Aren't all standing Os "staged?" Or was there a time when 45,000 baseball fans stood up independently, looked around, and noticed the rest of the stadium was up too?
Stranger yet, I was talking with Greg the other day about this and he said he was thinking of asking all Syracuse fans to stand up on your opening day and give a loud standing O that GW will be able to hear all the way down here in NJ.
I've seen many standing ovations that I believe are genuine...
Remember when the fans gave Chris Laviano a standing ovation when he came back in after getting clocked?
Pepperidge farm remembers.
Damn, forgot what a deep pass looked like:
unless the booing is a college kid that is coming back into a game after being knocked out. At that point- everyone that boos- should get their seats taken from them.
You are exactly right. A producer for Philly's biggest sports radio station (WIP) suggested it on social media. He said that Turner was staying up until midnight in the batting cages: that Turner clearly wasn't loafing. But it's one thing to suggest a standing ovation, and quite another for the fans (especially Phillies fans) to do it Turner himself says it caused him to play better.
That’s the “discussion” I was talking about in my earlier post.
My recollection is that the Illini actually never crossed midfield that entire game. 2006 D simply dominated.
My point was on your own team. You are correct I am sure the RAC will have a few things to say
Let's be even more accurate. Yes, they're legally getting paid by boosters. but they're still the age of college kids and, even more importantly, they are students at the college just as they always were.
The incident @yesrutgers01 and I were talking about was pre what we are seeing now.
students or not, and openly paid or not, fan criticism and player accountability comes with the territory in big time college athletics. this isn't youth sports.
Criticism and accountability is fair and what we were referring to was well before NIL.
all excellent points. question: OK to boo or otherwise berate/cuss officials ? Coaches ? Players on the other team ? To me it's all the same. Accountability across the board.
Official- absolutely - YES or OH HELL YES - Coaches- sure but here is where it gets tricky...too many fans use the excuse they are booing the coach not the player.
well, truth be told I don't boo because I don't care enough about any particular player, call, coach, whatever. Seen too many games, don't care enough to scream or boo in the moment.
It's funny- I sort of look at the player discussion on this site to be handled with some tact. Write a criticism as if you were having a conversation with that person. To just scream someone doesnt belong on a D1 field or has a low football IQ without something constructive, just never makes sense to me in any regard, not just sports.
Dumb play - false start, lining up offisides, etc. in the 7th game on, I’ll groan with the best. Especially if it keeps happening.
One of the urban legends of the game is that chant started in the bowels of Yankee Stadium in the 50’s when the Giants defense was really making a name for themselves.
My earliest remembrance was the 1969-1970 New York Knicks on the run to an NBA Championship.
Agree 100% - and that groan is expected and it is not what anyone would consider a boo.
This is a good rule for all of us on this board, not only when we are talking about a player or coach (or public figure), but also when we are answering a comment by another poster that we don't agree with.
I have had so many conversations with players on the team in a casual location where I asked- WTF where you thinking or doing on a particular play- but since I asked in in a certain way- it always ended up in a good convo. Often- then player would say "brain fart" and more often, they break down the play and assignments and show me that my eyes don't always see what they saw on a specific play because we have no idea what any player responsibility was.
