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The cannon war is a big part of Rutgers lore.

 

[RU in IM]

Uh huh.

And the reason this moral victory needs a 10'x20' wall of the stadium to celebrate is?

Did the 2002 Miami moral victory get a wall too? How about all the WVU losses?

So you are comparing a game where we had a 21 point comeback in the second half in a hostile environment to tie the #2 team in the country to a 25 point loss to Miami at home? That's a slap in the face to those of us who played in that game. And Anderson didn't want the tie, as he risked an on sides kick that would have cost us the game if it failed.

 

[nukem]

If someone could get them to yell "while" they're doing it, great. I've got no problem with the air guitar move on its own... it's just that it essentially quiets the loudest segment of the audience and replaces it with guitar sounds for 20-30 seconds every time we have a 3rd or 4th down.

Will try to get a picture of a few thousand kids standing up with their mouths sewn shut on 3rd down

And the PA State chant is dumb when we're not playing them, too, fwiw.

Why do they need to yell when the music is playing over the PA System? According to 86% of the people on this site the music is turned up to ear splitting levels. And once the music turns off the students start yelling anyway.

And it's always a good idea to throw a little cheer PSU's way to let them know how we feel. Students like it so that's good enough to me.

 

[jerseyjustin]

 

[CERU00]

good lord, we have people saying to ditch the air guitar when its gets the most participation by the crowd and its an identifiable tradition for 10 years..only RU fans could be this clueless

It's counterproductive. The crowd starts with the noise AFTER the cheesy and meaningless air guitar. We've been doing that for 10 years too long. It's actually embarrassing.

 

[RUskoolie]

Reading the complaints ITT makes me almost hate this fanbase.

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

Only if the students could you know stomp their feet in unison to go along with the guitar motion.

 

[RUJohnny99]

So you are comparing a game where we had a 21 point comeback in the second half in a hostile environment to tie the #2 team in the country to a 25 point loss to Miami at home? That's a slap in the face to those of us who played in that game. And Anderson didn't want the tie, as he risked an on sides kick that would have cost us the game if it failed.

oh spare me your righteous indignation. Neither belong on a wall.

Just stick up future schedules like on the other side of the stadium, or do what Schiano did and put T.B.A. on the blank red wall.

Or at least change the background picture of the Domino's Noid with his shoulders shrugged.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Like the blog, I had an Iowa fan ask me what the cannon had to do with the Scarlet Knights. I explained our founding in 1766 and background in the American Revolution and suggested they walk around Old Queens if they had time. He still didn't get it but I don't get why he didn't get it--not every tradition has to center around your team name (Hawkeyes? BUckeyes? Etc). Anyway, they seemed generally a good and friendly fan base, although I know someone who ran across some less amicable Iowa fans.

Did you mention Alexander Hamilton? He is all the rage now. We should cash in on his defense of Washington with a canon battery from the olde Queens campus.

And if those Iowa guys were surprised at how loud the stadium got at times.. wait until a decent Rutgers basketball team is finally playing at the RAC. Check that out and then talk about "loud".

 

[bac2therac]

It's counterproductive. The crowd starts with the noise AFTER the cheesy and meaningless air guitar. We've been doing that for 10 years too long. It's actually embarrassing.

lol no its not

 

[carmenst]

I like the First Down Cheer and the 3rd down Air Guitar. I see a lot of the students participating for both which is what we want. A lot of fans in my section do the first down cheer. If it annoys visiting fans, .....that's their problem.

 

[Blitz8RUCrazy]

I never understood the air guitar. looks stupid. I also hate the first down cheer. It's annoying as is the train horn.

I wish the scarlet knight did something with a lance before the game similar to what FSU does with their mascot

Maybe have an effigy of the opponent and spear it through with a lance while racing the horse across the field?

 

[rondi]

I hear the First Down chant all the time at the Jets games.

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I like it!
Go RU!
Diane

 

[Terry_2426]

"But they could still get pretty noisy and the crowd roared loudly for the Rutgers defense on third downs"

Funny, because this board talks about how quiet it always is on third down because of the air guitar!

 

[RUsince52]

The Cannon is one of our oldest traditions. We were firing a cannon after scores for a really long time, it pre-dates the current cannon. Originally we played a trophy game for the Little Brass Cannon, which actually worked, and Rutgers started using it to fire after scores. But, Rutgers only used it for the seasons where we won it. At some point we got a permitted one.

Winner of the RU - Lehigh - Lafayette games got to keep it until the next season and it actually fired.