[PalmTree]

May I ask why you do it?

You didn't ask me, but my reason is simple. Tradition and nostalgia. Students used to sit on the sunny side. Subsequently I bought season tickets on the sunny side because that was the Stanford side of the field and only "old people" sat on the shady side. Had great seats in the Old Lady, and for some reason it was never nearly as hot as the new stadium, even with the "normal" 1300 kickoffs. New seats are higher up and perhaps "better". There are several similarly "mature" groups in our section, although we have had some significant attrition in the last few years.

Didn't see too many 95+ degree days in the old stadium, although I remember thinking it was hot outside the few times it crested 80 degrees back then. Might have something to do with global worming...

I do vaguely remember more than a few scorchers back in the old stadium, though due to "mitigating circumstances", I'm for some reason unable to name specific games/instances. I also always only sat on the sunny side, first as an undergrad in the 70's, then in Section DD as a STH. Let's just say my memory lapses <might've> had something to do with ability to bring coolers, kegs, bota bags, battery-operated blenders and fans, etc into the stadium, and leave it at that....

[PalmTree]

May I ask why you do it?

You didn't ask me, but my reason is simple. Tradition and nostalgia. Students used to sit on the sunny side. Subsequently I bought season tickets on the sunny side because that was the Stanford side of the field and only "old people" sat on the shady side. Had great seats in the Old Lady, and for some reason it was never nearly as hot as the new stadium, even with the "normal" 1300 kickoffs. New seats are higher up and perhaps "better". There are several similarly "mature" groups in our section, although we have had some significant attrition in the last few years.

Didn't see too many 95+ degree days in the old stadium, although I remember thinking it was hot outside the few times it crested 80 degrees back then. Might have something to do with global worming...

I do vaguely remember more than a few scorchers back in the old stadium, though due to "mitigating circumstances", I'm for some reason unable to name specific games/instances. I also always only sat on the sunny side, first as an undergrad in the 70's, then in Section DD as a STH. Let's just say my memory lapses <might've> had something to do with ability to bring coolers, kegs, bota bags, battery-operated blenders and fans, etc into the stadium, and leave it at that....