"Help Godfrey make his deadline" Thread: Stadium Behavior at OM/MSU

[Oxford Godfrey]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Working on a column for MSM about the infamous debate between various fans of various ages and backgrounds over sitting, standing, cursing and drinking at MSU and OM games.<div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">Do you have an issue with a fan in your section that tells you to constantly sit down / stand up?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's your policy on standing?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's the story from 6Pack I've read about a minister that alerts security if he hears/sees/smells anything to do with booze?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's your policy on cursing?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's your policy on a level of accepted drunkeness during the game?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">Kids/teens/toddlers/fetuses - let's reopen this debate.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">These issues aren't as black and white as you'd think. Last year during the Bama game we suffered through various mid-30s aged guys, all OM fans, too drunk to function in our section, solely concerned with staying drunk, and piling folks from other sections into our row. That's an example of me, maybe because I'm not college aged anymore, getting pissed off about someone being a !$$@.</div><div>
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[Oxford Godfrey]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Working on a column for MSM about the infamous debate between various fans of various ages and backgrounds over sitting, standing, cursing and drinking at MSU and OM games.<div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">Do you have an issue with a fan in your section that tells you to constantly sit down / stand up?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's your policy on standing?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's the story from 6Pack I've read about a minister that alerts security if he hears/sees/smells anything to do with booze?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's your policy on cursing?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">What's your policy on a level of accepted drunkeness during the game?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">Kids/teens/toddlers/fetuses - let's reopen this debate.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; "><br style="min-width: 0px; "></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%; ">These issues aren't as black and white as you'd think. Last year during the Bama game we suffered through various mid-30s aged guys, all OM fans, too drunk to function in our section, solely concerned with staying drunk, and piling folks from other sections into our row. That's an example of me, maybe because I'm not college aged anymore, getting pissed off about someone being a !$$@.</div><div>
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[615dawg]

1. Yes, there are fans in Section F at DWS that are constantly telling others to sit.
2. Stand if you want to stand, sit if you want to sit. If you are sitting, it does not give you any right or privilege to tell someone in front of you to sit so you can see. If someone in front of me stands, I stand, and people behind me stand, but I hear someone a couple rows up that doesn't want to stand.
3. Can't help you there - I have a story from last year's Egg Bowl though. The two Ole Miss fans are NAFOOMers, I believe.

Two Ole Miss fans were sitting next to my wife and myself. Young, student-aged or newly grads. Two guys. Cordial conversation between the four of us pre-game. Then comes a State guy that is just going at them. Cussing them out, the whole bit. They just laugh it off. Game starts, right before halftime, Ole Miss scores or hits a big play, and the two of them stand to cheer, the State guy throws something at them, and one of the guys says 17. Well, another guy runs to the security and "Aw, the Ole Miss fans are cursing." Security summons them from their seats. The State fan that throws the item punches him in the rib cage on the way out, and the section cheers.

Pissed me off.

4. Curse if you desire, but be aware of your surroundings.
5. Drink if you desire, but be aware of your surroundings.
6. I would never take a child under 3 under any circumstances. I would not take a non-interested child of any age. But, I have no problem with them.

 

[Shmuley]

the 40ish brazen, aggressive, obnoxiously loud, know-it-all female turning around and screaming at people [me] to "STAND UP AND SUPPORT THESE BOYS!!11!1!11!" as I do the 50 something yr old ******* telling everybody "DOWN IN FRONT!!111!1!11"

Why, you ask?

1. We're getting our *** kicked. I don't want to stand up. STFU.
2. What little milf hotness remains has been completely overshadowed by her damn obnoxious mouth.
3. She doesn't really understand the nuances of the game. Yeah, her Dad/ex-husband, taught her the basics well, but the finer points, the subtleties, nope. So, she needs to sit her slightly oversized *** down and shut her damn mouth. She'd look ten times better seated with her damn mouth shut.

 

[TUSK.sixpack]

nm

 

[AgDawg]

1) I sit in section F as well and can't stand to be told to sit. You sit at home indoors.
2)Standing is the default. Only sit during timeouts, tired of standing or halftime. Like ringing cowbells. So sit an ring your cowbell.
3)Don't know the story.
4)Cursing over and over should be prohibited but a word here or there is no harm.
5)Drinking at the game is part of it. Almost a tradition. Getting smashed and falling down, puking and overall bringing the vibe down is prohibited.
6)Kids shouldn't come unless they are able to comprehend whats going on. You should expect your child to be exposed to a lot of things that they wouldn't normally see or hear.

 

[jmbeck]

<span style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">1. Go with the flow. If the majority are standing, stand. If the majority are sitting, sit. Don't be a dick about it. It's perfectly acceptable to jump up when a big play breaks lose, or when it's 3rd down. If you don't stand up, you'll probably miss it yourself. If you're too old and crotchety to stand up for a big play when the majority of the crowd does, watch it on the the Mootube, cause you probably can't see the field anyway.<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px">
2. Be respectful of those around you. Occasional swearing is acceptable, especially it's mostly drowned out by loud boos. Profanity laced tirades are never acceptable. Even mild swearing is frowned upon if it's generally quiet enough in the stadium that people in the next section can tell who's the guy saying it.</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"><br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">3. Once again, your freedom ends where another persons begins. As long as you're not ruining the experience for someone else and their family, it's okay to drink in my book. If you get to the point where you're beligerant, stumbling, puking, etc., then you need to take your *** somewhere, preferably back to the tailgate.

4. If your child requires a diaper bag, toys, and ungodly amounts of other stuff, you need to have secured enough seats for it all. Don't try to hold junior, his dinosaur, and his diaper bag on your lap, you're taking the people's space beside you. While you should expect not to encounter a scene similar to Rick's on Saturday night, you shouldn't expect everyone to act like they're in Sunday School either.

My daughter was 6 months old last year, and we took her to games. We'd stand on the ramps with her in her stroller. Most of the time she'd fall asleep mid way through the second quarter, and I'd walk her and momma back to the RV. This year will probably be worse, if she goes in at all. I expect to trek back to the RV 10 minutes into the 1st quarter now. </div></span>

 

[Johnson85]

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1. Do you have an issue with a fan in your section that tells you to constantly sit down / stand up?</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"> No reason for one fan to be telling others what to do. An occasional attempt to get the crowd firedup is ok, although hard to pull off with out looking douchey. Telling people to sit down is only acceptable if you're trying to let somebody that is handicapped see some of the game.
<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px">2. What's your policy on standing?
Up to the fan's personal preference. If you're not in the student section, standing for the whole game is probably overkill. Pick your spots. If you've got somebody behind you that can't reasonably stand up, probably should only stand for the more exciting moments. </div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"><br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">3. What's the story from 6Pack I've read about a minister that alerts security if he hears/sees/smells anything to do with booze?
</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"> no clue but he needs his *** kicked.
<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">4. What's your policy on cursing?
</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">People around youshouldn't have to constantly hear it; occasional, justified four letter word is acceptable if younger than teenage kids can't hear. If Crooms is your coach, curse all you want and make sure any kids around know their parents must not love them if they would subject them to the slytanic.<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">5. What's your policy on a level of accepted drunkeness during the game?
</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"> Get as drunk as you want as long as you don't spill food or drink and aren't visibly being an ***.<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">6. Kids/teens/toddlers/fetuses - let's reopen this debate.
</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">As long as they're not botheringother people, do what you want. Don't expect other people to accomodate you though. <br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"></div></span></div></div>

 

[Dollabillz]

on Row 12 that yells "GIIIIIIIIIIIT EEEEEEEEEEM" during every defensive play, no matter who has the ball? Obviously, she is saying "Get him" but in the highest, most annoying, longest vowel way possible. I mean, just take a play or two off every now and then lady, that's all I ask.

 

[FlabLoser]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Working on a column for MSM about the infamous debate between various fans of various ages and backgrounds over sitting, standing, cursing and drinking at MSU and OM games.<div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">Do you have an issue with a fan in your section that tells you to constantly sit down / stand up?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's your policy on standing?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's the story from 6Pack I've read about a minister that alerts security if he hears/sees/smells anything to do with booze?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's your policy on cursing?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's your policy on a level of accepted drunkeness during the game?</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">Kids/teens/toddlers/fetuses - let's reopen this debate.</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">These issues aren't as black and white as you'd think. Last year during the Bama game we suffered through various mid-30s aged guys, all OM fans, too drunk to function in our section, solely concerned with staying drunk, and piling folks from other sections into our row. That's an example of me, maybe because I'm not college aged anymore, getting pissed off about someone being a !$$@.</div><div>
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Fan telling me to sit down? Screw 'em.

Policy on standing - you paid to get in, do whatever you want.

Cursing: Once in a while during an emotional moment, no big deal. Curse like a sailor all game long - shameful, but its a public place and sailor has that right.

Drunkeness - there are laws against it. Public drunkeness = bad. Free passes for anyone that can control their own drunkeness in public.

Kids - what about 'em? I bring mine to two games/year (ages 6 and 8)

In the last several years, I can have only seen one case of an problematic public drunk. Next to the last Croom Egg Bowl in Oxford. Me sitting on the Ole Miss home side, 40 yard line seats. A few other State fans up there too and one of them wouldn't shutup. He kept harassing an Ole Miss guy and called the Rebel fan's bluff on an *** kicking threat. Big mistake. State fan got pounded. Pretty sure both guys were drunk.

 

[Todd4State]

1. No I do not.



2.I think the important thing to remember here for everyone is that they are at a football game. That means that people are going to get excited and are going to stand, because that's what you do. And that's what you're supposed to do! I guarantee you that Dan and Houston Nutt and all of the players on both teams want the fans to stand up because they want the crowd into the game. What I try to personally do is look around me at the people sitting behind me, and I try to position myself to where I am to one side of the person behind me, so that it's a little easier to see around me, and I have never had an issue with anyone wanting me to sit down. The other thing to keep in mind is do what the others are doing in your section- if everyone is sitting down, then sit down to, and then stand up when the others in front of you are. That way, you can always tell someone behind you that you were only standing up because you couldn't see around the person in front of you. If someone that is unable to stand is at a game, they need to understand that people are going to stand because of the type of event that they are at. If they do not like that, or have a huge issue with that, they probably need to stay at home- and I know that's harsh. But the good news for them is we have an enormous scoreboard that makes it easier for them and any astronaughts to see the game. And I think the scoreboard will help with that as well.

3. I don't sit next to him. The people in my area of the stadium that sit around me do not bring in booze, anyway. At least not that I've noticed. The only time anyone has ever called security in all the years that I've been sitting in my section was last year when a Florida fan started taunting this little kid- 8-10 years old using a cuss word no less- ironically with a Jesus Tebow jersey and a hard hat, and his Dad got in his face. I was actually the one who called for it, and they removed the Florida fan. It has to be a pretty extreme case like that for me to call security. Trust me. And this was in the MSU alumni section.

4. Try not refrain from it. If you do cuss, don't ask someone that is doing it near you to stop. I've never asked anyone to stop cussing because I've had some weak moments myself (LSU this past year), and I've never had anyone ask me to watch my language. Try to exercise self-control as much as possible. And be aware if there are little kids in the area. If you get pissed off to the point where you can't take it anymore, just leave. I did this in the Alabama game. It was not because we were losing, but because I couldn't stand the Tyson Lee fan club defending him. And if you think that you just need to cool off, just walk around the stadium for a little while.

5. As far as drunkeness- I honestly don't care what or how much anyone drinks. If you are too drunk to go to a football game, you're the idiot, and I will probably laugh at you. If there is a big enough problem, I'll get security to handle it for me. And I've never had to do that because of someone being drunk.

6. I think it's OK for kids to go to the games. I would not bring an infant. I think any child that is age two and up should be OK. I do think the parents have to use good judgement, and keep an eye on their child at all times. If they are not willing to do that, then they should probably get a baby sitter.

 

[Dollabillz]

Kids, whiskey, cussing, sitting, standing, etc. Everyone knows when the line is crossed. When you cram 50K+ people into one area naturally you add discomfort, impatience and other things to the variables mentioned above.

In reality, about half the population actually gives a 17 about other people and aren't jackasses. The other half is only concerned with themselves and will normally be the ones people are bitching about. You can't really do anything about it.

 

[patdog]

<span style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">1. Go with the flow. If the majority are standing, stand. If the majority are sitting, sit. Don't be a dick about it. It's perfectly acceptable to jump up when a big play breaks lose, or when it's 3rd down. If you don't stand up, you'll probably miss it yourself. If you're too old and crotchety to stand up for a big play when the majority of the crowd does, watch it on the the Mootube, cause you probably can't see the field anyway.<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px">
2. Be respectful of those around you. Occasional swearing is acceptable, especially it's mostly drowned out by loud boos. Profanity laced tirades are never acceptable. Even mild swearing is frowned upon if it's generally quiet enough in the stadium that people in the next section can tell who's the guy saying it.</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"><br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">3. Once again, your freedom ends where another persons begins. As long as you're not ruining the experience for someone else and their family, it's okay to drink in my book. If you get to the point where you're beligerant, stumbling, puking, etc., then you need to take your *** somewhere, preferably back to the tailgate.

4. If your child requires a diaper bag, toys, and ungodly amounts of other stuff, you need to have secured enough seats for it all. Don't try to hold junior, his dinosaur, and his diaper bag on your lap, you're taking the people's space beside you. While you should expect not to encounter a scene similar to Rick's on Saturday night, you shouldn't expect everyone to act like they're in Sunday School either. </div></span>

I'm amazed at the number of people who seemingly have no clue about these simple common sense rules.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

(and drink) - hopefully we can spur a shift in the environment there. We put off sitting with the adults for the longest time, just because we liked to stand the whole game and really get into the game. Yes, we stayed in the Student section as long as we could, then moved on to the upper deck the last few seasons and I literally stand on the last row of the stadium, so that I can pace and what not. It is not that I am a nervous wreck, it is just that it is all I know about watching State football. I have always stood at the games. It is not about being drunk or belligerent, it is just about being comfortable, and standing at a football game makes me comfortable. I am also one of those people that just can't sit still very long, so I am sure that has something to do with it too.

Like someone said below, it is all about the surroundings. It doesn't take long to find out you are in a "sitting section." When I find myself in a sitting section I usually cave. I don't want to upset the delicate balance of this incredibly boring ecosystem. Worst time ever - I found myself in the "sitting section" of a U2 concert in Atlanta. It was a great show but that section made it almost unbearable. I literally thought they were going to yell "down in front" to The Edge.

I agree completely with the rest of your points. I am no stranger to F bombs, but you won't hear me yelling one out at a football game. If I curse at a game, and I do often, it will be in my "normal conversation" voice and I always make sure there aren't any little ones within earshot. Same with drinking. I do it, however, you won't see me puking at the game or spilling whiskey on the people in front of me.

Re: kids, it all depends on the surroundings. If you are in the club level, or a section known to be low-key, bring your kids. If you bring your 3 year old to sit right next to the student section, you deserve his or her newly expanded vocabulary.

 

[Hector.sixpack]

<div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">
1. Stand up if you want, 99.9% dont care.</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">2. Never heard about the minister booze dog.</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">3. You can say what you want, but try to be respectful. If somebody around me (and my family) is yelling curse words nonstop Im either going to ask him to stop or go find security. Im not talking about 1 every now and then, but just out of control. Ive never had this problem though.<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px">4. If you can't walk- your too drunk to be at the game.</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">5. We've been taking my son since he was 3 months old. Last year at age two it was just me and him at the LSU game and he cheered with me the whole time. It is just as fun for me to watch him as it is the game itself. Some children aren't interested and would probably be better off at home, luckily he loves sports. He loves MSU and is singing the fight song all the time, sees MSU stuff on TV and recognizes it as"mstppi state", wants to wear MSU gear all the time, loves his cowbell, he's as big of a fan as I am.
</div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%">Ballgames are for the entire fanbase, not just 20s, 30s.....80s- somy general suggestion is try to be respectfulto people.<br style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px"></div><div style="MIN-WIDTH: 0px; MAX-WIDTH: 99%"></div>

 

[bulldogbaja]

nt

 

[ckDOG]

What's your policy on standing?
If it's a big play (i.e. 3rd or 4th down), stand up regardless of your surroundings (80% of people do this in my section..never an issue). If it's any other play, do as the others in front of you do. If it's a timeout, do whatever you please, there's nothing to see on the field (I've actually had an altercation regarding this once - in the student section of all places).

Do you have an issue with a fan in your section that tells you to constantly sit down / stand up?
If I'm following my policy above, I have a huge problem with someone telling me to sit down. If you are physically incapable of standing for more than moderate amounts of time, watch the game on TV or find a handicap spot. I'm not going to sit down and miss a play due to someone's laziness.

What's the story from 6Pack I've read about a minister that alerts security if he hears/sees/smells anything to do with booze?
I missed that one. Not surprising though. I'm sure every section in stadiums in the South have at least one person that has to get in everybody's business.

What's your policy on cursing?
Student Section: No limits on anything. That being said, anyone that knocks your drunk-*** out for getting in their ear the entire game or for any other general drunken stupidity is well within reason. Those are the repercussions of having that freedom should you abuse it.

All other locations: This is the tough one. If there are kids around, strive not to cuss at all. There will always be those times where you just can't help yourself (more of those for MSU, obviously), so the occasional "damn it!" is alright, but only if Jr. is a few seats down. I'd expect the same censorship from adults if my kid were around, but I'm not unreasonable enough to be upset with occasional swearing when it does happen. It's sports - people swear.

If there are no kids around, just keep the cussing to a minimum. There aren't alot of people that get pissed at cussing after bad plays if their kids aren't within earshot. If it's 4th and inches to win against the No. 7 team in the country and your vertically challenged QB tries to run it in himself rather than handing it off to the league's leading rusher, all previous guidelines are tossed out the window. Mother Teresa would cuss in that situation - I'm going to as well.

What's your policy on a level of accepted drunkeness during the game?
Drink as much as you like as long as you don't ruin the experience for those around you. That means 1) be able to stand/sit appropriately, 2) manage the cussing, 3) use your indoor voice when others aren't cheering before/after big plays, and 4) refrain from commentary after EVERY play. Drunks are good for a good zinger every now and again, but if I have to hear your drunk *** opinion on everything under the sun, you are annoying.

Kids/teens/toddlers/fetuses - let's reopen this debate.
If they can't sit still, don't bring them in. I'd rather sit next to a drunk than a kid that can't sit still for more than 5 minutes. Also, if you bring them in, understand you aren't taking them to Sunday school. That means to expect the occasional uncalled-for comment or action. I'm not excusing the behavior, but getting into an altercation in front of your child because somebody cussed or stood up for too long is worse than the behavior you are trying to make an example of. Let it go...

 

[buddawg]

been reading for five years

 

[fairweatherfan]

If you are a visitor sitting in the home team section, sit down, shut up, and watch the game. If your team scores, by all means cheer and celebrate, but don't be an ***. For all you newbies to section F, be prepared to have plenty of out-of-towners sitting around you. Last year, the Alabama and Ole Miss games were miserable because of two women with high pitched voices screaming in my ear pulling against State. Cheering for the visiting team is acceptable, but only to a very, very mild degree.

I don't go to away games and act like an ***, even if we are winning.

 

[saltslugs]

and will add that anyone telling anyone to sit down, outside of a handicap situation, is the lowest form of human. I actually had a student sitting next to me at a basketball game reading a book, that asked everyone around to sit so he could see. He later asked me if I would like to hear a message about Jesus Christ.

 

[vhdawg]

1. I'm close to the aisle between B & C.....don't have anybody near us bad about telling people when to stand/sit, although there is a bunch behind us (some of whom I know post here) who yell "DOWN IN FRONT" any time Rusty Thoms walks across his aisle several rows below. Pretty funny stuff, that.

2. My policy is don't be an ***. If everybody's standing, that's cool. If everybody's sitting, sit. I try not to block anybody's view. I don't want to be that one guy in a full stadium that just won't sit down. At the Cotton Bowl two years ago, we were in the upper deck, far too far away from the action to have any good reason to stand the whole game, yet we had to because somewhere down far below, there must have been an entire row of asses that wouldn't sit down.

3. Hasn't happened in our area.

4. My policy again, don't be an ***. Respect others around you. You can go on an awesome rage-filled rant without cursing if you want to. Funniest outburst I ever remember was during Croom's Houston game in 2005 (which was so horribly miscoached that Gregg Ellis wrote a whole column about the errors made in just the first half), that after one particularly bad coaching move, this old man behind me just screamed out "JIMINY CHRISTMAS!!!" He was so pissed he could barely get the syllables out.

5. Generally I think if you think you must be absolutely hammered during a football game, there are appropriate places to do that. Such as a bar. Not in the middle of Section B. If you're going to drink, just try not to cause problems. I'm very happy that SEC rules prevent alcohol from being sold in SEC stadiums (MS state law notwithstanding). Some of the worst incidents I've ever seen at football games have been because beer is too easily available.

6. Kids. About to have one, so my opinions may change, but the crew I sit with has raised several small ones through the past ten years, with little trouble. Just make sure you have room for them, because they're not going to stay in your lap the whole game. And try not to keep the aisle blocked.

 

[ShaNaNa]

Since I cannot ring a cowbell at critical points in the game, whoever sits on row 49 section F (one row below me) better be ready for some foot stomping.

 

[SnakePlissken]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">Do you have an issue with a fan in your section that tells you to constantly sit down / stand up?

<span style="font-weight: bold;">NO</span>
</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's your policy on standing?

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Usually only stand when a critical situation in the game is happening</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">i.e.,about to score, 3rd down when we are on defense, driving for a winning FG or TD, etc)</span>
</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's the story from 6Pack I've read about a minister that alerts security if he hears/sees/smells anything to do with booze?

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Have no idea</span>
</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's your policy on cursing?

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Curse but try to be mindful of my children</span>
</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">What's your policy on a level of accepted drunkeness during the game?

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Drinking ok, outright drunk...despise it</span>
</div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;"><br style="min-width: 0px;"></div><div style="min-width: 0px; max-width: 99%;">Kids/teens/toddlers/fetuses - let's reopen this debate.

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Don't know about the subject matter</span>
</div></span>

 

[alabamadog]

1. Not normally.
2. Don't be the only person standing up or sitting down in your section. Normally I sit at games, but if its a big play coming up or something like that I'll stand up. I'm not actually going to tell someone to stand or sit because its their seat.
3. This wouldn't surprise me at all.
4. In the student section I don't care what the people around me say. I won't care in any other part of the stadium either, but its more likely someone else will and it shouldn't be rampant.
5. As long as they aren't falling on people or being a complete douche in some other way I don't care how much somebody drinks.</p>

Basically, don't 17 up someone's gameday doing stuff you wouldn't be ok with the people next to you doing.</p>

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Agreed on all accounts. And to all you guys that what to stand the whole game maybe you should go to Texas A&M.