The 2nd time fell flat. Do it once a game absolutely, that was fun. More than once it's played out.
Game experience
- Thread starter RedTeam1994
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Thought the game day experience yesterday was phenomenal after about 7:45.
All the elements came together beautifully, and with a mostly full house of engaged fans, it was tremendous.
For those few of us who arrived early, though, the volume on the speakers for the pregame DJ section needs to be dropped by about 10-15%. It was ear splitting in section 229, and I sat there literally with fingers in my ears to try to block even some of it out.
It didn't seem so loud immediately under the speakers at the top of the student section when I walked through, but from the upper deck it was deafening (over 90 dB for 30+ min).
Once the DJ portion ended, though, I thought the volume was great for the rest of the night.
All the elements came together beautifully, and with a mostly full house of engaged fans, it was tremendous.
For those few of us who arrived early, though, the volume on the speakers for the pregame DJ section needs to be dropped by about 10-15%. It was ear splitting in section 229, and I sat there literally with fingers in my ears to try to block even some of it out.
It didn't seem so loud immediately under the speakers at the top of the student section when I walked through, but from the upper deck it was deafening (over 90 dB for 30+ min).
Once the DJ portion ended, though, I thought the volume was great for the rest of the night.
My one complaint is that Verizon cellular service is bad.
Yeah, trying to look up the roster or stats or rivals once the game started was basically impossible. Text messaging worked fine, though.
Been to over 30 games easily and this was an excellent environment and experience. I’m older with kids and do less tailgating now so I’m noticing different experience issues like the traffic in and out is pretty miserable. One quick fix would be a pedestrian bridge over River Road. The choke point there is mainly created by volume and cops stopping traffic for pedestrians crossing (altho they meter it).
The only times I remember the bus back to the RAC being smooth was after a game that either didn't have a huge turnout, or it wasn't a close game and tons of people left early. I went to most home games as a student between 2005-2008 and I almost always walked back to my dorm at Livingston instead of waiting for the bus. Before I started getting a season parking pass, my group would always park at Johnson Park or do anything else to avoid having to take the bus to the RAC after the game.
While the boardwalk may have thrown a wrench into the RAC bus logistics, the Boardwalk is killing it from a fan perspective. I tailgate in the yellow lot and between the live music, Ferris wheel, and food trucks it provides a great game day atmosphere for families and people who don’t have tailgating options. I brought 4 people to the game last night and they weee blown away with the ‘scene’ and all the things that were going on.
Like I said I’m in yellow and love my funnel cake. But the bus reroute was poorly planned and little thought put into it
Well AT&T was not great. There's a DAS in the stadium and all the carriers are on it. So not sure why it's still not great Rutgers should install Wi-Fi and charge for it. They would makeup the cost.
Well 10 thousand or more Fans that get bused in cant get to those amenities because the busing system is broken. That means less money spent on everything that happens near the stadium and causes the casual FAN to say why should i come back if it takes 50 min to go from the RAC to the Stadium and maybe 90 to get back.
This is a huge problem that Rutgers needs to solve and would really be exacerbated if the stadium ever gets expanded.
wouldnt it make sense to build a pedestrian bridge from stadium to johnson park and have the busses load in johnson park from the RAC & College Ave (already do for college ave) ) ...they would go river road to 18 to livingston./college ave having the busses over at the bubble and then crossing were pedestrians are going thru parking areas doesnt make sense...it would also allevaite leacing from black/purple lots having a seond egress...
The quick RRRRRR-UUUUUU chant works in the RAC.
But at SHI the students need to let an RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR go to the other endzone, then wait for a UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU responce. If too quick it becomes a real mess.
How many millions do you think that would cost? Justify that expense for 7 games a year.
Of course, if you have politicians who have clout you can get a train system (West Virginia and U of Washington, for example) that could move thousands within minutes.
This may have been answered by now. I guess I'll find out as I read on in this thread, but my guess is that the regular campus bus schedule was still in effect (being a weekday and all), which meant fewer regular buses available as game shuttles. Imagine the outcry if the 2 or 3 students who might have a Friday evening class couldn't get there due to the big bad football program taking precedence yet again.
Easier fix. Dont go that way.
If you are heading to New Brunswick from Sutphen Rd., turn right on River Rd, right on Hoes Lane W., , right on Rt 18. Three right turns, you will be in New Brunswick in less time than it took you to get past the stadium going the other way.
As soon as I saw the yellow buses, this is exactly what I thought. I didn't care, as long as I got where I needed to go.
I know, I thought of that cost. We’d have to be good for a long time for them to address that infrastructure but a one lane road next to a river with major pedestrian crossing makes for an automatic choke point. I’ve been to both of those campuses and was amazed by that, especially WVU. Light rail in NJ is something like $30M per mile or something insane
Absolutely fixable, but seemingly never will be. Gives off a mickey mouse impression when done poorly as it mostly has for the past couple decades now. I bet even Schiano would be impressed to hear it done properly as it's rarely been done well even since his first stint. I think it also gets sped up way too much at the RAC as well.
Another issue is that most folks don't know how to properly vocalize the U, they seem to think that howling it is appropriate. The echo will take care of itself. It should be a hard dig into the U. which will ring across the stadium and create an echo trail. No one needs to actually say "oooooh"...it's too soft/weak and doesn't carry nearly as well.
Especially don’t do it when they announce the spirit squad members to take the field. And then start in with the second rendition leaving the cheerleaders lost.
Neither the County, that owns Johnson Park, nor the DOT will approve a pedestrian bridge over River Road. Bob Mulcahy tried, & even with his political connections got stonewalled
Bob hasn’t been AD in 15 years. Politicians change. Maybe it’s time to try again.
Outside of the game, best all around experience by a mile! Very impressed and glad I went. Rewatched the game and looked incredible.
As far as loudness and the crowd, in my opinion was above the RU 63-14 win over Louisville, above the win vs #2 USF … and a little behind the Louisville loss vs Teddy. That is the loudest game I remember.
How did this compare to the 2014 Michigan and PSU games?
Psu in 14 and Ville 06 were the loudest
USF 07 and Michigan 14 were close
Ville 12, Arky 13 and MSU 04 next batch
Ville blowout, Cincy night game 07 and USF night game 09 were also loud
Most deflating was Maryland 07 when they beat us in the rain
Fresno State 08 & Cincy 09 had the potential to be bonkers as the juice was high at kickoff, but the lackluster play took us right out of it
Exactly. I work for Rutgers Institutional Planning and Operations. Weekday games are always rough on transportation because they can't pull the normal number of Rutgers buses from fleet like they do for Saturday games due to classes. School buses were the only buses available and were put into service.
They gonna have to let the band rip it all night long one of these days. That’s why they are there. I’m sure they hate listening to the PA replace them with THE BEST OF THE 80s, 90s most of the time.
In regards to the bus and traffic situation. I think some people just need to understand this was a Friday night game and the biggest crowd in how long? When you have that many people in one place you're going to get some traffic. I know it stinks but this happens with any major venue, even Metlife is rough after big games.
Keep in mind that classes happen Friday so they most likely needed buses to maintain a normal weekday schedule for students, it is a tough situation. Silver lining, crowds are good because that means people are showing up.
Keep in mind that classes happen Friday so they most likely needed buses to maintain a normal weekday schedule for students, it is a tough situation. Silver lining, crowds are good because that means people are showing up.
