[CCWMichael]

My season tickets are in 203 or 207,I just went with reserved bleachers. Where does everyone else sit?

105 row L ... Love the 50 yard line and just high enough to see over the sideline. I tried the blue seats once. Not enough movement room for me so we are sticking with red reserved.

29 days, 5 hours, and 27 minutes

[alabama24]

Hey all! My daughter and I are traveling from Hampton Roads to come to the ODU vs LU game (we're avid ODU fans). Anyone have suggestions on decent food in the area that you can take a 4 year old to? I've booked an Air BnB in the area and driving home the next day. Looking forward to seeing ya'lls new stadium. Hopefully the game will be a close one (with an ODU win of course )

Welcome! I have a 4 year old. What kind of restaurant are you looking for? What price range? Nearing game time, the closer to the stadium, the busier the establishment will be. Are you looking for lunch on saturday, or for other meals?

[R i]

Its crazy how many kids are being raised on flames football these days. These are uncharted waters for sure.

[BJWilliams]

I'd love to take my two boys to a game at some point soon. Their collective attention span isn't conducive to it just yet

[Class of 20Something]

I'd love to take my two boys to a game at some point soon. Their collective attention span isn't conducive to it just yet

Trying to teach my 19 month old the GO-L-U part of the fight song with the hand motion. It's going about as adorably as expected. It's become Go-L-YAYYYAHHAyAYAY

[BJWilliams]

I'd probably start with the hand motion like we did in band before going into chants...but my older one went to a game when he was still an infant

[cruzan_flame13]

Just receive my tickets; I’m on the east side, section 224.

[Jonathan Carone]

Its crazy how many kids are being raised on flames football these days. These are uncharted waters for sure.

This is where our biggest growth point is. The 07 grads are the first to graduate with football being both good and important while they were in school. Those alum are 33-34ish now, likely with a couple kids. If we can capitalize on keeping those families engaged, we've got a great future ahead of us.

The generations before us are totally bought in because football success is still new and fresh and exciting. The growth and expansion is enough excitement to keep them engaged. Our generation is more skeptical by nature so it'll take a little more work to keep us engaged, but if we can pull it off, our fanbase can grow a ton.

[BJWilliams]

That's gonna take a) getting them involved in things like the Flames Club, and figuring out a way to create something beyond the local Flames Kids Club

[Jonathan Carone]

It's also going to take putting a good product on the field. The other things will help, but the product will be what drives it.

[BJWilliams]

I figured that much Jon. I'm thinking more of what to do with the cart while not putting the cart before the horse

[Cider Jim]

Except for those ugly Karcher years that followed, LU had a mostly winning football program from 1988-1999 (last year of Morgan Hout's coaching and most of Coach Sam's years). Coach Sam's record at LU was 67-53, which included 6 winning seasons and 2 years when he finished 5-6.

[Jonathan Carone]

That's why I said winning PLUS the importance. They won in the 90s, but gamely wasn't nearly the event that it was 07-on. The combination of the two things is what pushed us to where we are.

[BJWilliams]

I'm talking to the ODU broadcasters to see if I can shadow them during this game. I figure if I'm going to be a part of history, that would be the best place to start the rebirth of my broadcast career...and start with something I should have done when GMTM was my boss...sat and learned first

[Jonathan Carone]

We must be desperate for a crowd for this game. Faculty/staff tickets are now $5.

[flamehunter]

I think it's not a bad idea to try to set a high level for attendance to start the season off with it being a big transition season. If team comes out and tanks in that game it could backfire but if they play well and win it helps create some excitement for the rest of the season.

[Chippy]

We must be desperate for a crowd for this game. Faculty/staff tickets are now $5.

Labor day weekend. Wife and I are staying for the game. The rest of the family is heading to the beach early Saturday. We'll meet up with them on Sunday but that's 10 of my family that won't be at the game.

[thepostman]

We must be desperate for a crowd for this game. Faculty/staff tickets are now $5.

I'm sure I could look it up but what's the normal price for them? I know in the past 5 bucks was pretty standard. Obviously things are a bit different this year.

[Jonathan Carone]

I think it's not a bad idea to try to set a high level for attendance to start the season off with it being a big transition season. If team comes out and tanks in that game it could backfire but if they play well and win it helps create some excitement for the rest of the season.

If we can’t get a great crowd at $15/ticket for our first FBS game in a brand new stadium against an in state opponent then we are not in a good place as a fan base.

Why would anyone buy a season ticket at the faculty/staff rate, which is already pretty significant, if you're going to be selling them $5 tickets?

Why would they spend $15 for a game in October when they know if ticket sales are bad we’ll drop the prices?

You don’t build a fan base on the backs of discounted tickets.

It’s just not a smart move, and I know it wasn’t driven by the ticket office. Those people are too smart to do something like this.

[TH Spangler]

I think it's not a bad idea to try to set a high level for attendance to start the season off with it being a big transition season. If team comes out and tanks in that game it could backfire but if they play well and win it helps create some excitement for the rest of the season.

If we can’t get a great crowd at $15/ticket for our first FBS game in a brand new stadium against an in state opponent then we are not in a good place as a fan base.

Why would anyone buy a season ticket at the faculty/staff rate, which is already pretty significant, if you're going to be selling them $5 tickets?

Why would they spend $15 for a game in October when they know if ticket sales are bad we’ll drop the prices?

You don’t build a fan base on the backs of discounted tickets.

It’s just not a smart move, and I know it wasn’t driven by the ticket office. Those people are too smart to do something like this.

Jonathan how many games do you plan to attend?

[Jonathan Carone]

0. I live five hours away and refuse to spend the time/money to travel to a game until we put a product on the field that’s worth it.

Conversely, I’m also the person who would buy season tickets if I lived within two hours and I had faith in the direction of the program.

[TH Spangler]

0. I live five hours away and refuse to spend the time/money to travel to a game until we put a product on the field that’s worth it.

Conversely, I’m also the person who would buy season tickets if I lived within two hours and I had faith in the direction of the program.

Well you're a lot of help

[R i]

0. I live five hours away and refuse to spend the time/money to travel to a game until we put a product on the field that’s worth it.

Conversely, I’m also the person who would buy season tickets if I lived within two hours and I had faith in the direction of the program.

I dont know everyones situation with childcare, finances, and so on. However, 5 hours away seems doable for an up and back trip on a Saturday. Especially a 3 oclock kick off.

[Jonathan Carone]

It’s doable if it was worth it. But right now it’s not. And that’s why I say the fact we are dropping ticket prices to faculty/staff shows we aren’t in a great place as a fan base. There are obviously other people like me who would’ve been at this game if there was a new coach or excitement around the product. But there isn’t. So we are staying home. That’s my entire point.

To give more perspective: last year when we knew we were opening with ODU at home as an FBS school, I started having conversations with some of The LUnatics. We talked about having a reunion for this game because it’d be more exciting than homecoming and it’s been ten years since our last year together as a whole. But after last year’s results and no coaching change, interest dropped significantly and we decided not to do it.

My guess is there’s quite a bit of people in similar situations.

[thepostman]

I went back and forth on going because my faith in the direction or the program is pretty low but at the same time it is the first ever FBS game in the expanded William's Stadium I had to be there but i totally get where Jon is coming from.