Gameday Atmosphere

[MBDawg601]

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

We have to. And we need LEDs. When we score it needs to be rockus. 3rd downs need to be something more modern. Watch any SEC game in any other stadium this year, it's 10 times more intimidating.

[JimBobDawg]

When Mullen was here, he would get out on the field, get the stadium PA and get the crowd fired up. Especially before the big game. He made many request in 2010 about respecting the bell. Being competitive and winning goes a long way in game day atmosphere.

[MBDawg601]

Oh, and another thing... Colorado has that little stadium rocking every week. It is so electric, we have no excuse not to atleast match that atmosphere.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Yall can say what you want, but the absolute biggest part of it to me is having a coach that everyone is excited about and behind. It would help old fuddy duddys if he would yell at the refs too. It just would. I know personally my dad used to absolutely love it when Mullen went off and when Leach threw the chairs down vs Auburn

[Brobi-wan]

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."

I already like this version of DWS better. My grandparents wouldn?t like it and neither would my mom, but they don?t attend and I do lol

[MBDawg601]

Yall can say what you want, but the absolute biggest part of it to me is having a coach that everyone is excited about and behind. It would help old fuddy duddys if he would yell at the refs too. It just would. I know personally my dad used to absolutely love it when Mullen went off and when Leach threw the chairs down vs Auburn

Yep. It is going to take some hype from the top. We need fire in the leadership ranks. We can't give off the image we are content.

I believe they need to get some icons that rep State involved. Throw some money at Hardy to do promotional events. Give Dak a call. Call Preston Smith, Sweat, Jeff Simmons, John Abrams. Get people interested. We need life. We have tons of former players that are major stars in NFL right now. We need to try to utilize that to pump up the volume a bit.

[Rawdawg]

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.

Trust me I get it but there lies the problem. Until you get on board with being modern and embracing this kinda stuff we?re always going to be stuck in the mud.

[StarkVegasSteve]

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.

The thing is there's a place for both. You can play DaBaby and then turn around two songs later and play Guns N Roses. You just have to embrace both. We just have a problem where some in the fan base want what's played at the baseball game to be played in the football stadium. They completely turn a blind eye to the fact that the year we won the national championship Rowdey Jordan's walk out song was Night Crawler by Travis Scott. Logan Tanner's was No Option by Internet Money. Or Kameron James had Word On The Street by Key Glock.

[Rawdawg]

The thing is there's a place for both. You can play DaBaby and then turn around two songs later and play Guns N Roses. You just have to embrace both. We just have a problem where some in the fan base want what's played at the baseball game to be played in the football stadium. They completely turn a blind eye to the fact that the year we won the national championship Rowdey Jordan's walk out song was Night Crawler by Travis Scott. Logan Tanner's was No Option by Internet Money. Or Kameron James had Word On The Street by Key Glock.

And if you really want to point to baseball, the Dude has LED lights and at night when we hit a homerun that place is an electric factory. I was there on a Tuesday night the first homerun in the new stadium was hit and we did the LED flashing light show as we rounded the bases and the place was beside itself. On a Tuesday. In February. So don?t tell me this stuff doesn?t matter.

[MBDawg601]

Trust me I get it but there lies the problem. Until you get on board with being modern and embracing this kinda stuff we?re always going to be stuck in the mud.

I agree completely. We need a complete modernization. Revamp our entire pre-game. Rejuvenate the junction and get folks excited, before the game even starts. Who knows, maybe an electric crowd may cause our defense to force a punt

[StarkVegasSteve]

And if you really want to point to baseball, the Dude has LED lights and at night when we hit a homerun that place is an electric factory. I was there on a Tuesday night the first homerun in the new stadium was hit and we did the LED flashing light show as we rounded the bases and the place was beside itself. On a Tuesday. In February. So don?t tell me this stuff doesn?t matter.

Well look who the AD was when it was built. That tells you why the baseball stadium has every bell and whistle imaginable and the football stadium has speakers that don't work, no LED lights, and trailers in the end zone.

[Rawdawg]

Well look who the AD was when it was built. That tells you why the baseball stadium has every bell and whistle imaginable and the football stadium has speakers that don't work, no LED lights, and trailers in the end zone.

Yeah I get that what I?m saying is we have a direct reference point on campus where there?s something modern and really cool.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I agree completely. We need a complete modernization. Revamp our entire pre-game. Rejuvenate the junction and get folks excited, before the game even starts. Who knows, maybe an electric crowd may cause our defense to force a punt

We have to do something to get people to campus AND THEN into the stadium. I think for the big games, we can get them on campus or in town, but they'd rather sit at the tailgate than go in the game. We have to get it where people want to be apart of the atmosphere. Don't get me wrong, winning is a MASSIVE part of that. But as we saw with Leach, it isn't the only part. I never agree with Bucky, literally never, but he has a point on Mullen. It got the crowd fired up when he was fired up. I remember early in his tenure he'd give a pregame speech to the fans as the team was coming off the field to get the damn fans fired up. Then later in his tenure when he'd fire the crowd up or go after the refs everyone would go insane because they missed that Dan Mullen. I'll never forget post game of the 09 Egg Bowl and the speech. I'd have run through a wall for him that day.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yeah I get that what I?m saying is we have a direct reference point on campus where there?s something modern and really cool.

It's just how do you transfer that to a bigger scale. Part of the allure to DNF is that it's a party in the outfield. I mean I call it The Baseball Grove and with that come a lot of negative connotations but there are some positive connotations as well. I mean when you put 2,000 people in a confined space and let them bring their own alcohol....things can get out of control and if it's a tight game, that can make the difference. Call it The Dude Effect or whatever the hell you want to call it but it's real and you can feel it. We have nothing like that in football. We haven't had that type of feel in 7 years.

[MBDawg601]

We have to do something to get people to campus AND THEN into the stadium. I think for the big games, we can get them on campus or in town, but they'd rather sit at the tailgate than go in the game. We have to get it where people want to be apart of the atmosphere. Don't get me wrong, winning is a MASSIVE part of that. But as we saw with Leach, it isn't the only part. I never agree with Bucky, literally never, but he has a point on Mullen. It got the crowd fired up when he was fired up. I remember early in his tenure he'd give a pregame speech to the fans as the team was coming off the field to get the damn fans fired up. Then later in his tenure when he'd fire the crowd up or go after the refs everyone would go insane because they missed that Dan Mullen. I'll never forget post game of the 09 Egg Bowl and the speech. I'd have run through a wall for him that day.

Dan did a good job of that at Florida too. I remember the years he would wear the Darth Vader mask. He knew how to fire people up, that is for sure. Insane that it didn't work out.

Look at us after Mullen and Florida. Absolute dumpster fires.

[Saltydog]

Beat number 12 Kentucky and 17 Auburn in 2021 and beat 17 A&M and 20 OM in 2022. I just don't think it's W/L related anymore. I mean maybe it is for the diehard fan, but what about the average fan who is going for an experience. It seems we have lost those fans in the last 7-8 years.

NIL has ran those fans off and it's going to get worse.........

[Rawdawg]

It's just how do you transfer that to a bigger scale. Part of the allure to DNF is that it's a party in the outfield. I mean I call it The Baseball Grove and with that come a lot of negative connotations but there are some positive connotations as well. I mean when you put 2,000 people in a confined space and let them bring their own alcohol....things can get out of control and if it's a tight game, that can make the difference. Call it The Dude Effect or whatever the hell you want to call it but it's real and you can feel it. We have nothing like that in football. We haven't had that type of feel in 7 years.

Well for starters don?t discourage the frats from tailgating by over regulating them. They can?t even bring their own speakers. Screw that, let em get after it. And if you?re concerned about the perception outside of the stadium in the junction, move the black tents from the amphitheater to the junction and let the amphitheater be for the frats. Hell they?d have a stage they could but a DJ on and throw a damn party in front of all the frats and the passer byes wouldn?t even see it.

[StarkVegasSteve]

NIL has ran those fans off and it's going to get worse.........

Again those are diehards. I am talking the average sidewalk fan. As much as I do not like them, they added 5-10K every Saturday in our stadium. Win or lose, they came because Starkville was a place they had to be on the weekend. They came because from the time they entered the tailgate to the time they got back in the car they were going to have a hell of a time. We have just lost those fans. I know many of them, and they may not like NIL or agree with it, but that is not the reason they are not coming anymore.

[KB21]

I wonder if there is any truth to the rumor posted at another site that Mark Keenum may be the next Secretary of Agriculture for President Trump.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I wonder if there is any truth to the rumor posted at another site that Mark Keenum may be the next Secretary of Agriculture for President Trump.

He was on the shortlist when Trump won in 2016 so I would presume he would be this time around as well. However, the chances are far less now. He has one kid who is a freshman at State and his other kids are in high school at Starkville Academy. If he was going to take it, he would have in 2016.