Question for the students/young EMAW's

[Benja]

I don't care how loud/not loud it was, there was a vibe to the place that I'd never felt there before.  Not better/worse than some of those Nub/OU games, just different.  And it felt good.  Really, really good.

I think it was a more confident vibe.  Like a "we got this" swag.  Those historic Nubb/OU games I was always way more  and  .

Oh. Good post emo. Good post.

[ZappaCat]

"The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Exactly.
Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
I don't know.
Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Put it up to eleven.
Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
These go to eleven."

[asava]

I've got serious beef with the students after Saturday.

For clarification, I witnessed every home game from 1999 - 2006 with the exception of two unimportant games. I was a student from 2002-2006. Sidenote: Was there for the '98 Nebraska game too as that is truly my first recollection of a KSU game in person.

I had 'grass' tickets on Saturday. Managed to sneek into the student section. We ended up in about row 20, and maybe 15 seats from the chain link fence at the end (so essentially past the end zone).

I know we were sitting with the bottom feeders of our students, but it was downright embrassing.

These jackasses don't even know how to stand and sit down. Seriously. these fucktards would hop down a row to sit down and then jump back up on their seat when standing. Needless to say, it was a clusterfuck of people who didn't know proper student section protocol.

Second, these students feel the game is more of a social outing than a life/death match-up that most of us view the game as. More rough ridin' pictures and people on their cellphones than I ever recall. Lots of people just bullshitting around and not paying attention to the game.

Third, somebody forgot to tell these numbnuts we need to yell when the opposition is on offense. I was able to have a conversation with the person next to me on nearly every play. It was sad.

Lastly, and this one gets me more than anything, we had a full student section prior to halftime. After halftime, we had literally hundreds of empty seats to the right of us. I'm guessing about 500 students didn't bother coming back into the stadium after halftime. Pathetic. This is one of the Top 5 most important games in our history and we have students who don't bother showing up for the second half. I seriously hope they reduce the size of the student section so we can weed out these pathetic losers who don't give a crap. Free up a seat for an old geezer who will at least remain in his seat for the entire game and support the team.

I'm done.

I'm 34, been season ticket holder for years along with the parents, aunt/uncle, we still have the same seats in section 5 from when the stadium 1st opened back in the 60's through my late grandparents.  Definitely cheered louder when Willie was on the Dev. Wasn't at that 'famous' game due to a commitment while in the Marines, but knew the significance.

Other loud games and comment on shivvycats comment:

1) Obviously the 4OT win last year against the aTm conference quitters.
2) Brandon Archer INT for a TD to give K-State the go-ahead score when Snyder first retired, last game, against Mizzou and Finkel.  I think we won that like 36-34 or something.
3) The game against USC in '02.  Had to google it to remember if it was 01 or 02, but it was the game Newman returned a blocked field goal or PAT.  That USC team had a ton of future NFLers.
4) KState 45-42 over Texas...it was RP's either 1st or 2nd year, I forget, but do remember how cold it was that night.  Stadium was loud that night.

student section etc:
Does anyone else agree/acknowledge the psychology of fandom and that fans have to "learn how to win" and what's expected, just like players/teams have to 'learn to win'???

Sometimes when a program is "down," kids/students (not hating here, just opining) don't quite know how to act in terms of getting loud when the opposing team has the ball.  Just something I've observed last few years watching the program fall/rise.  We don't have decade after decade of tradition like some programs in that respect and I think there is some truth to this. 

I'm guilty of going out and having a beer or so at the half but I'm always back in my seat in section 19, or with my dad in section 5 for the 3rd qtr.

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

LOUd NOISES

[Boom Roasted]

On a positive note, props to the band director. That guy doesn't give a eff. I'm amazed we haven't been fined by the Big XII for playing when both teams have broken the huddle. He pushes the limit. Good on him.

I like him too, but I believe the band doesn't have to STFU until the opposing offense is on the LOS.  Can any ex-band members confirm/deny?

Confirmed.  It would have to be crazily egregious for the Big XII to step in.  OU's band pushes the boundaries much more than ours. 

Texas' band played much more than our band. They played when their own offense was snapping the ball. I must have heard "The Eyes of Texas" 20 times Saturday night.

Was being too loud in iCat to really hear this.

[POWL]

On a positive note, props to the band director. That guy doesn't give a eff. I'm amazed we haven't been fined by the Big XII for playing when both teams have broken the huddle. He pushes the limit. Good on him.

I like him too, but I believe the band doesn't have to STFU until the opposing offense is on the LOS.  Can any ex-band members confirm/deny?

There is a rule, I don't know what, but I do know Dr. Tracz has always pushed the limit with this.  He believes in making noise.

Cool story bro:  At the '95 Holiday Bowl, the K-State drumline trolled the Colorado State drumline enough to where the refs called a penalty on them.  Was epic, many high fives.

Here is the rule.......
“Band/Audio Play” provisions of the Big 12. Bands and in-house music are not allowed during game action or after the offense has reached the line of scrimmage.

[ben ji]

I've got serious beef with the students after Saturday.

For clarification, I witnessed every home game from 1999 - 2006 with the exception of two unimportant games. I was a student from 2002-2006. Sidenote: Was there for the '98 Nebraska game too as that is truly my first recollection of a KSU game in person.

I had 'grass' tickets on Saturday. Managed to sneek into the student section. We ended up in about row 20, and maybe 15 seats from the chain link fence at the end (so essentially past the end zone).

I know we were sitting with the bottom feeders of our students, but it was downright embrassing.

These jackasses don't even know how to stand and sit down. Seriously. these fucktards would hop down a row to sit down and then jump back up on their seat when standing. Needless to say, it was a clusterfuck of people who didn't know proper student section protocol.

Second, these students feel the game is more of a social outing than a life/death match-up that most of us view the game as. More rough ridin' pictures and people on their cellphones than I ever recall. Lots of people just bullshitting around and not paying attention to the game.

Third, somebody forgot to tell these numbnuts we need to yell when the opposition is on offense. I was able to have a conversation with the person next to me on nearly every play. It was sad.

Lastly, and this one gets me more than anything, we had a full student section prior to halftime. After halftime, we had literally hundreds of empty seats to the right of us. I'm guessing about 500 students didn't bother coming back into the stadium after halftime. Pathetic. This is one of the Top 5 most important games in our history and we have students who don't bother showing up for the second half. I seriously hope they reduce the size of the student section so we can weed out these pathetic losers who don't give a crap. Free up a seat for an old geezer who will at least remain in his seat for the entire game and support the team.

I'm done.

I'm 34, been season ticket holder for years along with the parents, aunt/uncle, we still have the same seats in section 5 from when the stadium 1st opened back in the 60's through my late grandparents.  Definitely cheered louder when Willie was on the Dev. Wasn't at that 'famous' game due to a commitment while in the Marines, but knew the significance.

Other loud games and comment on shivvycats comment:

1) Obviously the 4OT win last year against the aTm conference quitters.
2) Brandon Archer INT for a TD to give K-State the go-ahead score when Snyder first retired, last game, against Mizzou and Finkel.  I think we won that like 36-34 or something.
3) The game against USC in '02.  Had to google it to remember if it was 01 or 02, but it was the game Newman returned a blocked field goal or PAT.  That USC team had a ton of future NFLers.
4) KState 45-42 over Texas...it was RP's either 1st or 2nd year, I forget, but do remember how cold it was that night.  Stadium was loud that night.

student section etc:
Does anyone else agree/acknowledge the psychology of fandom and that fans have to "learn how to win" and what's expected, just like players/teams have to 'learn to win'???

Sometimes when a program is "down," kids/students (not hating here, just opining) don't quite know how to act in terms of getting loud when the opposing team has the ball.  Just something I've observed last few years watching the program fall/rise.  We don't have decade after decade of tradition like some programs in that respect and I think there is some truth to this. 

I'm guilty of going out and having a beer or so at the half but I'm always back in my seat in section 19, or with my dad in section 5 for the 3rd qtr.

[kso_FAN]

On a positive note, props to the band director. That guy doesn't give a eff. I'm amazed we haven't been fined by the Big XII for playing when both teams have broken the huddle. He pushes the limit. Good on him.

I like him too, but I believe the band doesn't have to STFU until the opposing offense is on the LOS.  Can any ex-band members confirm/deny?

Confirmed.  It would have to be crazily egregious for the Big XII to step in.  OU's band pushes the boundaries much more than ours. 

Texas' band played much more than our band. They played when their own offense was snapping the ball. I must have heard "The Eyes of Texas" 20 times Saturday night.

Was being too loud in iCat to really hear this.

If you sat anywhere near the corner, it was all you heard. The entire game.