Hobbs to Look at Football Game Day Experience
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With regard to the parking spaces, at least do that for the front part of the grass lots that fill-up earlier with the tents.
Trough. The bathrooms have more sinks than urinals.
Add wall length troughs and most of the bathroom issues are fixed.
Add wall length troughs and most of the bathroom issues are fixed.
Sorry I didn't see this merd a couple of weeks ago.
Pray tell, how my donation is going to increase the band membership? Are we going to hire more members? The uniforms look great btw.
Why do schools like South Florida and Kansas State (for example) have better bands than we do? Frankly I don't know the answer. Someone does though. We aren't going to have tOSU's band but there is no reason why our massive State University band should look and sounds like a small private school's.
Knightmoves, Does Rutgers have someone who visits all the high schools in the state to talk to their marching band members to A) Talk to them about attending Rutgers and B) Speak with them about the Rutgers Band should they be interested in going to RU ?
Wasn't that what they had pre-renovation? I remember going as a kid and that was the setup.
I don't know where they import the Knightengale drivers from
but they often have no idea where the lots are.
One we had last year only knew how to get to the white lot.
She had no connection to Rutgers and lived beyond Middlesex county
And this wasn't early in the year.
She didn't know that they also went out Frelinghuysen to the handicapped lot behind the Blue Lot
not to mention the route to the Purple/Black
Wouldn't some Rutgers students want this job?
Which also brings up the waste that the Frelinghuysen handicapped lot was.
Often there were more workers than people parked there and the lot was 90% empty
yet they moved people down several lots and some, like me, out to Siberia...errr...the Tan Lot.
The parking demotion last year (I went from Black to Tan, that is a three level demotion) and the lie I was told by my rep
plus their non-response to another issue
kept me from ordering parking from Rutgers this year.
Sadly, I could have been back in Black this year
Apparently, the buck doesn't stop anywhere and they seem to be OK with that theory. I think Hobbs cares enough to make changes so let's see what happens.
The freshman class numbers have been pretty consistently good, but the attrition has been brutal. I think they announced something like 10 people on senior day last year.
In this regard, yes . Except soccer. Soccer is great to watch for this reason. Problem is that sometimes the dead time in a football game is still more interesting than the live action of a soccer game.
The gangway experience, as far as I'm concerned, is fantastic already. What more do we néed?
We have the best tailgating infrastructure you'll find anywhere. Cheerleaders arrive walking around talking to people. There is a big Kids zone. The band comes into the parking area and plays. There is a public tailgate party. Scarlet walk. There is a huge video board, dj, cool video highlights and team entrance modes, we have cool traditional chants, a huge 50-50. Game day experience is already amazing.
Now if they want to make changes that will help recruiting, then I can get with that for sure.
We have the best tailgating infrastructure you'll find anywhere. Cheerleaders arrive walking around talking to people. There is a big Kids zone. The band comes into the parking area and plays. There is a public tailgate party. Scarlet walk. There is a huge video board, dj, cool video highlights and team entrance modes, we have cool traditional chants, a huge 50-50. Game day experience is already amazing.
Now if they want to make changes that will help recruiting, then I can get with that for sure.
The game day outside the stadium is very good. I love the pregame atmosphere.
It's the in stadium experience that needs to improve.
Just off the top of my head the food is terrible. I like how Maryland had those crab fries. We don't have anything like that.
The sound system is bad.
Do we need both the train horn and the cannon when we score? I think one if those should go.
There are plenty of other things.
That's the key right there. There was always attrition in the freshman class, but it rose to new levels in the current band. And that got worse due to the attrition in the upper classes, which is very unusual.
I like the train horn, Joe Nolan's 1st down call, Ray Lucas and Chris Carlin "straight up the Turnpike!", 3rd down music is unique (an Iowa alum / ex-player here is VA even mentioned it to me based on what he heard/saw on TV and said he liked it), roaming band members playing in the stands, black outs.
Something I believe is definitely needed are some type of enclosures from possible rainstorms in the bus lines. I will always remember about 3 seasons ago after the Howard game everyone was waiting in the overcrowded bus lines and everyone got drenched. It was so crowded nobody could move out of the line to just walk and an elderly couple next to me were getting pushed around. The wife actually said I will never go to another game after this. It made for a really bad experience. The buses in general need to majorly fixed.
They added them to keep people from experiencing heat stroke. I used them last year.
Agree with most of this. In terms of the Knightengale, I'm disabled and cannot walk very far, I've had to wait while families with middle school aged kids pile onto the cart and leave us old folks in the dust.
Better food would help, get a better Italian Sausage vender, worst sandwiches ever!
The same way Maryland has signature food in crab fries, RU should offer some local fare. Would be great for Stuff Yer Face to have a stand to sell bolis, which is great food for football games. Or how about a Johnny's Pork Roll? Or a grease truck INSIDE the stadium. Or a REAL PIZZA Vendor (not Papa Johns). When is Sodexo contract up?
The bus lines after the games are out of control, especially if everyone leaves the stadium at once and especially after night games. The wait can be long but the problem is the drunk students pushing and stampeding in the corrals. I saw a woman get shoved into the wooden corral fencing, fell through it, and got a few scrapes after the Mich State game last year. Two drunk girls started pushing me and when I said "stop that," one replied, "I've been drinking and I'll throw up on you," and resumed pushing in a failing effort to move the pack of 70 people between her and the nearly-full bus forward.
It's the worst representation of the Rutgers student body I've seen, and I am embarrassed that sober people, older alumni, visiting fans witness and have to put up with that. You can have the best atmosphere inside the stadium but if guests fear for their safety in the bus corrals after the game, they will not return. We have stopped taking the bus back (unless there's no line) and just walk back to the train station.
Most on this Board questioned the complete foolishness of the design of the Bathrooms when they opened up with the Expansion in the South Endzone. Clearly built by someone who has never been to a CFB game. 15 Sinks and 4 urinals ? Must have been the Architect firm of Art Vandalay.
But you have to admit, we have some of the freshest looking fans with clean hands in all of college football! I sit in 107, and I make a beeline for the stack of urinals outside my section--which says a lot on how they must realize how stupid the design of the bathrooms was.
I don't have this problem in the scarlet lot the last 2 years quick in and out. Are you people with all the suggestions for Mr Hobbs ready to fork over extra money for these upgrades because expanding bathrooms and hiring competent glorified golf cart drivers comes with a price. Expect the same and be happy we have what we have. To get the things you awesome dudes want costs money. I doubt many of you will want prices to go up since most of you cry about the prices as is. Hobbs needs to take care of the program's so we don't suck anymore that's job 1. Hobbs is not stepping up for you when so little have stepped up for what's needed. Why is it ok to drink like a fish while you tailgate but have an issue with the school trying to make a buck selling 8 dollar beers inside? $$$ is the answer. Happy Independence Day especially for those who signed up and did your time to keep us free.
What a jerk
Guy is disabled and can barely walk and he is complaining about how the knightingale service is run, and you tell him to pony up more cash.
Shut up about the $ for once, dude.
And by the way, Hobbs is looking for ideas on how to improve game day services, etc.
This isn't just a bitchfest
Agree. This is a thread where people are just throwing out suggested improvement. We are not all so naive to think everyone will be acted upon. As to Knightengake service, certainly appears this should be addressed. 20 years ago I would probably have said what's the big deal. Now needing knee replacement and having some heart issues, I see the need first hand. I don't need to use it as I park fairly close to the stadium. If hiring more glorified golf cart drivers solved the problem, just do it as it is not a big ticket item.
PLEASE turn down the fukkin music. It doesn't have to be at the threshold of pain.
Best news for the band is that next year is Tim Smith's leaving.
Best news for the band is that next year is Tim Smith's leaving.
I suggested this years ago after the cannon moved from the concourse to the field. There is room for one where it used to be. They should auction the spot off to the highest bidder like the taxi medallions in NYC.
I have a suggestion for this one too but this also seems to have fallen on deaf ears.
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Maybe instead of the golf carts they should consider something a little larger or that can be hitched together like they use on theme park tours, etc.
Might be a safety issue, but worth considering. Less individual trips too, especially when the game is over and the lines become longer.
Can't believe money would be the problem.
Might be a safety issue, but worth considering. Less individual trips too, especially when the game is over and the lines become longer.
Can't believe money would be the problem.
Distributed sound systems are fine for voice but absolutely terrible for music or anything with range. What most stadium use are directional speaker arrays from a single point. Why do you think concerts don't put speaker clusters through out the venue?
http://www.danleysoundlabs.com/danl...rth-at-penn-state-universitys-beaver-stadium/
For starters it would allow them to provide instruments for the band. Currently members have to provide their own instrument or rent it from the university. The band also charges a fee for uniforms and students must buy their own shoes. Imagine if football required players to provide their own helmet and shoes? In addition it allows them to recruit more musicians from high school bands. They eventually would also be able to provide partial scholarships for members. It also allows them to travel which attrack members.
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Actually at stadium concerts they have delay towers around the venue as you get further from the stage. The reason concerts use directional arrays is because you want the sound to emanate from the direction of the stage. In a sports setting, there is no point of emphasis for the sound, thus a distributed system makes perfect sense. In our case until there is a video board placed at the north end the best setup would be a mix of both. Videos coming from the board pushed more from the scoreboard arrays as that is where you would be looking, announcements and general music from a distributed system. A quick fix would be adding some temporary speakers along the sidelines, similar to the ones pointed at the field during warm ups. Doing this would allow for the scoreboard system to not be run as loud to compensate for the wind when it's blowing out of the north.
It sounded like you were making a good case for donating to the band up until you mentioned the part at the end about donations resulting in them getting attacked. I don't want my money to put them in harm's way.
Chris Fowler suggesting that a college football team adopt the Iceland soccer chant.
Definitely cool, but I am having trouble envisioning the whole stadium getting together for this one.
Definitely cool, but I am having trouble envisioning the whole stadium getting together for this one.
The food really is terrible. Something needs to be done about that. What ever they saved on contracts they have lost in sales. I would eat an old foot before one those soggy cold hotdogs.
It's amazing how bad the food is, which is a shame because a lot of "NJ food" lends itself to mass production. Just think boardwalk & grease trucks and go from there.
