Gave me Big Bird vibes...not a good look and was very annoying. By the second quarter, I totally tuned her out. She did not generate any positive energy for the game.
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The East stands cleared far earlier. The sun was a factor I'd say. Once the game looked certain at about 5 or 6 to go, the West stands started to clear. The 3 or 4 TOs ans 2 long commercial breaks toward the end got a LOT of people up at the end there.
The "coaches headset cam" has some potential. It would be hilarious if someone does the "I fu##ing love him, I fu##ing love him!" impersonation of CMC. THAT would get the crowd roaring. Problem was, even that was choppy and I think the woman was screaming over the mic during that, too.
We got the Temu version of Iowa's gameday host
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Yeah, the left side of my face is pretty crispy today. The right side is untouched (we were in SE section).
My 2 year old saw this and now we’re heading to the salon because she wants to be like Jackie
We need to get Metinka Slater or that meteorologist who CW hired for Iowa Everywhere for some reason to host.
Or surely there’s former players who would do it
Or surely there’s former players who would do it
I hear Sam Ponder is looking for employment
They've been doing that for the past few years. I agree it sucks. Regardless it wasn't a huge PITA to get out yesterday like it was in last year's opener.
Yes. I don't think that on ramp has been open for years because of the volume of traffic trying to get onto 35S and the merge in and off being in the same spot.
I just can't get on board with an ISU GameDay host who will be rooting for the hawks against us next week. Gtfoh.
The problem is, this isn’t in game entertainment. This is shifting ad reads from the PA announcer to someone else. It added absolutely nothing to the game day experience other than an annoying screeching lady.
I can't get over the fact our PA announcer and game host are both Hoks.
WTAF, Jamie?
WTAF, Jamie?
Unfortunately I think these game day hosts are here to stay. We see them all the time in the pros and with more and more commercials breaks these days, teams are trying to find ways to distract us from complaining about how often and long media timeouts are.
If this is truly a thing for the future I would rather see her do things like fan interviews and Trivia questions. When I go to Minnesota Wild games, the hosts seem focus on fan interactions doing things like answer 4 questions and get a shirt.
At this current stage, if Iowa state is trying to incentivize and improve the game day. The current iteration is missing the mark.
If this is truly a thing for the future I would rather see her do things like fan interviews and Trivia questions. When I go to Minnesota Wild games, the hosts seem focus on fan interactions doing things like answer 4 questions and get a shirt.
At this current stage, if Iowa state is trying to incentivize and improve the game day. The current iteration is missing the mark.
So how do you feel about the PA guy being an Iowa grad and fan?
I think the huge difference between the two however is the AD got out in front of the "we hired a Hawk" with the PA guy and seemingly tried to sneak it by this time. In either case the most qualified person should be who gets the gig.
Just turn down her damn mic and she won't be as....piercing. I'm kind of surprised there isn't software running on the in stadium audio that equalizes all sounds from mics/music pumped in/etc. so you don't have wild differences in sound output that makes it significantly less pleasing to the ears.
Being a Squawk should be immediately disqualifying.
