Favorite Part of IU BBall Gameday Experience

[BlueDevil 9,555]

For me it's the whole pregame experience. I go to the game before all my friends before a lot of people enter.. shortly after the gates open. For a lot of people it's not a big deal but I'm a historian I love places with history so a place like this is really something awesome to me. I love the smell when I walk in I love how empty it is upon entering knowing that the place will be a mad house soon enough. I go to my seat and sit by myself and just take it all in. Man what a place. Just remembering all the greats that have been on that floor and the pregame intro video gives me chills. I'm a Dukie at heart but DAMN the IU game day experience is something special.

[Hovadipo 61,359]

For me it's the whole pregame experience. I go to the game before all my friends before a lot of people enter.. shortly after the gates open. For a lot of people it's not a big deal but I'm a historian I love places with history so a place like this is really something awesome to me. I love the smell when I walk in I love how empty it is upon entering knowing that the place will be a mad house soon enough. I go to my seat and sit by myself and just take it all in. Man what a place. Just remembering all the greats that have been on that floor and the pregame intro video gives me chills. I'm a Dukie at heart but DAMN the IU game day experience is something special.

I'm the same way. I like getting there when I can count the number of people in the seats. I'm going to go extra early and explore before a game sometime this year. See what kind of places I can find that I probably shouldn't.


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[Parakeet Jones 4,022]

if going to the game, one of my favorite parts is the drive up Hwy 60 and Hwy 37...

love seeing the small towns whether it be fall or winter...

(the same goes for football games)

 

the anticipation of game on the road traveling through small town Indiana never gets old for me...

I was thinking of putting up the same thing.  Some of my best memories in life and some of the best talks I have ever had with my dad took place traveling up 37 to B'town.  Even as an adult that hasn't changed.  He might have to sit this season out due to  starting chemo soon, but he insists I get his tickets as well as mine because he is planning on going unless he just can't make it.  

[ou812dude 3,326]

I was thinking of putting up the same thing.  Some of my best memories in life and some of the best talks I have ever had with my dad took place traveling up 37 to B'town.  Even as an adult that hasn't changed.  He might have to sit this season out due to  starting chemo soon, but he insists I get his tickets as well as mine because he is planning on going unless he just can't make it.  

 

Jones, I really hope you and your dad can make the trip together again soon...thoughts and prayers for you both...

me and my father have shared many great memories together on the way to Bloomington and I sure hope you get more 

trips with yours as well... Godspeed.

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

Best if luck to you and your father Jones.

This kind of ties into one if my favorite game day experiences. Talking to compete strangers at games and realizing how similar our childhood experiences were. In the driveway, sun, rain, or snow counting down 3-2- shit goes up 1. Indiana wins, Indiana wins...

One of the few things I miss about Indiana.


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[Parakeet Jones 4,022]

Jones, I really hope you and your dad can make the trip together again soon...thoughts and prayers for you both...

me and my father have shared many great memories together on the way to Bloomington and I sure hope you get more 

trips with yours as well... Godspeed.

Thanks, dude.  The prognosis is very good.  He just may not feel like making the trip too much this year depending on how long the treatments go on.  He won't know until he starts them, so he is still holding out hope he'll get to make a few games.  

[GloryDays 6,221]

I was thinking of putting up the same thing.  Some of my best memories in life and some of the best talks I have ever had with my dad took place traveling up 37 to B'town.  Even as an adult that hasn't changed.  He might have to sit this season out due to  starting chemo soon, but he insists I get his tickets as well as mine because he is planning on going unless he just can't make it.  

 Hope your dad gets well soon.37 is my route too but from below Paoli.Thats a wonderful trip in the fall.

Again, best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Parakeet Jones 4,022]

Hope your dad gets well soon.37 is my route too but from below Paoli.Thats a wonderful trip in the fall.
Again, best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Thanks. We come from south of Paoli too.

[Hovadipo 61,359]

I'm quite partial to the trip down (and up) 46 myself.


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[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

I usually make the trip up 37 from southern Indiana too at least once a year in the fall.  Love the fall foliage and all the colors----and it sounds corny--- but I love the smell of fall in the air!  You instantly feel younger when you set foot on campus.

 

Like Parakeet---I used to make the trip with my dad who I lost to cancer over a year ago and now I make it with my son. 

 

A great family tradition!

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Let's not forget the Largest Student Section In The Nation!   That's a big part of Hoosier Game Day!

[BubbleKnuts 569]

Gonna take 69 on up this winter.


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[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

BubbleKnuts---I use 69 too and it sure is the fastest route from the Evansville area---- but when I want to go scenic--I still like the old 37 route.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Another funny part of the game day experience are all of the Fat Heads----makes the opponents' free throws more interesting---and I love the off-- the-- wall ones----anybody got a favorite they want to share?

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

IU's cheerleaders!!! I married one!

[GloryDays 6,221]

IU's cheerleaders!!! I married one!

You Dog! Lucky I mean.

Mother Bears is one of mine if I can get in.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Memorable game day experiences?  How about climbing the stairs to the upper balcony---or not!  Anyone ever count how many stairs there are from ground level to the upper balcony?  The answer=too many!

[ou812dude 3,326]

all of you music aficionados will appreciate this...

how about the last song of the night...by the pep band... win or lose...

they play Sing Sing Sing... in the version of  Benny Goodwin a la 1920's extraordinaire..

 

I always stick around to listen to that after the game and to see who else appreciates it... 

 

edit... link for those that leave games early...http://youtu.be/fhyhP_5VfKM

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Good call---ou812dude!  Another IU tradition that a lot of people miss......

[Geometry Hoosier 1,218]

BubbleKnuts---I use 69 too and it sure is the fastest route from the Evansville area---- but when I want to go scenic--I still like the old 37 route.

How much time does 69 cut off your trip to Bloomington? I've haven't been any farther north than Oakland City on it.


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