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Die-hard fan goes to unusual lengths for Cotton Bowl seat December 10, 2004
Eagle Staff Report
Talk about being hungry for a seat at the game.
A Texas A&M University student apparently frustrated with her place in line to buy tickets for the SBC Cotton Bowl ripped down a waiting list and proceeded to chew it up Thursday morning.
She told police she then was assaulted when others standing in line for tickets responded by grabbing her.
The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. in front of the Texas A&M ticket office. The student told police she was grabbed when she pulled down a posted list showing when those in line had arrived and would get to pull tickets.
“When she took down the list she was grabbed by her arms,” said Elmer Schneider, interim director of the University Police Department. “She placed the list in her mouth. I can’t confirm that she ate it, but she did put the list in her mouth.”
The students in line had a backup list, Schneider said. The pull for tickets, which started at 8 a.m., went off without further trouble.
It took less than 90 minutes for A&M to sell its 2,600-student ticket allotment.
Schneider would not release the name of the student who filed the complaint. No one has been charged, but the case remains under investigation.
Die-hard fan goes to unusual lengths for Cotton Bowl seat December 10, 2004
Eagle Staff Report
Talk about being hungry for a seat at the game.
A Texas A&M University student apparently frustrated with her place in line to buy tickets for the SBC Cotton Bowl ripped down a waiting list and proceeded to chew it up Thursday morning.
She told police she then was assaulted when others standing in line for tickets responded by grabbing her.
The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. in front of the Texas A&M ticket office. The student told police she was grabbed when she pulled down a posted list showing when those in line had arrived and would get to pull tickets.
“When she took down the list she was grabbed by her arms,” said Elmer Schneider, interim director of the University Police Department. “She placed the list in her mouth. I can’t confirm that she ate it, but she did put the list in her mouth.”
The students in line had a backup list, Schneider said. The pull for tickets, which started at 8 a.m., went off without further trouble.
It took less than 90 minutes for A&M to sell its 2,600-student ticket allotment.
Schneider would not release the name of the student who filed the complaint. No one has been charged, but the case remains under investigation.
