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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 17:35:05 GMT
So I saw a news story/video where a ref at a college game stopped a play and reprimanded the band, the cheerleaders and the crowd for being too noisy. He said to quiet down so the opposing team could hear the snap count.
Is this how it's done in college ball? In the NFL, that's why the fans in the stands are called "the 12th man" because they're expected to be noisy so as to disrupt the other team when they have the ball. It's called home field advantage.
I'm confused.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 17:39:59 GMT
Division 1 college football?
The refs an idiot.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Nov 13, 2015 17:42:19 GMT
I've never heard of that. One perk of a home field advantage is having your fans yell their heads off every time the opposing team has the ball. It's just what you do, it's part of the game and not against rules at all.
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Post by baylorgrad on Nov 13, 2015 17:42:44 GMT
During my freshman year in a Div I college marching band, we received a letter from the NCAA warning us about playing before the snap. If we didn't stop playing until after the snap, then the team would be penalized. You better believe we stopped.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 18:06:25 GMT
Okay, I can see telling the band to stop. And now that I think about it, the same happens in the NFL. But the fans? Maybe I'm wrong that the ref said the fans had to quiet down. Off to re-read the article. I don't think it was Division 1.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 18:07:59 GMT
The video shows him saying on the cheerleaders and band, but the written material includes the crowd. So now I understand better. In the NFL, the band can't play during a snap either, I believe. LINK
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Post by anxiousmom on Nov 13, 2015 18:15:16 GMT
Florida Field is REALLY loud. So loud that it is often commented on. We count on that-all that noise is used to distract the other team from hearing the play calls and snap counts and to generally just cause as much confusion as possible. I know that pretty much every other team we play at in their home fields does the same thing with the same intention. The spectators are part of the strategy and there is almost always someone with a sound thingy that will announce what the decibel levels are.  I would pity the ref that stopped a Florida game and told everyone to hold it down and that it was too loud. That would not go over well. (there very well could be rules about the bands playing, but cheerleaders? fans? I don't think so.) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 18:28:28 GMT
I can't imagine any ref trying to tell ANY B1G teams fans to quiet down....lol
I can understand the band, but I didn't even know that was a rule.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 20:34:37 GMT
I guess they have never been to Kyle Field (Home of the Fighting Texas Aggies) or Alabama's stadium or University of South Carolina, etc. That's ridiculous!
And TAMU owns the rights to the 12th man (not some NFL team). Seattle used it for a while but had to pay TAMU a royalty. Now it seems there is another NFL team trying it and I am sure TAMU's attorneys have already contacted them about the trademark/copyright or whatever the correct legal term is!
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Post by maryland on Nov 13, 2015 21:43:37 GMT
When I was in college, many years ago, I was on the pom squad (performed with marching band at halftime at football games and did sideline cheers). I was a large Division 1 university. The band director always had to stop the band from playing at certain times because our team would be penalized if the band played when the ball was in play. That was in the late 80s/early 90s.
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Post by RiverIsis on Nov 13, 2015 21:56:36 GMT
I know here in HS there is a ban on artificial noisemakers during the count which is band instruments and megaphones. They probably got it from the NCAA.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 13, 2015 22:02:08 GMT
LSU's Death Valley seats over 102,000 screaming maniacs.  " style="max-width:100%;"] It can get pretty loud but the band always stops before the ball is snapped ~ the fans keep on screaming. I've never heard of a ref telling anyone to quiet down. ETA: there is a game that is called the Earthquake Game in Tiger Stadium as the crowd roared so loud it registered on the seismograph in the geology building blocks away. |
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Post by stampinbetsy on Nov 14, 2015 0:34:59 GMT
We've had this problem in high school. Our band is kind of notorious for playing really loud. Last year during a play-off game, the ref told the band to be quiet, and it only made the crowd louder.
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