How did the U honor the seniors?

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I got to the Barn about 3 minutes before tip-off and left right when the game was over. I didn't see any formal recognition of the seniors. In the past they usually have their families out there with them where they present a jersey framed. They usually do this right before the starting lineups. When did we do it?

I saw we honored the senior cheerleaders and band members and that was emotional.
 

You must have missed it. It was probably more than 3 minutes before the game started.
 

Stan said:
In the past they usually have their families out there with them where they present a jersey framed. They usually do this right before the starting lineups.
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... same thing this year too.
 

The Pioneer Press said they honored them before the game, but I got to the Barn fifteen minutes prior to start and didn't see anything.
 

RoyalGopher said:
The Pioneer Press said they honored them before the game, but I got to the Barn fifteen minutes prior to start and didn't see anything.
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you are either lying about when you got there or weren't paying attention.
 


Ya, they did it about 15 minutes to game time. Was pretty lame. They should have done it at halftime.
 

afurry91 said:
Ya, they did it about 15 minutes to game time. Was pretty lame. They should have done it at halftime.
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I've never heard of anyone doing that at halftime. I'd rather have the players in with the rest of the team at that point.
 


I thought the actual presentations were well done. As others have said, they were done about 15 minutes before the tip. I get that they don’t want to create too much distraction, but I’d guess there was only about 3,000 people in the seating area that far ahead of the game time. I wish they would do a better job of getting the word out about stuff like this. I am under no illusion that the place would have been packed if they had made it well known that the presentation would be made at 11:15, but at least the people who wanted to see it would have been able to try to be there (and be inside the seating area rather than standing in line for a gyro or chatting in the concourse). I knew it was senior day and heard they would be honoring Ralph and Trevor before the game, but didn’t anticipate that meant 20 minutes before the game. The only reason I caught it was because I made a point to get there early to scope out potential seat locations for next year.
 



Well now we're in a real pickle...

What do we do next year for senior day if Trevor comes back?

Do we take his framed jersey back after the first game of the season and then hand it back to him on senior day?
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
I thought the actual presentations were well done. As others have said, they were done about 15 minutes before the tip. I get that they don’t want to create too much distraction, but I’d guess there was only about 3,000 people in the seating area that far ahead of the game time. I wish they would do a better job of getting the word out about stuff like this. I am under no illusion that the place would have been packed if they had made it well known that the presentation would be made at 11:15, but at least the people who wanted to see it would have been able to try to be there (and be inside the seating area rather than standing in line for a gyro or chatting in the concourse). I knew it was senior day and heard they would be honoring Ralph and Trevor before the game, but didn’t anticipate that meant 20 minutes before the game. The only reason I caught it was because I made a point to get there early to scope out potential seat locations for next year.
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The U athletic department sure does a poor job of communicating with their fans.
 

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