There was a lot of talk about college football stadium’s not being sold out or down in attendance over the weekend.
The cost is obviously a factor. Penn State and Oklahoma have been criticized for ticket increases and eliminating seating for next season.
I don’t think the Coliseum is better or worse than many stadiums but this is a USC blog so here are my issues with going to a college football game:
- The games are too long. During Saturday’s game, there were constant TV timeouts. It took 3 hours, 36 minutes with all the commercials on NBC.
- The seats: They are narrower than the old Coliseum seats (pre-renovation) and can be uncomfortable for such a long game. Also, the leg room is really tight if the seats around you are full.
- The aisles get clogged very easily, making it difficult to leave your seat.
- The food prices: A chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A costs $14. A jumbo hot dog is $17.
- At the Coliseum, you are lucky if you get one replay on the video board of plays under review. It makes following the game difficult.
- Friends tell me the restrooms run our of paper towels by halftime of every home game.
What else? Let me know. Yes, I’m sure some things are worse at the Rose Bowl. The point is some of these issues are nation-wide and I can see why fans choose to stay home and watch games on TV.
How about TV not allowing kickoff times to be set until 2 weeks, and even sometimes, 1 week before the game? Makes it impossible to plan.
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KAM: Five minute timeouts that stop the flow of the game.
DON: And the ear-splitting DJ that takes the place of the USC Trojan Marching Band.
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Where do they still sell Chick-Fil-A at the coliseum?? Haven’t seen it there in like 5 years.
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$14 for Chick Fil A chicken sandwich ?
Hilarious
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In our fourth year of watching from home.
Couldn’t be happier about that decision!
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Forgot to list other reasons:
USC charging for tailgating spots.
Charging $100 to print & mail tickets.
Parking enforcement writing tickets, even if you’re parked in a valid parking spot. (Claiming non-structure parking is for oversized vehicles only, even though there is no such signage and we had parked in those spots for more than a decade. Oversized vehicles should arrive early enough to get one of those spaces!)
We tried ordering our food from USC catering. They will deliver to your tailgating spot. Their prices are worse than the Coliseum.
Last, but certainly not least…rude, Cowardly Gabby type of fans.
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KAM:The way they treat the USC marc hing Band is unforgiveable.
DON: Relegated to the worst seats in the Coliseum.
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It still comes down to the product on the field being sub par. Have not gone to a game in many years but at that time the tailgating around the coliseum was really fun but parking was expensive and usually ended up in someone backyard where your car would pick up a few dents
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Marching
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Sam versus Caleb right now! Bears up 7-0 after 1st quarter.
But Sam is about to fix that!
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Come on man, it’s too darn expensive!
#Beers,hotdogs,nachosareinsane,thenthespecialty foodsonthewestendoftheColiseum-itstoodarnexpensive!
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60 minutes playing time, plus half time. each team get 3 timeouts per half. so about 2 hours attributed to the teams, and here we are paying for streaming or cable and still have to sit through 2 hours of commercials, not matter what channel. ABC is the worst.
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The good thing about that is being able to monitor at least two other games and never miss anything in your primary game. 😉
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Why can’t they do a split screen for a majority of ads
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Well if you’re not happy at the costs charged at the Coliseum get ready 2 years hence at SOFI….
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When the game starts we head out for ‘refreshments’ and otherwise, get set up, hit the comfort of the lay down couch, and about 1.5 hrs after game start, hit play. FF thru commercials, enjoy the bleep out of it, and finish the game in real time… or pay mult exorbitant fees to be miserable.
When the game is over, it’s onto the next… or face an hour of terrible merging just to hit the main drag heading toward home. Is it even a question?
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