Loudest Rupp Arena moments
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I can't believe games used to look that fuzzy. They seemed just fine at the time.
By far the loudest was RP’s first year when they played, and beat LSU with Shaquille O’Neal.
I do a little photography every once in a while, so I know a *little* about this stuff, and I'm fairly certain two things are happening.
First, old analog video gets imbedded with a ton of errors when it's digitized. Scan an old analog/film photo, print it, and compare with the original. You'll see what I mean. Digitization adds a bunch of "noise" that distorts image quality.
Second, old cathode ray TVs (CRTs) (yes, the ones you could hear when they were on, that released tons of static, that you could accidentally destroy with a magnet, and also released X-rays) had a smoother and less-refined display than liquid crystal displays used today in pretty much every digital screen. That smoothing effect is extremely important for graphics before 2005 or so, and old video game (90s and early 2000s) graphics suffer on modern digital screens because the images were never crisp — nor were they meant to be.
TL;DR – digitization ruins/compresses image quality and modern screens are so crisp and clear that they show every single analog imperfection.
At least that's how I understand it.
Having witnessed all three and many many more, from my perspective the loudest night as a whole was the Feb ‘90 Bombinos victory over Shaq’s LSU team.
The loudest single in-game moment was the roar we made to make Nick Calathes miss three straight foul shots in Feb ‘09.
And the loudest single moment ever was when Mark Pope stepped off the bus and hoisted that plaque. The roar was so overwhelming it felt like it was giving me kidney surgery.
The loudest single in-game moment was the roar we made to make Nick Calathes miss three straight foul shots in Feb ‘09.
And the loudest single moment ever was when Mark Pope stepped off the bus and hoisted that plaque. The roar was so overwhelming it felt like it was giving me kidney surgery.
I have been to about 200 games. When my son was younger I took him to Rupp to WWE wrestling. When Hulk Hogan came out that was by far the loudest Rupp had ever been. Sounded like a jet taking off!!
That was the loudest I've seen Rupp. Especially when Shaq fouled out and slammed the ball into the floor.
Loudest game I’ve been to at Rupp was 03 Florida. Was the greatest moment of my life when I was 14 lol
For a singular moment, Anthony Davis blocking John Henson’s last shot to seal the win over UNC in Dec. 2011 would be on up the list. It felt like the upper deck was shaking.
