Minnesota’s quest for a high-profile coach may lead to a win-win scenario.
… People in the know say the university’s decision to ban alcohol at TCF Bank Stadium and other Gophers athletic venues has cost the school at least $3 million annually in revenue. Now, there’s talk that allowing alcohol at games would be a way to pay the salary of a big-time football coach.
Hey, a program’s gotta do what a program’s gotta do.
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GA could do $3 mil in revenue for booze in one SEC night game. However, the resulting damage to Sanford would probably not be worth it.
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Upper deck….bottle of Beam….a woman’s face…a certain Mr. Faulkner….
UGA’s policy is “never again.”
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Normaltown Mike,
I have not heard this story before. Can you elaborate or direct to a link?
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Back in the mid-80s some idiot tossed a liquor bottle (I’ve heard a fifth bottle; I’ve heard a handle) off the upper deck in the student section into the lower deck and caused permanent injury to the unsuspecting recipient of said bottle to the head. It was a bad, bad thing, obviously, and the stadium security in the student section was relentless for quite some time afterward.
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That bottle of beam probably wasn’t bought at Sanford.
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That’s just cruel. Taking away booze while inflicting Brewster on the faithful?
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I believe it’s a good idea to release an army of drunks on Athens after the game. It would provide more cover for the player’s after-game antics while the local police are busy chasing all the other partiers.
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Maybe they could run a lottery inside the stadium or add roulette tables and call girls?
Then they could afford BOTH Urban and Saban to co-coach there with matching $15mil salaries!
Win Win for the Big Ten and SEC.
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I am sure nobody drinks in the stadium now, do they? HA!
I for one think if maybe they sold it there then the downing of liquor would not be so rampant. For all the times that I have seen liquor being poured into cups at Sanford, I can’t recall ever seeing it done at a Falcons, Braves, or Hawks game. Nope, sell beer and I think it might be a little less rowdy.
Maybe.
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They used to sell it at CU and CSU here in Colorado. There are a lot of folks that think it should be brought back because the students get drunker now and show up later to the games.
I have no clue if that is the case or not….but I do know that I love beer and college football and the two married together in Sanford Stadium is probably what heaven is like.
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btw- they just stopped selling it at those two stadiums within the last 5 years.
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Yeah, they never sold it when I was in school there in the 90’s and it dang sure didn’t stop anybody from drinking, at least it never stopped me.
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Given how bad the concessions are now, can you imagine what the beer would be like?
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I am pretty sure that we have one relatively influential booster who would not mind pitching the idea to his fellow Board of Regents.
Heck, I think beer at Gymnastics meets would be perfect, too.
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Where do I submit my resume, and if they sell it at games can I drink while I coach so I can do my best Les Miles impression in the way I manage the game?
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NCAA rules prohibit alcohol sales at on campus venues. Minnesota’s new football stadium is not on campus so it can sell alcohol. NCAA rules allow alcohol sales at the Georgia-Florida game, but both schools choose not to. Since all the bowl games we go to are not on a campus we fans can buy beer at the bowl games.
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Gee, I wonder how all those Cajuns get drunk in Baton Rouge? Somebody must be looking the other way when the fans enter.
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