Gameday Traditions you miss/want to see dropped/would like to see
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Why not? Killer high energy song which pumps up the crowd. When Va Tech does it the whole crowd including the band jumps up and down to it.
Yeah, that's a bad idea.
Borrowing traditions not rooted in any kind of local, regional or institutional folklore? Meh. That's not tradition.
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As of last season, They still play it as part of their post game show. You just have to say around longer as it takes longer for them to get set up on the field from the seats.
Whenever we score a touchdown, they need to ditch the cannon firing and play all 2:28 of this. Put the game on hold before the song finishes.
Yes it wpuld also be nice to have an intro that intimidates the other team (stepping on the Louiisville cardinal; at midfield excluded). The "team has left the lockerroom" does that to an extent. However, the stadium has to be filled pregame for thatv to work!
Frankly I have a pregame bathroom ritual I cal the "A**Saturday". I leave the tailgate 45-60 minutes pregame, walk to the stadium, walk to my favorite bathroom and stall-and eliminate whatever great tailgate food the body can't absorb so I can move freely, cheer for the boys and harass opposing players and fans. I get to my seat 15-30 minutes pregame and watch warmups. Getting old stinks!
Frankly I have a pregame bathroom ritual I cal the "A**Saturday". I leave the tailgate 45-60 minutes pregame, walk to the stadium, walk to my favorite bathroom and stall-and eliminate whatever great tailgate food the body can't absorb so I can move freely, cheer for the boys and harass opposing players and fans. I get to my seat 15-30 minutes pregame and watch warmups. Getting old stinks!
Justin, with all that guitar we might as well hire Phish. Would make for a good 'bathroom break" song though.
I obviously sit in 117 and I focused on this for a few plays last year , it is a VERY noticeable difference in crowd noise once the air guitars stop and the students focus on screaming !!!!!
I want the real Alma Mater
I want the real Alma Mater
and I want the real Alma Mater
(and yes, I know there were some minor changes over time
but this new p c version is putrid. I haven't done a big survey but the females I know
sing the old version....some of them are under thirty years old so it is not
just us old folks )
I want the real Alma Mater
and I want the real Alma Mater
(and yes, I know there were some minor changes over time
but this new p c version is putrid. I haven't done a big survey but the females I know
sing the old version....some of them are under thirty years old so it is not
just us old folks )
Because it is associated with VT and their entrance. Great song, great entrance, already taken. Some things shouldn't be copied, especially when you have no chance of coming off as anything other than a second rate copy.
Bring back spelling out the script Rutgers by the band for the pre-game show and play the alma mater then like we used to. Also, bring back the real Scarlet Fanfare. Like the idea of the glee club being integrated more then just at homecoming.
Where in WA? We just moved out here this year and will be our first year not going to RU home games which has been the one disappointing thing about moving. Will at least be at the season opener!
Wow that is perfect--a bunch of knights heading out for a battle, huge red flag, intense music...I can't imagine it gets any better for a Scarlet Knights entrance video. The cannon going off as the video ends and the team takes the field would be a great way to end it too.
"O Fortuna" / Carl Orff. Just need to time it right. Cannon fire at the end, and a segue in to "Bells" once the team is on the field. This also ties into something else I've long wanted to see -- a more "Excalibur" style "Scarlet Knight." Polished chrome armor and chain mail. No helmet. Scarlet sash for the knight. Bearded knight.
Yes. And have the cheerleaders sprinkling " sleep dust " ahead of the team. Can't use a CD, has to be a vinyl 45 to be real.
How about something more recent...
Imagine the stadium goes silent. Then you hear the horns. Then one player gets the honor to be the standard bearer and is in front of the others and leads the Scarlet Knights to battle just like how the Knights of the Vale came is and kicked ass.
Perhaps a different group of knights from that film? We will say "ni" to visiting fans unless they bring us a shrubbery!
I initially disliked the air-guitar stuff for similar reasons stated above regarding reduced crowd noise. The visual, however, is really neat and it is something that is "ours." I'm not completely married to the idea, but it is a cool visual.
For those wanting only traditions steeped in some sort of folklore......all of the traditions nationwide started arbitrarily somehow. If you want to wait for traditions to magically occur, we will be 90 years old waiting for a gameday tradition to evolve.
I would like to see trophy games with PSU and Maryland.
For those wanting only traditions steeped in some sort of folklore......all of the traditions nationwide started arbitrarily somehow. If you want to wait for traditions to magically occur, we will be 90 years old waiting for a gameday tradition to evolve.
I would like to see trophy games with PSU and Maryland.
Eh the scene from Excalibur is way better in my opinion. The music is better and the knights are carrying a big red flag instead of a blue one.
I actually don't want video to be "tradition". I want to hear a real horn, and I want to see a real football player holds a standard that represents the scarlet knights
I agree. Don't like this slow motion Pete Townsend look. What would happen if we doubled the speed of the music. Wouldn't that force clapping instead of air guitar. We need clapping and hooting and hollering during third down music. Just say NO to slow motion air guitar!!
I get chills down my spine when the glee club sings the national anthem. Should be done for every home game. It will allow the band to learn something new.
And.........bring the tempo down to where it was in the 60's and 70's. Loyal Sons is so beautiful at a slow tempo.
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