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Maybe because it was a billion degrees and they were in the direct sun all day and the water and beveerage lines in the concourse were a complete and total clusterf**k? Maybe they moved to the west side or into some shade? Maybe they left to go study for upcoming tests? Ironically I was just putting the finishing touches on this little graphic…

This graphic is great

I’m shocked how many fan police on this site

I’ve only been here a few days, and I see them everywhere

For the record, a pic from yesterday:

Saving this for any upcoming zoob level stadium smack dick measuring contests. pic.twitter.com/w7n6EOQe0L

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For what it is worth GibUtes, I think that was a totally understandable thing to post and you did it very respectfully. Not sure how that makes you “Fan Police” but I was wondering why the stands left after halftime as well, so thank you for asking it.

A couple things:

First, when Rising got injured and it was clear that he wasn’t coming back, the energy of the crowd pretty much died. I don’t know if it directly caused people to start leaving, but it didn’t help.

Second, when it became clear that the game plan was to let Wilson hand the ball off and try to run 20 minutes off the clock, fans became restless, especially in the heat. I think this is when you really started to see people head towards the exits.

I was at the game (East Side, 55th Row) and I really don’t know what you all are talking about. I didn’t notice the stadium emptying out, even with the ungodly heat, until it looked like the game was essentially over. I fully expected people large numbers of people to leave at halftime, and that happened last week versus SUU, but it sure didn’t seem that way from my viewpoint.

You can take in a sealed water bottle. You may also take in an empty one liter or less Hydro Flask like container. There are many filling stations around the stadium. The concession lines at Rice Eccles is the worst.

I left at halftime but only because my wife wanted to go to the game- which meant we also brought our near two year old. That was a mistake, way too hot.

The RES fan experience is pretty terrible. Getting to and from, the lines, the heat, and the higher percentage of Utah fans that bring children to football games results in late arrivals and early departure

I was not at the game, but wondered why there were so many apparently empty seats.

While watching on TV during the second half, I was thinking to myself that nobody else (besides Utah fans and maybe Baylor fans) was watching this game; it was pretty lacking in entertainment. While I personally like to watch the game until the end, I don’t fault others who do not.

After thinking about it a bit and reading other’s responses above, I realized that I needed to apply this same logic to the people at the game.

Why stay and bake in the hot sun if the team is just reverting to the standard Utah ‘waste time’ offense and ‘prevent’ defense? Football is entertainment. If it is not entertaining, go find something else to do.

I remember a very hot game years ago, I think against Boise St.. There were only four drinking fountains in the entire stadium, and one of them was out of order. You couldn’t drink enough water that day. They quickly ran out of the $3 bottles of water, and gave patrons no other help. I’ve heard no results, but I would bet that lawsuits may have been generated.

The fast-filling water stations showed up soon after that game.

(p.s.) In an emergency, you can refill water bottles from the sinks in the restrooms., It won’t be cold, but it will be wet.

I go to the stadium to watch football. Every play, if possible. On Saturday, it was so hot from the constant sun in the NEZ, that I had to go downstairs before halftime for a half-hour to cool off. Might have effectively been the hottest day I’ve ever seen in RES. 93 degrees, felt like 105.

Later in the game, from the view at the top of the NEZ, you could see 3/4 of the seats empty on the east side. The west side was packed full, especially in the shade!

So, lots of reasons for people to leave early. It’s their choice. There won’t be any more hot games like that this year. With the next game three weeks away, we might need a heavy coat!

Go Utes!

I’ve been attending Utah games for 25 years and Saturday was the hottest game I’ve ever been to. Felt like a freaking microwave in the stands.

I gave three of our tickets to a friend who was SO excited to bring his kids to their first Utah game, and they barely made it to halftime before having to bail out because both kids were feeling sick from the heat.

While we stuck it out, I don’t blame anyone for leaving. It was utterly miserable.

Saw many fans walking up the aisles carrying about half a dozen bottles of Dasani. Saw fans with armfuls of the frozen lemonades too. My allowed liter of water I took into the game was empty by half time when my father and I went under the bleachers to escape the sun for a bit. Nearest Hydration station was too far away to even try to get to through the mosh pit and the only concession stands I could even try to get to just had soda (no thanks, that does no good for hydration) and no Dasani. (Understand that the stands that still had Dasani couldn’t keep it cold).

We made it back to our seats to watch the rest of the game. I usually don’t care for fans that don’t stay until the end, but will give a free pass this time as it was brutal.