Some notes from Maples:
** The Stanford Band and Dollies are still absent. Tonight's music provided by the Woodside High Band (corrected) and a DJ.
** Women's Volleyball showed off their shiny NCAA Championship trophy at the half. Dunning's retirement announced to the crowd.
** The new T-shirt guns can hit the back row. I can tell because they all zoomed WAY over my head. Luckily they were handing out free promotional T-Shirts at the door.
** Free Throws are a problem with this Stanford team. We shot 58% from the line and missed both free throws on several trips to the stripe during the Buffs critical second half run.
** Colorado had lost their previous ten Pac 12 road games. They looked good against us though.
** The Cardinal's second half run that closed to within four points happened when the Colorado starters were on the bench taking a long breather. The lead ballooned back to 11 and stayed there once the first team was reinserted.
** Ugly game with lots of fouling and turnovers. Stanford lost on the blocks where we were out muscled, out rebounded and outplayed
** Ala football, the team lines up and sways (not much singing) along with Hail! Stanford, Hail! at the end of the game. When did this start?
** Maples is still fun but today the lower bowl was less than half full and the crowd was quiet. There were maybe 75 students at the game. My son hadn't been to a game for many years and remarked, "I didn't realize how special the Maples crowd used to be. I should have appreciated those days more." He particularly missed the Band and the old 6th man antics - "Left, Right, Left, Right, SIT DOWN" and so on. I'd love to see Haase bring those days back.
** But hey, I heard on this board that requiring a hefty donation for the right to buy season tickets was a great strategy so it must be working, right?
** The Stanford Band and Dollies are still absent. Tonight's music provided by the Woodside High Band (corrected) and a DJ.
** Women's Volleyball showed off their shiny NCAA Championship trophy at the half. Dunning's retirement announced to the crowd.
** The new T-shirt guns can hit the back row. I can tell because they all zoomed WAY over my head. Luckily they were handing out free promotional T-Shirts at the door.
** Free Throws are a problem with this Stanford team. We shot 58% from the line and missed both free throws on several trips to the stripe during the Buffs critical second half run.
** Colorado had lost their previous ten Pac 12 road games. They looked good against us though.
** The Cardinal's second half run that closed to within four points happened when the Colorado starters were on the bench taking a long breather. The lead ballooned back to 11 and stayed there once the first team was reinserted.
** Ugly game with lots of fouling and turnovers. Stanford lost on the blocks where we were out muscled, out rebounded and outplayed
** Ala football, the team lines up and sways (not much singing) along with Hail! Stanford, Hail! at the end of the game. When did this start?
** Maples is still fun but today the lower bowl was less than half full and the crowd was quiet. There were maybe 75 students at the game. My son hadn't been to a game for many years and remarked, "I didn't realize how special the Maples crowd used to be. I should have appreciated those days more." He particularly missed the Band and the old 6th man antics - "Left, Right, Left, Right, SIT DOWN" and so on. I'd love to see Haase bring those days back.
** But hey, I heard on this board that requiring a hefty donation for the right to buy season tickets was a great strategy so it must be working, right?
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