Been saying for years we have the most disjointed entrance. Get the crowd going with band (18 minutes before teams entrance). Get quiet and watch video (12 minutes before entrance). Horse entrance (8-12 minutes), crowd making noise. Sit around and wait. Get the crowd going with music (5 minutes). Watch video 3 minutes). Play music and team finally enters the field.
You are right Al. There will be plenty of fans. But when the team exits the tunnel, we'll have tons of empty seats. Our entrance production sucks...but so does the fact that nobody is in their seats when the team comes out. So I stand by my point.
theres only one homecoming each year, where you see people you haven’t seen in years. Time easily slips away. Don’t have noon kickoffs on homecoming. Problem solved at least somewhat.
If I remember correctly- the stadium used to be pretty full at kickoff between 05-09. Always some coming in late as they had to close down their tailgates but mostly pretty full and loud
This. Not what my OP is about, however, you're 100% spot-on. Schools ALL OVER THE NATION have trouble getting everyone in their seats by KO - especially in the student section - for non "HUGE" or major rivalry games. This IS NOT just a "Rutgers" thing but people here seem to think that it is. Ugh.
For some fans tailgate activity has far more importance than being in the stadium when the game starts.The problem persists at half time when a segment of the fans leave.This has been going on for decades.Maybe if the team was a consistent winner, the mindset would change.
Back in the day I had that problem.. so I didn't say a word and just made everything at the tailgate disappear into the truck a 1/2 hour before kickoff. Everyone gets the message. Oh.. I did say words.. like "get up, I need that chair".
It's not homecoming, it's every single game...probably since we became the birthplace.
I thought the best was "RUTGERSstruck" to open the game and "Bring'em Out" to start the 2nd half.
Bring Em Out should just be the standard. And with that, Rutgers needs to create something fun for the fans to be doing during it.
Don't necessarily agree re: Bring'em Out ....but I did LOVE when the entire student section was slowly going back-and-forth with the white pom-poms, during "Woke Up This Morning," vs Temple. That was an AWESOME sight to see!!
What ever it may be - we just need to get something that can become our standard. And then, we need to do something that is interactive with the fans. And not the latest fad that comes around- something that can stick and just become a part of the experience
This is the only reason I’m not a fan of “bring’em out” as the opening entrance song. It’s used all over the place at every level. Otherwise, yeah, I wholeheartedly agree with you, my friend!
I would actually love if we could do oldschool and have the band playing something to come out to. Make it our thing
Yep used to laugh when I saw commercials that made no sense, would leave the 30 seconds not knowing what the product was and would say the same thing. There was internal marketing department, an agency, c-suite oversight and many times outside focus groups and they all agreed “yep that’s it we nailed it!”
