Will anyone tell me what a knothole seat is?

Mermy - Imagine a kid looking through a knothole in a fence to watch a game. You're really far back there! Sorta like our tickets we get in the "nosebleed" section at the Rangers baseball games.

We always have fun there - less crowded and fewer drunks! ;-)

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Never heard of knothole. Must be a Yankee thing.

I was thinking that it might be a ticket for half a seat -- you know, not whole?

There must be 30 pages on Google regarding knothole seating. ;-)

I was thinking that it might be a ticket for half a seat -- you know, not whole?

Har...;-)

I was thinking that it might be a ticket for half a seat -- you know, not whole?

There must be 30 pages on Google regarding knothole seating. ;-)

Google it yourself and get back to me, wisea$$, if you think you can do better. I couldn't find anything that it explained it well enough for my poor little sports dummy brain. :roll:

I did however, google the size of the stadium because you alarmed me, cp!! The Ross Ade Stadium has--are you ready--62,500 seats and I bet Merman and I are sitting in seats number 62,499 and 98. I'll bring my binoculars. Or maybe not! I was comforted by the following statement from the fan site:

"Once inside Ross-Ade, new sights will greet fans. A new $1.7 million state-of-the-art Daktronics video board, measuring 31-feet high by 68-feet wide, will significantly enhance replays with clearer and crisper picture quality. Additionally, 29 different banners that pay tribute to the Boilermakers' rich heritage and measuring 17-feet wide by 7-feet high, will hang from the concourse rafters."

Y'know, stranger things have happened. This might be a life-changing sports event to me! Who knows? I might get suddenly fascinated by college football. I'm going to be in for four + years of Boilermakers after all...

Google it yourself and get back to me, wisea$$, if you think you can do better. I couldn't find anything that it explained it well enough for my poor little sports dummy brain. :roll:

I did however, google the size of the stadium because you alarmed me, cp!! The Ross Ade Stadium has--are you ready--62,500 seats and I bet Merman and I are sitting in seats number 62,499 and 98. I'll bring my binoculars. Or maybe not! I was comforted by the following statement from the fan site:

"Once inside Ross-Ade, new sights will greet fans. A new $1.7 million state-of-the-art Daktronics video board, measuring 31-feet high by 68-feet wide, will significantly enhance replays with clearer and crisper picture quality. Additionally, 29 different banners that pay tribute to the Boilermakers' rich heritage and measuring 17-feet wide by 7-feet high, will hang from the concourse rafters."

Y'know, stranger things have happened. This might be a life-changing sports event to me! Who knows? I might get suddenly fascinated by college football. I'm going to be in for four + years of Boilermakers after all...

I don't disagree with you in the least - - it IS a wiseass remark! Ha!
However, I didn't know what it was either so I had to Google it too.

You will have a great time!

That would be considered medium size for a college stadium I think. As a lum of USM our stadium is about that size. Compare is with places like Tenn. with well over a 100 thou. seats not counting the river.You'll love college ball,next thing we know you'll be a season ticket holder with assigned parking! BTW did you mean you've never been to a Purdue game or was that any game? Surely that couldn't be possible.

mermy - for $20 my guess is that you DO have seats. crappy, but still a place to sit. I'll bet you'll have a blast! don't forget the liquor.

just hope it's more comfy than it sounds

mermy - for $20 my guess is that you DO have seats. crappy, but still a place to sit. I'll bet you'll have a blast! don't forget the liquor.

Tootsie, I'm supposed to bring liquor? For real?!!

cp, you read it right. The only sports event I watch is the Tour de France, which bores the rest of the world to tears (I might be their sole audience ) so, yes, I've never been to a football game. I did, however, go to a half-time at Butler University (which is only down the street so we were walking by it anyway) last year but once the band was done playing we walked away. I tried to watch but they weren't very good. The game, not the band.

We're going to this game because I am realising there are large gaps in my education that have to be rectified. I'm trying to understand why y'all go nutso every fall on SoWal when the season is happening. Maybe if liquor is allowed it will be funn?

Rita I'll tell you afterward if they put us behind a knothole. Game's on the 15th.

Better find out about the liquor thing I've always had to carry a small container in a purse. But it does make it better to flaver that soft drink. I think the bloody marys are wonderful at saints games..For many years they were the only thing that got fans through some bad Sunday afternoons in the dome/ I love all football games. well maybe not SMU games, that was pretty boring this afternoon (sorry Miss Kitty)

Tootsie, I'm supposed to bring liquor? For real?!!

cp, you read it right. The only sports event I watch is the Tour de France, which bores the rest of the world to tears (I might be their sole audience ) so, yes, I've never been to a football game. I did, however, go to a half-time at Butler University (which is only down the street so we were walking by it anyway) last year but once the band was done playing we walked away. I tried to watch but they weren't very good. The game, not the band.

We're going to this game because I am realising there are large gaps in my education that have to be rectified. I'm trying to understand why y'all go nutso every fall on SoWal when the season is happening. Maybe if liquor is allowed it will be funn?

Rita I'll tell you afterward if they put us behind a knothole. Game's on the 15th.

OMG! Merm's buy as many inconspicuous container as possible. Only if you want to as Pearl would say, "get your drink on!" If not then take seat cushions ( the bookstore on campus will sell them and think very highly of them) prior to the game. Otherwise, buddy up with the tailgater's in the parking lot. You have the bootylicious thing going on. Work it gull! You'll never know how bad your knothole seats are. ;-)



Bootylicious

Bootylicious

Tootsie, I'm supposed to bring liquor? For real?!!

cp, you read it right. The only sports event I watch is the Tour de France, which bores the rest of the world to tears (I might be their sole audience ) so, yes, I've never been to a football game. I did, however, go to a half-time at Butler University (which is only down the street so we were walking by it anyway) last year but once the band was done playing we walked away. I tried to watch but they weren't very good. The game, not the band.

We're going to this game because I am realising there are large gaps in my education that have to be rectified. I'm trying to understand why y'all go nutso every fall on SoWal when the season is happening. Maybe if liquor is allowed it will be funn?

Rita I'll tell you afterward if they put us behind a knothole. Game's on the 15th.

OMG! Merm's buy as many inconspicuous container as possible. Only if you want to as Pearl would say, "get your drink on!" If not then take seat cushions ( the bookstore on campus will sell them and think very highly of them) prior to the game. Otherwise, buddy up with the tailgater's in the parking lot. You have the bootylicious thing going on. Work it gull! You'll never know how bad your knothole seats are. ;-)

Not Purdue, but it IS Indiana--


Knothole Seats are Back; Youth Football Day Announced

Bloomington, Ind. - Indiana University Department of Athletics is announcing the return of the Knothole Section at IU football games and a Youth Football Day on September 15.

Special pricing will be available for tickets in the North and South end zones, traditionally known as the Knothole at Memorial Stadium. These knothole seats will be $5 for youth (8th grade and below) and $10 for adults (9th grade and above). Tickets can be purchased by contacting the IU ticket office at 1-866-IUSPORTS.

"The Knothole Section makes a visit to Memorial Stadium on a Saturday afternoon a terrific option for families and kids," IU Director of Marketing David Lovell said.

Drink mass amounts of wine before the game while tailgating and the hole in your seat won't matter.... (nor will the knot)

Better find out about the liquor thing I've always had to carry a small container in a purse. But it does make it better to flaver that soft drink. I think the bloody marys are wonderful at saints games..For many years they were the only thing that got fans through some bad Sunday afternoons in the dome/ I love all football games. well maybe not SMU games, that was pretty boring this afternoon (sorry Miss Kitty)

...holy sheet! Not boring if you are a Tech fan! Mr. K insisted on watching those ponies today!!! Where is that smilie beating the dead horse? PAINFUL!

Google it yourself and get back to me, wisea$$, if you think you can do better. I couldn't find anything that it explained it well enough for my poor little sports dummy brain. :roll:

I did however, google the size of the stadium because you alarmed me, cp!! The Ross Ade Stadium has--are you ready--62,500 seats and I bet Merman and I are sitting in seats number 62,499 and 98. I'll bring my binoculars. Or maybe not! I was comforted by the following statement from the fan site:

"Once inside Ross-Ade, new sights will greet fans. A new $1.7 million state-of-the-art Daktronics video board, measuring 31-feet high by 68-feet wide, will significantly enhance replays with clearer and crisper picture quality. Additionally, 29 different banners that pay tribute to the Boilermakers' rich heritage and measuring 17-feet wide by 7-feet high, will hang from the concourse rafters."

Y'know, stranger things have happened. This might be a life-changing sports event to me! Who knows? I might get suddenly fascinated by college football. I'm going to be in for four + years of Boilermakers after all...

Guess you are behind the new video board and 29 different banners. Don't think we will see y'all on TV!

Guess you are behind the new video board and 29 different banners. Don't think we will see y'all on TV!

Basically it refers to any seats in the not heavily desired areas due to view. Cheap seats, etc. It could be in the end zone, or up really high. You should be able to go to the Purdue site and look up your seat location. In case you need to bring oxygen for the climb up. ;-)

A knothole is a hole in a plank of wood.

In by gone days people who could not afford to go to games, particularly baseball games would stand out side the wooden fence and peak thru the "knothole".

Mermy in the cheap seats. All is right with the world.

I still can't get over the fact that you have NEVER been to a football game. When you were in high school did you not go to any of your school's football games? It's all people watching anyway. Have funn.

yeah what about high school????