New series with Baylor

[1972Shocker]

After the renovation they started the reseating process. We used to be on the floor and those seat were removed. So we went around the arena to pick our seats. I was amazed (and I'm sure mostly just because I'm that dumb about engineering etc) at how I could pick a seat in one section and be fairly comfortable, and then what appeared to be an identical seat in a different section I couldn't even begin to sit (6'3"). It took a long while, but I think I found the best seat in the house, at least for me.

But yeah, generally speaking, leg room at IBA is light years ahead of CKA.

And I challenge anyone on noise. On the floor, where it matters, you can't here yourself scream when it's loud. Now, I can't say I've had a lot of experience at IBA on the floor, when it's rocking, but there's no way it's comparable. I thought at times the last couple of years IBA was louder than I expected, and a great atmosphere (and I think it will remain that way in the foreseeable future) but unless you've been on the floor at the Chuck and felt the pain, and it is painful, then you don't know what loud is. I look forward to the absence of 30-50 point yawners and the return to bleeding Eustachian tubes.

Also, if you look at the chairbacks closely in some parts of the arena you will notice some seats are wider than others. So in my case, where butt room is probably more critical than leg room I generally am on the prowl for one of the wider seats.

[Shocker-maniac]

Swooosh! OSU's arena is commonly known as "Iba." Yes, I'm old, and see IBA, without periods, as a word rather than an itialism.

I think that's Jes'You.

:)

[WSUwatcher]

My bad for turning this into a parking/walking thread, however, it has been very informative. :victorious:

Don't know how it works in your part of the country, but around here it doesn't take much for a thread to go completely off the tracks. We may get back to Baylor at some point, but it's about equally likely that we'll find another tangent.

[1972Shocker]

Don't know how it works in your part of the country, but around here it doesn't take much for a thread to go completely off the tracks. We may get back to Baylor at some point, but it's about equally likely that we'll find another tangent.

I think it is a sacred tradition and our duty to sidetrack threads isn't it. I thought I read that in the posting guidelines.

[WuShock16]

Don't know how it works in your part of the country, but around here it doesn't take much for a thread to go completely off the tracks. We may get back to Baylor at some point, but it's about equally likely that we'll find another tangent.

In the conference realignment thread (now titled American Athletic Conference), you'll find a couple of pages of Caddyshack quotes. I thought it was quite entertaining even though others didn't see that as humorous.

[Shock Top]

So... pizza or tacos??

[ShockerFever]

So... pizza or tacos??

Dude. It's Tuesday.

[Shocker-maniac]

I think it is a sacred tradition and our duty to sidetrack threads isn't it. I thought I read that in the posting guidelines.

Oh, now they call it sacred tradition? Back in the day they would have said it is due to us suffering from attention deficits.

[WstateU]

Ok, we're back on track...

[Shock Top]

Dude. It's Tuesday.

Damn. Good call. Although, I just meant in general.

Let me throw this wrench in there for you; it's $2 pint night at WBC!

[1972Shocker]

Oh, now they call it sacred tradition? Back in the day they would have said it is due to us suffering from attention deficits.

What are you talking about. :wink-new:

[WstateU]

What are you talking about. :wink-new:

[shock]

Ok, we're back on track...

That's not where I parked my car!

[another shocker]

don't forget, ou is going to be pretty good next year also. they were a young team this year and they signed the #1 (or thereabouts) point guard in the country. 'shockers will be tested well before the aac even gets started.

damn, all of the sudden, the shocker schedule is loaded, front to back.

[SHOCKvalue]

Why, oh why, did they have to name the arena IBA? I can't help thinking of it as one word, and wondering why the shockers are playing at Oklahoma State.

To be fair, really the primary place you'll see the "IBA" nomenclature is on this forum. It's not an abbreviation used by the general public.