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Vancat

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Hey all! Thought I'd share some thoughts. I hope it doesn't sound like complaining, because I really do love my Gampel experience!

Thoughts:

1. The Giant UCONN Flame Throwers. They have 20 guys wheel out 5 gargantuan rolling contraptions with 6 foot light up letters on them (U-C-O-N-N of course) across the basketball court. They look extremely heavy and extremely expensive. When the starters are announced they shoot flames. Big flames. Flames so big I felt the heat. Then they roll them back wherever they came from. Seems like a lot of manpower and money for something kind of ...meh. And dare I say it: what could go wrong?

2. The T-shirt cannon: this big thing also gets rolled out. It looks expensive also. It shoots about 10 T shirts. Then it rolls away. Bye, T shirt cannon!

3. Socks. They went from launching lots of T shirts...to very few T shirts...to hats...to.....socks.

4. Mini-banner. Supposedly they gave out 3500 mini-banners to the first arrivers. I got there at about 6:10 or so for a 7:00 game. None for me.

5. and finally, the BLUE WHITE shouting contest. My pet peeve. I'm on the white side. It never changes. Unfortunately, BLUUUUUUUUUUUUE always sounds louder and is easier to yell than WHIIIIIIITE.

That's it! Everything else was fantastic! lol
 
I would love a new song for them to play during TV timeouts other than that crummy blaring repetitive electronic song. Even if it’s another crummy blaring repetitive electronic song. I have been sick of that song since halfway through last season
 
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Vancat said:
Hey all! Thought I'd share some thoughts. I hope it doesn't sound like complaining, because I really do love my Gampel experience!

Thoughts:

1. The Giant UCONN Flame Throwers. They have 20 guys wheel out 5 gargantuan rolling contraptions with 6 foot light up letters on them (U-C-O-N-N of course) across the basketball court. They look extremely heavy and extremely expensive. When the starters are announced they shoot flames. Big flames. Flames so big I felt the heat. Then they roll them back wherever they came from. Seems like a lot of manpower and money for something kind of ...meh. And dare I say it: what could go wrong?

2. The T-shirt cannon: this big thing also gets rolled out. It looks expensive also. It shoots about 10 T shirts. Then it rolls away. Bye, T shirt cannon!

3. Socks. They went from launching lots of T shirts...to very few T shirts...to hats...to.....socks.

4. Mini-banner. Supposedly they gave out 3500 mini-banners to the first arrivers. I got there at about 6:10 or so for a 7:00 game. None for me.

5. and finally, the BLUE WHITE shouting contest. My pet peeve. I'm on the white side. It never changes. Unfortunately, BLUUUUUUUUUUUUE always sounds louder and is easier to yell than WHIIIIIIITE.

That's it! Everything else was fantastic! lol
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How do you feel about people on your lawn ?
 
Rocktheworld said:
I would love a new song for them to play during TV timeouts other than that crummy blaring repetitive electronic song. Even if it’s another crummy blaring repetitive electronic song. I have been sick of that song since halfway through last season
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or skip a son altogether
 
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Vancat said:
1. The Giant UCONN Flame Throwers. They have 20 guys wheel out 5 gargantuan rolling contraptions with 6 foot light up letters on them (U-C-O-N-N of course) across the basketball court. They look extremely heavy and extremely expensive. When the starters are announced they shoot flames. Big flames. Flames so big I felt the heat. Then they roll them back wherever they came from. Seems like a lot of manpower and money for something kind of ...meh. And dare I say it: what could go wrong?
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It may be my accountant brain, but I thought the same thing when I saw the flame throwers. On the other hand, the new giant scoreboards were worth every penny. They are awesome.
 
Jewels said:
I saw a gentlemen walking around selling beer at the exhibition game which I never saw before. Miller Light I think.
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they sold out an hour before game last year during Creighton and it was before the general public could even get in
 
All these extraneous noises, electronic/flamethrowing nonsense, T-shirt cannons, etc. are why I rarely go to pro or big college sporting events. The last couple years at SMC (because, well, Aidan) are an exception, and I'm sick of all their routines now, too) convinced me for good that the side-show crap is ridiculous. And SMC is relatively tame compared to most.

HS is a far more real experience.

And the pros are WAYYYYYYY worse. I watch the Warriors on TV only.

I can see that scroll at the bottom of a TV broadcast someday: Steph Curry - Out (10-day DL, run over by 15 T-shirt-cannon wielding cheerleaders) Nikola Jovic - Out (flamethrower burns), etc.

Keep it to cheers on the side, live band, NO canned noise during play... A little break before whatever halftime stuff happens, too.
 
Vancat said:
2. The T-shirt cannon: this big thing also gets rolled out. It looks expensive also. It shoots about 10 T shirts. Then it rolls away. Bye, T shirt cannon!

3. Socks. They went from launching lots of T shirts...to very few T shirts...to hats...to.....socks.
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Well which is it, are they shooting 10 shirts at a time or 10 socks at a time?
 
Vancat said:
2. The T-shirt cannon: this big thing also gets rolled out. It looks expensive also. It shoots about 10 T shirts. Then it rolls away. Bye, T shirt cannon!

3. Socks. They went from launching lots of T shirts...to very few T shirts...to hats...to.....socks.
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so you dont want the cannon but you want more socks? how will they be launched?
 
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Zanzman said:
How do you feel about people on your lawn ?
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I Dont Like It Steve Austin GIF by BuzzFeed
 
Do they use the flamethrowers at hockey games? I can think of a few reasons why that wouldn't be such a good idea.
 
Vancat said:
Hey all! Thought I'd share some thoughts. I hope it doesn't sound like complaining, because I really do love my Gampel experience!

Thoughts:

1. The Giant UCONN Flame Throwers. They have 20 guys wheel out 5 gargantuan rolling contraptions with 6 foot light up letters on them (U-C-O-N-N of course) across the basketball court. They look extremely heavy and extremely expensive. When the starters are announced they shoot flames. Big flames. Flames so big I felt the heat. Then they roll them back wherever they came from. Seems like a lot of manpower and money for something kind of ...meh. And dare I say it: what could go wrong?

2. The T-shirt cannon: this big thing also gets rolled out. It looks expensive also. It shoots about 10 T shirts. Then it rolls away. Bye, T shirt cannon!

3. Socks. They went from launching lots of T shirts...to very few T shirts...to hats...to.....socks.

4. Mini-banner. Supposedly they gave out 3500 mini-banners to the first arrivers. I got there at about 6:10 or so for a 7:00 game. None for me.

5. and finally, the BLUE WHITE shouting contest. My pet peeve. I'm on the white side. It never changes. Unfortunately, BLUUUUUUUUUUUUE always sounds louder and is easier to yell than WHIIIIIIITE.

That's it! Everything else was fantastic! lol
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Some are never satisfied. Geez!!
 
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AidanFan20 said:
Well, that's almost beer...
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I like the idea. Coolest ballpark beer I ever had was a Royals game. The guy had a scuba tank of beer, Boulevard Pale Ale and a stack of cups. Came to your seat and poured your draft right there.

As for Gampel mostly I'd like it to be about 20 minutes from my house.
 
Greedo said:
Would you be on board with the flamethrower if they used it to ignite the socks before launching them into the crowd?
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I'm thinking that the Beers and the Cannon and the Sox and the Flamethrower create the perfect atmosphere for Ball
 
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