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Interesting post from another site. I dont know if this has been shown in another thread?
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
10:08 p.m. EDT, October 18, 2011
SOUTH BEND — Jack Swarbrick admitted Tuesday he somehow managed to misquote himself last week.
“What I intended to say on both occasions, I got right in one dining hall and got it wrong in the other,” the Notre Dame athletic director said of his pep talks about crowd noise to the ND students.
Related
Crowd noise?
What is the best way to make Notre Dame Stadium louder on game day?
Install JumboTrons and a killer sound system.
Install electric shock terminals under each individual seat
Stop introducing the school's chess club and other "dignitaries" during timeouts.
Don't instruct ushers to force fans to sit down and shut up if fans around them are offended by cheering.
Keep it the same. I relish my in-game naps.
“The accurate version is that I think our students are as loud and as engaged and effective as any in the country. The other seven-tenths of the stadium could do better and needs to match the students’ enthusiasm and intensity. In that regard we are a quieter place to play.”
Swarbrick said visiting athletic directors tell him as much, as they recount their positive Notre Dame experiences. His hope — and his mission — is to make sure former ND football broadcaster and current USC AD Pat Haden has a different take this weekend, when night football returns to Notre Dame Stadium for the first time in 21 years.
For the second year in a row, but only the 10th time since the inception of the AP poll in 1936, the Irish (4-2) and Trojans (5-1) clash as unranked teams. Unlike last year, the winner likely vaults into the AP top 25 on Sunday.
ESPN’s College GameDay — the unofficial compass in determining the center of the college football universe on a given Saturday — may be setting up shop 141 miles to the northeast, in East Lansing, Mich., but the after-hours kickoff time and a who’s who of national recruits on the sidelines amp up the anticipation to those kind of levels.
Now, can the atmosphere match it?
“I know Jack was talking to our students, and our students are awesome,” said Irish second-year coach Brian Kelly, who logs his 250th game as a head coach on Saturday night. “But there are some things we don’t have that our (players) are used to seeing.
“You go to Michigan with JumboTrons and you have music and 115,000 screaming people. You go on the road and you’re involved in those kind of environments. I think it starts with playing good football, myself.
“I think we’ve got to get the crowd into it. Play exciting football, and I think those other things will naturally come. I’m sure we’ll look at all of those things closely. It’s not really on my radar right now. It’s more about getting our team ready for USC.”
They are on Swarbrick’s radar, though they’re more long-term than short-term. But he said he’ll even unveil a few Saturday night.
“I’m not going to share what they are at this time,” he said with a chuckle.
Kelly was equally coy about the prospect of the Irish wearing green jerseys against the Trojans on Saturday night.
“You know, I haven’t checked with our wardrobe designer,” he said. “We generally have those conversations on Thursday or Friday. I’ll get back to you on that.”
“Will you?” a reporter asked.
“Not really,” Kelly said, laughing. “I fibbed.”
For the record, the Irish are 1-0 in the Kelly Era in green jerseys, the victory coming last Nov. 20 at Yankee Stadium against Army. The Irish wore white retro uniforms with a touch of green (numbers and shamrocks) in a 35-31 loss at Michigan earlier this season.
Prior to Kelly’s arrival at ND, green was as unlucky as it was lucky for the Irish. Following the 1977 national championship season, when wearing green meant dressing for success, the Irish went 5-5 in those unis over the 32 seasons that followed.
Wearing blue, ND’s predominant home color scheme, hasn’t been as lucky as Swarbrick thinks it should be, either. Since the 2007 season, the Irish are 15-15 at home in any color scheme.
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
10:08 p.m. EDT, October 18, 2011
SOUTH BEND — Jack Swarbrick admitted Tuesday he somehow managed to misquote himself last week.
“What I intended to say on both occasions, I got right in one dining hall and got it wrong in the other,” the Notre Dame athletic director said of his pep talks about crowd noise to the ND students.
Related
Crowd noise?
What is the best way to make Notre Dame Stadium louder on game day?
Install JumboTrons and a killer sound system.
Install electric shock terminals under each individual seat
Stop introducing the school's chess club and other "dignitaries" during timeouts.
Don't instruct ushers to force fans to sit down and shut up if fans around them are offended by cheering.
Keep it the same. I relish my in-game naps.
“The accurate version is that I think our students are as loud and as engaged and effective as any in the country. The other seven-tenths of the stadium could do better and needs to match the students’ enthusiasm and intensity. In that regard we are a quieter place to play.”
Swarbrick said visiting athletic directors tell him as much, as they recount their positive Notre Dame experiences. His hope — and his mission — is to make sure former ND football broadcaster and current USC AD Pat Haden has a different take this weekend, when night football returns to Notre Dame Stadium for the first time in 21 years.
For the second year in a row, but only the 10th time since the inception of the AP poll in 1936, the Irish (4-2) and Trojans (5-1) clash as unranked teams. Unlike last year, the winner likely vaults into the AP top 25 on Sunday.
ESPN’s College GameDay — the unofficial compass in determining the center of the college football universe on a given Saturday — may be setting up shop 141 miles to the northeast, in East Lansing, Mich., but the after-hours kickoff time and a who’s who of national recruits on the sidelines amp up the anticipation to those kind of levels.
Now, can the atmosphere match it?
“I know Jack was talking to our students, and our students are awesome,” said Irish second-year coach Brian Kelly, who logs his 250th game as a head coach on Saturday night. “But there are some things we don’t have that our (players) are used to seeing.
“You go to Michigan with JumboTrons and you have music and 115,000 screaming people. You go on the road and you’re involved in those kind of environments. I think it starts with playing good football, myself.
“I think we’ve got to get the crowd into it. Play exciting football, and I think those other things will naturally come. I’m sure we’ll look at all of those things closely. It’s not really on my radar right now. It’s more about getting our team ready for USC.”
They are on Swarbrick’s radar, though they’re more long-term than short-term. But he said he’ll even unveil a few Saturday night.
“I’m not going to share what they are at this time,” he said with a chuckle.
Kelly was equally coy about the prospect of the Irish wearing green jerseys against the Trojans on Saturday night.
“You know, I haven’t checked with our wardrobe designer,” he said. “We generally have those conversations on Thursday or Friday. I’ll get back to you on that.”
“Will you?” a reporter asked.
“Not really,” Kelly said, laughing. “I fibbed.”
For the record, the Irish are 1-0 in the Kelly Era in green jerseys, the victory coming last Nov. 20 at Yankee Stadium against Army. The Irish wore white retro uniforms with a touch of green (numbers and shamrocks) in a 35-31 loss at Michigan earlier this season.
Prior to Kelly’s arrival at ND, green was as unlucky as it was lucky for the Irish. Following the 1977 national championship season, when wearing green meant dressing for success, the Irish went 5-5 in those unis over the 32 seasons that followed.
Wearing blue, ND’s predominant home color scheme, hasn’t been as lucky as Swarbrick thinks it should be, either. Since the 2007 season, the Irish are 15-15 at home in any color scheme.
