Keeler's Column - "After second ISU loss, expect 10 more."

[UNI MadCat]

What right do we have to rip on opponents for their noise level?

Sure, we can definitely have great, loud, Dome crowds but we also win, what, 80-90% of our games there?? Plus, dont kid yourselves, there's been plenty of games where you couldn't get the crowd into the games at all in the Dome. I'm sure you could find a lot of posts about it from previous seasons on this board. The memories of recent SIU games, etc have clouded our judgment.

And lets not forget, until the past 4 seasons, we had one of the more apathetic basketball crowds around, meanwhile ISU for years relied on "Hilton Magic" that had a lot to do with the noise level. Why was that? Well, we sucked and they were good.

I can 100% guarantee you that if we were 0-1 coming off a dismal loss with expectations about as dismal as they can get, about to play a game against a "lower" division school, our crowd wouldn't have come close to being loud either.

Give ISU fans a break. They didn't have to show up either and at least they did.

It amazes me some of the things "we" flaunt about ourselves on this board.

[JayJ79]

random tangent:
does our band still do that "hey baby, I wanna know" song, where they sing part of it?
I always found it entertaining, even if it doesn't have anything to do with football (kind of like the "sweet caroline" thing that ISU and other places do)

[DomeRanger Posse]

As long as the band situation has come up, what did you guys think of the ISU band's tribute to Star Trek. Baton twirling lasers were very interesting. Really wasn't one of the best half time shows I've ever seen. Kind of a joke.

[jegbomb52]

It was interesting to hear yesterday in Des Moines on Jon Millers show all of the people calling in to rip on the songs played at Jack Trice. Notice that pretty much the only thing the band played was the fight song. The rest was mostly P.A. music. Even then they ripped on the selection of the P.A. music such as Sweet Caroline. I have always said on here that our music at the Dome sucks and that if they would ever get it right it would completely change the atmosphere at our games to "occasionally loud" to a "swarming frenzy every game." Forever we have heard from our band "Will you be my girl" or "spider webs." I can't remember what song was played at our first game during a third down but I remember thinking, "I can't believe they are playing this" It was some 80's song like walking on sunshine or something. It was just nice to know that I as a UNI fan am not the only one to complain about not turning down the band, cranking up the speakers and playing some intense metal or rap music to get the fans in the game.

[JayJ79]

If they play rap "music", I might walk out. And good luck finding any rap that doesn't contain offensive references (such as "killa").

I like our band's involvement in the game.

And as for the ISU Star Trek halftime show, I thought it was entertaining enough. Though the whole "blowing up the Hawks" part was lame. (I guess they'd already given up hope for beating UNI. haha)

[Luther_Heggs]

the only one to complain about not turning down the band, cranking up the speakers and playing some intense metal or rap music to get the fans in the game.

I used to go to arena football games where they would play music at near concert levels. The amount of energy it produced in the crowd was incredible.

I went to JUCO game two weeks ago where they did not have a marching band...they had a rock band (students, I believe). It was excellent. Nothing like hearing the band rip into Purple Haze after an interception.

[panther2317]

I think you just found a great nickname for our defense. "The Purple Haze". Always swarming around you...the purple haze.

[DomeRanger Posse]

If they play rap "music", I might walk out. And good luck finding any rap that doesn't contain offensive references (such as "killa").

I like our band's involvement in the game.

And as for the ISU Star Trek halftime show, I thought it was entertaining enough. Though the whole "blowing up the Hawks" part was lame. (I guess they'd already given up hope for beating UNI. haha)

I was at ground level, so I didn't see anything about blowing up the Hawks. I was, however, waiting for someone to start yelling "Khan!"

[JayJ79]

During the Star Trek halftime show, they brought out these cardboard pieces (well, I think it might have been wood and paper) that fit together to form a spaceship or whatever, with the word "Hawks" written on top. Then they acted out "blowing it up".

really quite stupid.

[GonzoCat]

The band was formed in the shape of the starship Enterprise, but it looked to me like the "hawk" spaceship was also. I can't really remember what a Klingon wessel looks like, maybe they were one of those.

[Khan4Cats]

I was at ground level, so I didn't see anything about blowing up the Hawks. I was, however, waiting for someone to start yelling "Khan!"

Did someone call? Oh, never mind.