Also, can we please use "I-S-U" instead of "buh-buh-buh" in Sweet Caroline? It just begs for customization.
Football traditions.
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Juicy Wiggle doesn’t work quite as well in basketball. You kind of have to go by feeling. There was one game this year that they should have played it but missed the opportunity.
I think the game where they played it twice in a row was the West Virginia game in 2020.
"Don't know the words" did not include the F bomb or "I Don't Care" as of 1989. We just repeated and dragged out Don't Know the Words.
Not a fan of the change. But I'm a traditionalist.
Not a fan of the change. But I'm a traditionalist.
One of my very first memories as an ISU student was just what you are describing with Jeff Johnson. It preceded the game watch for the Seneca-was-in game vs Florida State in fall 02. Not sure if it was around before that, but that narrows it down to late-Mac era.
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That might be the best defensive performance I have ever seen from an ISU team. I think we had 8 or 9 sacks and a safety. We were bringing heat from everywhere and the coverage downfield was perfect.
In the early 80’s, I only remember keys being shaken on truly “key plays”! Not sure when they started using them for kickoffs? Seems kinda dumb?!? (Of course, I am old!)
sweet caroline is the most cringe boomer thing ever, are we the boston red sox (also cringe) it's a song about admiring someone else's daughter. the jump around thing in wisconsin is somehow less cringe.
Jump around was super cringe when Mac tried to have us do it too
Sweet Caroline isn't my favorite, but it seems rather well-established with our fans. Thus, since we are using it, I think we should use it in a manner that is customized for us. And they need to use the jumbotrons to help. Show "I" "S" "U" as they play the "bah bah bah" part.
For those who may not know the back story here…
When Pollard first came on board, they tried all kinds of things to improve the game day experience and get the fans engaged. That included straight up copying Jump Around from Wisconsin at one point.
They came up with a new cyclone chant and it was awful. Poor Jeff got tasked with being the hype man. The chant had horrible timing so nobody could cheer on the same beat.
C-Y! C-L! O-N-E-S!
Cyclones! Cyclones! (Long awkward pause) Go State!
I remember like 4-5 chants they tried to start and only "Cyclone Power" has truly stuck. They still try the "aerobics" one, but much participation anymore.
I've mentioned this in other threads, but I was knocking off another stadium (Utah State) that afternoon, And as a Packer fan had no idea my future QB was lighting up UNLV. Afterwards we rushed to a restaurant in the local mall that marketed itself as an upscale sports bar. Which it was, and given that part of Utah the bar section was completely empty. The bar staff took a liking to my shenanigans and we kept the party rolling all night!
Yeah I was in school when Jeff became a thing, would go down on the field to start the cheers, and The Daily had to print them all so people would participate. Personally, I was not a fan. And for the most part still enjoy the days before when our cheers were just natural and loud. Also the guy in the student section who would start them with his plastic horn before security decided that wasn't allowed.
I remember going to the stadium on one of the first days of my freshman year to learn all of these. It was brutal. If you go back and watch games from that era, it's pretty laughable how small time it was and how badly we were trying and failing at creating a game day atmosphere.
The south endzone has done wonders along with actually having some success. Our tailgating has gone from nice and fun to truly incredible. But separating the band and students is a big-time fail. The students should not be shoved in the corner.
I was in the marching band way before either of the end zone projects. It’s hilarious (and sad) to look at what the stadium was like before the two giant screens were added.
The screen in the south end zone was all we had. I think there are homes with bigger screens now. And the speakers were all blown out so any music they played was horribly distorted.
The one where we mock ourselves with “whatcha gonna do? I S U” one? That was CPR era I think. I’m going off when it happened where we were sitting at the time.
