Away student tickets went on sell this morning at 8 and 3 friends and I got there at 4:45 and were the first people. We decided to just wait instead of coming back later.<div>
</div><div>Around 7:30, Stricklin came and talked to us at the front of the line and asked what time we got there and asked what games we were going to. Then, of course, snapped a quick photo for twitter. About 10 minutes later, he came back with 6 "Grindin' for My State"Adidast-shirt and gave them to the first 6 people. When he was talking to us, he got a phone call from Greg Byrne,Stricklinsaid something along the lines of "I'll call him back, he's probably just jealous of our ticket line." I think that's funny they stay in contact.
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</div><div>This was my first up-closeencounterwith Stricklin. Very impressed. My first 2 years, I couldn't even tell you what LT looked like.</div>
</div><div>Around 7:30, Stricklin came and talked to us at the front of the line and asked what time we got there and asked what games we were going to. Then, of course, snapped a quick photo for twitter. About 10 minutes later, he came back with 6 "Grindin' for My State"Adidast-shirt and gave them to the first 6 people. When he was talking to us, he got a phone call from Greg Byrne,Stricklinsaid something along the lines of "I'll call him back, he's probably just jealous of our ticket line." I think that's funny they stay in contact.
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</div><div>This was my first up-closeencounterwith Stricklin. Very impressed. My first 2 years, I couldn't even tell you what LT looked like.</div>