Was there a similarly laid out student section in the '90s?

[Cusefan95]

You left out one of the main reasons the students got moved. Those seats were across from our bench and often on tv and except for a couple games a year, we’re half empty. The students did it to themselves.

I would prefer to remain bitter about it than account for the facts that legitimize the decision.

 

[FreakTalksAboutSU]

freaktalksaboutallthebeershehadandforgotwherehesat

I remember where I sat...but the beer, which I only drank after I turned 21 of course, made the rest of the people around me a blur

 

[CusefanATL]

Honest question - have you watched any games from back then?

Yes. Very much so.

yeah how do you not remember the guy with the trout in the nate trout era?

 

[CuseGrad94]

Best seats ever were Junior and senior year. Pull out section, mid court, 20 or so rows up. We were kings.

Yes Sir, it was unreal how great my Sr Year tickets were. Straight across from the Cuse Bench about 15 rows up as my memory will allow me to recall

 

[NJCuse97]

Yes Sir, it was unreal how great my Sr Year tickets were. Straight across from the Cuse Bench about 15 rows up as my memory will allow me to recall

I had similar seats my second year (back to the wall behind the basket my first year) and all of us were caught passing our tickets to other students. The bleachers were jammed and the usher caught on, walked a few up and called us out by asking the ticket holder to leave because they didn’t have a ticket for their seats. I was escorted to the management office during either the UConn game or the Kentucky game (1994?) and we went on a run with lots of cheering. The manager was so into the game also that we were allowed to return to our seats because it was too good to miss out on. The usher was my best friend from that point on and we rushed the court after the win. Not the same game, but the older crowd didn’t like being mixed in with the students and so many students were being removed (I believe they even threatened to remove the Sour Sitrus Society) and JAB refused to bring the team back out for the second half until the students were given their place and respect. It was not long after that they moved the student section behind the basket.

 

[NJCuse97]

I was there from ‘89-‘94 we were where the students are now and we also wrapped around to surround the home tunnel. I have mentioned this before over the years but then the railing collapsed against Texas I was the first one over, one of the few times I’ve seen my life flash before my eyes. Scary as hell and then the Dome bafoons wanted to eject us for being on the field. I played hurt and got to stay . Today’s Student Sections kick our butts I hate to admit although I like to think my buddies and I “left it all out there”

Testing my memory. Were you wearing a red shirt?

 

[Cusefan95]

I think everybody just wore regular clothes back then, so you probably couldn’t tell any difference just by surveying the crowd from a distance.

In the 30 for 30 Catholics vs Convicts, they talked about how the famous t-shirt was born from the rampant culture of unauthorized game t-shirts being sold everywhere at the time. I remember for a Miami game buying one with Otto stepping on a dead Ibis, fist triumphantly in the air. Was a great shirt, except half the silk screen came off the first time I washed it as well as seams coming apart after drying.

But everyone wore whatever they wanted to games, so the student section blended into the crowd.

I think the authorized apparel being worn by everyone didn’t start being seen until the late 90s when universities realized they had a gold mine on their hands.