Extra tailgaiting time at some games

[uihawk82]

I saw a news clip that Barta said on his call there would be more tailgaiting time after some games (probably not the nite games). Can anyone confirm?

I am sure between the survey they sent out a few months ago, the slow ticket renewal sales, and other input they know they have just an average overall game day experience.

Some exciting winning football with fun tailgaiting will help.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

I heard 5 home games tailgating is extended. Iowa admin reaching out to Iowa fans again. Looks like trying to save face & reel fans back in which is good. They realized they messed with a good thing.

Lesson to Iowa admin, "Don't muck with what works".

 

[ArvadaHawk]

I heard 5 home games tailgating is extended. Iowa admin reaching out to Iowa fans again. Looks like trying to save face & reel fans back in which is good. They realized they messed with a good thing.

Lesson to Iowa admin, "Don't muck with what works".

How much tailgaiting goes on after a game, anyway? Tailgaiting is fun before the game, right?

 

[okeefe4prez]

How much tailgaiting goes on after a game, anyway? Tailgaiting is fun before the game, right?

Post-game tailgating is more tame than pre-game tailgating in most instances. For me, it's just some burgers or brats and a couple of beers. From my perspective, it's better to have a beer and grill some burgers than sit in traffic that resembles the Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel at 5:30 on a Friday night.

This gesture appears to be promising, but it is too little, too late for me. They've gone jackbooted thug on tailgating, they took away my seats, they charge a fortune and the product is downright painful to watch. Adios.

 

[uihawk82]

How much tailgaiting goes on after a game, anyway? Tailgaiting is fun before the game, right?

there used to be a ton of tailgaiting for hours after games and it was especially fun if you were in the lots very close to Kinnick where a lot of foot traffic would come by your location. I have a friend with an RV who was parked just 50 yards west of the west grandstands and 10-15 years ago he would be open for multiple hours before the games and several hours or more after. Now he got moved out of that area to be a few hundred yards from the stadium and not in a real foot traffic area. With the product on the field he only goes to maybe 3-4 home games now.

 

[uihawk82]

Post-game tailgating is more tame than pre-game tailgating in most instances. For me, it's just some burgers or brats and a couple of beers. From my perspective, it's better to have a beer and grill some burgers than sit in traffic that resembles the Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel at 5:30 on a Friday night.

This gesture appears to be promising, but it is too little, too late for me. They've gone jackbooted thug on tailgating, they took away my seats, they charge a fortune and the product is downright painful to watch. Adios.

^^ Yep, it took me years of buying tickets and donating (in general) to move my way up to about the 40-42 yard line 50 rows up in the east grandstand. Then they went with the 2005? per seat donation and priced me clear back down to the goal line. I suppose I could have donated another $2500 a year for my 4 tickets to stay at the 40 yard line but what the hell we had kids just starting in college to help with tuition and we were buying them used cars to drive to school and jobs, etc.

Even at that I loved the Drew tate years and '08 to '10 were good but quizzical seasons. Then it really started getting boring and so nonplussed with the execution and losing to mediocre teams from the Minny loss in 2010 to the present.

 

[okeefe4prez]

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^^ Yep, it took me years of buying tickets and donating (in general) to move my way up to about the 40-42 yard line 50 rows up in the east grandstand. Then they went with the 2005? per seat donation and priced me clear back down to the goal line. I suppose I could have donated another $2500 a year for my 4 tickets to stay at the 40 yard line but what the hell we had kids just starting in college to help with tuition and we were buying them used cars to drive to school and jobs, etc.

Even at that I loved the Drew tate years and '08 to '10 were good but quizzical seasons. Then it really started getting boring and so nonplussed with the execution and losing to mediocre teams from the Minny loss in 2010 to the present.

Agreed. I also forgot to rant about the schedule. It is just awful this year. They've diluted a lot of tradition by adding Maryland and Rutgers. You can make a case for Nebraska and PSU based on their histories, but I feel like this year's home schedule is 2 non-con cupcakes, 2 ACC teams and three of the four worst legacy Big Ten teams of the past two decades.

On a side note, the other night I watched about 10 minutes of some Gruden coaching show where he was talking to Mariotta and Jameis. They did some play breakdowns and I gotta say watching Davis' offense compared to what Oregon and FSU were doing was like comparing checkers to chess. We have a tough team to watch.

 

[deanvogs]

Post-game tailgating is more tame than pre-game tailgating in most instances. For me, it's just some burgers or brats and a couple of beers. From my perspective, it's better to have a beer and grill some burgers than sit in traffic that resembles the Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel at 5:30 on a Friday night.

This gesture appears to be promising, but it is too little, too late for me. They've gone jackbooted thug on tailgating, they took away my seats, they charge a fortune and the product is downright painful to watch. Adios.

Buddy told me the jackbooted thugs were gonna be reigned in, when he told me the night games were coming to Kinnick.

Got a buddy who said two night games were coming to Kinnick last week. Hope he's right about what else he told me at that time.

It isn't a coincidence that Sally is leaving and the gestapo is leaving town with her.

 

[lightning1]

Extended tailgating always allowed some extra time to sober up before heading home. At least that was how we used it. Drink up until game time, 3 hrs of game and a few hours to let traffic ease up and any fear of drunk driving disappear. It doesn't matter to me. It's the person in charge, not the changes to these re*tard*ed rules. I'm not going back until that lying low life Barta is GONE!

 

[Playmaker]

EVERYTHING Barta does or pushes for now reeks of desperation...he is in full blown panic mode!

 

[Hawk1960]

Nice to see they may be finally listening to their "customers". A less than filled stadium the past couple years will do that.

 

[lightning1]

It's bull spit. The tailgating never should have been touched in the first place. Now he thinks he can give a little of it back as so,e kind of favor or olive branch? He can sit on that and spin.

 

[djwoody98]

When you take your fan base for granted and act with arrogance and assume we'll just open our wallets forever because IOWA. Well, I say reap it Gary.

 

[GrandpaHawk]

Nice to see they may be finally listening to their "customers". A less than filled stadium the past couple years will do that.

I think the product on the field has more to do with the empty seats than a few hours after the game. Question for people complaining about home schedule. Didn't Maryland and Minnesota beat us last year. I would like to see some payback. Regardless who we play I just want to see some good old smash mouth football and just maybe open the offense up a tiny little bit to get The Fans Excited.

 

[lightning1]

I think the product on the field has more to do with the empty seats than a few hours after the game. Question for people complaining about home schedule. Didn't Maryland and Minnesota beat us last year. I would like to see some payback. Regardless who we play I just want to see some good old smash mouth football and just maybe open the offense up a tiny little bit to get The Fans Excited.

These things sit in the backs of fan's minds and fester. When the team is winning, it stays in the shadows. When the team is tanking, it comes to the forefront. It's now at the forefront. I was having a discussion on the state of the program with a friend and he actually brought up the fact that Brian Ferentz used to live in subsidized housing when he played for us, like it just happened. Iowa fans have long memories. I was somewhat surprised, actually. How long ago was that? What else are people hanging on to? Lol.

 

[ColumbusHawk]

How much tailgaiting goes on after a game, anyway? Tailgaiting is fun before the game, right?

It was damn fun after the '85 Michigan game & many others over the years.

 

[Eda]

Buddy told me the jackbooted thugs were gonna be reigned in, when he told me the night games were coming to Kinnick.



It isn't a coincidence that Sally is leaving and the gestapo is leaving town with her.

We used to typically tailgate at the library parking lot for a while before heading off to another friends tailgate (closer to the stadium) to continue festiviting; but after the crackdown we don't do it as much anymore for fear of ticketing. To me, having the cops write tickets for somebody just carrying a beer was one of the biggest killers of the atmosphere (I thought I heard the city council had pushed for this-with plenty of pressure from some "concerned citizens"). IMO, the atmosphere likely won't return to levels before without the po-po calming down. And how will you know if the fuzz has calmed down in that regard? I don't know… It'd be a pretty expensive gamble to take.

 

[lightning1]

We used to typically tailgate at the library parking lot for a while before heading off to another friends tailgate (closer to the stadium) to continue festiviting; but after the crackdown we don't do it as much anymore for fear of ticketing. To me, having the cops write tickets for somebody just carrying a beer was one of the biggest killers of the atmosphere (I thought I heard the city council had pushed for this-with plenty of pressure from some "concerned citizens"). IMO, the atmosphere likely won't return to levels before without the po-po calming down. And how will you know if the fuzz has calmed down in that regard? I don't know… It'd be a pretty expensive gamble to take.

Agreed. Admission, parking and concessions is expensive enough.

 

[HuckFinn]

Let's pretend that the Board of Regents had a little visit with Sally Mason and Gary Barta. Let's say that the Board said, "We don't like the fact that Iowa is labeled as a nationally ranked party school; furthermore, we don't like the heavy drinking, the number of arrests, the number of dui's. the number of underage students who are arrested on game days, all of which are connected to the Iowa football program. We expect you, as the administration, to do something about it...now." I worked for public school boards as an administrator for 35 years and received some marching orders that were at best, questionable; but, I still received the marching orders.

Now, let's pretend that you are SM or GB. Your bosses have just given you marching orders. Let's pretend you decide to say, "BS. I am going to keep doing what we are doing because the fans like it this way. You, Board of Regents, who are my bosses, can go to hell."

Any takers? I am not saying the Board is right; I am not saying I agree with SM and GB on this issue. But, I want to hear what YOU would have done. Easy to criticize; tougher to present a solution.