I haven't been a member of CA since I was a freshman (06-07 season), and back then you had to have your CA shirt clearly visible--no sweatshirt over it, no Cyclone jersey, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if that rule has NOT been changed.
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I haven't been a member of CA since I was a freshman (06-07 season), and back then you had to have your CA shirt clearly visible--no sweatshirt over it, no Cyclone jersey, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if that rule has NOT been changed.
Its not just CA that is ruining the atmosphere (although it isn't helping). Too many commercials. Everyone is SOOO focused on the next commercial disguised as a game on that damn video board. I am not so sure the video board isn't mostly to blame for the bad atmosphere. Look around sometime when the game isn't on. No one is looking at the students and they aren't looking at each other. EVERYONE is looking at the video board. Also, too many tv time outs. The game barely gets going and there is another time out. I almost prefer that games AREN'T televised.
I am convinced that something needs to change. I don't think Cyclone Alley is the entire problem. All that CAC does during games is the free-throw distractions. None of them are telling you to stop cheering or going crazy. I was in the front row and cursing the ref's every now and then. No one told me to stop.
I don't know what will fix things. I have said this since I started going to school here in 2005, that the general student population has become less and less enthusiastic about sports. Sure, football is popular and will draw big crowds. Basketball is where you really see the effects. We have 25,000+ students here and I'm not sure how many students we can fit into Hilton, but I doubt it's more than 1,000. 1 in 25 kids are at the BIG games in Hilton. Normal games recently have seen less than 1,000 students at basketball games.
It just seems like sports in general at ISU have become less and less popular events to go to and cheer your *** off.
As for the students that DO go to the games, why the **** aren't you cheering and yelling on defense??? What the ****??? On my side of CA tonight, I was doing the OOOOO on every defensive possession tonight with help from only a handful of students around me. Every time I stopped to catch my breath, it seemed quiet, which ****** me off. AS A STUDENT AT A BASKETBALL GAME YOU NEED TO MAKE NOISE. Not chit-chat about the latest gossip at your frat/sorority/dorm.
I'm really down on Hilton's atmosphere this year.
WE PLAYED THE ******* HAWKEYES TONIGHT FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!!!!!! Why weren't my ears hurting from all the noise??????????
I don't know what will fix things. I have said this since I started going to school here in 2005, that the general student population has become less and less enthusiastic about sports. Sure, football is popular and will draw big crowds. Basketball is where you really see the effects. We have 25,000+ students here and I'm not sure how many students we can fit into Hilton, but I doubt it's more than 1,000. 1 in 25 kids are at the BIG games in Hilton. Normal games recently have seen less than 1,000 students at basketball games.
It just seems like sports in general at ISU have become less and less popular events to go to and cheer your *** off.
As for the students that DO go to the games, why the **** aren't you cheering and yelling on defense??? What the ****??? On my side of CA tonight, I was doing the OOOOO on every defensive possession tonight with help from only a handful of students around me. Every time I stopped to catch my breath, it seemed quiet, which ****** me off. AS A STUDENT AT A BASKETBALL GAME YOU NEED TO MAKE NOISE. Not chit-chat about the latest gossip at your frat/sorority/dorm.
I'm really down on Hilton's atmosphere this year.
WE PLAYED THE ******* HAWKEYES TONIGHT FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!!!!!! Why weren't my ears hurting from all the noise??????????
The fix:
1) No dress code. Encourage EXTREME creativity.
2) Intermix the students throughout the arena.
3) More pregame drinking.
4) Destroy the video board.
5) Que the band not the stereo
6) BRING BACK THE HAMM'S BEER SONG (might single handedly restore Hilton Magic)
1) No dress code. Encourage EXTREME creativity.
2) Intermix the students throughout the arena.
3) More pregame drinking.
4) Destroy the video board.
5) Que the band not the stereo
6) BRING BACK THE HAMM'S BEER SONG (might single handedly restore Hilton Magic)
yeah actually I wanted to wear a Beat Nebraska shirt left over from the origional Golden Rules game when we had played Nebraska earlier that year. Was not allowed.
It's not to say I didn't wear my own outfit, but to say I had as much room to be creative in Cyclone Alley as I did when I wasn't is a tall order to fill.
I've seen both Cyclone Alley / General Student section, and all Cyclone Alley. Back when i had a choice I took General Student section over Cyclone Alley, even though I paid for Cyclone Alley and could have sat there. It was more fun in GA
All college basketball games have "under 16/12/8/4 minute" timeouts whether they're televised or not. FB is different.
Well I believe the students are the most important part of the environment so I think rearranging the crowd would rejuvenate everything from crowd noise. Hell, more people may donate because they will be afraid of losing their seats. The games are on mediacom, if they want to watch a game quietly and tell people to sit down I would gladly tell them where to put their money. People don't donate because of their great seats and if they do, they need to make donations higher in order for it to make sense to not try to change something at Hilton crowd wise. I don't know what they should do but when people get comfortable so does everyone else including the opposing team.
The commercials have clearly killed momentum on a number of occasions. If the crowd is fired up, to hell with the damn commercial you had queued
Queue the freak'n Fight Song or Twilight Zone
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I can't STAND the amount of time-outs in basketball. It ruins any kind of momentum our teams ever seems to grab hold of.
"Its not just CA that is ruining the atmosphere (although it isn't helping). Too many commercials. Everyone is SOOO focused on the next commercial disguised as a game on that damn video board. I am not so sure the video board isn't mostly to blame for the bad atmosphere."
I really agree with this. I thought this to myself when the video ring went up.
I really agree with this. I thought this to myself when the video ring went up.
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We played it three times tonight, I think (Although we got cut off before the melody came in at least once). You should send that comment towards our directors, cause it's fun as hell to play.
Agree 100% on the timeouts...I especially hate when a team will call a timeout at the 12:01 or 8:01 mark, then there's a deadball at the 11:59 or 7:59 mark, and you end up with 2 timeouts within 2 seconds of gametime. I much prefer the NBA's method for timeouts...one under 6:00 of the 1st and 3rd quarters and one under 9:00 of the 2nd and 4th quarters. The games have much more flow and momentum than the college games do, and in that way are nicer to watch. College games are so broken up it is hard to sustain any runs or momentum.
I don't think that is the old school true "HAMM'S" song but rather the one that got substituted for the Hamm's song when it got banned.
Okay, the rotation might not work anymore, so I'm willing to think of alternative solutions.
I have to preface this by confessing these are not all my ideas.
What's wrong with first come first serve? If you really want to be there, show everyone you really want to be there.
If that doesn't work for you, start chiding those who are giving out glares to people cheering. They are the "lepers". Shun them instead of holding up a ******* "come on ya'll. Let's get loud" sign.
If that doesn't work, who gives a **** if the girl in front of you is giving you the stink eye, unless you think she might **** you if you change your attitude? Let me tell you, if you're worried about that, leave the game and pound it out...it's your only chance. Might as well take advantage of it.
CA can stick around for all I care, but the "rules", contrived cheers, etc kill a student fan's drive to just let it go.
It really is a shame, and I feel sorry for those who want to bust out and feel like they can't (seriously, though...go tap it).
I have to preface this by confessing these are not all my ideas.
What's wrong with first come first serve? If you really want to be there, show everyone you really want to be there.
If that doesn't work for you, start chiding those who are giving out glares to people cheering. They are the "lepers". Shun them instead of holding up a ******* "come on ya'll. Let's get loud" sign.
If that doesn't work, who gives a **** if the girl in front of you is giving you the stink eye, unless you think she might **** you if you change your attitude? Let me tell you, if you're worried about that, leave the game and pound it out...it's your only chance. Might as well take advantage of it.
CA can stick around for all I care, but the "rules", contrived cheers, etc kill a student fan's drive to just let it go.
It really is a shame, and I feel sorry for those who want to bust out and feel like they can't (seriously, though...go tap it).
