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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 18, 2024 18:41:31 GMT -5
The issue ain't when something exciting happens. Virtually ALL fans cheer loud during/after things exciting happening. The crowd engagement issue is more about making noise when the other team is trying to make a 1st down at 3rd or 4th down. Even better is to be make noise on any down that the other team has the ball so they can't hear before plays are run (sometimes causes false starts, etc.) . And real fan engagement/understanding recognizes the need to be quiet (not cheer) when their team has the ball until the ball is snapped or when a big play is happening. One example of this is NDSU. They make a lot of noise when the other team has the ball and you can almost hear a "pin drop" when they have the ball. regarding what you're saying, i already said we are a "wine and cheese" crowd. so i'm not addressing that. but what i am addressing is an aspect of our fanbase that is generally unequaled or surpassed by the vast majority of all fcs schools in the country. so i didn't miss the point, i was not trying address what you're talking about other than to "admit" that indeed we are a "wine and cheese" crowd...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jul 18, 2024 18:43:34 GMT -5
This is mid-level FCS football. We have one of the least fan friendly stadiums in the nation. Outdated concessions, parking and rest rooms.
I know y’all want to play in SEC title games every week, but our current level of fan engagement is reflective of our overall product.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 18, 2024 18:52:03 GMT -5
The issue ain't when something exciting happens. Virtually ALL fans cheer loud during/after things exciting happening. The crowd engagement issue is more about making noise when the other team is trying to make a 1st down at 3rd or 4th down. Even better is to be make noise on any down that the other team has the ball so they can't hear before plays are run (sometimes causes false starts, etc.) . And real fan engagement/understanding recognizes the need to be quiet (not cheer) when their team has the ball until the ball is snapped or when a big play is happening. One example of this is NDSU. They make a lot of noise when the other team has the ball and you can almost hear a "pin drop" when they have the ball. regarding what you're saying, i already said we are a "wine and cheese" crowd. so i'm not addressing that. but what i am addressing is an aspect of our fanbase that is generally unequaled or surpassed by the vast majority of all fcs schools in the country. so i didn't miss the point, i was not trying address what you're talking about other than to "admit" that indeed we are a "wine and cheese" crowd... Ok. But your point is/was moot. This thread is basically about our crowd being "wine & cheese" with poor engagement and ALL schools fans cheer loud when when a TD is scored or some other kind of big (Interception, long pass, etc.) play happens. I guess the difference is us saying Aggie Pride!
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 18, 2024 18:57:27 GMT -5
This is mid-level FCS football. We have one of the least fan friendly stadiums in the nation. Outdated concessions, parking and rest rooms. I know y’all want to play in SEC title games every week, but our current level of fan engagement is reflective of our overall product. Um, we're in the top 3 or 4 conference in FCS (14 total)...not mid-level. The track, outdated concessions, parking and restrooms should have NOTHING to do with making noise when the other team has the ball (especially on 3rd or 4th down). I don't think anybody has said they want SEC title game engagement every week. At this point more than what we have. But who knows what we can do!
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Post by Maxell on Jul 18, 2024 18:58:47 GMT -5
Ww have been "wine and cheese" every since my first game at 10 years old. I had never seen so many Negroes smiling and styling in my life. 36,000 packed into Memorial Stadium. Seemed like everybody had a suit and tie on (including my dad). 36,000? YES. 38,000 SRO. My parents wouldn't let me go to the concession alone, every corner and crevice was filled. It was the NCCU Thanksgiving Day game.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 18, 2024 19:09:06 GMT -5
YES. 38,000 SRO. My parents wouldn't let me go to the concession alone, every corner and crevice was filled. It was the NCCU Thanksgiving Day game. I'm STILL questioning this...36k or 38k in War Memorial.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jul 18, 2024 21:00:53 GMT -5
Can somebody here provide an example of the type of FCS stadium environment they would like to emulate?
I'm not talking about the Montanas and ND States of the world; I'm talking about a mid-level FCS program that has more fan engagement on a regular basis than we do.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 18, 2024 21:30:15 GMT -5
regarding what you're saying, i already said we are a "wine and cheese" crowd. so i'm not addressing that. but what i am addressing is an aspect of our fanbase that is generally unequaled or surpassed by the vast majority of all fcs schools in the country. so i didn't miss the point, i was not trying address what you're talking about other than to "admit" that indeed we are a "wine and cheese" crowd... Ok. But your point is/was moot. This thread is basically about our crowd being "wine & cheese" with poor engagement and ALL schools fans cheer loud when when a TD is scored or some other kind of big (Interception, long pass, etc.) play happens. I guess the difference is us saying Aggie Pride! no, the difference is that no other fcs home crowd can match or exceed the "volume" of our "aggie pride" responses following the "normal" cheering of td's under the circumstances i aforementioned. you're correct that all home crowds cheer after the home team scores a td, and so does ours which is normal. but none of the other schools can exceed the "volume" of our "aggie pride" responses which is "subsequent" to the initial response to a td. if you disagree, please name the fcs schools that are "louder" than us in the "aftermath" of the initial celebration of scoring a td cuz i personally don't know of any...
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 18, 2024 21:31:53 GMT -5
Can somebody here provide an example of the type of FCS stadium environment they would like to emulate? I'm not talking about the Montanas and ND States of the world; I'm talking about a mid-level FCS program that has more fan engagement on a regular basis than we do. I already gave you one - FAMU. And we'll see what nccu is doing now. Several of my friends and people I talked to really like their environment (2018) wished ours was similar to it.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 18, 2024 21:32:52 GMT -5
Why exclude them? They are FCS...just like JMU, App State, UD, GA Southern were once FCS. It's safe to say those schools game day environment was better than ours.
We need to compare ourselves to G5, with 14K students we are larger than Wake, Duke, and some other FBS schools.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 18, 2024 21:33:02 GMT -5
Ok. But your point is/was moot. This thread is basically about our crowd being "wine & cheese" with poor engagement and ALL schools fans cheer loud when when a TD is scored or some other kind of big (Interception, long pass, etc.) play happens. I guess the difference is us saying Aggie Pride! no, the difference is that no other fcs home crowd can match or exceed the "volume" of our "aggie pride" responses following the "normal" cheering of td's under the circumstances i aforementioned. you're correct that all home crowds cheer after the home team scores a td, and so does ours which is normal. but none of the other schools can exceed the "volume" of our "aggie pride" responses which is "subsequent" to the initial response to a td. if you disagree, please name the fcs schools that are "louder" than us in the "aftermath" of the initial celebration of scoring a td cuz i personally don't know of any... Have you been to Jackson State, FAMU and/or Southern?
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 18, 2024 21:37:34 GMT -5
This is mid-level FCS football. We have one of the least fan friendly stadiums in the nation. Outdated concessions, parking and rest rooms. I know y’all want to play in SEC title games every week, but our current level of fan engagement is reflective of our overall product. Um, we're in the top 3 or 4 conference in FCS (14 total)...not mid-level. The track, outdated concessions, parking and restrooms should have NOTHING to do with making noise when the other team has the ball (especially on 3rd or 4th down). I don't think anybody has said they want SEC title game engagement every week. At this point more than what we have. But who knows what we can do! doesn't matter what conference we're in, but we definitely play (or used to play until last season) mid level fcs football and actually that's a complement until proven otherwise on the football field. also, i do not consider the caa as "it currently exists" a top 3 or 4 fcs conference. ya'll need to stop living "in the past"...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 18, 2024 21:39:04 GMT -5
no, the difference is that no other fcs home crowd can match or exceed the "volume" of our "aggie pride" responses following the "normal" cheering of td's under the circumstances i aforementioned. you're correct that all home crowds cheer after the home team scores a td, and so does ours which is normal. but none of the other schools can exceed the "volume" of our "aggie pride" responses which is "subsequent" to the initial response to a td. if you disagree, please name the fcs schools that are "louder" than us in the "aftermath" of the initial celebration of scoring a td cuz i personally don't know of any... Have you been to Jackson State, FAMU and/or Southern? like i said, less than 5 hbcu's would grade ahead of us and no, i do not believe those are louder "after" the initial celebration of a td. i mean, we're talkin' bout a separate cheer, not a continuous celebration of the initial cheering. nonetheless, this subject ain't that important to me. i really could care less about the crowd, what i really care about is "winning" football games...
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 18, 2024 21:47:53 GMT -5
Have you been to Jackson State, FAMU and/or Southern? like i said, less than 5 hbcu's would grade ahead of us... Much of the "loud" is typically because of the number of people. So I expect SCSU, Grambling & Alcorn can be just as loud or louder. Though Norfolk is reported to be able to seat 30k, I doubt those POOR supporters of their team can beat nccu.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 18, 2024 21:51:24 GMT -5
like i said, less than 5 hbcu's would grade ahead of us... Much of the "loud" is typically because of the number of people. So I expect SCSU, Grambling & Alcorn can be just as loud or louder. Though Norfolk is reported to be able to seat 30k, I doubt those POOR supporters of their team can beat nccu. again, this subject ain't that important to me. i really could care less, i care about "winning games", not "fan engagement"...
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