My Arrowhead Border War Ticket Request Form Arrived

Steps in the Right Direction

On Saturday, I received my KU/Missouri ticket application. I'm not going to say everything is golden and that the event issues have clearly been ironed out. What I do see in the letter I received is recognition of some of the major issues and attempts to improve the 2008 version.

Probably, the best move is that the ticket selection for the game is part of the select-a-seat process for season tickets -- sort of. Citing time issues, you'll only be able to select a section and rows, but I believe they are hoping to have your actual seat locations for you before you leave the select-a-seat event (that's the way I read it anyway). The end result -- despite dropping my WEF contribution from $1100 to $100 this year, I bet that I'm going enjoy my Arrowhead seat location much better this year.

The second critical issue is that they are promising KU parking lots. From the letter:

"If you pre-order your parking AND enter the specific designated gates on game day, you will be allocated and parked in "school sensitive" lots. There are several issues to be worked out, but we can assure you that the parking ordered on this application will be in a KU lot."

Hey, you had me at "enter specific designated gates."

Probably the biggest dissappointment would be that the player tunnel will once again be controlled by MU fans. Literally, KU players can probably get less abuse as they enter the field at Faurot Field. This is one of those things that is just so basic that I never would have thought to bring it up if I had been asked for pre-planning requirements. It's a simple formula -- home fans get the tunnel. Mizzou got it last year, so I thought they might correct it this year. The Arrowhead map shows otherwise. Oh well, maybe it's best for the Jayhawks to get a taste of what MU is all about right before they hit the field.