Pluses:
• Pregame was good, the banner attached to the balloon was a nice idea - I wondered how they were going to "raise" it.
• Jason has been equipped with a proper T-shirt gun to reach the higher seats.
• Despite all the Ticat fans in attendance, I don't think I heard a single "Oskee-wee-wee".
Minuses:
A lot of the stunts and promotions didn't click, or were rushed to completion before the game resumed.
• Spin a wheel to win a prize - and the wheel wouldn't stop spinning, until the host put her hand on it to slow it down. That really looks bad.
• the Rolling across the end zone in an inflatable tube thing race probably sounded like fun in a meeting but honestly looked a little dangerous (and didn't come close to finishing in time.)
• father-and-son match answers on a whiteboard, well, come on, we can't see what the wrote on the whiteboard and it looked like they spent most of their time furiously erasing the previous answer.
I hear there's a new game day coordinator this year so it may take a game or two to work out the details.
• A north end zone full of empty seats looks bad.
• The usual issues of inequitable distribution of "free to the first 10,000 people" handouts. (I got my ring, but I gave it to a kid sitting behind me. Gotta pay it forward.)
• It's 9:30 AM the next morning and there is nothing on argonauts.ca about last night's game.
Signs:
Major props to whoever brought the sign that said "DAYS SINCE LAST GREY CUP WIN - ARGOS 210, TICATS 8603". That was awesome.
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