Going to away games - a good experience?

swimcatsmom
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:33:12 +0000

My daughter and some friends are going to an away college football game for the first time. She is so excited and I was excited for her. Then she called to say that she and her friends (all girls) are making posters and to look out for them (the game is going to be televised). She met up with a local friend for lunch (who is not going to the game) and he told them to be careful as the home fans can be nasty and were spitting at some opposition fans last week (yuck). So now instead of being excited for her I am worried. Anyone have experience of going to away games? We have worked at home games as a fundraiser and never really seen unpleasantness (well except for the home fan that threw beer at my then 17 year old daughter when she told him he could not take it into the stadium - he was consequently ejected by the police - or as they told him when he said he didn’t want to leave - you can leave and go home or you can leave and go to the local jail). I am hoping the nastiness her friend mentioned is an exception. When she called she was in a parking lot and they were surrounded by mostly home fans and were getting some dirty looks so were just being very nice and polite to everyone.

Hoping their seats are with other visiting fans.