To all the ISU fans who sold your tickets in the end zone club to Squawkeyes............................eat ****!
Lack of crowd noise?
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Probably the same ones that like to talk about being a great cyclone fans and supporters
Noticed there was only one CYCLONE Power chant yesterday. Anyone else notice the sound and video do not match up?
I cheer for the defense on every down but am the only one around me that does. Also, the Cyclone - Power chant has been drown out so much by the sound system I don't think the students do it much anymore because you can barely hear it over the sound system.
this is it, no need to cheer, the music is blaring so loud making my own noise is pointless.
The super loud music on the loud speakers tends to diminish the followup for crowd noise. They quit the music three seconds before the play is snapped. The music is louder than the fans if that is possible. Actually the speakers almost blow their innards it is so loud.
Comebacks? This was a tie game until there was 6 minutes left against our biggest rival, who happens to be in-state and whose fans happen to be a** clowns for the most part. I don't care how good the team has been in the past; when Iowa had the ball, we shouldn't have been able to hear the sound system over the crowd noise, regardless of down and distance. Jack Trice should be a great home field advantage, and it is for the first defensive series or when the scoreboard tells us to make noise. But as soon as something bad happens (we fall behind, or they convert a 3rd and long, or there is a questionable call) the crowd loses interests and starts thinking about leaving at half time and not coming back until 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, or if they should leave to beat the traffic. I can see if this was any other game, but considering the opponent and the fact that we were ahead at halftime the crowd was a huge disappointment in the second half.
Just thought I'd add my observations from afar from what I could sense thru HD TV:
I realize that ISU has incredible support considering the product on the field over the last few seasons. It's remarkable, really, in a day and age when college fb attendance is dwindling nationwide. But.. that being said, it boggles my mind how lame Jack Trice can be when ISU is on defense on downs 1 & 2, and then gets up, sometimes half-heartedly, for a 3rd down. I know historically the product hasn't been good on the field, but you pay decent money to sit in JTS, clad yourself in cardinal and gold, for what, 5-6x in a whole year, and yet sit on your hands while the defense needs your noise on every down, not just third (or fourth)! Believe, me it's very detectable through the TV. It pains me greatly to use the team to the southwest of Council Bluffs as an example, but those fans are LOUD every down when nebraska is on defense. It makes me wonder if the average ISU football fan has been to any other stadiums or watches other programs on tv ever.. or if it really is just about a saturday of drinking and tailgaitin'. I can relate to cygrads comment regarding no one standing up around him. The last game at JTS I attended was vs Baylor in 2012.. a very pivotal (and winnable) game to become bowl eligible. I was super excited just to be back there and yell when ISU was on defense, and the people in the surrounding seats were like statues. What is with ISU fan in football? is it the conservative, reserved demeanor of friendly Iowans? I don't think so, b/c take 14,000 out of JTS and put them in Hilton and they become maniacs that have willed more comebacks than I can recall. People.. if it works in basketball, it can in football too. I'm proud of the support Cyclone nation gives this football program, but just go one more step further than putting your fanny in the stands... yell like you won the lottery when ISU is on defense.. and maybe, just maybe, a big defensive stand can turn a game or even the program around someday.
I realize that ISU has incredible support considering the product on the field over the last few seasons. It's remarkable, really, in a day and age when college fb attendance is dwindling nationwide. But.. that being said, it boggles my mind how lame Jack Trice can be when ISU is on defense on downs 1 & 2, and then gets up, sometimes half-heartedly, for a 3rd down. I know historically the product hasn't been good on the field, but you pay decent money to sit in JTS, clad yourself in cardinal and gold, for what, 5-6x in a whole year, and yet sit on your hands while the defense needs your noise on every down, not just third (or fourth)! Believe, me it's very detectable through the TV. It pains me greatly to use the team to the southwest of Council Bluffs as an example, but those fans are LOUD every down when nebraska is on defense. It makes me wonder if the average ISU football fan has been to any other stadiums or watches other programs on tv ever.. or if it really is just about a saturday of drinking and tailgaitin'. I can relate to cygrads comment regarding no one standing up around him. The last game at JTS I attended was vs Baylor in 2012.. a very pivotal (and winnable) game to become bowl eligible. I was super excited just to be back there and yell when ISU was on defense, and the people in the surrounding seats were like statues. What is with ISU fan in football? is it the conservative, reserved demeanor of friendly Iowans? I don't think so, b/c take 14,000 out of JTS and put them in Hilton and they become maniacs that have willed more comebacks than I can recall. People.. if it works in basketball, it can in football too. I'm proud of the support Cyclone nation gives this football program, but just go one more step further than putting your fanny in the stands... yell like you won the lottery when ISU is on defense.. and maybe, just maybe, a big defensive stand can turn a game or even the program around someday.
The over the top noise from the speakers have taken the fans out of the game...its counter productive. Terrible choice by media people in athletic dept
Do we still do the BOOM BOOM BOOM sound on 3rd downs? That always seems to get the crowd going. Do that multiple time a possession and cut the music. Other than that I don't see anything wrong with the fans. I'm in section R and I have to stand most of the game because everyone else is. We aren't rewarded enough for our efforts in my honest opinion. If things were better on the field, it would get better in the stands.
The effing music is too loud, and I'm younger than 30. We did th Cyclone power cheer and I couldn't hear shi7 because the scoreboard was so loud.
Side note: I still hate Smoke on the Water and Sweet Caroline. I don't know of anything that sucks the energy out of the stadium more. Play Sweet Caroline after we win and make it a celebration...
Side note: I still hate Smoke on the Water and Sweet Caroline. I don't know of anything that sucks the energy out of the stadium more. Play Sweet Caroline after we win and make it a celebration...
It sounds like a tractor pull. It is so loud no one can hear the fans. Just stupid. But the fans in Jack Trice can get loud. One game that comes to mind is the 2005 Iowa game. That was a loud and intimidating stadium before the opening kickoff. You could feel it, the fans were ready to bring it and they did. The stadium and the team was pure energy that day. One fed off the other and vice versa. But it will never get back to that with that loud obnoxious noise coming out of the speakers. I want to watch a college football game, that means I want to hear fan noise and the actual band. I'm not saying do away with the sound system, but tone it down a bit and do a better job of picking spots because the way they are doing it now is taking the fans out of the game.
That was our first game in the SEZ with the kiddos and I was honestly worried about damage to their ears. If you don't sit on the south end with that crap blaring right in your face, it's hard to believe how insanely loud it is. It's completely unnecessary and it cant be good for the audio equipment. When it's so damn loud that it's completely distorted half the time, dial it back a bit. It's a football game, not a Megadeath concert.
SE end of the stadium. Everyone around me feels the same. Cannot hear the PA or the refs. I guess it is due to poor sound design.
My wife planned to bring our baby to the Halloween game but after yesterday (she wasn't at the UNI game) she said anyone who brings a kid to the SEZ is crazy. We are upper deck and some of the time is fine but other times it's so distorted you can't hear anything understandable. The poster who said you won't understand unless you sit there is absolutely correct.
Serious question. Could they add angled speakers towards the east and west sides and turn the volume down?
Serious question. Could they add angled speakers towards the east and west sides and turn the volume down?
