Starting a thread on this because I think it’ll provide a bit of perspective from a die hard fan that hasn’t seen a game at RU in quite a while.
This is simply a game day operations post and has absolutely nothing to do with the on the field play. Please don’t bring cancerous posts into this thread, save that for the other threads.
Fan base: we’ve done better. Players needed to give us a bit more, but felt like it just wasn’t all there tonight. Night game vs Washington had better energy.
Lighting system: the potential is there. Was surprised how bright they lit up the field given how few lights there were.
@RU game day operations, the lights should have been cut out at half time to provide an intro for the team on the second half. Work in progress I guess?
Band: wow. I’m impressed. Still has some room to grow and improve, but this has been such a big leap since the last time I was at RU. Go watch the band from Rutgers/Louisville 2006 and look at the difference. Seriously impressive, hats off to everyone involved in the growth, but don’t stop!
Chants/fan engagement: STOP FORCING RU CHANTS. I’m sorry but it’s A. Pathetic and B. The chants are crap. These things need to be organic otherwise it just sucks. I get what you’re trying to do, but it sucks. Get with the Riot Squad and find ways to get them to organically start chants/lead the student section. It’s super cringe what you guys are trying to do right now.
Audio/music: you guys need to run rehearsal or something. You have a guy talking on a microphone and then start playing music over the dude. You don’t need to play music during every down period, lean on the band a little bit more.
Also the band, fireworks, train horn “are you ready” is so lame. Don’t ever do that again.
This is simply a game day operations post and has absolutely nothing to do with the on the field play. Please don’t bring cancerous posts into this thread, save that for the other threads.
Fan base: we’ve done better. Players needed to give us a bit more, but felt like it just wasn’t all there tonight. Night game vs Washington had better energy.
Lighting system: the potential is there. Was surprised how bright they lit up the field given how few lights there were.
@RU game day operations, the lights should have been cut out at half time to provide an intro for the team on the second half. Work in progress I guess?
Band: wow. I’m impressed. Still has some room to grow and improve, but this has been such a big leap since the last time I was at RU. Go watch the band from Rutgers/Louisville 2006 and look at the difference. Seriously impressive, hats off to everyone involved in the growth, but don’t stop!
Chants/fan engagement: STOP FORCING RU CHANTS. I’m sorry but it’s A. Pathetic and B. The chants are crap. These things need to be organic otherwise it just sucks. I get what you’re trying to do, but it sucks. Get with the Riot Squad and find ways to get them to organically start chants/lead the student section. It’s super cringe what you guys are trying to do right now.
Audio/music: you guys need to run rehearsal or something. You have a guy talking on a microphone and then start playing music over the dude. You don’t need to play music during every down period, lean on the band a little bit more.
Also the band, fireworks, train horn “are you ready” is so lame. Don’t ever do that again.