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  • Omaha 680
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2011
    • 11219

    #376
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Haha. Nope. Not in that time frame.
    Exactly. Frontrunner is about 60 minutes from SL Central to Provo Central. I'd have to Uber from Provo central to the stadium, and I'd have to take TRAX from the airport to SL Central. Rail Transit is my jam (and my career right now), but I ruled it out for this escapade without even checking the schedules.

    Moliere may be on to something with the helicopter. Maybe I can arrange to deliver the game ball.

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    • hostile
      lollygagger
      • Dec 2009
      • 5736

      #377
      Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
      Exactly. Frontrunner is about 60 minutes from SL Central to Provo Central. I'd have to Uber from Provo central to the stadium, and I'd have to take TRAX from the airport to SL Central. Rail Transit is my jam (and my career right now), but I ruled it out for this escapade without even checking the schedules.

      Moliere may be on to something with the helicopter. Maybe I can arrange to deliver the game ball.
      Yeah, TRAX takes me about an hour to get from the airport to Sugarhouse. I would think it would take about 20+ min just to get to SL central.
      "You interns are like swallows. You shit all over my patients for six weeks and then fly off."

      "Don't be sorry, it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."

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      • Jeff Lebowski
        Corporate lackey for Jesus
        • Nov 2008
        • 69833

        #378
        Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
        Exactly. Frontrunner is about 60 minutes from SL Central to Provo Central. I'd have to Uber from Provo central to the stadium, and I'd have to take TRAX from the airport to SL Central. Rail Transit is my jam (and my career right now), but I ruled it out for this escapade without even checking the schedules.

        Moliere may be on to something with the helicopter. Maybe I can arrange to deliver the game ball.
        If you weren't cutting it so darned close, I would drive up and pick you up myself!

        Uber or taxi are your only hope. Or the helicopter.

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        • hostile
          lollygagger
          • Dec 2009
          • 5736

          #379
          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
          If you weren't cutting it so darned close, I would drive up and pick you up myself!

          Uber or taxi are your only hope. Or the helicopter.

          Can't we get him a police escort? That would be cool.
          "You interns are like swallows. You shit all over my patients for six weeks and then fly off."

          "Don't be sorry, it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."

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          • BigFatMeanie
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2008
            • 7154

            #380
            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
            If you weren't cutting it so darned close, I would drive up and pick you up myself!

            Uber or taxi are your only hope. Or the helicopter.

            I agree with El Duderino. I would pick you up if you had more room in your schedule, probably plenty of others would be willing as well.

            Even with a taxi/uber, I'm pretty convinced that you will not make kickoff or much of the first quarter. You can probably make the second quarter if everything goes well.

            Traffic is always very heavy southbound on I-15 starting 1.5 hours before kickoff. For a big game like Utah it's probably going to get heavy 2 hours before kickoff. For my family's game day routine, we normally leave 2 hours before kickoff and we live in South Jordan. I don't like the idea of missing out on my primo parking space so I like to get there early to ensure I have a good space and give myself leeway to account for accidents on the freeway or other unforeseen conditions. Leaving 2 hours early means it takes us 45 minutes to get to LES and park so end up with about 75 to 60 minutes to kill before kickoff. We usually wander around campus, maybe get an ice cream cone, and generally just people watch. For a big game like Utah, which will put a heavier-than-normal-gameday load on I-15 southbound, I'm probably leaving South Jordan 2.5 hours before kickoff.

            If you're not leaving the airport 1 hour before kick in your best-case scenario, I simply don't see you making the first quarter. I've been driving to LES on I-15 south for the last 20 years so I'm fairly confident in my assessment.

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            • Pelado
              Bald not naked
              • Sep 2010
              • 21215

              #381
              Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post
              I agree with El Duderino. I would pick you up if you had more room in your schedule, probably plenty of others would be willing as well.

              Even with a taxi/uber, I'm pretty convinced that you will not make kickoff or much of the first quarter. You can probably make the second quarter if everything goes well.

              Traffic is always very heavy southbound on I-15 starting 1.5 hours before kickoff. For a big game like Utah it's probably going to get heavy 2 hours before kickoff. For my family's game day routine, we normally leave 2 hours before kickoff and we live in South Jordan. I don't like the idea of missing out on my primo parking space so I like to get there early to ensure I have a good space and give myself leeway to account for accidents on the freeway or other unforeseen conditions. Leaving 2 hours early means it takes us 45 minutes to get to LES and park so end up with about 75 to 60 minutes to kill before kickoff. We usually wander around campus, maybe get an ice cream cone, and generally just people watch. For a big game like Utah, which will put a heavier-than-normal-gameday load on I-15 southbound, I'm probably leaving South Jordan 2.5 hours before kickoff.

              If you're not leaving the airport 1 hour before kick in your best-case scenario, I simply don't see you making the first quarter. I've been driving to LES on I-15 south for the last 20 years so I'm fairly confident in my assessment.
              Would I-15 be the best route from the airport?
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              • old_gregg
                scaly man fish
                • Nov 2009
                • 16915

                #382
                Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                Would I-15 be the best route from the airport?
                215 to 15 is probably best but still not good enough.
                Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                • Donuthole
                  Official Outgayer
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 25304

                  #383
                  What's the best way to find out where the BYU section will be at the UNLV game? I've been tasked with buying some tickets for family who will come to town, and they would prefer to be as near the BYU section as possible. I tried to tell them that there will be BYU fans wherever they sit, but they would still like me to find out.
                  Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                  There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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                  • HBCoug
                    Peanut Gallery Asshat
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 2082

                    #384
                    Originally posted by cougjunkie View Post
                    Front Runner.
                    Leave MPFunk out of this.

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                    • creekster
                      It is NOT a monkey!
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 22661

                      #385
                      Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
                      What's the best way to find out where the BYU section will be at the UNLV game? I've been tasked with buying some tickets for family who will come to town, and they would prefer to be as near the BYU section as possible. I tried to tell them that there will be BYU fans wherever they sit, but they would still like me to find out.
                      Just find the crappiest corner of the stadium and thats probably it.
                      PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                      • Art Vandelay
                        Striving for mediocrity
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 10516

                        #386
                        Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
                        What's the best way to find out where the BYU section will be at the UNLV game? I've been tasked with buying some tickets for family who will come to town, and they would prefer to be as near the BYU section as possible. I tried to tell them that there will be BYU fans wherever they sit, but they would still like me to find out.
                        quit being a jerk and just go the game with your FIL,

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                        • Topper
                          Pre-Historic Man
                          • Nov 2011
                          • 11764

                          #387
                          Originally posted by creekster View Post
                          Just find the crappiest corner of the stadium and thats probably it.
                          This is UNLV. The entire stadium is the BYU section. The UNLV section is the crappy section in the south endzone.
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                          • Omaha 680
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2011
                            • 11219

                            #388
                            Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                            215 to 15 is probably best but still not good enough.
                            If I search my feelings I know you are all right, but I'm an irrational optimist about things like this. If the flight is on time, I will almost certainly give it a shot. Even making three quarters of the game would be worth it to me.

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                            • myboynoah
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 21719

                              #389
                              Originally posted by Omaha 680 View Post
                              If I search my feelings I know you are all right, but I'm an irrational optimist about things like this. If the flight is on time, I will almost certainly give it a shot. Even making three quarters of the game would be worth it to me.
                              They always build a lot of buffer into those flight times. You'll make it on time!
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                              Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                              • Lost Student
                                BAND!
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 4324

                                #390
                                If you slip a Benjamin to the pilot as you board, he'll get you there on time.
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