University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 27, 1988
Travel
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When the team's away... The fans will play
By Mark Fagan Kansan staff writer
Todd Sayre was ready to go when he climbed into his faded red and white 1979 International Scout last Friday night.
Friday night.
He sped from his fraternity house to pick up a friend at his apartment. It didn't take long for the homemade convertible, complete with a skull drinking a martini on the hood and "Lil' Buck" scrawled across the back, to get to Ames, Iowa
"It's supposed to be five hours, but it took us three hours, 45 minutes," he said. "I had the cruise control on 95 and the 'Passport' (radar detector) on the dash."
It was a roadtrip.
Sayre and friend went to Ames for KU's football game against Iowa State, which the Jayhawks lost, 49.14
"Everybody told me we'd get our butts kicked," he said. "I didn't argue."
Sayre left Lawrence with $35 in his pocket and an amulet for fun along the way.
"The essence of a roadtrip is cheapness," he said.
"I spend less money going places than I do staying here."
He said he spent $15 on gas and $20 at bars. He found food and lodging with friends in the area.
But he and his friends don't roadtrip just for the game. He said there were better things to do than to watch the Javhawks.
"I follow em, but I just do it to have an excuse to 'in other schools', Sayre said.
go to another campus, Skyview
In Norman, the most crowded place other than
Owen Field will be O'Connell's Irish Pub & Grill, 120
Lindsey St.
"This will probably be the busiest place on game day," said Joffer Farier, a self-proclaimed "utility man" at O'Connell's as waiter, bartender and cook. "A conservative estimate would be that we'll have about 15,000 people come through here."
The pub is the closest to the stadium, about 200 yards across Lindsey Street. And for those who can't make the walk, O'Connell has three television sets so fans can watch the game while they munch on burger and fries. And then, of course, there's the bar.
"Some of the people who get too hammered stay here and watch it on TV," he said. "They don't want to walk over there."
he walked over it.
He said KU fans were welcome at the pub, even though it was obvious who the winner of the game would be. But don't count the Jayhawks out.
"We'll have a party in the street," said Greg Barnard, a bartender at Joe's. "We'll have a beer trough outside and three full bars inside."
Barnard said he expected anywhere from 1,500 to 3,000 people to be at Joe's at any one time.
3,000 people to be at the stadium. Like O'Connell's in Norman, Joe's is the closest bar to the stadium. Lewis Field is one-and-a-half blocks away.
"More people walk farther to their cars than they do to Joe's," he said.
Barnard stressed that KU fans were welcome and that Cowboy fans would treat them well. But once again, don't count on a Jayhawk victory.
"We will see how many touchdowns Barry Sanders (OSU running back) can score. We’re our main by no means," he said.
but for those who have football rather than partying on their minds, tickets for the games are still available.
Although the KU ticket office returned its allotment of tickets to Oklahoma, unprepared roadrippers will be able to find tickets right up until game time. For example, Dolllin, interim ticket manager at Oklahoma.
She said big games, such as Nebraska, usually sold out early. But not the KU game.
"In big games, those schools have good follow-ups." Dolins said. "Beyond that, I guess it kind of depends on how the public perceives the game."
fat:
"People really don't think about a game until right before," she said. "I'm sure we'll sell quite a few more as the game approaches."
N ticketies for the Oklahoma, Kathy Frederickson, clerk in the KU ticket office. KU sold only 500 to 600 tickets for the Oklahoma game, but that was more than the number sold for the Oklahoma State game. The office has sold only 38 Oklahoma State tickets so far.
However Rose Marie Carneff, coordinator of ticket office operations at Oklahoma State, wasn't
"I think it depends on how good your record is," she said. "That's true of any team. You're going to have more people traveling with you when you're having a winning season."
Tickets for the Oklahoma State game are $15, $25 and $40.
But Sayre stressed that the importance of the experience was not the football game itself.
"I'm really starting to get into this 'roadtrip' thing," he said.
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