auburn block seating worked in the late 1990s as follows: The Student Government Association assigns “spirit points” to various campus activities, from recycling shakers to participating in blood drives to hanging spirit banners (“XYZ says Roast the Razorbacks!”) on campus, etc. The groups that have the most spirit points at the end of the school year receive “block seating” in the student section for the following football season. The seats are not really numbered but are in Sections and rows (bench seating, there were seat numbers but they didn’t matter), i.e. Section 25, Row R. Based on the number of members in an organization, a certain number of rows would be assigned. Then in the Spring, a “draft” is held for which rows you get in the Student section. The block seats are in several sections below the walkway that roughly divides the lower level of Jordan-Hare Stadium into a upper and lower half. In 1998 you had to have a paper ticket in order to get into the block seating area and it was STRICTLY enforced by campus security. We actually had police officers stationed at the entrances to the sections to make sure nobody got in that didn’t belong to an organization with seats or a guest of such a member. This worked very well in keeping GDIs and randoms out. Later the guards were dropped and the individual organizations were responsible for keeping their rows secured. A LOT of ugly conversations resulted from that decision as GDIs and random fans tried to get in and argue that they could sit there. Grrrrrr.... Any recognized campus student group, from the American Society of Civil Engineers to Air Force ROTC to Habitat for Humanity can participate in spirit points, however, with the exception of Navy(?) ROTC starting in the very late 90s, the only groups organized and dedicated enough were the IFC fraternities. The sororities participated in the sprit point competition, but for some reason I cannot remember a sorority having block seating??? Maybe I’m just forgetting; Blueyes or any other Auburn folks please correct me if I’m wrong. It is great b/c block seating generally isn’t as crowded as the general student section, you get guaranteed seats w/ your brothers and friends in other houses that sit adjacent to your rows and again, the Greeks dressed up and sitting together really makes an impression. And before anyone argues that this isn’t fair (though I would be glad to hear your opinion/arguement as well!), let me say that the advantage to the University community was MUCH greater participation in events for the good of the school or community such as those mentioned at the beginning of my post (blood drives, food drives, recycling, raising money for cancer research, etc...). Again, any student group could participate, some even made half-hearted attempts but they almost always fell flat due to lack of organization and participation. Many of the folks in those organizations who would have participated were already members of socials, and you can probably guess where their loyalty really lies when it comes to getting Spirit Points! BTW, we pay for our student tickets ($5/game?), not all freshmen even get season tickets because there is such demand, usually a package is offered for them that includes the less popular games where attendance will likely be lower (83,000 instead of 85,000+), but not the major SEC games (i.e. Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and LSU). Hope this helps!

Wow, this is amazing. A totally different world!

Very few people actually go to our Football games, so there has never been an issue with seating, or even crowding... you could probably sit in a section all by yourself if you really wanted to.

I'm all jealous now... it sounds like such a cool experience!

[ZTAMiami]

Although football is a big deal at UM we don't have anything like block seating. Greeks sit with all the other students in the student section. Its also super casual. Everone ends ups with the shorts and t-shirt tan

[TigerGirl52]

auakl---

Y'all only pay $5 for block seating??? I think we're not paying $10 or $11 per game. But then again...we get actual seats instead of the benches. That could be the difference.

[auakl]

Originally posted by TigerGirl52
auakl---

Y'all only pay $5 for block seating??? I think we're not paying $10 or $11 per game. But then again...we get actual seats instead of the benches. That could be the difference.

TigerGirl52--

That was what I recalled from my freshman year at Auburn in 1995, I think it was $35 for 7 games. We actually had paper tickets at the time. By my senior (well, 5th year senior, I was a co-op in engineering) year the tickets were electronically added to your student ID card and were charged directly to your Bursar's account along with lab fees, etc... so I can't remember exactly how much it was then. A quick check of the 2002 ticket prices at https://appserv.auburn.edu/athletic/football/index.html gives the student season ticket prices at $70 for 7 home games which matches well with LSU's $10 or $11/game. Note that the above link includes info on block seating as well for those curious. BTW TigerGirl52, what does GEAUX TIGERS! mean? I've heard it for years and never knew, I'm sure it is something obvious but I'm just not seeing it! I tried to look up a French-English translation for geaux but couldn't find anything, thank you!

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by auakl (in part)

BTW TigerGirl52, what does GEAUX TIGERS! mean? I've heard it for years and never knew, I'm sure it is something obvious but I'm just not seeing it! I tried to look up a French-English translation for geaux but couldn't find anything, thank you!

Just say "geaux" out loud with appropriate French pronunciation (i.e., "eaux" = "o") and you'll get it.

[TigerGirl52]

Like Mystic Cat said...sound it out. EAUX is basically the cajun version of "O". So "GEAUX TIGERS" is basically our way of saying "GO TIGERS". Just a simple way for us to distinguish ourselves as the better set of TIGERS in the SEC. (Just kidding of course.) GEAUX TIGERS!!!!

Allison

[CarolinaDG]

Y'all have to pay for block seating at all? Ours is free... but noone ever uses it anyway. Thing is, noone EVER sits where their assigned seats are. We actually laughed at these two ladies once who were trying to tell us that we were in their seat. Number 1: obviously not students, so shouldn't have those tickets in the first place, and Number 2: Noone EVER sits where their tickets say! Usually a pledge from a fraternity will go and save a bunch of seats in the same place for all the guys and their dates. Then again, it's not like we ever sit down!

[TKEmz894]

Is making fun/celebrating our Cajun Heritage in Louisiana...common coon ass names are Boudreaux, Robicheaux, Thibodeaux, and Comeaux....Pronounced Boodro, Robisho, Tibodo, and Como......Its just heritage...cool huh.....