They should flip the band over to the SEZ seats, nobody sits there anyways.
Atmosphere…horrible
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It's where the band was 20 years ago. It was terrible from a band perspective, but a lot of that was because of the massive separation from the student section and that the old bleachers were terrible.
I literally LOL'd at this because this is every boomer fan take in our fan base.
Are we a historically bad program? Yes.
Has Matt Campbell raised the standard at Iowa State where bowl games are now expected on pretty much an annual basis? Yes
Do we have to run a pre-21st century offense to go with one of the best defenses in the country? NO.
Should Iowa State fans only have to settle for a .500 record and that is only where this program can go? NO! (Look at what Snyder did and now what Klieman is doing at K-State).
Ahh yes, the Mic-man.... seems one time he even came into the stadium with Cy in a helicopter... I think.. It was fun at Clyde Williams in the 70s.
I didn’t know this was played after first td second half. I thought it was timed for big moments in the game to get the crowd pumped
Heck even look at Baylor - massive sex scandal in FB program coach fired, BB player murdered someone, were doormats for the first 8+yrs of Big 12, but won Big12 couple years ago and national champs BB.
Many Iowa State fans are the real life equivalent to Eeyore.
Big money college football at it's finest right there. Isn't it great?
Combined with two boring offenses....not fun. Boring, boring teams.
I think that WOULD be the better option. Sadly... I only know this because I had the same issue on one of the different games we didn't' score a td in the second half until later
I agree 100%. Our pregame music and rituals calm people down. Get them amped up prior to the team coming out and keep them that way. Our pumped in music, constant band playing and the timing is brutal. As much as I hate Iowa I love their pregame energy when I watch this game over there.
You ever been to one in Kinnick? It isn't a whole lot different energy wise that Saturday was.
Question for those on this thread, if you feel the team is so bad why go to games/watch on TV and then come on here and complain? Just ignore the team and not trash the players and coaches.
This has been my take for a few years. The band gets interrupted for smile cam. The music gets interrupted for the band. They need one good person in charge to coordinate/DJ the whole thing between all the different media in the stadium. It's not really that hard to do, but you do have to have the right person doing it. And let them run it.
The way everything is pre-planned and set in concrete, it just feels more like "mandatory fun will now happen" with zero reading the emotion of the crowd. What should be an advantage is a disadvantage.
Juicy Wiggle, Sandstorm, et al should be gasoline poured the crowds emotional fire. Instead, we seem to be locked into throwing wet blankets around.
You think they have more game energy? I was as bored there last year as I was Saturday.
Well, the iowa fans waved to the SE at JTS so they actually were waving at the sick dogs and livestock there.
