TJ gets guys to put in work and it’s translating to wins. That’s where the magic comes from. It’s back and here to stay if players keep buying in to his system.
Is the Magic back?
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I noticed that and said something almost immediately yesterday. Amazing audio level for a crowd without two “end zones” of students. Cyclone Alley now has a higher bar.
The magic is never gone. Does it always show up or happen of course not. But it’s always been there for all the coaches beginning with Orr. But I definitely will say some coaches recognize it for what it is better than some and TJ definitely is one. SP cared about it some but didn’t respect Hilton like he should have .
A few thoughts re saturday atmosphere… Baylor went on a nice run following the first timeout of 2nd half and a very enjoyable juicy wiggle. I was miffed for a few minutes by that. Crowd was still hyped so kudos to Baylor.
Scott Drew timeot after ISU hit a 3 to make it something like 9-10 in the first half was a typical good timeout by Drew, he immediately took the lid off the boiling over pot and Baylor stretched their lead immediately following.
Lastly, some of my best life moments are “let’s go state” loud and in unison, 14,500 strong, while the players take the floor for the tip. Seems we’ve lost that, it’s still prompted by cheerleaders, I’d love to see that be a known trademark if you will. Ranked team, sell out, big energy, I wanted more on Saturday
Scott Drew timeot after ISU hit a 3 to make it something like 9-10 in the first half was a typical good timeout by Drew, he immediately took the lid off the boiling over pot and Baylor stretched their lead immediately following.
Lastly, some of my best life moments are “let’s go state” loud and in unison, 14,500 strong, while the players take the floor for the tip. Seems we’ve lost that, it’s still prompted by cheerleaders, I’d love to see that be a known trademark if you will. Ranked team, sell out, big energy, I wanted more on Saturday
Back in the day the crowd seemed to energize the players. Since 2010ish it seems the opposite. Same in Jack Trice. We only get loud on 3rd down.
Just wait until the next year or two,..when we hope to see "Magic" as a tactic of being lucky to survive become "Magic" as a means of full-throttle domination.
The Covid year showed a lot about JTS. The OU game was loud when you consider the crowd there and it was that way for a good chunk of the game. May have only had 12k for fans but it was the 12k that are vocal and get into it. Proved there are a lot of quiet fans that attend the games. Also didn’t have the early leavers.
The old Prohm defensive timeout except we always gave up a bucket on the very next play.
I think thee magic was a point in time thing, Johnny games where the place was rattled to the foundation.
It can and does still happen on occasion but it's a different time.
It can and does still happen on occasion but it's a different time.
This is the right line of thinking. When I think of Hilton Magic it’s the crowd getting loud when an underdog Cyclone team is starting to fall behind and wills the team, then goes nuts when it actually happens. The crowd’s energy incites the run.
I don’t know that we’re back to that yet but I hope we can get there. It requires several thousand people to walk into Hilton with a chip on their shoulder. It was easier when we had a personality like Johnny Orr. He was one of a kind for all time so I’m not sure we’ll ever have “that”Hilton Magic again.
Hilton Magic is really when we are the underdog and not expected to win. Started under Orr, but really was the belief we could beat anyone at home. Sometimes I feel like it’s more media generated anymore, but when it’s alive, there really aren’t many atmospheres better! When Orr came out of the tunnel, it was on and he made you feel it!
Hopefully there's no reason to get there, i.e. ISU not feeling like they're the underdog.
It's a loud venue to begin with and it will be loud when it's needed.
I feel that the magic is tied to offensive explosions. I'm still wary that this team is going to have a few outright clunkers shooting the ball this season that the magic won't remotely be able to overcome. 1 or 2 of them will occur in Hilton and ISU will get smoked at least once at home.
Did Fred ever get blown out in Ames from season 2 on? Probably not since he averaged only about 1 Hilton loss a season.
Did Fred ever get blown out in Ames from season 2 on? Probably not since he averaged only about 1 Hilton loss a season.
I was at that OU game and you are very right. Although I think it was north of 30k fans.
I was impressed with the crowd on Saturday considering students are gone and it was right during the College football playoffs.
At least on TV it looked like one of the loudest and engaged crowds of the TJ era so far.
At least on TV it looked like one of the loudest and engaged crowds of the TJ era so far.
It was Covid so the limit was 12-13k fans for the year
