On November 8th student tickets went on sale for the BYU vs Utah game that approaches this upcoming weekend. As a result, we were in line November 7th! A special thanks goes out to Robbie and Rachel as they started standing in line at 11:30 am (that's right, over twenty hours before tickets went on sale), Derek (who arrived soon after), and John. I arrived around 5 pm, right after I got off work with sleeping bags, a tent, and some lanterns. It was a great experience as we camped out on the sidewalk near the stadium with over 2,000 students anxiously awaiting tickets for the big game. Kyle Whittingham and some of the players even came around and shook the hands of their many loyal fans and even donated some pizzas to the cause. Becky came over around 7:30 pm and hung out until about midnight...it was a cold evening! The pictures will paint a better picture...
The line wrapped around the entire stadium. You can see 2% of the people behind us.
The line wrapped around the entire stadium. You can see 2% of the people behind us.
Becky just hangin out in the tent preparing herself mentally for an intense game of phase 10! Her preparation did not help her too much...Sorry, Becky.
Thanks to Kate we were able to survive the night. That was the best hot chocolate ever!
Robbie, Rachel, and myself just securing our position. If people came late or tried to cut others, fights broke out. We were not part of that, but many Ute fans are not affraid to speak their minds through their fists...
After a long night in the tent we woke up to find a line already forming. We got up around 6 am and jumped in line. People were not happy as many that were close to the front got pushed much further back. This is where we ended up starting our morning wait...there were about 600 people infront of us.
100 more feet to go...
There were over 2,000 people still waiting for tickets as we neared the front of the line. Many Ute fans left unhappy as tickets sold out soon after we became proud ticket owners...it only took us 22 hours!
Was waiting in line and camping out worth it? YES! Is this game going to be great? YES. Is Utah going to win? They better as they are the better team and EVERYONE knows it. GO UTES!
7 comments:
Becky did he brain wash you? Go cougars!
I absolutely LOVE IT....GO UTES and you all are so hardcore...hey becky if you decide that you would rather go see the twilight movie or something I would be happy to take your place....you guys need to come by our place and see our little guys..we miss you kids
Becky! I just spent a significant amount of time obsessing over your pics... you two are so darling. AND you, YOU are a true beauty my dear. Seriously, I have a gay crush on you. Anyway, just wanted to say hi and that I think your fabulous! Hopefully I'll get to see you soon!
Hey Becky will you email me your address, my email is jenparker9@yahoo.com. So when is your next trip planned for AZ?? :)
Twas fun...except for the guy breaking rocks by our tent all night. wtf?!
I am so sick of looking at this post! Seriously the Utes won, get over it! Time for a new post! Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas!
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