Horse Video?
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Ash, during last week's Chris Ash Show, was asked about the volume of the music piped into the stadium and the lack of the pre-game alma mater. His reaction was classic.
He tried to mute it some, but you could see he was thinking something along the lines of: "Are you freaking kidding me? I'm the football coach and I work 20 hours per day dealing with every issue related to the team. So maybe you can forward those complaints to someone who can do something about it rather than make me your go between".
What he said was considerably more PC and he said he'd forward the issues along to those who might be able to do something about it. I'm guessing his view of a culture change at RU doesn't include fans whining about the game day experience to the football coach.
He tried to mute it some, but you could see he was thinking something along the lines of: "Are you freaking kidding me? I'm the football coach and I work 20 hours per day dealing with every issue related to the team. So maybe you can forward those complaints to someone who can do something about it rather than make me your go between".
What he said was considerably more PC and he said he'd forward the issues along to those who might be able to do something about it. I'm guessing his view of a culture change at RU doesn't include fans whining about the game day experience to the football coach.
When he took the job, he really had no idea what he was in for
Rutgers (and some of the the things we have done on game day) was here before him and will still be here after he leaves. However short or long that tenure may be.
True. And we are not saying they aren't valid concerns for the fan-base.
But the pregame singing of the alma mater, the volume of the speaker system in the stadium, and the playing of the horse video are not Ash's fault nor his responsibility.
People should complain to the AD's office, maybe. Not to the coach who has enough to worry about right now. What's next, asking him to personally inspect the chicken nuggets to ensure they've been cooked to 165 degrees internally?
There was the new version of the alma mater. I missed the horse video unless he was running behind the jogger and stayed off camera.
Agree.
I like my FB coaches to coach and let the others do their thing.
My point was that I hope he acknowledges and understands some of the things/traditions we do here.
Ah, okay. He has, in press conferences or maybe the Chris Ash Show, mentioned that we have some great traditions and that he would like to add some or tweak some. So I'm sure he gets it.
I think he does too.
What we need though is to make sure those in the booth in the press box who play the music and show the videos realize that too.
My understanding is that some of that crew is new too just like the FB Staff.
When did you hear the ALma Mater other then at the end when the team sings it? It was not pregame.
Might have been at the end like you said. Got in the stadium about 11:45 and saw most of the pre-game.
No, A cheesy shortened video was played. They had some fat loudmouth guy in a safari hat on the field instead. Yeech!
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I think Ohio State does a full band concert prior to the game. We are planning to attend the concerts this year.
Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't care all that much about the pregame and while the horse video was ok, my experience isn't negatively impacted without it. Clearly from this thread it was important to some percentage of the fanbase. It also doesn't bother me much that the alma mater is now reserved for after the game only.
I went out there for the game two seasons ago. The "tailgate" scene is very different and very cool. Basically the whole town turns into one great big party. There are areas in town that have live bands, all kinds of food trucks and so forth. Plenty of beer to be had everywhere.
Not really a true tailgating around the cars thing, but a great alternative approach. Would be like if our stadium was on the New Brunswick campus and College ave, Easton ave and the surrounding side streets all closed down, they roped off some of the larger parking lots, and it turned into one great big party.
Only out there, there were well over 100,000 people milling around having a good time.
I personally don't care about the pregame and I'm not an alum so the alma mater thing doesn't mean anything to me. But I still care for the sake of the alums and old timers for whom those traditions are an important piece of the game day experience. I can empathize because there are traditions that I've been fond of that have changed over my lifetime (I figure most of us can say that).
I'm not a huge fan of the new horse video but doesn't matter a whole lot. I do like the pace and sequence of events in the pre game more now though. Things seem to move along nicely.
Band comes out and plays their sequence, with a new extended version of the Colonel Rutgers song, then march over to the tunnel, horse runs out, team runs out, band goes to end zone, visiting team comes out, national anthem, play ball.
It just flows better than in years past when it was band, few minutes break, knight mascot rides out with "This is R House" flag, couple minutes break, horse, couple minutes break, roster, teams come out, etc.
It would just be nice if some of the fans were around to see it. And I would like the alma mater to be incorporated into the pre game, either while the band is on the field or after the anthem.
Band comes out and plays their sequence, with a new extended version of the Colonel Rutgers song, then march over to the tunnel, horse runs out, team runs out, band goes to end zone, visiting team comes out, national anthem, play ball.
It just flows better than in years past when it was band, few minutes break, knight mascot rides out with "This is R House" flag, couple minutes break, horse, couple minutes break, roster, teams come out, etc.
It would just be nice if some of the fans were around to see it. And I would like the alma mater to be incorporated into the pre game, either while the band is on the field or after the anthem.
The band is almost meaningless since it only plays to one side of the field. If you are located on the opposite side of the field you can't here the band. I've accompanied my spouse to the games for over twenty years and feel the quality of the game day experience has declined significantly.
Might as well throw in that the quality of the food at the stadium stinks and the last few homecomings smelled to high heaven.
Homecoming were fun when they were held in the big field and all of the schools had tents, there were lots of things for kids to do. There were neat handouts and entertainment. One could walk around the field with a beer and not be confined to what to a space that seems smaller than my sons bedroom.
Seating for old people who would like to sit and watch is also lacking.
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