Vuvuzelas at Michigan Stadium would be awesome
I just read that they are trying to ban the vuvuzelas at the World Cup.
My brother and I bought a bunch of them a few months ago and they are so loud. Imagine even 50,000 people in Michigan stadium with those.
"We can't hear one another out on the pitch because of them". -- France captain Patrice Evra
to invade Yost.
There is a group of students that bring them every game. They don't blare them constantly, mind you, but they are a neat addition when they are used. They've even taken to playing Let's Go Blue and I can't Turn You Loose with them. Pretty impressive for a plastic horn that breaks down in sections.
More Cowbell
Vuvuzuelas have no place in Yost, or hockey, for that matter. Keep it to the cowbell and the band.
No way you can tell me that their continuation of the Blues Brothers when the band is done isn't cool. Beyond that they only do Let's Go Blue when not playing, and occasionally a short volley when somethin cool happens (Usually a big hit or an important clear).
I'm all for home-field advantage but I cannot support those atrocities.
52 points? That settles it. I'm growing a mustache.
you'll have your chance to grow a mustache starting August 1st.
Please, please no. Would be about 100x worse than the RAWK.
Enough of this vuvuzela talk, you'll scare Texas away
Incorrect. They are terrible.
That's a negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.
The SEC teams would be all over this if they could pronounce Vuvuzela.
True, instead they have to settle for the word "cowbell."
Actually I just read how the SEC has banned artificial noise makers, but the fans at Old Miss openly defy the rule, givning them one of the best home field advantages in the NCAA.,
Am I the only one who hears the drone of the vuvuzelas and expects them to roll right into the intro of Welcome to the Jungle? Drives me nuts.
They'd be awesome at Lane Stadium, too, but it's hard enough getting folks to smuggle in turkey calls, let alone three-foot plastic horns.
Let's not forget Bobby Dodd Stadium while we're at it. And as a note, vuvuzelas come in all shapes and sizes.
but Vuvuzelas are really annoying (or to put it in SEC language, annoying as shit). The constant drone, drowning out the crowd cheering, etc. is so annoying that I mute the TV, which in turn diminishes the entertainment of soccer.
So, I'd prefer people just to get up off their seats and cheer like crazy (like we managed for the first two games last season or more so).
Hey you! Down in front, stop that!!!
They're OK on TV but they're apparently worse than rock concerts for your ears. Bad enough for two hours - can you imagine them for three and a half? Plus the down-in-fronters would have a fit, and probably rightly so since they'd have what remains of their hearing blasted away forever in one afternoon.
Even on TV they're F'n annoying.
I don't mind 'em. They've actually not been as bad as they were in the Confederations Cup and when an African team isn't playing they're pretty muted.
and brought them in to all the games I attended. People didnt seem to mind. I asked security before we went in and they said they werent on the banned list. The only issue is that your lips get pretty messed up. Mine were bleeding after a while.
GOOD! Leave it at home next time!
Better your lips than my ears.
of vulvas at Michigan Stadium.
What?
who sees "vulva" when reading it.
On football Saturdays, Michigan Stadium should be a zone free of anything having to do with soccer.
I do believe that one of the place kickers is also on the soccer team.
You can't hear the cheers or gasps or chants, it's just 90 minutes of constant droning noise. It's like having no crowd at all. I think they are significantly detracting from the atmosphere of the world cup.
Those things blow.
...used at DC United games for years, though not in the ridiculous numbers that we've seen in South Africa for last year's Confederations Cup and this year's World Cup.
At RFK in a stadium that seats ~55K but experiences ~18-20K for a typical DCU game, they're annoying as all get out, even when they number in the dozens. DCU's very active supporter clubs (Barra Brava, Screaming Eagles, La Norte) tend to drown them out with their drumming and fan chants, but I still can't stand them.
I've got to say that if I was next to someone at Michigan Stadium with one of these things, I'd be kind of pissed.
1. Go to youtube and get a copy of Woodson's punt return against OSU in 1997.
2. Listen to the crowd noise over Keith Jackson's play call. You'll first hear a collective "ooh" as Woodson makes the first man miss and a block takes out two Buckeyes, then you'll hear a loud, anticipatory, "OOOOO" as the crowd recognizes this return has potential, then all hell breaks loose as Woodson gets past the punter on his way to the endzone.
3. Now imagine the same scene with the drone of vuvuzelas drowning everything out.
Following this short, three-step process should answer all of your questions regarding vuvuzelas at Michigan Stadium - and pre-empt forever any questions regarding same.
Yea, that all sounds nice unless you are actually at the game. The players at the world cup cannot even hear each other on the field. Isn't that the whole point of cheering and making noise? To cheer on your team and disrupt the other team?
I wasn't advocating for blowing them the entire game, but maybe when the opposing offense is on the field or they are in our zone, whatever we can do to make noise is good with me.
By the way, they sound way different in person than the "humming and buzzing" everyone is crying about.
....you can't and you won't get 50,000 vuvuzela-equipped fans to blow them only when they are supposed to blow them. If it was possible to organize the fans otherwise, maybe the idea should be considered, but that level of fan organization hasn't been possible at Michigan Stadium for decades and it's unlikely to be developed any time soon. As a result, you will undoubtedly experience the constant, annoying drone now being seen/heard/felt in South Africa throughout our football game. Sorry.
Many in the media are claiming that they are far more annoying in person than they are on TV, where engineers are lowering the volume of noise coming from the stands.
I think they're great if they are used in moderation or strictly for defensive stands and TD celebrations. I have even looked into purchasing one. It would be nice to have stadium of 100,000+ people be a bit more intimidating to our foes.
However, I highly doubt the tailgating masses would have the courtesy or self control to try and limit use of these things. I can see it getting out of hand. The constant droning of them would drive us all nuts and ruin the atmosphere at La Casa Grandé.
in Michigan Stadium, 100,00 strong, would cause massive ear bleeding. Not from the sound, but from being punched in the ear for blowing into it!!
we should use this in away game when our fans are out-numbered. make their stadiums sound like in south africa.
I do have to say this....we were typically only blowing the thing when the other team had a big 3rd down play......we were only doing it to distract the other team....I really dont know how you could blow that thing non stop........
Some guy behind me kept blowing his vuvuzela in my ear for the entire OSU game a few years back... It was beyond annoying.
Those noisemakers are the worst thing in the world. I can't stand to watch more than 1 minute of the World Cup because of the constant buzzing coming from the fans. How about the people just cheer and scream like normal?
if by awesome you mean fucking terrible, then yea, Vuvuzuelas at the Big House would be an awesome idea
Congrats, I believe you have come up with an idea worse than the ND Marching band and the SC marching band playing their fight songs over and over again.
If this catches on, I am going to have to mute my TV in order to watch a game.
have a nice vuvuzela?
Must have been some transgender dude.
and mine are apparently wildly divergent.
Vuvuzelas are
The sound of death approaching
For the horn's blower
In other words...absolutely not. I hate vuvuzelas as much as (or even more than) I hate thundersticks, and I hate those a lot.