For the past couple years I sat in section 13 about 15 rows behind the students. The biggest problem was the students would stand on the bleacher, which made everyone behind them have to stand on the bleacher in order to see anything. I don’t mind standing the whole game, but a lot of folks aren’t going to climb up on the bleacher. I think that caused the most tension.

I’d be a fan of giving the students all of the lower sections in the south end zone if they could somehow keep them from standing on top of the bleachers. A rowdy student section really helps pump up the atmosphere.

This has nothing to do with student behavior at the games. The real reason this was done is that the university can charge more for the season tickets in the lower rows than it can for the season tickets in the higher rows. It’s the same reason why the student section was moved for basketball at the Devaney when they put in the cushy seats in the A sections in place of the bleachers.

When I’d first heard about this I thought all of the students in South would be crammed into the above sections of 12 through 16. Now that I see a visual display of what they did I really don’t see it as that big a deal. They’re still in a janky spot in South anyway with just three of the sections moving behind them (which one of those sections housed only the athletes so that might cause some problems). If I was a ‘regular’ student I’d be more PO’d that the greek system gets a monopoly on all of the seats in East rather then this switch.