For some OU fans, ditching Air Force game was healthy choice
Published: 9/21/2010 12:21 AM
Last Modified: 9/21/2010 12:21 AM
Yesterday I asked a simple question -- "Where did everybody go?" – in response to the halftime exodus of Oklahoma fans from the Air Force game. It was a strange sight, considering the Falcons tied the score on their opening drive of the third quarter.
Now, I make a simple statement that I should have considered before posing the question: Easy for me, sitting comfortably in an air-conditioned press box, to ask it.
I want to share an email from a Tulsa fan named Carol:
"We have had season tickets for about 22 years now, and Saturday was the first time we have ever left early. We sit in the north end zone, and the heat was stifling. There were no concessionaires coming up the stairs with water, soft drinks, etc. during the entire game. They were stationed at the bottom of the stairways.
"For those people with small children, older people, etc. it is not easy to gather up and walk down there, especially in the heat. All of the comments around us were about how hot everyone was, and they were even not yelling as much as usual, trying to conserve energy. Looking to the east side of the stadium, the sun is directly on them (it is on our right side).
"It would seem that these September games, all of them, should be played in the evening. I know that TV dictates when we play, but the conditions this past Saturday were brutal. People around us who have never left early left, as did we. It was just too much."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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