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From the Rafters of the Tucker Center


Another good time at the D-Tuck last night. Although I know very little about basketball, I have started to follow Coach L-Ham's team and taking my son to every home game. Here are some observations about the fan experience at the game.

1. $6.50 domestics/$7 imports: Jesus Christ on a bike. Beer is cheaper in downtown Tokyo. I like the fact that they brought in Stella Artois, the prices are obscene. From an economics perspective, the geniuses of the Tucker Center have created an incentive for me to bring a flask to the next game, thereby increasing my alcohol consumption during the game while reducing their revenue. If you want to buy beer at the game, bring at least $20 for 1 stella, and 2 buds.

2. Disturbing half time show: Golden Girls wore black track suits and danced to Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice, Baby." WTF? Between the beer prices and the track suits you are messing with the two main draws for the male non-basketball fan. It was like the lovely ladies were protesting something. And the song selection? Vanilla Ice? Really? O Golden Girls, what have we done to offend thee? How can we repent? Fortunately, FSU's Finest were clad in their usual hotness for the rest of their appearances.

3. DO NOT DO THE WAVE WHILE OUR PLAYER IS SHOOTING A FREE THROW. Disclaimer: I hate the wave. When did this idiotic ritual infest FSU athletics. At football games it is silly enough: half of the fans want you to sit down during the entire game, BUT GET UP FOR THE FREAKIN WAVE.... But last night some rocket surgeons started doing the wave while we were up by 3 (I think) and one of our guys (Singleton?) was shooting a free throw. Directly in his perepheral field of vision. He missed. Now I admit freely that I am not a sophisticated basketball fan, but even I know that doing the wave while your own player is shooting a free throw in a close game is beyond moronic. Maybe there should be some kind of fan handbook to discourage this type of idiocy.

4. To the D-Tuck Staff: If you are going to sell upper deck seats (all of the walk-up tickets were upper deck, according to the ticket office rep I talked to before the game) how about cleaning the bathrooms and opening a concession. My kid doesn't need to find a week-old lunker in the toilet. There are only 8 bathrooms up there, how bout sending up a designated flusher so we can have a fresh bowl if we get to it first. And there are many concession stands upstairs, just open one.

5. To the team: Congrats and thank you for a great game. Despite the criticism above, we had a great time!

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