Interesting Tidbit From Wednesday Update

[ArcherSPS]

"COWBELLS
It's been four years since the SEC amended its policy on artificial noisemakers, allowing fans at Davis Wade to bring our beloved cowbells to home Bulldog games and ring them during certain permissible windows - pregame, halftime, between quarters, during timeouts and after scores.
Those permissible windows were chosen in 2010 because they mirrored when 'institutionally controlled' sound - music and sound effects - was allowed to be played through the stadium sound system.
At this year's SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, the league amended when 'institutionally controlled' sound can be played in SEC stadiums, making it now allowable to play PA music between plays up until the moment the center is over the football.
And since the cowbell legislation is tied to the "institutionally controlled" sound rules, it has opened the opportunity for us to ring more often during Bulldog home games.
However, even though we have more freedom on when we can ring, using our cowbells while the other team's center is over the football opens the MSU Athletic Department up to fines by the league office. Our intention is to use the resources you provide us with wisely, and in a manner which helps our student-athletes and coaches be as successful as possible. I think you'll agree with me that paying unnecessary fines is not a wise use of our football program's precious resources.
Also, when we play on the road, we expect the home teams PA to follow the noise rules and not play music while our center is over the football. We should expect the same compliance of the rules from ourselves and our fans.
So, let's enjoy the new rules to express our Bulldog love by ringing those cowbells, but when the other team gets ready to run a play, set the bell down, and, as our fight song says, 'Yell like H---.' "

 

[bonedaddy401]

Alabama has third and five in a close game in DWS I'm ringing like H---.

 

[Shmuley]

At every other institution, "Institutionally controlled" means a university employee or agent under contract with his/her (sorry, Mutt) finger on the mute control. Would love to know how the university is supposed to "control" several thousand drunk rednecks with "artificial" noisemakers.

 

[aTotal360]

ditto

 

[57stratdawg]

I actually have been very impressed with our cowbell compliance during games since 2010. It's better than I thought it would be back then, even though we've been fined every year, I believe.

 

[00Dawg]

Given how impressive ringing responsibly made things sound in 2010 (the Arkansas game remains our best example of successful compliance and awesome atmosphere, IMO), I'll continue to ring as Scott requests.
At this point, any conspiracy theories about the SEC just eventually taking the bells anyway have moved into fake moon landing territory. It's obvious that if we behave they're willing to let us keep our tradition, and unless you're mute, there's little benefit in working against them.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I'm still surprised that Bama fans have not whined more about the piped in music during the Auburn game last year. I was at that game (Auburn was on my way home, so I stopped and bought a ticket), and the rock music playing on the PA system was often still playing while Alabama's QB was under center. In fact, on that very last FG play, Auburn's PA system was playing "Crazy Train" right up until just before the snap. You can barely hear it on the CBS broadcast, but if you listen carefully you can hear the bass beats. Now, I'm not saying that noise had any effect at all on the kick being short and the failure of Bama to defend the return, but I am surprised that Bama fans have not whined about it.

 

[Miss.Stake]

If we go undefeated at home this year, you will hear people *****. We haven't had enough sustained success for other SEC schools to really start raising hell.