having spent the evening inside the BJC, the Rutgers coach was incredibly animated early. By and large, I thought the crowd was pretty into it, the students and various cheer units etc really helped. BearClaw at 174 received a rousing round of applause in part ( imho ) to acknowledge his accomplishments while sticking with it. His moment. it was great, he also pulled an upset of sorts.
A big problem is the abundance of 60 year old and over males and their spouses if they bring them but it is mostly men. 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, all sitting there with their arms crossed glued to their rib cages. Tgar is 66 and came home hoarse. So many old guys sitting, whispering, looking at their phones, with big fat harumph looks on their faces.
Most of them look like they would be happier pushing the grocery cart around with their spouses in Walmart. As Tgar said to his buddy, these guys would be a drag at a wedding as well. It’s who they are. They don’t participate, they don’t yell, they watch As if getting crazy once in a while would be met with scorn by the Mrs, the Minister, satan, Jesus or Even the dog. 6,000 quite, guys sitting in their asses can suck a lot of energy out of a room Whether it’s Rec Hall or The BJC.
Will it ever change? Who knows. It would be nice but doubtful.
