Crowd at Game

[quest4#9]

Hi all,

I was at the game, and for the second half our crowd was very quiet. It's understandable we'd be frustrated as a fan base seeing our defense get run all over, but USM's 1,000 fans were louder than our 50,000+ in an important, close game. Whoever was in charge of stadium music/extras and even the cheerleaders could have done a better job. I have been going to games for many years and I am used to hearing the cheerleaders lead Blue/White cheers or C-A-T-S cheers. It never happened once when we needed to give our team a boost and drown out the USM noise. Our coaching staff is ultimately to blame for the loss, but had the atmosphere been louder, it may have helped us stop the bleeding as it was happening. Thoughts on the atmosphere from others who were there?

 

[RackOps]

The atmosphere at Kentucky games is generally terrible.....but its tough to blame the fans when games like this happen.

 

[Chimaera717]

Hi all,

I was at the game, and for the second half our crowd was very quiet. It's understandable we'd be frustrated as a fan base seeing our defense get run all over, but USM's 1,000 fans were louder than our 50,000+ in an important, close game. Whoever was in charge of stadium music/extras and even the cheerleaders could have done a better job. I have been going to games for many years and I am used to hearing the cheerleaders lead Blue/White cheers or C-A-T-S cheers. It never happened once when we needed to give our team a boost and drown out the USM noise. Our coaching staff is ultimately to blame for the loss, but had the atmosphere been louder, it may have helped us stop the bleeding as it was happening. Thoughts on the atmosphere from others who were there?

Crowd was great during the first half. Crowd, during the second half, had seen enough. And you cannot blame them. It's time to put up or shut up, and our team continually elects to shut up.

 

[Beast Johnson]

There were a couple of occasions, while the game was on TV, that I thought someone had turned the volume down on the TV. But, no, it was just the weak crowd not making any noise.

 

[Intern]

Hi all,
I have been going to games for many years and I am used to hearing the cheerleaders lead Blue/White cheers or C-A-T-S cheers. It never happened once when we needed to give our team a boost and drown out the USM noise.

I was thinking the EXACT same thing as So Miss lined up for its 30th play of the 3rd quarter and inched 5 yards closer to inevitable pay dirt. "What this team really needs is a good ol'fashioned C-A-T-S cheer right about now!"

Here's another suggestion: how about the TEAM giving the FANS a boost?

 

[wildcatindc]

There were a couple of occasions, while the game was on TV, that I thought someone had turned the volume down on the TV. But, no, it was just the weak crowd not making any noise.

I love when people that sit at home on the comfort of their couch feel the need to criticize the fans at the game. Kind of ironic is it?

 

[wer4usm]

USM fan with an outsider's perspective - great facilities and concessions. I though the fan support was great early in the game. Not sure if I would fault the fans. I did notice when the third quarter ended KY had a rapper and another working to fire up the fans. Seemed to get the fans up as well as the USM sideline excited At the same moment I pointed out to a UK fan seated by me how flat KY's sidelines were. Southern Miss players have learned to feed off the other schools emotions as generally we are on the road when playing a SEC team. So the fans excited our players but the KY players failed to get up. Seems they had already accepted defeat was coming. That is on the coaches.

 

[quest4#9]

I was at the game and wasn't criticizing the fans. I was criticizing the stadium directors. I don't think the cheerleaders led a cheer (i.e.: Blue/White) the entire game. Our student section could have tried, but didn't either. The only cheers going all game were the Black/Gold chants from USM. I am not sure who is in charge of what goes on the jumbotron, or what cheers are being led from the field, but the atmosphere could be improved.

 

[Beast Johnson]

I love when people that sit at home on the comfort of their couch feel the need to criticize the fans at the game. Kind of ironic is it?

I'm not wasting my money on attending this garbage in person. And, yes, I am one of "those guys" that gave up their season tickets a few years ago and never looked back.

 

[Intern]

I was at the game and wasn't criticizing the fans. I was criticizing the stadium directors. Isn't it the PR department and cheerleaders' job to lead cheers and get the crowd on their feet? Our crowd is at their best when the cheerleaders get both sides of the stadium going in unison with blue/white chants etc. I don't think they led a cheer the entire game. Our student section could have tried, but didn't either. The only cheers going all game were the Black/Gold chants from USM. I do agree the team seemed flat as well and it seemed the entire stadium including the players lacked energy.

Kicking *** generally leads to feelings of excitement, and v.v. Does the PR department have a suitable, Div I caliber D-lineman with eligibility just hanging out in the office or something? Should the cheerleaders have called one of the two available TO's when the defense was clearly confused and lined up incorrectly just before halftime? After slamming a sh#@ product down its constituents throats for 5+ decades, perhaps the UK AA should start paying fans to show up for this inevitable sh#@ show. THEN, maybe I'll consider making enough noise, even when getting our asses handed to us.

 

[Trublupopeye]

Hi all,

I was at the game, and for the second half our crowd was very quiet. It's understandable we'd be frustrated as a fan base seeing our defense get run all over, but USM's 1,000 fans were louder than our 50,000+ in an important, close game. Whoever was in charge of stadium music/extras and even the cheerleaders could have done a better job. I have been going to games for many years and I am used to hearing the cheerleaders lead Blue/White cheers or C-A-T-S cheers. It never happened once when we needed to give our team a boost and drown out the USM noise. Our coaching staff is ultimately to blame for the loss, but had the atmosphere been louder, it may have helped us stop the bleeding as it was happening. Thoughts on the atmosphere from others who were there?

Quest, your off base here IMO. I was at the game and the USM crowd couldn't be heard the first half because our fans where into it and loud. More than a few times the crowd got up and into 3rd down behind the defense. It basically comes down to having something to cheer about. Blame alot of things if you want but the crowd isn't one of them.

 

[catfanlou]

I'm not wasting my money on attending this garbage in person. And, yes, I am one of "those guys" that gave up their season tickets a few years ago and never looked back.

I'll be with you next year.

 

[akaukswoosh]

The atmosphere at Kentucky games is generally terrible.....but its tough to blame the fans when games like this happen.

This.

 

[sluggercatfan]

Hi all,

I was at the game, and for the second half our crowd was very quiet. It's understandable we'd be frustrated as a fan base seeing our defense get run all over, but USM's 1,000 fans were louder than our 50,000+ in an important, close game. Whoever was in charge of stadium music/extras and even the cheerleaders could have done a better job. I have been going to games for many years and I am used to hearing the cheerleaders lead Blue/White cheers or C-A-T-S cheers. It never happened once when we needed to give our team a boost and drown out the USM noise. Our coaching staff is ultimately to blame for the loss, but had the atmosphere been louder, it may have helped us stop the bleeding as it was happening. Thoughts on the atmosphere from others who were there?

I was commenting on the student section and how great they were the first half... But they all left at halftime and it seemed like the crowd died after that... that would not happen at other SEC schools

 

[LeonThe Camel]

USM fan with an outsider's perspective - great facilities and concessions. I though the fan support was great early in the game. Not sure if I would fault the fans. I did notice when the third quarter ended KY had a rapper and another working to fire up the fans. Seemed to get the fans up as well as the USM sideline excited At the same moment I pointed out to a UK fan seated by me how flat KY's sidelines were. Southern Miss players have learned to feed off the other schools emotions as generally we are on the road when playing a SEC team. So the fans excited our players but the KY players failed to get up. Seems they had already accepted defeat was coming. That is on the coaches.

Southern Miss is now 1-13 against the SEC since 2000.
The crowd was quiet. I DVR'd the game from last night just to rewatch.

 

[Chuckinden]

The crowd was in shock the second half. Hard to get excited when you lose a big lead like that.

 

[quest4#9]

The crowd was good in the first half and I do not blame the crowd for us not closing out the game in the 3rd. If the same thing was happening in basketball, with usm beating us late at home, our crowd would have been much louder and not let usm out with a victory. I'm not sure our atmosphere was as good in the 4th quarter as a basketball game would have been given the same scenario. I agree the crowd was in shock and that emotion seemed to carry over to the team in the 4th.

 

[Kybluedude]

I'm not wasting my money on attending this garbage in person. And, yes, I am one of "those guys" that gave up their season tickets a few years ago and never looked back.

Right! I'm sure your a former season tx holder. Somehow I don't believe it.

 

[kykidBBN]

We were roaring in section 107 but in the second half I couldn't get people up. Shameful really...

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

Alot of people left at halftime, thinking the game was well in hand.

Scheduling a major concert in town on the same night/weekend definitely didn't help.

Combine those two things, with the total collapse and inability to stop the run; and you get a crowd on life support.

As an aside, that's something many don't realize about being able to run the ball. It's totally demoralizing for both the players and fans. It drains all emotion/energy from both.

 

[Beast Johnson]

Right! I'm sure your a former season tx holder. Somehow I don't believe it.

Section 32 in the corner, East end. You can believe me or not believe me. I don't really care either way.

 

[merrimanm]

The crowd was NEVER into the game. We were 2 plays in and I was told to sit down and shut up or go home for being to loud. It is ridiculous. Music was awful and was not loud at all.

 

[Beast Johnson]

The crowd was NEVER into the game. We were 2 plays in and I was told to sit down and shut up or go home for being to loud. It is ridiculous. Music was awful and was not loud at all.

Do they still do the......."It's Fooooootbaaaalll time in the Bluuueeegrassss !!!" chant, hahaha.

 

[DelkBowl]

I love when people that sit at home on the comfort of their couch feel the need to criticize the fans at the game. Kind of ironic is it?

So you're saying several million fans will fit in CWS or are you saying only the fans at each game can tell the truth or are you saying this is no longer America and you want to limit free speech or are you saying this is a run on sentence?

 

[wer4usm]

Southern Miss is now 1-13 against the SEC since 2000.
The crowd was quiet. I DVR'd the game from last night just to rewatch.

How's KY road record in the SEC? Most of those losses were to high ranked SEC competition.

 

[Greasy Creak Mafia]

I can remember the years we played cotton eyed joe every chance they could but it was the lamest a$$ music I've ever heard played at the stadium in my life and I've been coming since 81 or so as a 7 year old. And of course the music is way down the list of important complaints, but when trying to hype a crowd and it sounds like Tuesday night at the bingo hall in San Fransisco, what do you expect from the crowd? Meanwhile Lance Bass is blasting elevator music then Spandou Ballet to 50 thousand people or so and we hope they are fired up.

Maybe Mitch could line up Boy George to play live ,...all year during breaks. " karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go , you come and go"

At times they got loud but from the get go it seemed less hype from the start than any other night game at Commonwealth, and the music was bad as I've ever heard it..

 

[quest4#9]

Good to hear the feedback from everyone. I think a fair summary is that the team should have won this game, but we did not have a big home field advantage that the home team should have. I believe the atmosphere, which includes the music, band, jumbotron, cheerleaders, etc. should have been much better. Whoever is in charge of this is not getting the job done. I feel the fans would have been more into things with a better atmosphere to feed off of, even when we were playing poorly.

 

[NCukcat62]

I was at the game. Crowd was good but we have had enough. Stoops better win a big one or the fans are done with his BS

 

[irishcat1965]

The fans are the last thing that anyone needs to complain about at this time. The product on the field is a total joke. No other fan base anywhere would have supported the total cluster that is UK football all these years. Barnhart, Stoops and his coaching staff should be ashamed after Saturday night. If it wasn't for the kids busting their asses out there, I would encourage everyone to stay home. But since they are part of the equation, I can't bring myself to say that.

 

[TTU/UK fan]

Blaming the crowd for blowing turning a 25 point lead into a 9 point loss vs a Sun Belt team. Classic.

 

[ORCAT]

The crowd was in shock the second half. Hard to get excited when you lose a big lead like that.

It happens in every sport all around the nation. When the game turns around as quickly as it did Saturday night it takes all the air our of the crowd and they become quiet as they look on in disbelief. Sure, they might be up for a bit but when your team gets the ball back after a score and immediately fizzles and Southern marches down for another score, I'm not blaming the crowd for any of that. That's on the coaches and team. You hear announcers all the time saying, on TV, how the crowd has become so quiet and that the visiting team has taken the crowd out of the game, it's not just at Kentucky.

 

[Your worst nightmare]

Play music that fits. Volga River Boatmen comes to mind.......

 

[KY1WING]

Kicking *** generally leads to feelings of excitement, and v.v. Does the PR department have a suitable, Div I caliber D-lineman with eligibility just hanging out in the office or something? Should the cheerleaders have called one of the two available TO's when the defense was clearly confused and lined up incorrectly just before halftime? After slamming a sh#@ product down its constituents throats for 5+ decades, perhaps the UK AA should start paying fans to show up for this inevitable sh#@ show. THEN, maybe I'll consider making enough noise, even when getting our asses handed to us.

Well if these losses are the fans fault then maybe they should consider it.

First it was coaches... We got some real coaches
Then it was recruits, we need better ... That's been improved.
They need to be bigger. stronger, faster ... So we brought in a cutting edge High Performance guru
Then the players weren't stronger and tougher in a football way ... So we backed off the High Performance stuff some, let the coach go, hired a couple more and went to more traditional S&C program
Then the excuse was the stadium ... And that's been renovated/upgraded
Well, if we only had practice facilities then we could win ... Well, we have that now.
We really need a recruiting room and we could turn the corner ... We no longer have an embarrassment there
New OC ... Let's fire one and hire two.
But we could win if we had a special teams coach ... We do now.
Coaches need more time ... OK, contract extensions with huge buyouts!
New logo, that'll change the "brand" and get us on our way ... Done
Oh, we need something identifiable ... Now if we borrow UT's checkerboard and change the color that will work. No one will ever see the similarity.
Cool unis ... Turned the Ducks into national contenders, it's gotta work for us.
How about a new slogan each year ... That'll surely Git R Done.
Those gongs on third down need to go away, they are a downer and aren't helping us win... So we'll go to a steam whistle and hope no one notices how close that is to what another in state school does.

Now it's the fans fault we can't win.

Throw money at them.

Can't hurt.

We have thrown money at everything else and it's not made a difference

 

[WildCard]

Well, I know there are far more important issues but from a "game atmosphere" standpoint how did that "mine whistle" thing work out?

The history of the mine whistle was that it was used to signal either shift changes or a disaster. Last night was clearly the latter.

Peace

 

[*CatinIL*]

The fans weren't the reason UK lost...and when the fans start sitting at home I won't blame them, you can only take so much. Another season of UK football off to a rocky start.

 

[Burly]

Fans were great I was there...team was beyond horrible in second half
I don't fake cheer ... I ain't going back .... to big a hassle ....TV is much better way to watch

 

[sambowieshin_rivals]

I can remember the years we played cotton eyed joe every chance they could but it was the lamest a$$ music I've ever heard played at the stadium in my life and I've been coming since 81 or so as a 7 year old. And of course the music is way down the list of important complaints, but when trying to hype a crowd and it sounds like Tuesday night at the bingo hall in San Fransisco, what do you expect from the crowd? Meanwhile Lance Bass is blasting elevator music then Spandou Ballet to 50 thousand people or so and we hope they are fired up.

Maybe Mitch could line up Boy George to play live ,...all year during breaks. " karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go , you come and go"

At times they got loud but from the get go it seemed less hype from the start than any other night game at Commonwealth, and the music was bad as I've ever heard it..

I said the same thing in a thread I started the next day after the game. It was a God awful mix of lame country, weak hip hop with a little stale old rock music thrown in for good measure. My food was cold and tasteless to boot. The crowd was very subdued prior to the game, got up a little when we went on a run and then lost their pulse as Southern Miss rammed the football down our gullet. Whoever is making the vending, music, and football coaching decisions at UK should be fired asap. The whole experience sucked. On a positive note, we had lots of elbow room where we were sitting because smarter people than me chose to stay away from this train wreck.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

It was a pretty lame experience. Worse than last year it seemed.

For starters, unless the song is from at least this century-don't play it; with rare exception.

Why are we still constantly playing songs from the 80s and 90s? Neither players nor recruits want to hear them.

We mustve lost the music guy we had the last 2 years.

 

[lex cath]

USM fan with an outsider's perspective - great facilities and concessions. I though the fan support was great early in the game. Not sure if I would fault the fans. I did notice when the third quarter ended KY had a rapper and another working to fire up the fans. Seemed to get the fans up as well as the USM sideline excited At the same moment I pointed out to a UK fan seated by me how flat KY's sidelines were. Southern Miss players have learned to feed off the other schools emotions as generally we are on the road when playing a SEC team. So the fans excited our players but the KY players failed to get up. Seems they had already accepted defeat was coming. That is on the coaches.

Remember the classic video when WKU scored at the end to go up and he said " dis posed to be SEC" that's when you knew it was jaulked

 

[lorenzenfan_rivals17709]

Blaming the crowd for blowing turning a 25 point lead into a 9 point loss vs a Sun Belt team. Classic.

Actually, USM is a C-USA team that was in the championship game last year. I told everyone I knew that USM would possibly beat us. And my Hero, Jared L, actually called it too.

Here is the thing: USM is a top team in CUSA (and a bowl team) and UK is a bottom team in the SEC. That pretty much evened out things. In every poll prior to this game, USM was ranked above UK. So I was not surprised to lose. I was surprised how we blew a nice lead to do it. That is my main concern.....why we can't adjust.

As to the music at the game, it was HORRID!