Football Time is Here

Everyone can smell it in the air, football season is upon us and for the diehard fans of West Virginia University, this means a few things. It’s time to cheer for the closest thing to a professional team that we can lay claim to. It’s time for good food with great friends and for many fans, it means that it’s time to “booze” in the parking lot at the pre-game tail gate.
It’s a tradition that strings back many generations. Everyone shows up on game day, cooks up some great food and throws back a few (sometimes more) cold ones. In years past, it has been the norm to see many fans stumble into the stadium. This year is looking to be different.



A few weeks back, I attended the official beer sales press conference at Milan Puskar Stadium. Athletic Director, Oliver Luck, spoke heavily on how the security was going to be incredibly strict about letting the non-sober folk into games. It is all a part of his master plan to create more of a family friendly environment for the fans. This is a great idea, but when I asked what they planned to do when drunk fans became enraged about not being allowed to enter after they paid good money for their ticket, he simply shrugged it off and said we have plans to deal with it.
I love the public relations idea behind making the stadium more of a family friendly environment but I am afraid that they are underestimating the amount of fans that will be past the sober limit that they are setting in order to enter a game. All I can say is, I hope that they have less “event staff” personnel at the game and more armed forces. I have a feeling that they are going to need them.