Although I was one of the many unlucky juniors to be denied tickets, by a stroke of luck I made it to 15 minutes of today’s opener against Akron. I did have a ticket entitling me to spend the whole game, however, the Madison police department and the sun teamed up to deliver my quickest exit from a badger football game.

I’d be interested to know since when the MPD has had exclusive rights to the top row in the student section. I’m sure it’s always been that way since I’ve been here, but I can’t imagine things were the same if you go back two or three decades. Nevertheless, if you want the police to have any kind of effectiveness at the games (and I know many of you don’t) they have to have access to an entire row so they can run from one section to another unhindered. So it’s not so much the cops I’m upset with — it’s the athletic department. If I have a ticket shouldn’t I be entitled to a seat — not the area right behind people standing on benches.