JerseyIrish
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Lamest I have seen Notre Dame stadium in a long time, even when the game was close, did the student body even bother to show up?
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Master Guns
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CW even alluded to this. I made a comment earlier that if the crowd did not get up for this game it would have an effect. There is no 12th man at ND Stadium.
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Were you there? Because you couldn't be more wrong. Ask all the recruits who have been gushing about the atmosphere, the crowd, and yes, the student section. The crowd was into big time. I've been critical of the crowd many times, but the past 2 games, they have brought it...big time. You're way off here...
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Ya, my brother was at the game. He said the place was starting to quiet down when it went from 27-14 to 34-14 but that after the Clausen TD run it started to get back to normal. He said that after the Gray pick it was the loudest he's ever heard it and then when USC was back on offense clinging to the 7 point lead that the place was crazy. JerseyIrish, you clearly weren't at the game considering you were posting during it, so maybe you should wait until after the game when people who were there can offer some insight.
I was in section 12 row E... No one sat down after the interception till 0:00 (2nd time). It was loud. I don't know what game people are talking about? I thought the place rocked like it hadn't in years - and I've missed only a few games since '85 and probably 3 between '61 - '78.
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Damn Jef, I was pretty sure you were old, but I didn't know that you were so old that you are olde?
I'm so old - I sometimes wake up with a limp and can only figure I hurt myself sleeping. My dad had season tickets and I started going when I was 6. In the early '70s I use to go with an old ND retired coach and former Bear (HOF) Ed Healy. He use to call me when I was a kid to help him move his cows between pastures up in Niles. We sat last row under the press box on the 50 - loved it when it rained...
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My ears are still ringing
My ears are still ringing
as are my wife's. Agree that it got quiet for awhile when it was 34-14, but it was REALLY loud before that, and REALLY loud after. I was quite happy with how the crowd was into the game. DEFINITELY not the ND crowd of old.
My ears are still ringing
as are my wife's. Agree that it got quiet for awhile when it was 34-14, but it was REALLY loud before that, and REALLY loud after. I was quite happy with how the crowd was into the game. DEFINITELY not the ND crowd of old.
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i love it when a thread is demolished by people who were actually there. alcohol seriously impairs memories of the tv broadcast. a drunk nd fan can convince themselves of anything post-loss. check the rudolph td thread
Based upon reports here from those that attended as well as media reports of fan suppported, do you wish to revise you lame post JerseyIrish?
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not only are you a tremendous slouch, but an olde tremendous slouch....nice.
When the score hit 34 - 14, there was a deathly silence. I hit my chair with head in hands. However, after 20-34 there was a tense "could it be" in the air, then, after the interception the place has rockin'. After they called Rudolph's non-TD under review - it was like the they said "talk amongst yourselves." After so many reviews this game, and all the lame reviews back to Allens OB and when Floyd was three steps in (UM) and still reviewed we were sort of disgusted and questioning whether (good or bad) there should be a limit on reviews per game. All momentum gets lost and it takes a crowd out. But, damn-it, they (crowd) came back. Now, you drunk at home and throwing shit around - probably didn't hear the crowd. Crowd had something to do with stopping Southern Cal's last possession and getting the team (ND offense) up as they ran onto the field.
Not too olde to drive and see Wilco at UIC tonight, and drive butt home at 2:30 am.
I actually agree with this. I was a student and sat in the student section during the 2004-2007 seasons and also got student tickets for the 2008 season. I managed to get a ticket for the student section this game and I was quite disappointed. Yes, it was loud but not as loud and crazy as it has been in the past. The atmosphere was not even comparable to the 2005 USC game, 2008 Michigan, 2006 UCLA, or a handful of other games I have been to during the past 5-6 seasons.
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Well, you're the only person I've seen who has said this. And I've read a lot about the game, and I've talked to a lot of people that were there, and they all said the atmosphere was electric, as was the crowd. Every recruit has said that about the recruit. In fact, I was just about to post how recruit Jordan James was amazed by the crowd. It's been the theme of the game.
You might have though it wasn't loud, but apparently a lot of people disagree, and more importantly, the recruits disagree. The weekend was a home run recruits-wise, and the crowd had a huge role in that...
The crowd was loud and the environment was electric. I'm just saying it wasn't as loud as it has been in the past or as loud as it could be, which you would expect in that situation. The 2005 USC game was just unreal as far as the noise level and while loud, this game wasn't quite there. In retrospect, that could be attributed to the fact that we actually had a 4th quarter lead in 2005 while we trailed this past Saturday.
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North Chicago CHS grad myself. Used to play Niles in football, not in the 20's but in the 80's
I don't know what part of the student section you were in. I was not at USC 05, and I do not doubt it was louder.
However, it was definitely consistently louder this last game than UM 08 or UCLA 06. Heck, the UCLA game, it only got really loud for about the last 2 minutes of the game. UM 08, sure it was loud, but not like Saturday. Yes, there was a slight decrease in energy when down by 20, but other than that, there were plenty of times when I couldn't even hear myself. And none student sections were actually standing for large portions of the game. As for me, today was the first day I talked normally since Saturday.
Now, the challenge, be loud again this Saturday...
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Dude, I didn't go to the game (was supposed to, but my wife's parents who live in SB were going to be out of town at a wedding, and there was no way she was going back home w/out seeing her parents. So we had to cancel about 2 months ago...I've never been more bummed!), but my friggin' voice STILL isn't back to normal LOL. I haven't screamed that much at my TV since the '05 game. My buddies and I all were hoarse (the Jack Daniels to help soothe the pain didn't help!)...