Gameday Atmosphere

[Ranchdawg]

Let me chime in! Greek life at State is bad because it’s viewed as the privileged kids and not inclusive which is the woke crowd attempting to ruin everything that is traditional. Don’t agree with it!

Also most the fans that only come when we are winning are the cheap fans. They ONLY buy tickets when we are winning. We do not have enough hardcore fans that will sit thru losing seasons and most definitely won’t show up if the weather isn’t just perfect. My wife’s family is like that. They will only come to a couple games if the weather is perfect no rain, to hot or to late at night on and on with excuses. And we have a huge fan base of alumni that say they are fans but won’t come to a game even if you give them tickets and tell them that their favorite musician will be playing a free concert.

[KB21]

We blew LSU?s doors off in 17 and should have beaten Bama. Speaking of that 17 Bama game, that is the last time DWS has been at its full strength.

Also, I mean I get we have not played many marquee teams at home but we cannot control that. OM sells out vs Kentucky and Arkansas. We can only sell out vs UGA because their fans buy up all the tickets. And we 6-3 at the time of that game.

I have a friend who covers football for Gridiron Magazine out of England. He was at that Alabama game with a press pass. He was doing a story on EMCC for his magazine, and while he was in the area, he came to the MSU/Alabama game. He told me that was the loudest stadium he's ever been in.

[BB30]

I have seen it posted on multiple message boards multiple times this year and have experienced it to the games I have been able to get back to. But what do you think is wrong with the atmosphere? Like what would you guys change to try and turn things around? I obviously know winning solves a lot of issues but we need to create some sort of home field advantage to kind of kick start the winning. I mean Mullen's first team went 5-7 but we had sell outs at almost every game, sans Houston, in 09. So what has changed? Is it truly just people want more bang for their buck these days? Is it not having LED lights? Is it a sound system? Is it NIL? Like why are we constantly struggling to get people to campus and in the stadium? This isn't a recruit. These are MSU fans.

What are everyone's thoughts

All these people saying winning will solve it don't understand. You show up just like we did with Dan and show what the environment can be and you help to sell the vision to recruits. Unfortunately, and its neither wrong nor right but the majority of our fanbase would rather sit at home and watch the games on TV regardless of if we are winning or not. The atmosphere for Ark and A and M was an absolute joke.

I haven't seen Davis Wade full since Mullen left. It is happening with every program but as small as our fanbase is it's much more noticeable. At LSU you had years of waiting to get season tickets so if a few thousand bail there are other fans to take those spots. We don't have that luxury.

Winning doesn't come first... support of the program does and then winning happens. If I am a 4* recruit with offers from say Arkansas, Ky, State, and OM we aren't outselling our program and fan support with those other 3 schools. This year, State and Vandy are the only teams that can't seem to sell out a stadium for even big games.

Again, I am fine with people sitting at home and watching, just have reasonable expectations when we don't win. Take the same stance when it comes to voting, if you don't vote, don't b**** about the election results. If you don't support state by putting your butt in a seat for the games or donating money, don't b**** when we don't win, it's the fans with unreasonable expectations that don't do anything for the programs that drives me absolutely nuts. Don't complain about coaches, wins or losses if you aren't monetarily supporting in some way whether that is attending games or giving money.

[was21]

They didn't like Leachs' offense.

[KB21]

This is a fan base that believes that football is about 3 yards and a cloud of dust on offense.

[BrunswickDawg]

Having spent a lot of time around Atlanta - MSU has a lot of the same challenges that Ga Tech has.
It's really hard to make an engineering or ag school cool. The students aren't cool, and many times don't give 2 cents about sportsball.
Like GT, we are about 4th on the list of preferred tickets for our general area (Bama, Hunting, and MSU baseball seem to be where people care in East MS).
We both have many years of bad decisions re: the program to overcome in addition to many years of losing.
And our alumni base is more interested in giving to academics then to sports.

It sucks, but its where we are.

[Brobi-wan]

As someone who is young, the Game atmosphere is okay. Light shows would improve it, but the pre-game atmosphere is ATROCIOUS. It?s boring, nobody acts like they want to be there that much, the tailgating atmosphere is middling at best, and it has not always been that way. I?ve even to every home game from 2013-2020. After 2020 everything has been down. Some of that?s COVID and some more is that before this year, we haven?t had an offense that could stretch the field in a LONG time. We won with ML, but there wasn?t any player I was excited to see play every week. Love him or hate him, Will was Will. He wasn?t running anyone over like Fitz or escaping the pocket and making something outta nothing like Dak and there was no Fred Ross or Jameon Lewis type receiver either. Even when we were decent, we?ve been bland.

Showtime is coming, and it will fill up the stadium if we give Lebby time.

[HaggardDawg]

Been going to games for 25 years now and the #1 problem with our game day experience in my opinion compared to other programs is Advertisements on the Jumbotron. Every stoppage there?s a ?One Call that?s all? or Columbus ortho ad that sucks the life out of the stadium. I went to a game at Auburn this year and I don?t think they played one Ad on the Jumbotron the entire game. The screen was used for fan experience things and when there wasn?t a pump up visual it was cameras scanning the crowd for crowd participation. It was nice to not have an ad blaring at you every couple of minutes

[Mjoelner34]

As someone who is young, the Game atmosphere is okay. Light shows would improve it, but the pre-game atmosphere is ATROCIOUS. It?s boring, nobody acts like they want to be there that much, the tailgating atmosphere is middling at best, and it has not always been that way. I?ve even to every home game from 2013-2020. After 2020 everything has been down. Some of that?s COVID and some more is that before this year, we haven?t had an offense that could stretch the field in a LONG time. We won with ML, but there wasn?t any player I was excited to see play every week. Love him or hate him, Will was Will. He wasn?t running anyone over like Fitz or escaping the pocket and making something outta nothing like Dak and there was no Fred Ross or Jameon Lewis type receiver either. Even when we were decent, we?ve been bland.

Showtime is coming, and it will fill up the stadium if we give Lebby time.

I'll try to go in chronological order:
1. Mumbling, monotone rap with a double bass beat being played every 5 seconds as the only semblance of music in the song as fans are entering the stadium. Yeah, nothing gets the fans fired up like that! How about some Stones, Hendrix, CCR....etc. instead? They'll eventually play one of those and then it's back to the mumbling until the ads start before the band entrance.
2. The same pre-game band performance we've been doing since I was in school back in the 80's with the exception of adding 'It's a Grand Old Flag' which I do not stand for because it isn't the 'Star Spangled Banner'.
3. For the love of God, please stop with the Bad to the Bone!
4. Next comes the biggest pre-game atmosphere killer of all. Any excitement that had been built within the crowd is immediately lost when the nasally PA announcer comes on telling people that its time for the maroon and white cheer and explains how to do it. Here is a clue: It doesn't have to be explained. People are already watching Bully and know what to do when he raises the towels. All noise in the crowd immediately stops because people are listening to him instead of reacting to what's happening on the field and any trying to get people fired up now has to start over from scratch. This causes it to sound extremely forced instead of creating an 'organic' excitement. I'd compare it to the difference in atmosphere created by getting up and loud for an important 3rd down on defense vs the atmosphere if the other team gets the 1st down. That's how big of a crowd killer this is.
5. I've got a fever! If we're going to continue to use a worn out clip can we at least cut it down to only "Guess what?! I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell!". I saw on here somewhere or on 6Pack where someone suggested that if we're going to keep doing this, how about instead of the SNL clip, we use a former player or a celebrity.

Items not covered but I'm sure some will address if they haven't been already:
- Sound system
- Lagging or inoperable ribbons boards
- Metal detectors (Why do we have to have them but ole miss doesn't?)
- LED lights
- Honoring people or playing commercials on the jumbotron during timeouts when the crowd is fired up causing the stadium to get quiet again
- More visitors in the MSU faculty section than in the visitor's ticketed sections

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'll try to go in chronological order:
1. Mumbling, monotone rap with a double bass beat being played every 5 seconds as the only semblance of music in the song as fans are entering the stadium. Yeah, nothing gets the fans fired up like that! How about some Stones, Hendrix, CCR....etc. instead? They'll eventually play one of those and then it's back to the mumbling until the ads start before the band entrance.
2. The same pre-game band performance we've been doing since I was in school back in the 80's with the exception of adding 'It's a Grand Old Flag' which I do not stand for because it isn't the 'Star Spangled Banner'.
3. For the love of God, please stop with the Bad to the Bone!
4. Next comes the biggest pre-game atmosphere killer of all. Any excitement that had been built within the crowd is immediately lost when the nasally PA announcer comes on telling people that its time for the maroon and white cheer and explains how to do it. Here is a clue: It doesn't have to be explained. People are already watching Bully and know what to do when he raises the towels. All noise in the crowd immediately stops because people are listening to him instead of reacting to what's happening on the field and any trying to get people fired up now has to start over from scratch. This causes it to sound extremely forced instead of creating an 'organic' excitement. I'd compare it to the difference in atmosphere created by getting up and loud for an important 3rd down on defense vs the atmosphere if the other team gets the 1st down. That's how big of a crowd killer this is.
5. I've got a fever! If we're going to continue to use a worn out clip can we at least cut it down to only "Guess what?! I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell!". I saw on here somewhere or on 6Pack where someone suggested that if we're going to keep doing this, how about instead of the SNL clip, we use a former player or a celebrity.

Items not covered but I'm sure some will address if they haven't been already:
- Sound system
- Lagging or inoperable ribbons boards
- Metal detectors (Why do we have to have them but ole miss doesn't?)
- LED lights
- Honoring people or playing commercials on the jumbotron during timeouts when the crowd is fired up causing the stadium to get quiet again
- More visitors in the MSU faculty section than in the visitor's ticketed sections

I'll try to go down the list here because I agree with most of it:

1. I have no problem playing a little classic rock mixed in with the rap. The players like the rap so we need to play it because that's what they want to hear during warm ups. I do agree that we need to mix in some other stuff. Maybe some Stones like you said or AC/DC, Guns N Roses, even a little Queen We Will Rock You. I think the main problem with the music is the crappy sound system. It makes everything sound worse.

2. The band performance is awful. Legit could put people to sleep.

3. Agreed. Please stop. Play anything else....Who Let The Dawgs Out, Stone Cold theme, It's Time To Play The Game, The Final Countdown, ANYTHING.

4. It's awful. We need to stop doing the damn cheer altogether. Put please don't explain it to people like they're 4.

5. Like I said, do a celebrity or former player like OM does with the Are You Ready. Send them all a loud ass Battle Bell to do it with.

[Rawdawg]

The LSU wristband light show between the 3rd and 4th quarters against OM was awesome. Whole student section singing Set it Off was incredible.

[Brobi-wan]

And playing explicit music and cutting it when there’s a “bad” word is terrible for the flow.

I can’t even understand half the words to the songs when I know the lyrics. The rap is fine, but play someone known. Play more Eminem, Lil Wayne, TI, or Kanye. Baby got back and Tootsie roll came out before I was born. Nobody under 35-40 wants to hear them.

[Rawdawg]

And playing explicit music and cutting it when there’s a “bad” word is terrible for the flow.

I can’t even understand half the words to the songs when I know the lyrics. The rap is fine, but play someone known. Play more Eminem, Lil Wayne, TI, or Kanye. Baby got back and Tootsie roll came out before I was born. Nobody under 35-40 wants to hear them.

Exactly. LSU can play Lil Boosie and the whole crowd sing it with no backlash but we have to edit our stuff. 17 that. Be cool and quit caring about offending someone. Embrace the party.

[Brobi-wan]

Exactly. LSU can play Lil Boosie and the whole crowd sing it with no backlash but we have to edit our stuff. 17 that. Be cool and quit caring about offending someone. Embrace the party.

We don’t have to play “****** in Paris” but it would be a lot cooler if we did. Lmao

[Brobi-wan]

And you know what else? I hate to admit it, but everyone knows Taylor Swift. Every girl in the Dude loved Bryce Chance walking out to her music. Play some of her stuff and give the girls something to get into. And not something when she was 19, something new. I don’t think we could make her song Maroon work for us, but it’s funny she has one titled that.

[ScooterDog]

If there ever was a thread that our AD needs to read, this is it. Since this effects the production of revenue, someone needs to get it to him.

[MBDawg601]

Exactly. LSU can play Lil Boosie and the whole crowd sing it with no backlash but we have to edit our stuff. 17 that. Be cool and quit caring about offending someone. Embrace the party.

If we played Boosie our fans would lose their minds.

They want Rolling Stones and Metallica. Absolute opposite of what gets young folks (the ones that bring the energy) hyped.

[BuckyIsAB****]

There is a lot of im just better than that 40-60 year olds in our fan base that arent going to like hype music. They are never going to embrace the party. That?s a big problem with a lot of our folks.

The next biggest is that Dan Mullen was absolutely the last coach everyone was behind. Moorhead lost it quick, you can read this board to this day and see that it didnt matter if Leach went undefeated we weren?t gonna all embrace him. John Cohen and his liberal non sense took a coach that put literal no where schools on the map and silenced him because he was too conservative.

I personally like the pre game routine with the band and all, it is cheesy but i still love it. Makes me feel like I?m 13 again with my dad sitting by me. But the ads and metal detectors are putrid and have to go.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Texas A&M is literally a cult and they are jamming Mo Bamba every single 3rd down. And it?s 98 percent white folks doing it. They are the same type of school we are (ag/engineering) so don?t tell me we can?t turn on some Boosie, Yo Gotti or hell even Wacka Flacka Flame hahaha

[Mjoelner34]

And playing explicit music and cutting it when there’s a “bad” word is terrible for the flow.

Just so happens, the song I would choose for the team run out has a "bad" word over and over in the chorus.



Edit it to start off at the 1:53 mark when the players come out of the locker room and the lights are flashing in the tunnel. Then you have a kick-ass instrumental (with heavy cowbell) until 2:42 when the "bad" word starts up again. I imagine the students could do plenty of damage with the chorus during that time without actually having to play the song lyrics. Or, you could just play the instrumental version that's on Youtube but it sounds like the editing kicked the music down a notch on that one.

Imagine the meltdown if we played the full version of Hair of the Dog while showing the Hardee's Memphis bbq burger commercial on the jumbotron.



I remember the game where that commercial was on the jumbotron. I told the guys around me "Enjoy this. You won't ever see it again."