2025 UND football

[McBuckets]

Sooooo anyone have any thoughts on how the tailgating event went?

[SiouxFan100]

8 minutes ago, McBuckets said:

Sooooo anyone have any thoughts on how the tailgating event went?

There we go

i too would like to hear of any enhancements and thoughts 

[GoHawks]

14 minutes ago, McBuckets said:

Sooooo anyone have any thoughts on how the tailgating event went?

Someone on here go? I have not gotten an email back yet about the survey either so maybe that will come soon.

[Kab]

59 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

Because it's not relevant. You're not a season tailgate holder, so your opinion on season tailgating experiences isn't important. You're complaining about not being invited to a private meeting for a club you're not a part of. I'm not sure if you're super entitled or don't understand what's going on.

The reason I ask is it was the same price as I pay for a spot each game

you need to check your attitude 

I guess I must be Mr. Irrelevant .  I will forward my thoughts to the new coach and tell him how important you are just in case he hasn’t figured that out 

[UNDvince97-01]

1 hour ago, McBuckets said:

*downvote*
Looks like we poked the bear this afternoon 

So you must be one of the 3 stooges?...

[McBuckets]

4 minutes ago, UNDvince97-01 said:

So you must be one of the 3 stooges?...

 

[homer]

38 minutes ago, Kab said:

The reason I ask is it was the same price as I pay for a spot each game

you need to check your attitude 

I guess I must be Mr. Irrelevant .  I will forward my thoughts to the new coach and tell him how important you are just in case he hasn’t figured that out 

Is the spot you are referring to paid in advance?  I don’t have a tailgate spot so the only reason I ask is out of curiosity. 

[UND1983]

15 minutes ago, McBuckets said:

 

Pretty much

[F'n Hawks]

1 hour ago, GoodGood said:

This thread is cooked over a couple downvotes 

If you want to know why some don’t like you on here or Twitter this is why. You and your buddies posted something similar to this like 6 times. 

[McBuckets]

1 hour ago, SiouxFan100 said:

There we go

i too would like to hear of any enhancements and thoughts 

I tried to get this thread back on topic *insert shrug emoji*

[GoodGood]

4 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

If you want to know why some don’t like you on here or Twitter this is why. You and your buddies posted something similar to this like 6 times. 

I’ve never wondered why anyone on Sioux Sports Forum or Twitter likes or dislikes me. Now please stop derailing this thread 

[UNDvince97-01]

45 minutes ago, McBuckets said:

 

Fair enough.

[F'n Hawks]

24 minutes ago, GoodGood said:

I’ve never wondered why anyone on Sioux Sports Forum or Twitter likes or dislikes me. Now please stop derailing this thread 

Sounds good. Let’s talk some ball 

[geaux_sioux]

4 hours ago, McBuckets said:

The amount of people who have their day ruined by a downvote on this site is astounding 

Not teh pixels from a stranger! Anything but that!!!

[geaux_sioux]

4 hours ago, UND1983 said:

Their day isn't ruined at all. The downvote has just never been used as idiotically as it is by that group

I would actually argue against that. Different posters at different times have done the same. In the end who cares? 

[Mama Sue]

Well I live in MN and nothing, absolutely nothing, can be worse than the childish fighting in the MN House. 
A more positive topic: wasn't today national signing day? Or has the transfer portal and NIsl almost erased that too?

[UND1983]

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

I would actually argue against that. Different posters at different times have done the same. In the end who cares? 

Me.  And you obviously 

[CMSioux]

7 hours ago, Kab said:

Part of UNDs problems is they don’t communicate enough

no reason they didn’t put out a public. Notice about this so those who may have wanted to attend could have 

If you look at the picture they posted there were plenty of empty seats in that room. 

[SiouxBoys]

8 hours ago, Kab said:

The reason I ask is it was the same price as I pay for a spot each game

you need to check your attitude 

I guess I must be Mr. Irrelevant .  I will forward my thoughts to the new coach and tell him how important you are just in case he hasn’t figured that out 

Here's a crazy idea. If you want invited to the season tailgate holder meeting next year, buy season tailgating spots. If not, then don't complain about not getting an invite. 

[Hans8891]

Good grief people.  They invited existing tailgate spot holders based on the forms we all fill out for tailgating spots.  I did go.  It was a good meeting.  They sought input on how we could improve the tailgating experience, including discussing a survey sent out to the same group.  It included exciting things like port-a potties and garbage can availability.  They asked about ways to improve the vitality in the tailgating area.  Some in the tailgate area just use it as a space to park, which does not improve the tailgating experience and they would like to figure out how to address that without getting into issues with long time ticket and tailgate holders.  They would like to see less spots just used for cars, especially in the area of the hawk walk and the spaces up front where they would love to see an active and populated area for tailgating.  They talked about how people liked the fireworks, live bands, other extras that people liked or don’t like.  How to keep people from going into the active areas less than 2 hours before game time when the area is crowded and cars don’t work very well to get through - and technically are a violation of the tailgating rules we all sign up for.  There was discussion about how many hours before the game people would like to be able to get in and we talked about extending the time after games to be able to stay and enjoy the atmosphere.  We talked about the fact that tailgating costs would likely go up since right now it isn’t any more expensive to have a tailgate spot than it is to park for 6 games - $90 v $100 per season - and even less if we have home playoffs.  There is a waiting list for tailgate spots right now.  They talked about preferences for game times, with strong opinions that we would like to have another night game and not noon games if possible - prefer 2Pm games or later for tailgating purposes.  There is no overlap next year between home football games and hockey games.  That is the report on the meeting.  It was a good discussion, but not overly well attended.  There were a few tailgating regulars there, but not a ton.  Schmitt stopped by and thanked the group, but overall it was an informational and brainstorming session.

[CMSioux]

9 hours ago, Hans8891 said:

Good grief people.  They invited existing tailgate spot holders based on the forms we all fill out for tailgating spots.  I did go.  It was a good meeting.  They sought input on how we could improve the tailgating experience, including discussing a survey sent out to the same group.  It included exciting things like port-a potties and garbage can availability.  They asked about ways to improve the vitality in the tailgating area.  Some in the tailgate area just use it as a space to park, which does not improve the tailgating experience and they would like to figure out how to address that without getting into issues with long time ticket and tailgate holders.  They would like to see less spots just used for cars, especially in the area of the hawk walk and the spaces up front where they would love to see an active and populated area for tailgating.  They talked about how people liked the fireworks, live bands, other extras that people liked or don’t like.  How to keep people from going into the active areas less than 2 hours before game time when the area is crowded and cars don’t work very well to get through - and technically are a violation of the tailgating rules we all sign up for.  There was discussion about how many hours before the game people would like to be able to get in and we talked about extending the time after games to be able to stay and enjoy the atmosphere.  We talked about the fact that tailgating costs would likely go up since right now it isn’t any more expensive to have a tailgate spot than it is to park for 6 games - $90 v $100 per season - and even less if we have home playoffs.  There is a waiting list for tailgate spots right now.  They talked about preferences for game times, with strong opinions that we would like to have another night game and not noon games if possible - prefer 2Pm games or later for tailgating purposes.  There is no overlap next year between home football games and hockey games.  That is the report on the meeting.  It was a good discussion, but not overly well attended.  There were a few tailgating regulars there, but not a ton.  Schmitt stopped by and thanked the group, but overall it was an informational and brainstorming session.

All good - did anyone bring up:

- by only inviting those on the current active list they are missing those who quit tailgating and why they quit - they could have been reached by posting something on social media or sharing a survey to everyone on social media.

- Just because a car is parked does not mean it is not being used to tailgate, many tailgate sites have numerous people active why should they not be allowed to park near their group site? 

- People driving their car through a the crowd less than two hours from the game is just a matter of communicating that this rule will be enforced. The first time they have to turn around and go pay $15 for a parking spot they will understand. 

- Like the energy the students bring, but there must be a way to prevent the mountain of trash they leave (ask student leaders to step up) - tailgaters who pay for their spots leave their site as clean as they found it (by the way I often bring food to them so I'm not anti-student). 

- There is no good reason why tailgaters shouldn't be allowed a Happy Hour after the game - have never seen any other school not have it. 

- Why do we have to get a summary from you and not UND? 

[Kab]

Someone suggested I apply for a tailgate spot

i have no intention of doing that as tailgating isn’t my thing

my concern in this is UND does a horrible job of promoting football

get people excited about coming to football games

have more family plan games with a free parking spot with groups of 5 or more 

i asked what a tailgate spot cost and those with spots didn’t answer, it’s basically the same as a parking spots

i hope those with more than one spot have to pay for each spot, may I suggested $100 per spot per game 

OK, fire away 

 

 

[Siouxperman8]

17 minutes ago, Kab said:

Someone suggested I apply for a tailgate spot

i have no intention of doing that as tailgating isn’t my thing

my concern in this is UND does a horrible job of promoting football

get people excited about coming to football games

have more family plan games with a free parking spot with groups of 5 or more 

i asked what a tailgate spot cost and those with spots didn’t answer, it’s basically the same as a parking spots

i hope those with more than one spot have to pay for each spot, may I suggested $100 per spot per game 

OK, fire away 

 

 

Yes.  Us season tailgaters do pay for all of our spots.  I guess if you really wanted to kill tailgating you could charge $100/spot/game.  My bill would have gone from $300 to $2100 last year and I would have noped out. 

The main difference between the cost of tailgate spots and game day parking is that you pay for them ahead of time so you are paying even if you don't show up.  We used all of ours for every game the last few years but in the past it was hard to justify driving 650 miles round trip for a meaningless game and standing outside in the wind and 10 degrees for 4 hours late in the year.  

When Mike Mannausau was coaching he would come back out after the team went thru to greet and thank those of us who braved the weather to tailgate and support the team.  He said he felt he should because of the dedication to the team we were showing.  

[Kab]

3 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:

Yes.  Us season tailgaters do pay for all of our spots.  I guess if you really wanted to kill tailgating you could charge $100/spot/game.  My bill would have gone from $300 to $2100 last year and I would have noped out. 

The main difference between the cost of tailgate spots and game day parking is that you pay for them ahead of time so you are paying even if you don't show up.  We used all of ours for every game the last few years but in the past it was hard to justify driving 650 miles round trip for a meaningless game and standing outside in the wind and 10 degrees for 4 hours late in the year.  

When Mike Mannausau was coaching he would come back out after the team went thru to greet and thank those of us who braved the weather to tailgate and support the team.  He said he felt he should because of the dedication to the team we were showing.  

Fair points

went to a roughrider game years back in Regina

 usually had a motorhome and there was a parking attendant we knew so he always gave us a good spot , but we had to supply him with a bottle

the general manager would stop by and thank us for attending from the US, that’s marketing 

maybe those with season tickets could get a season parking pass for $10 per game, would be paid with the tickets

we drive further than you because we like football and like you choose the games we go to based on opponent and weather

[GoHawks]

14 hours ago, Hans8891 said:

Good grief people.  They invited existing tailgate spot holders based on the forms we all fill out for tailgating spots.  I did go.  It was a good meeting.  They sought input on how we could improve the tailgating experience, including discussing a survey sent out to the same group.  It included exciting things like port-a potties and garbage can availability.  They asked about ways to improve the vitality in the tailgating area.  Some in the tailgate area just use it as a space to park, which does not improve the tailgating experience and they would like to figure out how to address that without getting into issues with long time ticket and tailgate holders.  They would like to see less spots just used for cars, especially in the area of the hawk walk and the spaces up front where they would love to see an active and populated area for tailgating.  They talked about how people liked the fireworks, live bands, other extras that people liked or don’t like.  How to keep people from going into the active areas less than 2 hours before game time when the area is crowded and cars don’t work very well to get through - and technically are a violation of the tailgating rules we all sign up for.  There was discussion about how many hours before the game people would like to be able to get in and we talked about extending the time after games to be able to stay and enjoy the atmosphere.  We talked about the fact that tailgating costs would likely go up since right now it isn’t any more expensive to have a tailgate spot than it is to park for 6 games - $90 v $100 per season - and even less if we have home playoffs.  There is a waiting list for tailgate spots right now.  They talked about preferences for game times, with strong opinions that we would like to have another night game and not noon games if possible - prefer 2Pm games or later for tailgating purposes.  There is no overlap next year between home football games and hockey games.  That is the report on the meeting.  It was a good discussion, but not overly well attended.  There were a few tailgating regulars there, but not a ton.  Schmitt stopped by and thanked the group, but overall it was an informational and brainstorming session.

Most of these things I brought up in the survey so I'm glad they got addressed! I also brought up the tailgate/parking issue. I don't understand why my tailgate pricing should go up just to scare away someone who uses it for parking? I show up every game so I get punished? Season tailgate spots doubled last year also.