
By Mike Gibson
You don't know who long I've waited to write this or see this in print.
TEMPLE SEASON TICKETS SOLD OUT!!!
Well, they are.
At least for two sections.
I was told today that sections 120 and 119 are sold out.
Season tickets in 121 and 118 are also going at a very brisk rate.
I will be sitting on the 45-yard line, in section 121.
As most of you know, Temple moved over to the "sunny" side of the field from its "home" side since the nation's best football venue became its permanent home in 2003.
That led to a lot of ignorant people writing on mostly MAC message boards saying things like, "No way there were 30,000 people there. I watched on TV and there was nobody there."
Dude, TV shoots the "visitor's side" of the field exclusively (the cameras are all set up that way) and, if there was nobody there, that's your fault, not ours.
The empty seats belonged to Kent fans or Miami fans or Central Michigan fans.
The 30K on the Temple side were unseen by people watching on TV. Despite repeated complaints to the television people to shoot the Temple side, they all wrote back saying it would be too costly to move the permanent camera spots.
So Temple moved its fans.
Now they will be right there for all to see.
And, once the Owls start winning, the other side will fill up, too.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Temple season tickets sold out
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