Crowd on Saturday

[jgreen727]

The problem with any stadium, and Memorial Stadium in particular, is that there are two very distinct type of fans. There are fans like us who want Nebraska to bring home a National Championship and are willing to do whatever possible to aid in that achievement. If that means standing on our feet and screaming for four quarters until our throats bleed we are more than willing to do our part. Then, there are fans who have gone to games for as long as they can remember and it has become part of a mundane routine. They want to watch the game, listen to their headset, and sit while doing so. They prefer to watch the game in person to enjoy the environment without being active participants. It seems at this point that there are more people in the latter group.

 

[Landlord]

I'm in East student section with mostly upperclassmen, and about 3/4 of East stadium just sits down with their head in their hands during the chant. Its just plain awful to begin with, and on top of that it feels like we're trying to "force" a new tradition or something. Just stop it.

I know traditions get started somewhere, but we already have a chant and it's Husker Power.

What exactly would you guys suggest as an alternative? You're right Enhance, we have a chant, but I think one main chant is kind of...well, pathetic. Think about the Cameron Crazies, off the top of my head I can think of at least 15 distinct things that they say or do during the course of a game, and everybody knows what they're doing and when to do it. Do you think all x-thousand amount of kids all decided the same thing one day at a game? Traditions become traditions because someone came up with an idea that people liked and committed to it; that is essentially the exact same thing as "forcing" a new tradition, just semantics.

 

[Foppa]

Anyone ever seen the movie 'Logan's Run'? I think we can apply this to...oh, never mind.

 

[Flat Water]

I think the Husker student body needs to have cheer practice the night before the game. It would be fun and get them together with what ever cheers or chants they come up with. (Refer to Texas A&M for details)

Could be a great party too.

 

[Foppa]

I think T.O. sent a clear message that it really doesn't matter what the students do as far as supporting the team, since the University will continue to give the students the worst seating and keep old, rich, complaining, business minded, donor-supporting season ticket holders sitting on their hands for years to come. I love Tom, but alienating the students was the worst thing he ever did. As a former coach who depended on the passion and volume of the students, I'm a bit puzzled by it all.

 

[Hercules]

I think the Husker student body needs to have cheer practice the night before the game. It would be fun and get them together with what ever cheers or chants they come up with. (Refer to Texas A&M for details)

Could be a great party too.

:facepalm:

They're trying. Take Back Gameday started doing a Friday night rally.

 

[krc1995]

Yes, I mock that chant every time they try and start it. I love the Husker Prayer but this is just bastardizing it. If you want the student section to get excited and into it, set an example put your phone away and start watching the game and making some noise.

maybe there's a noise app?

 

[knapplc]

I'm watching the game as I have time and I'm up to the second TD in the 3rd quarter at this point, the one just after UDub muffed the kickoff - Rex's second TD in nine seconds.

As Taylor brings the team to the line, he's got his arms out, asking the crowd to quiet down.

If our QB wants the crowd to quiet down, we're doing OK.

 

[irafreak]

I think T.O. sent a clear message that it really doesn't matter what the students do as far as supporting the team, since the University will continue to give the students the worst seating and keep old, rich, complaining, business minded, donor-supporting season ticket holders sitting on their hands for years to come. I love Tom, but alienating the students was the worst thing he ever did. As a former coach who depended on the passion and volume of the students, I'm a bit puzzled by it all.

It's a business decision. The students may get miffed but not enough to make any difference in money coming in. The old folk are paying and paying year after year. The students pay through for 4 years and if they don't want their seats someone else will take them. Point is the student seats provide little profit. I understand the argument but all schools are the same. The real cash cows (the students) always get the least.

 

[knapplc]

Did you phrase that wrong? Students aren't the real cash cows, the blue hairs are. Half of them are graduates, so they've already paid their tuition. The ones sitting up front have paid decades' worth of "donation" fees, many of the ones sitting closest to the field have paid tens of thousands of dollars.

In my opinion that doesn't buy you the right to sit on your duff and mope the whole game, but for some, apparently they think it does. I always wonder about those people - your couch is WAY more comfortable than those bench seats. Even the Club seats up top are crap compared to your easy chair and the umpteen replays you'll get on your 52" flat screen, so why the hell are they there sitting mumchance?

Rich bastards.

 

[tschu]

I'm in East student section with mostly upperclassmen, and about 3/4 of East stadium just sits down with their head in their hands during the chant. Its just plain awful to begin with, and on top of that it feels like we're trying to "force" a new tradition or something. Just stop it.

I know traditions get started somewhere, but we already have a chant and it's Husker Power.

What exactly would you guys suggest as an alternative? You're right Enhance, we have a chant, but I think one main chant is kind of...well, pathetic. Think about the Cameron Crazies, off the top of my head I can think of at least 15 distinct things that they say or do during the course of a game, and everybody knows what they're doing and when to do it. Do you think all x-thousand amount of kids all decided the same thing one day at a game? Traditions become traditions because someone came up with an idea that people liked and committed to it; that is essentially the exact same thing as "forcing" a new tradition, just semantics.

I say "forcing" a tradition because that is exactly what this group is doing. They literally said, "We don't have enough traditions. Here is what we are going to do as new traditions." That isn't how it works. They could have said, oh, we have a cool idea for the start of the 4th quarter! That wouldn't be forcing a tradition, it would just be starting something new. If it caught on and people kept doing it for a few years, congrats, it becomes a tradition. But coming out and saying "We are starting a new tradition" is an oxymoron to begin with, and a dumb way to go about implementing your gameday ideas. Thats why I used the word "forcing."

 

[Foppa]

I guess I really don't care about any 'new' traditions...I just care about whatever it takes to get people in the stands to get off their asses and start doing something other than tell people to sit down, listen to the radio broadcast on their too-big-for-anyone-human headphones, and swap peach cobbler recipes and brag about their grand kids during the opponents' 3rd and 6. Is it really too much to ask?

 

[dizzturbedNUfan]

Last two games after the "cant be beat, wont be beat' chant they went right into Enter Sandman - this could be pretty cool if it became our version of 'Jump Around' - at least for the few of us who can still jump.

Now if only everyone new the lyrics to that song! Looking around last game I would say I saw about an eighth to a quarter of the students actually singing the song.

The funny part is it starts with the intro from Hells Bells.

That has irritated the crap out of me for years now! For good sakes if on third down you want to play "for whom the bell tolls" then play it!!!!! STOP the stupid AC/DC Hells Bells crap! I would like to slap whom ever controls that!

 

[Foppa]

Last two games after the "cant be beat, wont be beat' chant they went right into Enter Sandman - this could be pretty cool if it became our version of 'Jump Around' - at least for the few of us who can still jump.

Now if only everyone new the lyrics to that song! Looking around last game I would say I saw about an eighth to a quarter of the students actually singing the song.

The funny part is it starts with the intro from Hells Bells.

That has irritated the crap out of me for years now! For good sakes if on third down you want to play "for whom the bell tolls" then play it!!!!! STOP the stupid AC/DC Hells Bells crap! I would like to slap whom ever controls that!

Hahaha awesome...I've always been so confused as to which 'bells' I'm hearing on the radio...but it's always the one I don't want to hear.

 

[Landlord]

I'm in East student section with mostly upperclassmen, and about 3/4 of East stadium just sits down with their head in their hands during the chant. Its just plain awful to begin with, and on top of that it feels like we're trying to "force" a new tradition or something. Just stop it.

I know traditions get started somewhere, but we already have a chant and it's Husker Power.

What exactly would you guys suggest as an alternative? You're right Enhance, we have a chant, but I think one main chant is kind of...well, pathetic. Think about the Cameron Crazies, off the top of my head I can think of at least 15 distinct things that they say or do during the course of a game, and everybody knows what they're doing and when to do it. Do you think all x-thousand amount of kids all decided the same thing one day at a game? Traditions become traditions because someone came up with an idea that people liked and committed to it; that is essentially the exact same thing as "forcing" a new tradition, just semantics.

I say "forcing" a tradition because that is exactly what this group is doing. They literally said, "We don't have enough traditions. Here is what we are going to do as new traditions." That isn't how it works. They could have said, oh, we have a cool idea for the start of the 4th quarter! That wouldn't be forcing a tradition, it would just be starting something new. If it caught on and people kept doing it for a few years, congrats, it becomes a tradition. But coming out and saying "We are starting a new tradition" is an oxymoron to begin with, and a dumb way to go about implementing your gameday ideas. Thats why I used the word "forcing."

Those are the same thing, you're just describing the next step. Someone came up with an idea, they talked with other people about it, a large enough group got interested and committed to it and they're going for it.