09-29-2013, 09:42 PM
Seems like I've been lurking here forever; I signed up the other day and figured I should introduce myself. My family has has season tickets since my high school days; we currently hold down four seats is section 135. Dad is a San Jose State alum but always loved Stanford football. It was easier to get in back in 1972 when I graduated high school; my bragging about my SAT scores lasted about 5 minutes after I arrived on campus. I lived at Lagunita Court (Adelfa) freshman year, Sigma Chi for a few years, a year in graduate housing somehow. Graduated in 1977 co term with a Bachelors/Masters in Mech. E.
I recall one year the bros organized a trip to Memorial Stadium a few nights before the Big Game; we hauled several hundred pounds of salt across the bay and salted "BEAT CAL" in block letters on the field. Imagine this, no fence around the stadium, no security, we waltzed in, did the dirty deed (which took over an hour) and fled back to the safety of Palo Alto. A different time. It actually worked pretty well; a friend of mine took me up in a Cessna to get pictures of the stadium; my aerial shot of Memorial Stadium made it into the yearbook that year.
The idea that didn't work out was covering visitor's seating in Stanford Stadium with bird seed (same deal, several hundred pounds of bird seed, no fence, no security, just didn't have to drive to Berkeley). This was about a week before USC was coming to town and we figured they would be sitting in a good inch of guano. Apparently the birds never figured out where all that bird seed was as come game day the wooden benches were pristine. I never have figured out what went wrong, maybe birds follow the old adage "dont s___ where you eat".
After graduating I went overseas for a few years and then ended up in SoCal, to the Central Valley in 1991 when my attendance at the games picked up. For a few of the Monty years the wife and I were into Men's basketball and had season tickets at Maples, what a blast that was. The long drive finally got to us (2 1/2 hours each way for a two hour basketball game in the evening) and we gave those up. These days its up to Stanford several hours before game time for tailgating in the grove between the stadium and El Camino Real with various family and friends; I don't think I've missed a home game in a couple of years. My son and I got to El Paso for the Sun Bowl, if Luck would have played we would have won that game hands down. Spent New Years this year in Pasadena for that most satisfying win !
Anyway, great board here, greetings to all, Go Stanford !
I recall one year the bros organized a trip to Memorial Stadium a few nights before the Big Game; we hauled several hundred pounds of salt across the bay and salted "BEAT CAL" in block letters on the field. Imagine this, no fence around the stadium, no security, we waltzed in, did the dirty deed (which took over an hour) and fled back to the safety of Palo Alto. A different time. It actually worked pretty well; a friend of mine took me up in a Cessna to get pictures of the stadium; my aerial shot of Memorial Stadium made it into the yearbook that year.
The idea that didn't work out was covering visitor's seating in Stanford Stadium with bird seed (same deal, several hundred pounds of bird seed, no fence, no security, just didn't have to drive to Berkeley). This was about a week before USC was coming to town and we figured they would be sitting in a good inch of guano. Apparently the birds never figured out where all that bird seed was as come game day the wooden benches were pristine. I never have figured out what went wrong, maybe birds follow the old adage "dont s___ where you eat".
After graduating I went overseas for a few years and then ended up in SoCal, to the Central Valley in 1991 when my attendance at the games picked up. For a few of the Monty years the wife and I were into Men's basketball and had season tickets at Maples, what a blast that was. The long drive finally got to us (2 1/2 hours each way for a two hour basketball game in the evening) and we gave those up. These days its up to Stanford several hours before game time for tailgating in the grove between the stadium and El Camino Real with various family and friends; I don't think I've missed a home game in a couple of years. My son and I got to El Paso for the Sun Bowl, if Luck would have played we would have won that game hands down. Spent New Years this year in Pasadena for that most satisfying win !
Anyway, great board here, greetings to all, Go Stanford !