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Post by westcoastaggie on Jul 12, 2024 14:07:39 GMT -5
Hey, let's face it... our A&T football fanbase has gotten really old. And the older I get the less I want to jump up and down yelling and shouting at football games. I'm sorry, but that's just not me. When I was younger, yeah, I'd shout, cuss and bang the seats to make noise but not now. I'll show up for all the games and continue to make donations to support the teams but don't expect me (us old farts) to rock the stadium with Noise. So, if you want the fans to make more noise, you better market our games to a younger crowd... fans that are eager to raise hell in the stadium. Give away some prizes and gifts that will entice the students to show up for the games. Give discounts on tickets to get the local football fans to attend the game. We have neglected to grow our fanbase outside of our die-hard Aggie fans and they have gotten too old to create noise. Are you sure our football fanbase has gotten "really old?" I have to look for the graph but our biggest alumni base are those 45 and younger. Plus, with our enrollment going gang busters since the Rennick Era, there's ample opportunity to really cultivate a fanbase that's really gun-ho about football and athletics in general. EDIT: According to the Advancement & External Affairs Committee Presentation to the BOT this past April, we have 47,670 living grads from the 90s through 2020s.
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Post by JeffAggieFan on Jul 12, 2024 14:47:30 GMT -5
I think a lot of students don't even go to the high school football games, so they don't know how to act.
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Post by aggieville on Jul 12, 2024 14:56:00 GMT -5
The BBMM and Cheerleaders need to work together with short cheer/Chant/Snippets with the band/drumline when our score is 0-14? points/mode . 1)Simple chants for Offense: "First down aggie O, first down", up beat tempo with BGMM, and fans with blue and gold active pom poms, similar to the "swac fans" on how HBCUs fans supports should be. 2) Defense chants " Make that stop Aggie D, make that stop" on third downs. 3) If the game score is back and forth, and we score play "Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players or a song related to football game hype. Have fun!. If our score is more than 14 points, squads and fans do your thing until the end of the game and Have Fun!.
Halftime: BGMM do your "Outstanding field shows, but doing the game suppport the football team be attentive to the game's cruial scoring moments - band directors/ Drum majors and fans, so the team won't have to turn around to tell us to get up and cheer or make some noise!
The University seems to have it going on, lets show the visitors "AGGIE Pride Nation Wide"!
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Post by JeffAggieFan on Jul 12, 2024 15:04:00 GMT -5
Young people are looking at their phones like with all other stuff
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Post by marchingband1969 on Jul 12, 2024 15:14:01 GMT -5
Me personally, I make a lot of noise at all games I attend, that's just me. But, I am of the opinion, if folk pay their monies to come see a game, concert or any kind of entertainment, it takes some nerve to tell the folk that paid money what to do while they are there. That's it for me in a nutshell. Folks are not going to like your response, but I agree with you. If the Athletic Department wants constant fan noise, they may want to increase the cheering squad, encourage more students to join "Live Wire" to cheer in the stands, allow cow bells or other noise makers and give megaphones to selected fans in the stand. But expecting all fans to make noise during the game isn't happening. Getting upset with fans for not making noise is counterproductive. As a fan, I've done my part... bought one of your expensive azz tickets. As a fan, my obligation ends there. If I choose to make noise, that's my choice.
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Post by jbrob on Jul 12, 2024 15:15:00 GMT -5
I know we haven't played at all of the CAA stadiums:
1. Who has the best football fans?
2. Who are the top 5 football fans in the CAA?
3. Who are the top 5 basketball fans in the CAA?
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Post by westcoastaggie on Jul 12, 2024 16:06:43 GMT -5
I know we haven't played at all of the CAA stadiums: 1. Who has the best football fans? 2. Who are the top 5 football fans in the CAA? 3. Who are the top 5 basketball fans in the CAA? Best Football Fans? Delaware currently is the best fanbase followed by us. Top 5 Football (Excluding Delaware and Richmond): 1. A&T 2. Hampton 3. New Hampshire 4. Elon 5. William & Mary Top 5 Basketball (in no particular order): 1. A&T 2. UNCW 3. Charleston 4. Towson 5. Hampton
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 12, 2024 19:43:16 GMT -5
Me personally, I make a lot of noise at all games I attend, that's just me. But, I am of the opinion, if folk pay their monies to come see a game, concert or any kind of entertainment, it takes some nerve to tell the folk that paid money what to do while they are there. That's it for me in a nutshell. Folks are not going to like your response, but I agree with you. If the Athletic Department wants constant fan noise, they may want to increase the cheering squad, encourage more students to join "Live Wire" to cheer in the stands, allow cow bells or other noise makers and give megaphones to selected fans in the stand. But expecting all fans to make noise during the game isn't happening. Getting upset with fans for not making noise is counterproductive. As a fan, I've done my part... bought one of your expensive azz tickets. As a fan, my obligation ends there. If I choose to make noise, that's my choice. The big issue with ohsixrain's point is he said the players were "telling" while they were just pointing out and asking. Of course, it's your choice but I'll promise you that fan support plays a decent role in winning. I expect/hope you cheer/support the band when and after they perform. Hype is a big part of athletics. You see it with the teams getting themselves hyped before games, hyping each other up during games, etc. Your part is also to do some kind of cheering and support..."old" or not. Let's go!
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Post by saabman on Jul 12, 2024 21:25:29 GMT -5
Everybody is correct in their assessment but I think what a lot of You Are looking over is the fact of location and culture. You can look at football culture in States in the Deep South starting in high school. There is a big difference in how the fans react and get evolved at football games.
Even the HBCU culture is different in the Deep South when it comes to football then it is in the southeast or North. Hell when I was at West Texas I saw that WPI Fan participation culture was different because they get engaged and involved even if they have no idea what is going on on the field. A lot of the things that you will see and hear at WPI to include HS Football games you would be hard-pressed to find at HBCU institutions not located in the Deep South. It's just a different culture from high school to college, for them the football game is an event where you can cut loose to a lot of us the football game is a game and not so much an event.
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Post by DECKS on Jul 13, 2024 1:56:56 GMT -5
Overall most of our crowd, especially the young ladies don't have a high football IQ. Meaning a lot aren't really football fans. As many as 50% are there to see the band ...and there's nothing wrong with that. We just need everyone's attention on the game.
We are reactive, meaning we'll get loud after a score or obvious big play however We need to be more proactive, which is needed when we're on defense. When the announcer says, "it's third down" we should be at our loudest. Instead we'll get loud when our offense has the ball and it 4th and inches!!
For a long time I've felt like we need to have short tutorials led by the cheerleaders using the video board before the start of every game.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 13, 2024 11:24:04 GMT -5
Overall most of our crowd, especially the young ladies don't have a high football IQ. Meaning a lot aren't really football fans. As many as 50% are there to see the band ...and there's nothing wrong with that. We just need everyone's attention on the game. We are reactive, meaning we'll get loud after a score or obvious big play however We need to be more proactive, which is needed when we're on defense. When the announcer says, "it's third down" we should be at our loudest. Instead we'll get loud when our offense has the ball and it 4th and inches!! For a long time I've felt like we need to have short tutorials led by the cheerleaders using the video board before the start of every game. Dam sho' need some tutorials! We need a Hype Man to do it though. Seems our cheerleaders don't know much about cheering rules/etiquette. I had to stop them from making noise and waving their pom-poms, during a men's basketball game, when we were shooting free-throws on their end.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 13, 2024 11:25:53 GMT -5
I know we haven't played at all of the CAA stadiums: 1. Who has the best football fans? 2. Who are the top 5 football fans in the CAA? 3. Who are the top 5 basketball fans in the CAA? Best Football Fans? Delaware currently is the best fanbase followed by us. Top 5 Football (Excluding Delaware and Richmond): 1. A&T 2. Hampton 3. New Hampshire 4. Elon 5. William & Mary Top 5 Basketball (in no particular order): 1. A&T 2. UNCW 3. Charleston 4. Towson 5. Hampton Hampton at #2? #WTH
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Post by westcoastaggie on Jul 13, 2024 11:49:34 GMT -5
Best Football Fans? Delaware currently is the best fanbase followed by us. Top 5 Football (Excluding Delaware and Richmond): 1. A&T 2. Hampton 3. New Hampshire 4. Elon 5. William & Mary Top 5 Basketball (in no particular order): 1. A&T 2. UNCW 3. Charleston 4. Towson 5. Hampton Hampton at #2? #WTH Who would you say is better than Hampton?
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 13, 2024 12:29:39 GMT -5
I know we haven't played at all of the CAA stadiums: 1. Who has the best football fans? 2. Who are the top 5 football fans in the CAA? 3. Who are the top 5 basketball fans in the CAA? Best Football Fans? Delaware currently is the best fanbase followed by us. Top 5 Football (Excluding Delaware and Richmond): 1. A&T 2. Hampton 3. New Hampshire 4. Elon 5. William & Mary Top 5 Basketball (in no particular order): 1. A&T 2. UNCW 3. Charleston 4. Towson 5. Hampton Hampton definitely not #2, have yoi watched other games? You just throwing stuff on a wall to see if it sticks. Furthermore, our basketball environment is probably 3/4. Charleston and UNCW are 2 and 1
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 13, 2024 12:57:32 GMT -5
Best Football Fans? Delaware currently is the best fanbase followed by us. Top 5 Football (Excluding Delaware and Richmond): 1. A&T 2. Hampton 3. New Hampshire 4. Elon 5. William & Mary Top 5 Basketball (in no particular order): 1. A&T 2. UNCW 3. Charleston 4. Towson 5. Hampton Hampton definitely not #2, have yoi watched other games? You just throwing stuff on a wall to see if it sticks. Furthermore, our basketball environment is probably 3/4. Charleston and UNCW are 2 and 1 Dam right on UNCW and CoC for men's basketball (at least).
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