looked like a lot of empty seats on tv, thought it was a sellout? Did the brokers overbuy seats?
I get that...and, it is not ideal by any means...that said, as a lifelong Cubs fan...the chance to watch a football game at Wrigley, with Purdue playing in it, was really cool in my mind, and, I was not disappointed at all about how the experience played out.
I can only speak to the lower bowl in that it was where I was and I could not see the upper bowl well...the upper bowl looked to be more full before kickoff, but, it was crazy how fast the lower bowl filled in at kickoff.
I’m from the south side and I don’t think it is a dump. You must be a Sox fan. Feel bad for you. Ha.
At this point we'd have to lose to IU to end up in that dog.
Thought we were taking about Wrigley. Cubs suck.
Had a great time with son and friend, great game and Lou Malnati’s for a tasty finish. Son easily convinced me to have the deep dish.
I think they fixed that short end when they put the dugouts under the home seats on that side of the ball park.
Confirmed, fixed it by burying the 3rd baseline dugout in the reconfiguration so that offense can go both ways. Went down to the field level 40 minutes before the game. The ushers were quite friendly and even asked if we wanted pics taken and we took them up on that. Went to both end zone areas and both were helpful and would chat with us. BTW, one of those ushers was a Purdue grad retired that lived within the area and loved his part time job. Both stated they loved their part time jobs and both have done it for years. Hint hint...may have to find a future part time job near Am Fam field (former Miller Park).
Agree, I was worried the entire game that we were going to have some ankle and knee injuries from that horrible turf. We should avoid baseball fields in the future.
Not much different that Purdue's bermuda grass in November. Will agree that there wasn't enough time for the turf to take root causing the slippage. Wonder how our field will hold up next Saturday.
Box score says 31,500 attendance. Wrigley capacity is ~41,600 per the internet, it would have to be a little lower than that for football given the reconfigured dugout area.
I saw $51 tickets advertised day of. I thought I read the total capacity now counts rooftops as well? I know that used to count SRO, too (and I've bought some of those before). Season ticket fans were offered a chance to buy for the game, I wonder if some did, tried to sell and didn't sell/show?
No end zone issues per se, although I believe at least one end zone (if not both) was 9.5 yards rather than 10.
No end zone issues per se, although I believe at least one end zone (if not both) was 9.5 yards rather than 10.
The turf on the infield dirt was particularly dangerous.
As others have said, totally enjoyed the before, during, and after at Wrigley/Wrigleyville. Milton scored 3 TDs, equalling the 3 I saw Gale Sayers score in the 60s. My first cub game that I remember was in 1961. Have averaged about 6 games a year since then.
You're correct. At half time, ~40-50 people were out on the field literally placing the divets back to their positions, stepping on it and appeared in some cases to be putting dirt or sand down 1st before bigger divets were repaired.
I sometimes wonder if Purdue would be better off with artificial turf at RA, as the grass gets worse as the season goes on.
What did you end up doing for parking MBF? I did completely the opposite of what I was planning because one of my friends didn't want to walk a mile. We ended up in an alley a block away for way more than I wanted to spend but I didn't spend a dime.
I hope the Bucket game never moves to Indy.The High Schools shouldnt have to move their Championship Games and attendance at Ross Ade has been good for the IU game since Brohm arrived.I wouldnt insult the High Schools by asking them to move to Bloomington or Ball State.
I felt like that in the past when the game was always the weekend before Thanksgiving, but not now that students are gone. Also, it is unjust that any Purdue fans should have to sit in a low-class, goose-crap infested stadium every other year.
Curious where you saw the end zones were 9.5? I agree with most of your assessment. I was in the Purdue section, basically right behind the goal post. Great seats for a baseball game, but we were effectively too low to see much of anything on the opposite side of the field. And most of the action was on that side of course, including all 3 touchdowns.
I was talking to one of the ushers at the game on Saturday when the end zone thing came up...so, I cannot in any way state it as fact...I was just going on what he said.
What if scheduling could put the Colts out of town or in a late home game on that Sunday night? Then the OOB could be Sunday afternoon.
Greatest non-onside kick of all time...
