10-07-2013, 07:42 PM
In my section (235) at least I thought the atmosphere/excitement was the best it has been this season. I find it fairly difficult to evaluate how loud the overall stadium is, because there is a lot of local bias, starting with the fact that I'm usually one of the first to be screaming.
There were some empty seats around us, and a few which were inhabited by dawgs, but nowhere near as bad as when Oregon or USC comes to town.
From a very practical perspective, it was difficult to keep the volume up on some of those final drives when we were either constantly giving up third down conversions (or 1st or 2nd down conversions in the hurry up, for that matter).
From my standpoint the most conspicuous block of empty seats (my perception is they got emptier after halftime) was the shady side midfield first-level seats, which are unfortunately right behind the player bench. I guess those fans show their $$$upport in other ways.
There were some empty seats around us, and a few which were inhabited by dawgs, but nowhere near as bad as when Oregon or USC comes to town.
From a very practical perspective, it was difficult to keep the volume up on some of those final drives when we were either constantly giving up third down conversions (or 1st or 2nd down conversions in the hurry up, for that matter).
From my standpoint the most conspicuous block of empty seats (my perception is they got emptier after halftime) was the shady side midfield first-level seats, which are unfortunately right behind the player bench. I guess those fans show their $$$upport in other ways.