During my recent pod episode with Race Bannon, I was talking about sitting in the rain in 1977 (near the tunnel) and watching the garbage bags swirl around the stadium in the wind and rain. Race stated/joked that they were undercover with Tyee tickets.
In 1981, we moved to the south side upper deck near the goal line. We were seated directly beneath the drip line from the upper deck, so sometimes the rain would be a nuisance to say the least.
In 1987, the new upper deck arrived (I was 16 years old at that point). Dad got tickets on the 15 yard line of the north upper deck. Really nice tickets. I got a sunburn for the inaugural game against Stanford. (Daryl Franklin with 214 receiving yards).
By the early 90s, Dad's tickets moved to the 40 yard line. It was a huge blessing for me to witness the prime years from those seats.
By the mid 90s, I would attend 2-3 games a year with dad and then buy tickets to other games on my own. But I remember somewhere around 1996, when my dad was paying more money than ever, but he got moved from the 40-yard line down to the 15-yard line. I haven't often seen dad totally pissed off, but I remember that day well as we sat in our seats. He was cursing and muttering. The following Monday he wrote a letter to Barbara Hedges saying how he had been a season ticket holder since 1957 and felt like the UW had stabbed him in the back. I don't remember what response he received, if any. (I'm assuming someone got back to him.)
The worst seats I ever sat in would be:
1982 - when my peewee football team sat in the end zone wooden bleachers for the UTEP game. I couldn't tell the difference between the 30-yard line and the 50-yard line. Horrible.
1990 - My roommate Rikki and I went to the Cal game, and sat in the Fun Zone. Again, hard to tell where the ball was on the field at times.
2003 - Went with Dawn to the Oregon game, sat in the north upper deck about ten seats from the top. Watched little ants running around on the field below. Horrible.
Best seats:
1983 - Sat in the press box for the Stanford game. My dad had a business associate who had two passes and gave them to dad. That was cool. Huskies won 32-15 and Sterling Hinds ran for 188.
2003-2005 Covered a handful of games in the press box for *******.***, until a certain writer demanded that I be removed. But those were great seats and a good experience that I was grateful for.
In 1981, we moved to the south side upper deck near the goal line. We were seated directly beneath the drip line from the upper deck, so sometimes the rain would be a nuisance to say the least.
In 1987, the new upper deck arrived (I was 16 years old at that point). Dad got tickets on the 15 yard line of the north upper deck. Really nice tickets. I got a sunburn for the inaugural game against Stanford. (Daryl Franklin with 214 receiving yards).
By the early 90s, Dad's tickets moved to the 40 yard line. It was a huge blessing for me to witness the prime years from those seats.
By the mid 90s, I would attend 2-3 games a year with dad and then buy tickets to other games on my own. But I remember somewhere around 1996, when my dad was paying more money than ever, but he got moved from the 40-yard line down to the 15-yard line. I haven't often seen dad totally pissed off, but I remember that day well as we sat in our seats. He was cursing and muttering. The following Monday he wrote a letter to Barbara Hedges saying how he had been a season ticket holder since 1957 and felt like the UW had stabbed him in the back. I don't remember what response he received, if any. (I'm assuming someone got back to him.)
The worst seats I ever sat in would be:
1982 - when my peewee football team sat in the end zone wooden bleachers for the UTEP game. I couldn't tell the difference between the 30-yard line and the 50-yard line. Horrible.
1990 - My roommate Rikki and I went to the Cal game, and sat in the Fun Zone. Again, hard to tell where the ball was on the field at times.
2003 - Went with Dawn to the Oregon game, sat in the north upper deck about ten seats from the top. Watched little ants running around on the field below. Horrible.
Best seats:
1983 - Sat in the press box for the Stanford game. My dad had a business associate who had two passes and gave them to dad. That was cool. Huskies won 32-15 and Sterling Hinds ran for 188.
2003-2005 Covered a handful of games in the press box for *******.***, until a certain writer demanded that I be removed. But those were great seats and a good experience that I was grateful for.
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