re: I am sick and tired of the empty seats in the student section / west side

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On tv, it sounded loud the whole game

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This was my first night game in TS since Florida 2019. Here's what I noticed from section 303 (East side):

The crowd noise definitely seemed overall flattish to me. It going going on some 3rd downs and stuff, but nothing to write home about.

I had a full view of basically everything except the east upper. I would estimate the entire stadium was never more than 85% full. I understand the economics of the huge stadium, but it's sad to think it will likely never be full again for a football game. It's just too big.

From 85% (max) it was a steady trickle down until a big drop off after the half At the beginning of the 4th, it's hard to think it was more than 65% full.

For all the complaining about the piped music, I thought they did a pretty good job with it overall. Was there a DJ over by the students? If so, I think that's a good (modern) idea.

For all the complaining about the screens, they seem fine to me.

I think the biggest disappointment for me was that Pre-game was just a dud. No chills, no excitement at all. I was with someone having their first-ever TS experience, and it did not live up to the description of this I had given. The crowd was just shockingly not very loud for this.

Also, have they changed the build up to when the team actually comes out? It was super anti-climactic when they ran out of the tunnel. It seems almost disorganized in terms of the band doing anything simultaneously.

Still a fun game and great result, but I agree with the general thrust of this thread that it's not at all as exciting as the old days.