12th Man

[Qwikness]

A big difference in the game was the crowd noise, especially in the second half and third down. Austin Peay seemed to make big gains but when the crowd stood up, they shut down and the defense played with intensity.

[Joseph]

I agree, I think our players on D really "bowed" up when we got loud! I wish I knew what dB we are hitting as fans.

[SeEagle]

I sure wish we could get the home side more excited. I am thinking alot of our games may be close and we need that extra noise, etc. this year. I was glad to see the students stay and they sure were loud.

[SouthernBred]

Kudos to the students . . . loud, proud and there to the finish. Well done. If I was wearing a hat I'd tip it!

[Deltapine]

Standing up and screaming for the D on 3rd down should be a law.

[gsuone]

The home side will get louder as time progresses.............your young alumni like my self and others are starting to get the seats filled with some noise

[KJ Eagle]

The home side will get louder as time progresses.............your young alumni like my self and others are starting to get the seats filled with some noise

Agreed. It is consistantly getting better. But you have to realize that you are comparing a side full of students to a side that is mostly older alumni. It's not going to be as loud as the student side, but it is getting there.

[BoroNative]

I keep hearing that old guy behind me yelling..."down in front" and I keep ignoring him. I don't want to be mean and confrontational, but there is handicap seating. Those older folks put alot of money and in many cases effort into building GSU so I try to be very respectful, but I refuse to stay seated the whole game. I figured he would change seats and move higher in the stands, or to the blue reserved seats, but he didn't.

[gaforrest]

BoroNative, I know the feeling. Sitting on home side you sumtimes get "stuck" w/ a much quieter crowd of mostly older fans. These fans have been there from the beginning and do put alot of money into the program, but I refuse to just sit down as well. Luckily, we were near the fieldhouse and the crowd was a little younger so i could shout, holla, etc all I wanted this game. I was proud of the student crowd Saturday, and it seemd they were alot louder than home side, hard to tell though when ur in that spot...

[Qwikness]

Yeah, that is the quandary, standing up while respecting other people's view. I was constantly up, down, up, down, on the edge of the seat.

It was amazing the difference hollaring made. It was almost like a superstition, only it wasn't.

[PX]

I keep hearing that old guy behind me yelling..."down in front" and I keep ignoring him. I don't want to be mean and confrontational, but there is handicap seating. Those older folks put alot of money and in many cases effort into building GSU so I try to be very respectful, but I refuse to stay seated the whole game. I figured he would change seats and move higher in the stands, or to the blue reserved seats, but he didn't.



BN:

I don't think I was "your" old guy yelling down in front, but I was an old guy yelling at the young lady who chose to stand the majority of the time blocking the view of the young man seated directly behind her, and my wife and myself sitting in the next row up too.

I don't have a problem with fans jumping up and yelling when exciting things are happening, or on the kickoff's and such.. I do it myself. But just standing, and standing, and standing is inconsiderate and irritating. I AM an old fart and I can't stand the whole game just so I can see over another fan.... Perhaps the person behind me does not care, or cannot stand all game just to see over ME?

I don't even mind when someone in front of me forgets and stands for a while, but there should be some consideration for others and that was lacking in the young lady last Saturday night.

I'm sure this is a problem that has been going on since the first sporting event ever played in a stadium, and it's never going to be resolved, but all I ask is that IF you feel the need to stand and cheer, or you just get excited with the play or moment then please sit back down after that situation is over.

It's a nice thing to do.

I guarantee you IF YOU are the person who's view, or your wife or childs view, is being blocked by someone who continually stands you'll get a different perspective on the issue.

Thanks,

Jesse

[KJ Eagle]

Here's the way that I look at it. Maybe right, maybe wrong. If the majority of the people in front of me are standing, I stand. If they are not, I don't. You can be just as loud and cheer just as much on your butt as you can on your feet. The people behind you paid just as much as you did to see the game and they should be able to. It's not like it is all general admission and they can just move if they don't like it.

Call it respect for others, call it whatever you like. But that is the way I look at it.

Now, go ahead and flame on about how I'm not a big enough fan...

[loyaleagle]

BN:

I don't think I was "your" old guy yelling down in front, but I was an old guy yelling at the young lady who chose to stand the majority of the time blocking the view of the young man seated directly behind her, and my wife and myself sitting in the next row up too.

I don't have a problem with fans jumping up and yelling when exciting things are happening, or on the kickoff's and such.. I do it myself. But just standing, and standing, and standing is inconsiderate and irritating. I AM an old fart and I can't stand the whole game just so I can see over another fan.... Perhaps the person behind me does not care, or cannot stand all game just to see over ME?

I don't even mind when someone in front of me forgets and stands for a while, but there should be some consideration for others and that was lacking in the young lady last Saturday night.

I'm sure this is a problem that has been going on since the first sporting event ever played in a stadium, and it's never going to be resolved, but all I ask is that IF you feel the need to stand and cheer, or you just get excited with the play or moment then please sit back down after that situation is over.

It's a nice thing to do.

I guarantee you IF YOU are the person who's view, or your wife or childs view, is being blocked by someone who continually stands you'll get a different perspective on the issue.

Thanks,

Jesse

My wife and I graduated in '73, and I think that we bring the average age of the folks in the vacinity of our seats down by several years. On a rare occasion I'll stand when the people around me don't, but I usually only do so when the people in front of me get up, because I know that the older folks behind us want to see the game too. They are obviously more limited physically as to how much they can stand, so I try to respect that. We have had these seats for several years and none of the people around us have changed. Though I don't know, I would guess that these folks have contributed more to the program financially than most of the younger fans have (yet), as someone else said. I guess my bottom line is that all fans should be respected for whatever support they bring, and I'm really glad that the students are showing up and being vocal, but I don't get this argument about one side being more supportive than the other.

[KJ Eagle]

I don't think anyone said more supportive....just louder.

[AUgradGSUgradstudent]

From the times I've sat on the home side, there definitely isn't as much enthusiasm over there. Our season tickets when I was growing up were in Section K at the very top, and we were some of the loudest people there. You can even here us chanting the Nevada-Reno quarterback's name on the TV broadcast of the '90 championship. I can understand not wanting to stand up for an entire football game, especially if you're older. But I can't stand to see people who just sit in the stands and watch and show absolutely no enthusiasm. I think one of the most disgusting football moments in my life (and if I remember right, I think this was actually at last year's Auburn/Ole Miss game, not at one of the GSU games I came to last year) was when a man and his wife came in the stands to sit next to my father and I and the woman actually asked "y'all aren't going to be yelling really loud are you?" We assured her that we were most definitely going to be as loud as humanly possible (and for anyone at GSU games who has ever heard someone yelling at the top of their lungs "this ain't Furman, ref!" then you know just how loud my family can get), and she actually insisted on sitting on the otherside of her husband away from us. Of course, that didn't help her in a crowd of 87,451 people all screaming their head off, but it still amazes me that people come to football games to do nothing but sit quietly. If that's your intention, why even come? Stay home and watch it on your couch or listen on the radio. Otherwise, if you leave the stadium without your voice almost gone, arms tired from waving a shaker repeatedly, and legs a bit wobbly from all the standing up, then you haven't given your all to support your football team. I guarantee I'll be in the stands at every game I can be this year screaming my head off in support of the Eagles. If every single person in that stadium did the same thing, then the crowd noise factor could add so much more to the intimidation of the opposing team.

[gsugt1]

Here's the way that I look at it. Maybe right, maybe wrong. If the majority of the people in front of me are standing, I stand. If they are not, I don't. You can be just as loud and cheer just as much on your butt as you can on your feet. The people behind you paid just as much as you did to see the game and they should be able to. It's not like it is all general admission and they can just move if they don't like it.

Call it respect for others, call it whatever you like. But that is the way I look at it.

Now, go ahead and flame on about how I'm not a big enough fan...

I agree. This is my point of view too.

[waded2210]

I agree with you too. I stand when people stand in front of me. You can be in the game and have a postive impact on the game without standing all the time.

[01Eagle]

I dont worry about it too much, if its 3rd down and our D is on the field, or someone breaks a big play, or kickoff, or anything like that, i'm standing no matter what. Then again i was on the scorboard end on the home side and it was dead. I'm was the only one with energy it seemed at the beginning of the game; but i eventually got the people behind me ralled up and we were giving high fives and screaming by the 3rd quarter. Sometimes it just takes one person to "get loud" and everyone else follows. As a fan on the home side, you need to be a cheerleader sometimes

[KJ Eagle]

I dont worry about it too much, if its 3rd down and our D is on the field, or someone breaks a big play, or kickoff, or anything like that, i'm standing no matter what. Then again i was on the scorboard end on the home side and it was dead. I'm was the only one with energy it seemed at the beginning of the game; but i eventually got the people behind me ralled up and we were giving high fives and screaming by the 3rd quarter. Sometimes it just takes one person to "get loud" and everyone else follows. As a fan on the home side, you need to be a cheerleader sometimes

I agree that I'm up and jumping up and screaming when a big play happens. I was talking more about the continuous standing no matter what is going on.

[loyaleagle]

I don't think anyone said more supportive....just louder.

Okay, going at it from that angle, I know that my voice isn't as strong as it was when I was a college student. In fact, there have been several games when my voice is pretty much gone before halftime (last year at App State comes to mind, but there have been home games when it's happened, too). I'm still trying to figure out why people seem surprised (and upset) that the older (and younger, i.e. children) crowd on the pressbox side isn't as loud as the student section, even if there are more people.

[KJ Eagle]

Okay, going at it from that angle, I know that my voice isn't as strong as it was when I was a college student. In fact, there have been several games when my voice is pretty much gone before halftime (last year at App State comes to mind, but there have been home games when it's happened, too). I'm still trying to figure out why people seem surprised (and upset) that the older (and younger, i.e. children) crowd on the pressbox side isn't as loud as the student section, even if there are more people.
I agree that it stands to reason that the older crowd (I'm part of that group, too) is not as loud as the student side. But that debate has been going on here for years. Every year we hear "I wish the home side would cheer more and get louder" Those whippersnappers don't know how good they got it. Wait til they get "our age", right :)

[GSUrebel]

My parents complained after the game that they could not see because the security guard stood at the entrance to the field the entire game and blocked their view. I see the need for them but can't they get a chair and sit in or either be on the field at the bottom of the steps so that people can actually see the game?

[kennesaweagle]

I don't care if people sit or stand. I really don't. But I'd be willing to bet a number of the complaints about the "home" side would go away if they would just try to get loud. They are never going to out scream students. But I was on both sides on Saturday, and the home side was just kind of dead.

Sit if you want to, but at a football game, the only way the boys know you're behind them is if they hear you. Just being there isn't enough.

[gapeach1991]

Yeah, that is the quandary, standing up while respecting other people's view. I was constantly up, down, up, down, on the edge of the seat.



I feel like a jack in the box at the games trying to please myself and those sitting behing me. I just appologize politely and let them know that I can't help myself. Of course I have seen some very FAN-atical older folks at the game (Can't See? Stand up and Cheer!)

We're sitting in Section C on aisle between C & B. A large portion of section B was reserved for recruits and it took them a while to get into the spirit.

[skelton93]

IMO, there are two kinds of "standers". The good ones are the ones who stand to support their team and get into the game. They're also respectful of the folks behind them and don't make a double-s's of themselves. On the other hand, you have the folks that just stand to see and be seen (like the young lady mentioned earlier in this thread) and have no purpose for standing other than to call attention to themselves. These are the ones that drive their neighbors bananas. There was a guy like that over on the home side two years ago when I had season tickets. He'd stand at odd intervals and try to get several different people's attention (these folks were all FAR away) or talk on his cellphone (why anyone chooses to talk on their phone at a ballgame or a concert is totally insane if you ask me. I would have hated to have been right behind him. It's common sense folks. Stand all you want, but be respectful to your neighbors at the same time, especially the older fans.

[GaSou93]

I can honestly say that I saw quite a few people Saturday night that didn't show any emotion or do any cheering whatsoever. Now, I don't stand all the time and I don't expect anyone else to either. But I don't think it'll kill anybody to clap or cheer a little. I do wish the home side were a little louder, but it is what it is. I just try my best to make as much noise as possible when the times are right (NOT when we have the ball and it's 3rd down and long..... gees, some people STILL don't get that!!!)

[gapeach1991]

I just try my best to make as much noise as possible when the times are right (NOT when we have the ball and it's 3rd down and long..... gees, some people STILL don't get that!!!)

Maybe some "Quiet Please--Offense at Work" notices on the Board would help. Make some noise after the big play on offense and any time the other team has the ball.

[Qwikness]

Umm...as I was saying, I think the Austin Peay was definately affected by the crowd noise in the second half. The noise was already there on the student side...the whole game...they did great. When the home side was sitting on their hands, it was like letting Austin Peay off the hook. When the home side got into it, they were rattled and the defense made some big plays.

[loyaleagle]

I agree that it stands to reason that the older crowd (I'm part of that group, too) is not as loud as the student side. But that debate has been going on here for years. Every year we hear "I wish the home side would cheer more and get louder" Those whippersnappers don't know how good they got it. Wait til they get "our age", right :)

Yeah, boy will they be surprised!