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<blockquote data-quote="1970 John" data-source="post: 1803891" data-attributes="member: 589602"><p>This has been an interesting read and I’ll start with <em>my </em>though it may take a little while to finish. My baseline goes back to the ‘60s, another caveat. .</p><p></p><p>Starting with Iowa State: Very short meeting, but walking from the parking lot to the venue and back, all the girls were very pretty. Farm girls. Probably great hands from milking cows. Oops, that would be Wisconsin. Lots of pig farms in Iowa, however. Sorry, that’s all I remember.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of Wisconsin, we lived a year (1976-77) in Madison. Harvey Street, if anyone is taking notes. Did go to hockey but not football or basketball. My only prior experience with hockey was ice rink (small an unheated) at Illinois, Their hockey arena was yuge by comparison.</p><p></p><p>City was nice but we spent more time driving my Fiat 850 Spider in the Kettle Moraine area. I remember two restaurants, Dos Amigos, and a pizza place that was awesome, with intimate booths that went to the ceiling, no doubt both long gone.</p><p></p><p>My wife took a class at UW. Rode her bike. Hills were very steep. </p><p></p><p>My wife got her PhD at Maryland (1986-88). We didn’t participate in campus activities. I was never on campus until her graduation, and she spent most of her time in one building. Nothing to report.</p><p></p><p>Much more recently, we’ve been to football at Rutgers and Maryland. The stadium at Rutgers is very generic. I can’t remember anything special about it, but they have (pregame) knight on horseback, clad in red armor. And the guys in Revolutionary War era dress who have an old cannon they fire after their occasional touchdown.</p><p></p><p>The RAC at Rutgers is a hole, literally. It looks like a bunker, and the seats start at ground level and go down to the court. The ceiling is a mirror image, a dark, hard surface. It’s very loud, especially when Rutgers is beating Illinois. The upper level, btw, is bleachers, with no seatbacks. Also, inadequate concourses and toilet facilities are even worse. Built by the mafia?</p><p></p><p>Students chanted what sounded like “We are. Are you?”</p><p></p><p>We went football at Maryland circa 2019, when the Illini were beat so badly by the Turtles. The stadium is old and decrepit, and poorly attended. We got tickets on the 50 in the main stands for $11. A few students came for kickoff, and when the alumni tried to give away a $2,000 scholarship to any student still there after halftime. They tried three times with no luck. </p><p></p><p>Basketball was expensive as football was cheap. We took my daughter and her fiancé (a Maryland alum) to basketball (2019, when Maryland was #3, and beat Illinois with a 3-pointer at the buzzer). We had seats high above and behind the basket for $$$$. Seating is very steep and a huge student section is literally over the court. Parking is a long way from the arena and you get to and from the parking garage via bus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1970 John, post: 1803891, member: 589602"] This has been an interesting read and I’ll start with [I]my [/I]though it may take a little while to finish. My baseline goes back to the ‘60s, another caveat. . Starting with Iowa State: Very short meeting, but walking from the parking lot to the venue and back, all the girls were very pretty. Farm girls. Probably great hands from milking cows. Oops, that would be Wisconsin. Lots of pig farms in Iowa, however. Sorry, that’s all I remember. Speaking of Wisconsin, we lived a year (1976-77) in Madison. Harvey Street, if anyone is taking notes. Did go to hockey but not football or basketball. My only prior experience with hockey was ice rink (small an unheated) at Illinois, Their hockey arena was yuge by comparison. City was nice but we spent more time driving my Fiat 850 Spider in the Kettle Moraine area. I remember two restaurants, Dos Amigos, and a pizza place that was awesome, with intimate booths that went to the ceiling, no doubt both long gone. My wife took a class at UW. Rode her bike. Hills were very steep. My wife got her PhD at Maryland (1986-88). We didn’t participate in campus activities. I was never on campus until her graduation, and she spent most of her time in one building. Nothing to report. Much more recently, we’ve been to football at Rutgers and Maryland. The stadium at Rutgers is very generic. I can’t remember anything special about it, but they have (pregame) knight on horseback, clad in red armor. And the guys in Revolutionary War era dress who have an old cannon they fire after their occasional touchdown. The RAC at Rutgers is a hole, literally. It looks like a bunker, and the seats start at ground level and go down to the court. The ceiling is a mirror image, a dark, hard surface. It’s very loud, especially when Rutgers is beating Illinois. The upper level, btw, is bleachers, with no seatbacks. Also, inadequate concourses and toilet facilities are even worse. Built by the mafia? Students chanted what sounded like “We are. Are you?” We went football at Maryland circa 2019, when the Illini were beat so badly by the Turtles. The stadium is old and decrepit, and poorly attended. We got tickets on the 50 in the main stands for $11. A few students came for kickoff, and when the alumni tried to give away a $2,000 scholarship to any student still there after halftime. They tried three times with no luck. Basketball was expensive as football was cheap. We took my daughter and her fiancé (a Maryland alum) to basketball (2019, when Maryland was #3, and beat Illinois with a 3-pointer at the buzzer). We had seats high above and behind the basket for $$$$. Seating is very steep and a huge student section is literally over the court. Parking is a long way from the arena and you get to and from the parking garage via bus. [/QUOTE]
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