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I just looked this up today after wondering why crowds have been light on the student side given I was told the Mob tickets are now first come first serve every game..... well nope that is not true!

http://smumustangs.com/sports/2016/6/19/the-mob.aspx

They literally just re-branded the complete failure of the points system. Everything is the same except points kids don't get 6 game allotments anymore, just game by game. Same freaking problem as the last couple seasons. The requirements are a total joke also. At this point the school is being unfair to the players by actively keeping people out, it's nuts Also, you have to pay to join the Mob so you can get tickets? That's truly insulting even for SMU. That just flat out is not right and is borderline discriminatory.

ObeyMyDog wrote:I just looked this up today after wondering why crowds have been light on the student side given I was told the Mob tickets are now first come first serve every game..... well nope that is not true!

http://smumustangs.com/sports/2016/6/19/the-mob.aspx

They literally just re-branded the complete failure of the points system. Everything is the same except points kids don't get 6 game allotments anymore, just game by game. Same freaking problem as the last couple seasons. The requirements are a total joke also. At this point the school is being unfair to the players by actively keeping people out, it's nuts Also, you have to pay to join the Mob so you can get tickets? That's truly insulting even for SMU. That just flat out is not right and is borderline discriminatory.

I'm going to go ahead and wager you haven't been to a game yet this season. The student sections have actually been very well attended, especially for early season games against no name teams. This time last year there were never any students on the basket side seats. Game one all student sections were completely full.

Yeah good guess but I've been to them all. You'll never convince me you don't get the student sections full or almost full on all 3 sides every game if you literally give the tickets away to the first to show.

It blows my mind people defend this system, it honestly makes me feel crazy. I can tolerate a little nonsense, but the current system without question keeps kids out of games that would otherwise come when the crowd is lighter.

Watched all 3 on tv this year, and have been very impressed with student attendance. 1st game was great, 2nd was ok, and 3rd was in the middle.

No complaints. Hopefully Saturday's game will be like friday night's game

Well written, though:

Where are the Mob seats located?
The Mob sections are in rows 112, 100, and 108.

Are the students gone yet?

This is idiocy.
The system is so broken it was SRO for the first game with some students filtering into the empties in the blue seats
There has been excellent student attendance all three games when you consider who we've been playing.

I must be crazy then. Guess it is just an insanely radical thought to believe there would be very little variation in student attendance if you didn't put the tickets behind a point system and money wall.

When I was a kid in junior high school they wouldn't serve french fries and hamburgers. Until we boycotted the kitchen line three weeks later we had a dedicated hamburger and french fry line.

This is AmerAka

One Trick Pony wrote:When I was a kid in junior high school they wouldn't serve french fries and hamburgers. Until we boycotted the kitchen line three weeks later we had a dedicated hamburger and french fry line.

And now we're reducing capacities in order to widen the seats.

Lol

Game 1: Outstanding
Game 2: competed with Dallas Cowboys and looked predominately women
Game 3: Was decent for a very poor opponent -better than season ticket holders

I mean the point system is absolutely dumb and should be abolished, but the student section has been really good so far this year considering we've played no one, no one, and the worst D-1 team I've ever seen.

blackoutpony wrote:I mean the point system is absolutely dumb and should be abolished, but the student section has been really good so far this year considering we've played no one, no one, and the worst D-1 team I've ever seen.

Nailed it.

Last year during conference (Cincy and after) they amended it to point system, but if you didn’t show up early enough/ unclaimed tickets were given first come first serve. I remember that helped.

I wish they just went back to first come first serve.

all you had to do was give$79 to get a mob ticket this year because they stopped using the point system as it got close to the season opener. After that its first come first serve to every game to get into 112 for the mob, regular students are let in 20 minutes before tip to fill 100 + 108 behinf the baskets.