Michigan Game Day Experience

[abraxis]

TAH has sound absorbing panels on the ceiling and end walls. This makes it a better venue for concerts but not nearly as loud for a game as the arenas with metal roofs.

With AH being so spacious, so cavernous if you’re a spelunker, the acoustic panel effect is negated, or so I like to hear while thinking.

 

[Bucket Getter]

Interesting. I think it can also vary depending on where they put the crowd mics and how they mix in the announcers.

Btw that 3:30 CBS broadcast was the gold standard. So many camera angles and drone shots… it’s a whole different way to see the game and Memorial Stadium vs BTN etc.

There were drones flying all over the joint!

 

[abraxis]

There were drones flying all over the joint!

Drone technology is still in it’s infancy. We haven’t anything compared to what they will one day be doing…coming soon to a drone near you.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

There were drones flying all over the joint!

Were they sign stealing drones??

 

[Courtsensetwo]

Tailgate was hopping. Love 3:30 starts.

Once again waited for our old friend Birnk/Jackskip/Ord who claimed he parked near me to come by the party, but no show for three years.

 

[Bowlmania]

The pregame show was great IMO BUT the halftime show was terrible.

Yes. The Dolly Parton tribute was a big bust.

 

[Bowlmania]

There was some talk about ticket prices earlier in the thread.

I went on Stubhub 2 hours before kick and the cheapest tickets were listed at $340 each.

This is the NEW Indiana Football - - a quality product that's in demand!!!

 

[TDr12]

BINGO

I agree with this as well. I was at the Washington game and also noticed it wasn't as loud as I expected it to be.

It sounds like the general consensus was the Nebraska game was the loudest. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe only the students had towels for that game. While that game had the most to cheer about, I really do think there is something to the towels quieting it down in there.

 

[TMFT]

I agree with this as well. I was at the Washington game and also noticed it wasn't as loud as I expected it to be.

It sounds like the general consensus was the Nebraska game was the loudest. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe only the students had towels for that game. While that game had the most to cheer about, I really do think there is something to the towels quieting it down in there.

Correct, the towels during Nebraska were only student section.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

If someone already has a similar thread going, my apologies. Haven't had time to read everything that's been posted today.

I missed the Washington game and the ESPN Game Day that morning, but I can't imagine a more electric environment than what I experienced yesterday. There was literally a buzz around the stadium that you could hear walking up Dunn when we were still a distance from the stadium and the lots, and long before the game started.

After too many seasons of "nobody cares" football, this is so incredible to see.

The weather couldn't have been better. The sun broke through just before kick and it was tee-shirt weather the first half. The temperature dropped after sunset but it never got cold.

I have spectacular phone video of the white adidas towels against a sea of red, and have to think this played really well on TV. (I DVR'd the game but haven't had time to play it back yet).

There were plenty of UM fans scattered throughout the stadium but, at least from my vantage point, it looked like they were treated respectfully (mostly) and they, in turn, were fine.

This isn't a complaint (our fans were great throughout the game) but an observation, and my son noticed it as well. Despite the packed house and the amped-up crowd, it didn't seem exceptionally loud in the stadium. Before the game, I anticipated deafening crowd noise that might contribute to some false starts or otherwise disrupt Michigan's offense (which isn't great to begin with), but I didn't see any evidence of that. Maybe I'm simply off base here, or maybe it was a function of where we were sitting (or, more accurately, standing, as we were on our feet for most of the game). I'd like to hear what other people in attendance noticed about the noise level.

The game itself was too close for comfort, and Michigan must have made some nice halftime adjustments because they dominated the second half at the LOS and otherwise. I have to admit that when UM closed the gap to 17-15, I started thinking this is going to end 18-17. (How many times have we seen developments like that over the years?!). But this is the NEW Indiana, and we held on for the W.

This was the first time all season where the outcome was in doubt late in the game. Someone in our group said that maybe, in the long run, a nail-biter will help the team. As the competition gets tougher in two weeks and then in the post-season, a close game won't be a new experience for IU and they'll be better equipped to handle the pressure.

Go Hoosiers!

 

[Vern Pain]

There was some talk about ticket prices earlier in the thread.

I went on Stubhub 2 hours before kick and the cheapest tickets were listed at $340 each.

This is the NEW Indiana Football - - a quality product that's in demand!!!

Yes. The Michigan fans in front of us (section 25 row 36) paid $580.00 each for two tickets.

 

[abraxis]

I’m not saying there aren’t louder arenas, but I’ve never been in a louder arena than AH. Mackey, Breslin, playoff MSA weren’t as good. I think the steep stands help offset that design feature you correctly note. Just my opinion.

The benchmark of a loud Assembly Hall crowd is noted when the five banners start swaying to the synchronicity of the sound waves. Assembly Hall (Bloomington) is the only basketball arena in America where this auditory phenomenon is known to occur, and was once featured in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. (Believe It Or Else in Russia)

 

[kurt cloverdales]

Yes. The Michigan fans in front of us (section 25 row 36) paid $580.00 each for two tickets.

Detroit Lions jacked up there tickets this year pricing out of long-time season ticket holders who have been watching shit football for years. always a catch 22, I had an extra on Sat row 28, 50-yard line couldn't give it away on here

 

[ribbont]

If someone already has a similar thread going, my apologies. Haven't had time to read everything that's been posted today.

I missed the Washington game and the ESPN Game Day that morning, but I can't imagine a more electric environment than what I experienced yesterday. There was literally a buzz around the stadium that you could hear walking up Dunn when we were still a distance from the stadium and the lots, and long before the game started.

After too many seasons of "nobody cares" football, this is so incredible to see.

The weather couldn't have been better. The sun broke through just before kick and it was tee-shirt weather the first half. The temperature dropped after sunset but it never got cold.

I have spectacular phone video of the white adidas towels against a sea of red, and have to think this played really well on TV. (I DVR'd the game but haven't had time to play it back yet).

There were plenty of UM fans scattered throughout the stadium but, at least from my vantage point, it looked like they were treated respectfully (mostly) and they, in turn, were fine.

This isn't a complaint (our fans were great throughout the game) but an observation, and my son noticed it as well. Despite the packed house and the amped-up crowd, it didn't seem exceptionally loud in the stadium. Before the game, I anticipated deafening crowd noise that might contribute to some false starts or otherwise disrupt Michigan's offense (which isn't great to begin with), but I didn't see any evidence of that. Maybe I'm simply off base here, or maybe it was a function of where we were sitting (or, more accurately, standing, as we were on our feet for most of the game). I'd like to hear what other people in attendance noticed about the noise level.

The game itself was too close for comfort, and Michigan must have made some nice halftime adjustments because they dominated the second half at the LOS and otherwise. I have to admit that when UM closed the gap to 17-15, I started thinking this is going to end 18-17. (How many times have we seen developments like that over the years?!). But this is the NEW Indiana, and we held on for the W.

This was the first time all season where the outcome was in doubt late in the game. Someone in our group said that maybe, in the long run, a nail-biter will help the team. As the competition gets tougher in two weeks and then in the post-season, a close game won't be a new experience for IU and they'll be better equipped to handle the pressure.

Go Hoosiers!

My 2 cents on noise. We have a 53k seat open air stadium with one side higher than another so west side noise does not "rebound" from the east side. Add in that most top programs have 50-100% more capacity as well to create more noise.

 

[Vern Pain]

My 2 cents on noise. We have a 53k seat open air stadium with one side higher than another so west side noise does not "rebound" from the east side. Add in that most top programs have 50-100% more capacity as well to create more noise.

Can't really refute any of that logic. Still can't help but remember Bo Schembechler complain about the noise level in '87... With both North and South ends open.

 

[iubhounds]

Were they sign stealing drones??

Nebraska fans seem to think so. They have not figured out the drone possibility, they just know IU is cheating. 😂😂

 

[Vern Pain]

Detroit Lions jacked up there tickets this year pricing out of long-time season ticket holders who have been watching shit football for years. always a catch 22, I had an extra on Sat row 28, 50-yard line couldn't give it away on here

As a lifelong Bears fan, I used to count on the games in Detroit for their outstanding value. Most years, the place was loaded with Bears fans.

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

We HAVE TO renovate that press box. It looks terrible from an optics standpoint. Make it longer with the entire lower portion of the box tha eats up the seating up there as suites. When you see that massive West stands and a tiny press box, looks completely out of place.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

We HAVE TO renovate that press box. It looks terrible from an optics standpoint. Make it longer with the entire lower portion of the box tha eats up the seating up there as suites. When you see that massive West stands and a tiny press box, looks completely out of place.

need to renovate the whole damn stadium, suites up by press box had no outdoor seats, glassed in. 2 small restrooms for 20k people on the main level, computer screen TVs in concourse. seats are a damn bench with a pull up seat pad, been to nicer high school stadiums

 

[red hornet]

Can't really refute any of that logic. Still can't help but remember Bo Schembechler complain about the noise level in '87... With both North and Sounds open.

Remember IU switched the visitor's team side right in the front of the student section( East side) for the game.

 

[olympian97]

There was one loudmouth behind us who was imploring IU to take Elijah Sarratts jersey back and rescind his scholarship!

What an idiot. I was as frustrated as anyone with Sarratt’s drops, but the guy had one bad game. He has been clutch all year and is a big reason why we are where we are. That guy will be praying we can keep Sarratt after this season is over. I am confident he won’t play like that two games in a row.