Change to Apogee Student Seating

meangreener · August 26, 2013

Western Kentucky doesn't appear to have moved their student section from behind the visitor bench.

They haven't. No school with the students behind the visitors have. Except us. It's also not in the 2013 handbook.

KRAM1 · August 26, 2013

How far are the WKY seats from the team bench? Wondering if that has anything to do with it? Don't know, but often this stuff is much more complicated than what folks on a message board often think it is and involves many many factors. Like I said, have no clue about the situation at WKY. Good find here with the seating chart.

I also know that OSU has not moved their student seats which are literally right on top of the visiting bench at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater...but that is thevBig XII. Different rules, different Conference.

UNT Mean Green · August 26, 2013

WKU isn't in C-USA this year, are they?

KRAM1 · August 26, 2013

Someone want to check out all the CUSA stadiums that play in CUSA THIS season and perhaps the last?

meangreener · August 26, 2013

Well...interesting....was told that CUSA mandated this move...wondering if it is something recently put into place with teams being given a time frame in which they have to make the move? Like I mentioned...often way too many factors involved to just see it as a message board simple solution. But, if not a conference rule for all the teams to enact this year...then why? Inquiring minds want to know. One has to think that Coach Mac likes the students on top of the visiting team's bench, and in football Mac generally gets what Mac wants...so, have to think he is at least aware of this move and why. If Apogee is to be the big advantage Mac wants, then having students as close to the visiting bench seems to make sense, yes?

Can you get us any more information on this? Since this was so late, I'm going to be surprised if they have even sold any "Young Alumni" seats...if they are GA, etc. This could be terrible. Like it or not, the students are the major impact on why Apogee has a huge homefield advantage.

meangreener · August 26, 2013

And, looks like nobody else really has them right behind the visiting section, the current CUSA members, at least. Sorry, don't want to hurt any scholarshipped players feelings.

Edited August 26, 2013 by meangreener

KRAM1 · August 26, 2013

And, looks like nobody else really has them right behind the visiting section, the current CUSA members, at least. Sorry, don't want to hurt any scholarshipped players feelings.

Sort of explains that...looks like a CUSA deal after all....bummer. Thanks for checking it out. Just yell louder...sneak down until someone runs you off...have always found UNT students to be quite resourceful.

Hey, Silver, a new tradition building here...students invading the seats near the visitors bench! Well, maybe not so much...but, resourceful students they are...

meangreener · August 26, 2013

Sort of explains that...looks like a CUSA deal after all....bummer. Thanks for checking it out. Just yell louder...sneak down until someone runs you off...have always found UNT students to be quite resourceful.
Hey, Silver, a new tradition building here...students invading the seats near the visitors bench! Well, maybe not so much...but, resourceful students they are...

Well, honestly, they'll have problems telling the students to move. They get there before the yellow shirts did and last year when one was confused over where the students were supposed to sit, the frat people kind of went off and, well, yeah, y'all get it. It was rough.

I'm not going to the student pride thing tonight, but that's where they introduce the freshman to traditions, songs and tells them where to sit. I know people who are going, I'll keep y'all updated.

Edited August 26, 2013 by meangreener

BeliefBlazer · August 26, 2013

Due in part to this: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3250920

Sorry guys.

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UNTFan23 · August 26, 2013

My biggest problem is that the "young alum" seating will take up 3 entire sections that makes up roughly 1,500 (or more) seats!!! If there was demand for those seats I would understand but I seriously doubt that demand exists. If they were just reserving the bottom half or bottom third I wouldn't be nearly as upset.

Odds are any of these seats that aren't sold off already by game day, walk-ups will be able to purchase these tickets as there is absolutely no way the ticket office will just let those seats sit empty. If I were a (smart) visiting fan I'd run the risk and buy my tickets the day of the game and get to sit behind the team bench. Hopefully the face value of these seats is something like $50 or else the people buying these tickets are getting a heck of a deal.

For the "young alumni" for $30 more you can easily get good seats on the press box side and not have to sit in the sun for just about any football game that has a 3 PM kick-off or later.

meangreener · August 26, 2013

My biggest problem is that the "young alum" seating will take up 3 entire sections that makes up roughly 1,500 (or more) seats!!! If there was demand for those seats I would understand but I seriously doubt that demand exists. If they were just reserving the bottom half or bottom third I wouldn't be nearly as upset.

Odds are any of these seats that aren't sold off already by game day, walk-ups will be able to purchase these tickets as there is absolutely no way the ticket office will just let those seats sit empty. If I were a (smart) visiting fan I'd run the risk and buy my tickets the day of the game and get to sit behind the team bench. Hopefully the face value of these seats is something like $50 or else the people buying these tickets are getting a heck of a deal.

For the "young alumni" for $30 more you can easily get good seats on the press box side and not have to sit in the sun for just about any football game that has a 3 PM kick-off or later.

Honestly, the students will just bleed into it, unless we are going to have an empty section in the middle. The student section seats are death in the heat. I wouldn't pay for them for a 3:00 kick or a 6:00 in August or September. The students bleed into the lower bowl end zone which is paid all the time.

This is confusing, frankly. I don't know what's going to happen. In other news, gonna run by the bookstore and look for the Worm shirt.

Edited August 26, 2013 by meangreener

UNTFan23 · August 26, 2013

Honestly, the students will just bleed into it, unless we are going to have an empty section in the middle. The student section seats are death in the heat. I wouldn't pay for them for a 3:00 kick or a 6:00 in August or September. The students bleed into the lower bowl end zone which is paid all the time.
This is confusing, frankly. I don't know what's going to happen. In other news, gonna run by the bookstore and look for the Worm shirt.

Like I previously mentioned, the ticket office will release the tickets for public sale if not the day of the game, several days leading into the game. Anyone will be able to purchase tickets for those sections.

The ushers are going to have a tough time enforcing this the first couple games as I doubt many students are even aware of the seating changes.

meangreener · August 26, 2013

Like I previously mentioned, the ticket office will release the tickets for public sale if not the day of the game, several days leading into the game. Anyone will be able to purchase tickets for those sections.

The ushers are going to have a tough time enforcing this the first couple games as I doubt many students are even aware of the seating changes.

My point...nobody will sit there until later in the season.

It also won't help they've told students all summer at Orientation about the old student section.

outoftown · August 26, 2013

Western Kentucky doesn't appear to have moved their student section from behind the visitor bench.

WKU is not in C-USA this year, so they don't need to do this. They will next year. simple as that.

MeanGreenGlory · August 26, 2013

Isn't the band in there some where? What section do they fill up?

From the looks of this picture the band sits right off the 30 yard line in section 119:

If this stays the same then just sections 120 and 121 are being reserved for "Young Alumni"

outoftown · August 26, 2013

Due in part to this: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3250920

Sorry guys.

Come on, that is not even football

Edited August 26, 2013 by outoftown

filmerj · August 26, 2013

Isn't the band in there some where? What section do they fill up?

The band will be moved to the corner.

BeliefBlazer · August 26, 2013

I remember when the rule change was announced but I don't remember any incidents at football games. The few instances always happened at basketball.

UNT90 · August 26, 2013

I remember when the rule change was announced but I don't remember any incidents at football games. The few instances always happened at basketball.

So the Pit Crew will be moved also? There goes the only advantage we had in basketball.

MeanGreenMarine · August 26, 2013

I've always been a fan of sitting down low in those sections just so I could yell at our opponents. I graduated in May and I plan on getting down low to continue the hell raisin even if its mostly filled by students. GMG

7travis5 · August 26, 2013

So the Pit Crew will be moved also? There goes the only advantage we had in basketball.

On the website it doesn't show any changes to the Super Pit student section, but that doesn't mean they won't change that closer to basketball season. We'll just have to wait and see.

Christopher Walker · August 26, 2013

So what about the NT40?? Their whole thing was having a reserved section for themselves at the front and along the 40-yard line.

Geez, if this indeed a CUSA rule but we're the only CUSA school to enforce it....

Too many sacrificial lambs in this one.

MDH · August 26, 2013

If this is the case, you would think the AD would be contacting people like me who have 7 season tickets made up of 2010&2011 alums, with me on the recent alum Mean Green Club plan, to ask us if we'd be interested in sitting in this section.....or we could leave it up to me to have actually found this out by coming on here and making the call myself.

This will end well...

Edited August 26, 2013 by MDH

meangreener · August 26, 2013

So what about the NT40?? Their whole thing was having a reserved section for themselves at the front and along the 40-yard line.
Geez, if this indeed a CUSA rule but we're the only CUSA school to enforce it....
Too many sacrificial lambs in this one.

Forgot about them. This won't be enforced.

MeanMag · August 26, 2013

Don't worry folks. It's a non-enforceable rule. What are they going to do. Ask "young alumni" to produce their UNT degree at the game? How do you actually determine who is a "young alumni" and not a student. I think this is just a slick and creative way to meet the CUSA rule but still allow our students to do what they want.

Yep. Edited August 26, 2013 by MeanMag