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Camp Randall: Then And Now

With some modest UW alum connections and $168, I garnered four tickets to a recent UW football game for my brother and our wives. Despite the cold, gray weather, it was a grand spectacle with a capacity crowd in an enormous stadium.
While entering the stadium, I mused that Camp Randall should be renamed Fort Randall, what with its now-imposing concrete walls, menacing fences and gate security officers. I couldn’t even bring in an umbrella. This was in stark contrast to the stadium of my youth.