GEORGIA FANS GET SENSITIVE

“Drunks spew profanity and tobacco juice. Newer ticket holders like us are stuck in the hot sun. There is no place to take kids to cool off except the concourse at the top of stadium, which is full of smokers and drunk sorority girls stumbling around in their stilettos.”

She just described my own personal slice of heaven, there.

At one game last year the regular folks who sat behind us gave their tickets to some friends who apparently weren’t familiar with the whole “being a spectator, live, at the event” thing. In particular as regarding standing and shouting for much of the game. The matriarch of the foursome had the ovarian fortitude to tap me on the shoulder and ask if could sit down so that she could watch the game. That there were 60,000 other people who were also engaged in standing and shouting was beyond her grasp. “Seats” is just a notional appelation, more traditional than descriptive. She clearly did not get that memo.

I am married to a woman who loves football. I apreciate that more than anyone can imagine. We are season ticket holders for the Bengals and love every Sunday. BUT, we do not have kids. When they arrive on the scene my priorities will change.

Especially if we have a boy. The wife will be replaced by my boy and I will teach him the game and how to shotgun a beer better than any of his grade school classmates. This will happen only if he improved his 40 time, benched 225 more than 30 times, and improve dhis vertical leap by an inch that week.

I can’t wait.

must be a slow news day, that article is from october 05.

I must admit, however, that I love the underhanded compliments to Tech. “it rarely sells out.” Really? I can’t believe that the tech fanbase isn’t as rowdy as UGA’s.

They let women and children into football games now?

Honestly, what a whiny bitch. Perhaps she should have considered what they were going to do with the kids during UGA games before they had them.

Any thoughts from the COAN on this, O?

Auburn does the same thing.

It’s protection for the kids. I’ve seen 3 month old infants get severe sunburn in under 15 minutes. Don’t take infants and kids to big-time college football games. Take them to the homecoming games – and stand on the ramps in the shade, and don’t be surprised if they learn a few words they weren’t supposed to. (Of course, the more adept parent will use this excuse when little Johnny is sent home for yelling some explicatives at school – “Sorry, Teach, but he was a little to close to Mike Shula at the last game and picked up a few more words…”)

It is an adult crowd, and they will act juevenile, as appropriate.

Full-priced tickets for all humans is appropriate, as it KEEPS you from bringing your untamed snotnosed crotchfruit from an environment they’re not ready for, especially if you shriek at the thought of plunking Ulysses S. Grant down for admission.

We might not be as rowdy, but considering the on the field product we’ve had the lost few years we are usually drunker, angrier, and much more foul mouthed than we should be.

This lady is the same person that yells at you for wanting to gasp stand up and cheer loud-as-hell during the game.

Oh, and NewAZ….“crotchfruit” might be the funniest thing I’ve heard all week. Thanks for that.

Compounding this woman’s problems, anyone with a thirty-one-pound two-year-old is likely a two-tripper** herself.
 

• (In other words, if she wanted to haul ass, she’d have to make two trips.)

Wait – my boy is 15 months and 28 lbs.
Is there something wrong with him?

FYI – we have taken him to various places that haven’t required a ticket – including airlines.

Wow – that is some crazy ranting on that thread, though.

Thanks for reminding me to take my wife out to a nice restaurant and the kids to the local amusement park before football season starts. Heck, I’ll even throw in a boquet of flowers every Saturday this fall!

My favorite was Captain James T. Kirk’s comment about how her husband is likely chasing women who aren’t crazy.

OT: Orson, I eagerly await your commentary on the gay porn photography on CNNSI right now of the “great” summer bonding tradition at Troy: the enormous water, sweat, grease and ejaculate slip-n-slide. Seriously. It’s OK if you think I’m joking just to avoid seeing it.

There was supposed to be a slash through “gay porn” there. Y’know, to let y’all know how awesome I am at HTML.

Gay doesn’t cover it. It demands a caption contest.

I’ve had the same season tickets at Texas games for 6 years now. 4 years ago, the family in front of us started bringing their daughter, who had to be only a few months old at the beginning.

This last season, she was old enough to stand on the bench in a little longhorn cheerleading outfit and yell at Bevo. “I love you Bevo!!!” My buddy and I have nicknames for everyone in our section, and hers is “Known You Since the Day You Were Born”.

So, I guess it can work out for the best. I’ll never know how a 3 month old survived 4 hours in swaddling in a september home game.

The writer is one of those “3-part-name-chicks,” which means avoid her at all costs. If she didn’t hook up with this loser, she’d be a very angry, and most certainly single broad who enjoys writing programs for the “women’s studies” program at the local juco.

Chris – I hear ya on the naming your neighbors. We’ve got a guy that sits in front of us….

We call him…“P.D.A. Gramps”…He’s an old geezer who brings his girlfriend to games and just hangs on her and smooches all game. they’re like 68. He comes to every other game. His daughter and her husband come to the other games and we gross her out by telling her about her older than piss old man busting moves. COMEDY

But I digress.

AZTiger - BRILLIANT observation on the price for children. Hell yeah, charge ’em 1x extra for every 12 inches below 3 feet tall. So a newborn attending a $40 admission price game would cost about $120.00

That would stop that non-sense.

If I wanted to smell vomit and poo, I’d drink 4 more shots before I walked into the stadium. I don’t want to smell your friggin kid at the game. Or listen to his complaining. Or have him climb all over me.

Those of you screaming about how kids don’t belong at the games and they should be charged extra — I’m guessing you don’t have kids yourself?

I will agree with the top post, “Drunk girls stumbling around in their stilletos” That is a personal fantasy of mine. Multiply by the fact that they are UGA caliber, and you’ve got yourself sumpthin special. I am pretty sure this gal writing the article forgets that she was those same girls back in the day. For SHAME.

JacketDan, absolutlely classic

A couple of comments:

1. My 7 month old is 17 lbs, and he’s right in the middle percentile for weight. 31 lbs for a 2 year old doesn’t sound heavy at all, DevilGrad.

2. The majority of comments are from people who neither have kids nor have been around them. Babies don’t inherently “smell”, any worse than your breath from the pregame tailgate Jack and burgers. If they “smell”, then the parents need to get their ass to the bathroom to change the poor kid, who’s no happier sitting in his own shit than you would be.

3. Parents have an obligation to ensure their kid behaves, and must accept that not everyone in the stadium is going to conform to what they think their kid needs to see. Unruly kid = yanked out of the stands. At the same time, wouldn’t it be better for fans to think up some real good comments, instead of the standard “hey ref, you suck! Fuck you!” Heckle creatively.

4. Your kid is taking up a seat that an adult would have to pay $50 or whatever for. You should pay $50 for that seat as well, regardless of how big/old your kid is. If your kid is 3 months old and you’re carrying it, fine, but should you REALLY be bringing a 3 month old? This is why we have TV. Don’t give me crap about “raising it a fan”—at 3 months, he/she ain’t going to remember it.

5. This woman is a whiny idiot who obviously has no clue. Luckily, like the Contrarian I’ve got a wife who cares as much about football as me, being an alumna of the same institution and all. We likely won’t be heading back to ND anytime soon for a game, but when we do, we’ll pay the $300 or whatever it is for 3 tickets at the time, get 3 seats, and brief the little one on what is acceptable and what’s not. We’ll also record the game so if one or the other of us has to take said little one out for a while, we can see the replays.

Let me add that after rereading, this woman really IS an idiot. Complaining about no stroller parking? This isn’t a play date at Chucky Cheese.

Maybe I’m just intolerant because I live in Japan, a country with narrow, congested roads and massive public transportation which requires you (by law) to change trains/busses at least once per trip. DEAL WITH IT, STUPID. If you don’t have the transformer stroller we’ve got (seriously, folds up and goes on your back), put Jr. in one of those carrier things that go on your back if he’s young enough—if not, then what’s the problem with making him f’ing walk? He’s a kid—he’s got tons of energy, and if you tire him out, so much the better for you! He sleeps during the game, everyone around you gets to see it without him bothering them, win-win!

“There is no place to take kids to cool off except the concourse at the top of stadium, which is full of ………. drunk sorority girls stumbling around in their stilettos.”

Honey, why do you think your hubby only bought one season ticket?

I have two sproggen, and I’ve taken the oldest to 2 AU home games – against the likes of the sisters of the blind. (The youngest is approaching her first football season).

I’m not stupid enough to bring my kid to an AU-LSU/AU-UGA/AU-Bama game. Instead of being a fan in the stadium, I’d have to be a parent in the stadium, which would ruin the gameday experience for me, my kid, and those around me.

I’m well aware that my 2 year old is entropy on legs, and to get him to sit still through 1 quarter of football would be a miracle. Anything more than that, and he’s going to be a whirling dirvish. Thanks, but no thanks.

He’ll be in JHS this year – probably against Buffalo, La Tech, Ole Miss, or whatever other sacraficial lamb is on the schedule. The tickets are easy to come by, the crowd isn’t near as unruly, and I can catch a few plays between parenting him, and experience gameday through a child’s eyes.

Paulwesterdawg, how ironic. When I want to smell Vomit and Poo, I hang around UGA fans too!!! ;)

I’m still waiting to bring my offspring to their first Michigan game (they’re 4 and 5). Since I live in NJ, attending games is a once-a-year celebration for me and the kids aren’t going until they’re old enough to appreciate it. And even then, I’m with NewAZTiger, it’ll probably be for a MAC contest, not Ohio State.

I’ll never forget sitting at the Jan. 1 ’98 Rose Bowl behind a dude with two little kids who were constantly bugging him for stuff during the game. He kept staring at the wife with a look of “I brought all of you out here, now do your job damnit!”

Here, here. 5 is about the earliest they can actually appreciate what’s going on, and even then it doesn’t matter to them if you’re playing Florida State or Appalachian State. Take you kindergartener/first grader to the game, let them enjoy the experience, but dammit, be a parent and control them, and don’t let them ruin anyone else’s experience.

Before that, you should really stay home. If the kid can’t sit through a game on TV with you, then you shouldn’t take it to the stadium.

Nate, I am sorry that you are in Japan. They don’t really have football, drunk sorority girls, tailgating, or any other good stuff over there, do they!? Come home soon! We’re all saving you a seat.

We went to the AU/GT game last year. We were very drunk, and we cursed a good bit. The guy behind us kept scolding us because of his kid was about 10. Im not gonna say we were staying classy but hey I paid my money and I think he was really just angry we were kickin the Tigers’ butt. I dont like seeing kids on campus. Keep them away!

God forbid my wife ever tries to stand between me and my beloved BC Eagles, woman will be on the curb faster than you can say “Dana Bible is a moron”.

I used to love taking my toddler to games. I could stash a shitload of vodka in his stroller.

Brian—

I’m not sorry, I love it here. And Armed Forces Network is quite possibly the best free college football TV package ever. We get 4 channels of nonstop CFB action for almost 20 hours straight—live games, then taped ones. There’s no regional broadcast crap—for the most part, the best games of the week are all shown. If Notre Dame-USC and Ohio State-Texas were on at the same time (just an example of 2 big games, I know they aren’t on the same weeks), we’d get both, instead of ABC deciding that since you’re in region A, you get game A, etc.

The problem with all this? Gameday begins at midnight….

Sleep is for the weak! at least until Sunday night…

I just e-mailed the story to my wife. Her respone to the column was a terse:

“Dumb fucking douchebag.”

I love my wife.

“…untamed, snotnosed crotchfruit…”

Nay, sir, poetry is not dead.

“Captain James T. Kirk” is by far my favorite handle.

God, I don’t know which side of that “debate” is worse. And I say that as someone who loves college football more than is considered “healthy” by the FDA, AARP, and FBI.

Wow, gotta love the South.