Pretty sure my '83 freshman year ticket was $28. Pay that for a hot dog and a beer now.
OT: Out of curiosity what are the ages of my fellow brethren here on the McAndrew Board?
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I've been 29 for many, many years. I see no reason to get any older.
I remember Comp Sci class freshman year learning Fortran and using punch cards. Tri- mesters too!
57. Pretty sure 86 student season tix were 36. You could get large pizza for 5!
I was originally class of ā78 too but a year younger. (Stupidest story ever. Somedayā¦)
I told my wife the other day Iād hate being 80.
Same - by a month.
Football tickets were $2 a game when I went to PSU. They were individual game tickets back then. All other sports including MBB were free. Nothing like a full house to watch wrestling against Lehigh at Rec Hall.
But you're still running, against the wind.
I remember Marquette coming to Rec Hall with Butch Lee and Jerome Whitehead. Also Rollie Massamino and Villanova and I believe Syracuse. Dick Harter was the coach and future NBAer Frank Brickowski was on the squad.
56....We lost 1 game my fresman and sophomore years, the Orange Bowl to OK. I thought that was the way it was supposed to be. Boy, was I in for a surprise in '88.
Please donāt take this the wrong way MR.P but I thought. you were older
. As for me the big 70!
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Yep, I remember Marquette coming in the season after winning the NC, and we were up at the half. If the 3-point shot had been a thing back then, we probably would have won... Jeff Miller was lights out in the 1st half, then they went box-and-1 and contained him in the 2nd half.
Back in HBO's infancy, besides showing the occasional 8oo8s on your very own TV(!!), they did some live sports. One was Syracuse at PSU at Rec Hall. We played them tough but lost a close one, iirc. Carvin Jefferson at Center for us had a decent game, but one sprint down the floor had him 'throw' a shoe from close to midcourt that almost hit the bucket. I think someone invented velcro for sneakers shortly after! /s/
Brick was a tough man, can't recall if he was there as a freshman when I was still there (I graduated in Fall '78). But he led PSU hoops to brighter days while he was there.
Dick Harter came in for the 78-79 season and expected to recruit the same way he had previously. Not so fast, Coach! Still, he almost landed Reggie Jackson out of Baltimore - probably not enough of an "NIL" deal, though! I forget where he went - maybe Maryland - but that would have been a huge get for us back then.
Nah... young at heart, young in mind, and the "8" fades into the background. You'd be a great 80 year old, I bet!
I recall my first student season tickets in '74 were $24 total, 6 home games. I can't remember when they went up after that, but I'm pretty sure I paid more than that in my later school seasons.
I was there for 5 football seasons, '74-'78, and got my regular season tickets immediately after that, starting with the '79 season. I've had season tickets for 50 seasons. Lots and lots of great, memorable players and teams and games and seasons. I've been very fortunate that way as a life-long PSU football fan.
Great memories! I think I wore a chimpanzee mask to one of the televised games and made it on TV!
(ahem) I prefer to be honored as a "Farte d'Olde".A lot of old farts here. Jesus.
Same old fart, but in a newer, nicer wrapper.
But, yeah.
I remember gaining admission to all games, all sports by only showing my activity ticket ($15) per term.
Another Rec Hall memory. December 12, 1984. (Yeah, I had to look up the date). The Penn State men were hosting #2 DePaul who were lead by Philadelphia prep legend Dallas Comegys. Being free for students, before the doors opened there was a line down Curtin Rd. past Pattee. PSU decided to make it a double header so there was a Lady Lions game first. The 8,000+ people were likely the largest home crowd at the time for the women's team. I can't recall who they played but I believe they won handily.
As for the men, they lost 78-61. Three days later DePaul was blown out at #1 Georgetown 77-57. We were likely seen as a tune up game before they made the bus ride to D.C. to play the Hoyas. Even though we lost big, maybe we wore them down for the game against Georgetown.
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