Campus is pretty dead

I was amazed when I saw the factbook numbers. First off, almost 15,000 undergrad? We only had 7500 to 8000 when I was here in the 80s. So with twice as many undergrads, the student sections should be filled to capacity.
 
Out of curiosity, was the student section the same size now as it was in the 80s? I know there have been renovations and have no idea what the student section used to be like.
 
GTJackets530 said:
I've tried. But it's tough to convince a lifelong Ohio State fan with family ties to that school to come watch Tech play a mediocre opponent at noon (while hung over) than watch OSU play on the couch.

Hell, I know a good number of Tech students who grew up UGA fans. Most convert to Tech fans, but there are a few that don't give up Mutt fandom. I grew up a Tech fan, and I know that if I went to school at, say, Florida, I'd have a tough time caring more about UF football than GT.
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I grew up a Florida fan. When I came to Tech, I became a Tech fan.

Anyone who cheers for another team either has zero vested interested in the school because mommy and daddy take care of all of their finances, or is a frontrunning piece of öööö. I ran into both types, with the latter group primarily comprised of Cowboys/Patriots and Lakers fans.
 
It's completely possible to have a vested interest in the school and like both football teams, but have the one you grew up cheering for remain the favorite. Not sure how that relates to having parents take care of their finances or being a frontrunner.
 
Xihix said:
IE.

I mean, it's not the hardest stuff in the world. But I work too so I just get down on having nearly no time to do anything for myself. It gets worse too apparently so I'm not looking forward to anything. Oh well.
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Seriously, you're complaining about not having time as an Imagineer?

If you slept last week, you have too much free time.
 
GTJackets530 said:
It's completely possible to have a vested interest in the school and like both football teams, but have the one you grew up cheering for remain the favorite. Not sure how that relates to having parents take care of their finances or being a frontrunner.
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It's possible, but completely lame. You're friend should have gone to the ohio state university. I grew up an alabama fan but dropped that allegiance my junior year of high school when I visited Atlanta. The part about mommy and daddy relates because if a student is paying athletic fees out of his own pocket, he's more likely to go to the games.
 
Yeah, I'm just going to agree to disagree on this one. I obviously wish I could have convinced some of them to drop their former teams and become bigger Tech fans, but nothing I can do.
 
GATechAE07 said:
3) A pain in the ass ticketing and entry system.
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This makes me furious. When I started school just a short 13 years ago (wow, I feel old) you picked up a ticket from the box office sometime during the week of the game by showing your BuzzCard. Then they moved to where you had to pick up your "coupon" for a ticket at the beginning of the season and then you redeem that coupon during the week. I don't know what they are doing now, but to me, a student should be able to attend the game one of two ways:

Let students pick up a season ticket package with hard tickets at the beginning of the semester OR EVEN BETTER just let every person who walks up and can show you a BuzzCard through the freaking gate! I don't even care if they are not the face on the BuzzCard... let them in.

And don't TSA scan them when they're coming in, either. If they're reasonably hiding their alcohol, then herd them through. Place a couple of campus police around to toss them out on the street if they act a fool or start a fight. Otherwise, leave them alone!
 
Architorture23 said:
This makes me furious. When I started school just a short 13 years ago (wow, I feel old) you picked up a ticket from the box office sometime during the week of the game by showing your BuzzCard. Then they moved to where you had to pick up your "coupon" for a ticket at the beginning of the season and then you redeem that coupon during the week. I don't know what they are doing now, but to me, a student should be able to attend the game one of two ways:

Let students pick up a season ticket package with hard tickets at the beginning of the semester OR EVEN BETTER just let every person who walks up and can show you a BuzzCard through the freaking gate! I don't even care if they are not the face on the BuzzCard... let them in.

And don't TSA scan them when they're coming in, either. If they're reasonably hiding their alcohol, then herd them through. Place a couple of campus police around to toss them out on the street if they act a fool or start a fight. Otherwise, leave them alone!
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I came in under the "voucher" system. If you have a voucher, you get a ticket; repeat until tickets are gone. I have no idea why they can't just to first come first served with Buzz cards. The whole idea of loyalty points and block seating is a recipe for empty seats in the North stands.
 
GTJackets530 said:
Yeah, I'm just going to agree to disagree on this one. I obviously wish I could have convinced some of them to drop their former teams and become bigger Tech fans, but nothing I can do.
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This is where the public shaming comes into play.
 
GATechAE07 said:
I grew up a Florida fan. When I came to Tech, I became a Tech fan.

Anyone who cheers for another team either has zero vested interested in the school because mommy and daddy take care of all of their finances, or is a frontrunning piece of öööö. I ran into both types, with the latter group primarily comprised of Cowboys/Patriots and Lakers fans.
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I'm glad you wrote this because I was about to write something similar.

Liking the team you parents chose for you instead of the one you chose for yourself reeks of laziness...
 
GTJackets530 said:
Out of curiosity, was the student section the same size now as it was in the 80s? I know there have been renovations and have no idea what the student section used to be like.
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The old student section used to run from the 50 yard line to the north end zone in the lower East. There were no club seats, and the bleachers went all the way up to the back of the section such that there were a lot of seats under the upper East. Flashcards were in the lower sections between the 40 and 50 I guess.

In the mid-80s they removed the south end zone seating to build Wardlaw.

So I don't have a good feel for how many student seats there were, because some seats were probably sold out of these sections. But it certainly seems that the old students sections had as many seats as the current one does, if not more.
 
GATechAE07 said:
Actually, they're less that 10% of the problem:

http://factbook.gatech.edu/admissio...ss-enrollment-by-gender-ethnicity-table-4-18/

I'm tired of this excuse being tossed around, because it's simply not true. If you're looking for reasons why students don't attend games:

1) Higher population of uninterested nerd types.

2) Poor marketing by the AA outside of the Greek system.

3) A pain in the ass ticketing and entry system.

4) Mediocre performance on the field. Give students a reason to be excited, and they'll show up. Continuously punch them in the gut, and apathy sets in.
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nobody gives a öööö about the ticketing system, youre just looking for problems now. it literally takes me less than 5 minutes to get into the game. and the marketing can only go so far, im convinced you cant persuade the nerd/foreign crowd even with a winning team... but what do i know, im just a student here.
 
We just just buy up a bunch of great players every five years or so, win a NC, then self-report.
 
ramble_on92 said:
nobody gives a öööö about the ticketing system, youre just looking for problems now. it literally takes me less than 5 minutes to get into the game. and the marketing can only go so far, im convinced you cant persuade the nerd/foreign crowd even with a winning team... but what do i know, im just a rac*st.
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FTFY. But please... tell me more about your credentials as a student in this argument. I walk with my third degree in December after a decade of sports highs and lows on campus; I could clearly use an explanation of the student experience.
 
Diseqc said:
We got a badass over here
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öööö right. The first thing I did after defending was have my dissertation bound in many leather-bound volumes with which I stocked my shelves of rich mahogany. Now I can smugly sit in my library and sip Scotch surrounded by the material realization of my inflated ego.
 
GATechAE07 said:
FTFY. But please... tell me more about your credentials as a student in this argument. I walk with my third degree in December after a decade of sports highs and lows on campus; I could clearly use an explanation of the student experience.
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hey Jesse, nothing he said was rac1st. go spout that garbage elsewhere.

you've been in school too long. go get a job.
 
Architorture23 said:
hey Jesse, nothing he said was rac1st. go spout that garbage elsewhere.

you've been in school too long. go get a job.
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Look, I'm an architect

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WAR. :hsugh:
 
Architorture23 said:
hey Jesse, nothing he said was rac1st. go spout that garbage elsewhere.

you've been in school too long. go get a job.
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Blaming a problem with the entire student body on 10% of the population based on a stereotype is inherently öööööö, but that's just like my opinion, man, and we don't need to argue in the football forum.

Otherwise, I've been gainfully employed full time for 2 years, longer if you count consulting work. I agree though, I definitely stretched that sucker out.
 
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