I addressed several issues that came up with this week's game. Been a long time since I've filled one out.
I suggest everyone do it if they can.
I suggest everyone do it if they can.
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I completed the survey……my answers focused on the lack of sufficient ticket scanners on the north end, the poor management of traffic out of the blue lot, and the lousy parking attendants in the blue lot. Otherwise, we were satisfied with our game day experience.
Speaking of not enough ticket scanners, I have a question. I'm pretty sure the switch to digital tickets took place the same year I started entering at the North or East Gate rather than the South Gate (I used to park at Johnson Park). I rarely had to wait in a line to get in before that switch, and now it takes seemingly forever. For those who have been entering in the same gate for a long time, did it always take this long to enter at the North/East/West Gates or has it only been this way since the switch to digital tickets? I'm trying to figure out if paper tickets were faster or it's just the South Gate that was faster.
Paper tickets were faster.
Thanks. Odd that did not receive the usual e-mail with the survey.
One other point with game day production- did I miss it, or was the the 3rd down with For Whom the Bell Tolls barely played? Did they eliminate this? Think I heard a snippet on one third down.
Comment on scoreboard left: "Will scores be shown on the scoreboard when other games are going on next week and in future games? This is where people look for scores-the SCOREBOARD!"
Hit different water fountains pregame and at half- neither was blocked. Doesn’t necessarily mean that all were unblocked
When we are on defense, Why are they blasting music and the train horn until the ball is snapped? The fans don’t make noise until the music stops. The home crowd is being smothered.
Agreed. Every year these scanners always seem to have problems with certain phones.
HAH! Our group was thinking the same thing. We want fan noise, not loudspeaker noise.
Nolan needs to stop with his bizarre elongated third down call. Takes the air out of the ability for the crowd to get loud.
North always took longer as that is where the bulk of the tailgaters enter. It takes even longer with the phones now
He does that for the NYJ too. His simple "it is 3rd down...and SEVEN!" is fine. The "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRD DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN...AND SEVEN!" is too much.
I definitely heard For Whom the Bell Tolls on the tv broadcast, but they seem to let the game dictate when they play it. If the game is out of control or the crowd clears out, they don't play it. I don't remember hearing it once after going up 24-0.
And they make too much DJ noise between plays when RU is on offense. At one point, I saw them flash on the screen, "quiet" while we were on offense, and then the loudspeaker started blaring. It's like to different people are operating the scoreboard (with no scores on it!) and the loudspeaker presentations. Get on the same damn page.
They definitely did play it but it was also smothered by the train horn. One rumor I read is that they are trying to cover up the F Penn state chant.
But seriously, they need to let the crowd “breath” a little. We have loud fans. Penn state accused us of pumping crowd noise at the 2014 game. With cacophony of noise coming from the speakers they are killing our home field. We should be making noise on every down but especially 3rd.
But seriously, they need to let the crowd “breath” a little. We have loud fans. Penn state accused us of pumping crowd noise at the 2014 game. With cacophony of noise coming from the speakers they are killing our home field. We should be making noise on every down but especially 3rd.
My guess is he doesn't do it intentionally, but is just so bad at timing it with the music that he ends up having to stretch it out to say the remaining yardage at the right time between the guitar riffs.
It’s absolutely intentional. As stated earlier in post. He used to do a very simple. “It’s third down and ——“. Since the train horn brigade came in he uses the ever annoying. “Iiiiiiiiitttttttt’s thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiird down and ——-“.
Going forward we should probably refer to it as the Board.
Dude, why are you dragging Bill into it?
Suck it *****, you know you loved it!
Joe Nolan is like a Supreme Court justice it seems. A job for life. I might have fired him on the spot after he botched the first name of Rutgers' most accomplished living athlete a few years back.