I'd agree with this. Frankly I was shocked when Turbulence made the playlist, although, of course it's a song that's what, three years old at this point?
Pre game atmosphere
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I'd agree with this. Frankly I was shocked when Turbulence made the playlist, although, of course it's a song that's what, three years old at this point?
CycloneErik
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For the losses to take a toll, fans would have to be completely ignorant, as if they never thought that losing happens in college basketball.
Intro video is great. I get chills every time. When the team comes out from the locker room is great. Jock jams are ok. I get why people like it and why they don't. The one thing that would help a lot is to turn the lights off. I know why we don't and I know it would be expensive but it really needs to be done.
The other thing is while not a valid excuse the fans are still recovering from the 3 losses. If the loses were spread out it wouldn't have hurt as much but the athletic department went through a really tough couple of weeks with the women losing also.
The other thing is while not a valid excuse the fans are still recovering from the 3 losses. If the loses were spread out it wouldn't have hurt as much but the athletic department went through a really tough couple of weeks with the women losing also.
Learn from the best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CA6lH1kb38
Not saying we should copy what they do, but could certainly use modern music and make things a little more like this.
Not saying we should copy what they do, but could certainly use modern music and make things a little more like this.
I love the pregame. I love showing the team dancing in the hallway and I love the video intro. The problem is we have so many late arrivals that not everyone is in their seat when the game starts. By 3 minutes in the people are finally in there.
You'd have to be completely ignorant to think after a 14-0 start, losing 4 out of 5 wouldn't affect the more bandwagonish fans (a lot of students). Most fans don't know the schedule like we do. They don't understand that losing to an unranked team on the road is completely normal in conference play. All they see is we are losing, and in some cases, losing to teams ranked below us. The average fan would swear on the Top 25.
The video is okay but I wish they would update as the year progresses. I also like George's dance and u can tell it loosens the players up as they are all laughing and smiling. Then it gets flat. It wouldn't be as noticeable if it didn't carry over to the game like yesterday. And I drive 3 hours each way to get there an hour early and have 3 season tickets for the record.
Why would you think an Iowa State Men's Basketball thread was about the NFL Championship game?
Always been a fan of requiem for a dream for pump up music. It is ageless and reaches all generations. Classic.
Here's one of the best. (although i hate the team)
Start at 2:10
[video=youtube;QYDfqbcCAos]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYDfqbcCAos[/video]
Start at 2:10
[video=youtube;QYDfqbcCAos]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYDfqbcCAos[/video]
I enjoy the "Light Em Up" portion of the pregame and the players in the tunnel. It works great as long as people are in their seats. I thought Macklemore was a great selection during the Iowa pregame. We need current music that the players and students are enthusiastic about. Leave the Guns n' Roses and AC/DC garbage for the State Fair.
It's only a 1000x better than ours. I do agree thought that I like the tunnel part with Niang dancing and lightem up and the intro video is fine. Other than that though ours is pretty lame.
This one is from Wednesday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNP1seCcpYE I don't understand how people think this is boring but ours isn't.
Kansas has a great intro video for football as well, and the pregame atmosphere sucks. Fans make pregame atmosphere, not videos or music. The volume can only be cranked up so far on a sound system before its annoying. I think we have a loyal following at ISU, but not a vocal one until the end of the game, a three, or a foul call. This has to change. I was at the ISU game in Lawrence, and the KU student section was screaming at the top of their lungs to begin the game... can't say that was the case in Ames, or has ever been.
This is the fact. Until you get the most vociferous supporters to get loud, the atmosphere will not be there. I'm one of the "old people", but I used to be one of the loud ones. The students. The entire crowd feeds off the students. Our involvement used to be at a very high level, and basketball tickets were a special event, one that everyone fought to be involved in.
Until we can get student involvement up to a crescendo, we won't have the rest of the environment at a crescendo, either. That upper balcony being empty says volumes about it. The students just aren't fighting for a place in the stands any more.
If it takes new music, so be it. I know Eminem isn't at the top of my list of top songs to hear to pump me up for gameday. Some of it is improving, such as the new hit tape which others have also commented on.
Does KU have a Smilecam, Show Your Muscles, or an Apple Shuffle? What about UNC, Syracuse, etc?
