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</p><p>The obvious solution to the sun and heat&nbsp;problem is to start at&nbsp;4 pm or 5 pm,&nbsp;or later, for games in August/September. But the Pac-12 schools bargained away the ability to make those decisions, to the detriment of our fans.</p><p>

&nbsp; By mistake, we had tickets on the upper sunny side.&nbsp; Lots of Northwestern fans sat around us during the first half.&nbsp; By halftime, the stands had cleared with the hillside outside flooded with exhausted purple and white.&nbsp; Most of these did not return,but, inasmuch as there is difficulty reaching the concourse from there, I doubt if most of them made it down there.&nbsp; We spent the latter part of the last quarter screaming from the concourse during the thrilling last few minutes.</p><p><br></p><p>Anyone who did not think it was hot in the Wok yesterday must be a desert dweller.</p><p><br></p><p>Which begs the question, why not go independent?&nbsp;Just occurred to me it might be an interesting conversation piece to ask.</p><p>

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</p><p>The obvious solution to the sun and heat&nbsp;problem is to start at&nbsp;4 pm or 5 pm,&nbsp;or later, for games in August/September. But the Pac-12 schools bargained away the ability to make those decisions, to the detriment of our fans.</p><p>

&nbsp; By mistake, we had tickets on the upper sunny side.&nbsp; Lots of Northwestern fans sat around us during the first half.&nbsp; By halftime, the stands had cleared with the hillside outside flooded with exhausted purple and white.&nbsp; Most of these did not return,but, inasmuch as there is difficulty reaching the concourse from there, I doubt if most of them made it down there.&nbsp; We spent the latter part of the last quarter screaming from the concourse during the thrilling last few minutes.</p><p><br></p><p>Anyone who did not think it was hot in the Wok yesterday must be a desert dweller.</p><p><br></p><p>Which begs the question, why not go independent?&nbsp;Just occurred to me it might be an interesting conversation piece to ask.</p><p>

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