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60th Anniversary of the Assembly Hall (Sat. March 4)
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<blockquote data-quote="Illinirog70" data-source="post: 1868355" data-attributes="member: 748645"><p>I started school there in '65 and loved watching games there. It is so accoustically perfect that you could hear a conversation across the entire facility. I still think it is the best place ever to watch a game, especially when it's full and loud.</p><p></p><p>A couple of years later during a game, a ref had a seizure and fell to the floor, twitching. An absolute silence struck the crowd, until you heard some yell "should have been the other one!"</p><p></p><p>Every one gasped and booed the comment. the ref turned out to be okay, and the game went on.</p><p></p><p>I think they pulled some random guy out of the stands to fill in and he did way better than the other refs, despite his white cane and guard dog.</p><p>I think he's still reffing Big-10 games today...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illinirog70, post: 1868355, member: 748645"] I started school there in '65 and loved watching games there. It is so accoustically perfect that you could hear a conversation across the entire facility. I still think it is the best place ever to watch a game, especially when it's full and loud. A couple of years later during a game, a ref had a seizure and fell to the floor, twitching. An absolute silence struck the crowd, until you heard some yell "should have been the other one!" Every one gasped and booed the comment. the ref turned out to be okay, and the game went on. I think they pulled some random guy out of the stands to fill in and he did way better than the other refs, despite his white cane and guard dog. I think he's still reffing Big-10 games today... [/QUOTE]
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