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Couple of comments on the Tulane experience

BattleAx

Diamond Knight
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May 29, 2001
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These comments are mostly non-game related (you're welcome).
- The small, intimate Tulane stadium is beautiful, except for the turf, whose color alternates every ten yards
- Beer (hey, it's New Orleans) is served everywhere, often and for breakfast. Did not see any mixed drinks for sale on their concourses and I was severely in need of a bloody mary by 11:30 a.m.
- Nice family club section between the upper and lower sections of the west side and suites as well.
- West side is home side but most of the meager fan support was on the east side.
- There is NO tailgating around the stadium. It's located on the "Quad", far removed from the stadium to the north. We never found the tailgate area. TU fans we talked to said the 11 a.m. (CDT) start quashed tailgates (what?)
- It reminded me of what FIU's stadium could be. It also reminded me that Tulane should be in CUSA. Chew on that for a while.
- The Tulane fans are friendly, old money folks who've suffered the long road from demotion from the SEC.
- Worst part of the game was being patronized by the Tulane fans (see previous comment) when we were losing big.
- Their "hullabaloo" cheer has probably been around for 70 years and was blared on the P.A. after their scores, good for them.
- Their players come out and warm up on the field and return right before kickoff with their pads on.
- Nobody is on the home/west side. One explanation is that their high wealth alumni/season ticket holders are in NJ, NY and other foreign countries.
- Students don't give a $hit about Tulane football. One next to me brought 2 text books to the game.
- Campus is old school nice but nothing special.
- Campus is in a neighborhood similar to College Park in Orlando or Hyde Park in Tampa. Very nice
- Their scoreboard blows ours away. Although they subtitle each play (?)
- There's one adjacent parking garage, consider Uber
- We bought 4 tix on Craigslist for $40
- No real New Orleans food in concessions
- Nice troughs in the men's room
- Knight Moves wins, as does LSU football
- To those of you who think shouting "Knight" during the national anthem (we did) is inappropriate, Tulane shouts"and the home of the WAVE". Get over it.
- Dr. Hitt (TU alumni) was in the box behind us, and proud he was of our performance
- UCF has a national presence as evidenced by the comments we received in the French Quarter and elsewhere, so we've got that going for us
- New Orleans is a great place to visit but not to live


Ran into Pro Attitude and Brandon. Other than the laughable football game, it was a great experience.
 
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