How loud is WA Griz Stadium's 26K?

[JonErude]

i do agree that we have a VERY loud stadium and this saturday will probably the most hostile it has ever been. but i don't think it will have the same effect on app st. as it does other teams. It might give them a false start but it won't decide the outcome of the game. If the griz win it bill be done by the players on the field.

It might not affect Appy as much as it positively affects the Griz.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Great Falls is -24 below -40 wind chill. Now thats good football weather!

Shorts weather!!!!

You got that right Pencil Neck!

 

[msugrizzly]

i do agree that we have a VERY loud stadium and this saturday will probably the most hostile it has ever been. but i don't think it will have the same effect on app st. as it does other teams. It might give them a false start but it won't decide the outcome of the game. If the griz win it bill be done by the players on the field.

It might not affect Appy as much as it positively affects the Griz.

i couldn't agree more with you on that. I just don't think we can count on app st. folding under the noise of wa/griz

 

[Grizzlies1982]

There is way too much noise made about the stadium noise. It is awesome, but it is quality Grizzly teams which win the games. Often the noise does mess with the other team. Yet like some of the other posts I'd say the true value of our fan noise is the energy it conveys to our team. Go Griz!

 

[Jakemoe]

You think its loud in the stands...try being on the field in front of the NEZ while the opposing team has their backs to it. Cant hear the person next to you yelling!

 

[englishgriz]

There is way too much noise made about the stadium noise. It is awesome, but it is quality Grizzly teams which win the games. Often the noise does mess with the other team. Yet like some of the other posts I'd say the true value of our fan noise is the energy it conveys to our team. Go Griz!

Couldn't agree more. In the playoffs the entire defense try to pump the crowd up nearly every play. Anyone see Mariani bowing to the crowd at the SDSU game before he returned a punt? You can tell the entire team loves it and feeds off it. I would say the momentum and motivation to our team definitely outweighs the advantage that we get against the other teams offense, especially a seasoned one like App State. It doesnt matter how good you are at silent counts etc. the home team is going to have the advantage, and in WaGriz it is a tremendous one.

 

[yellowstone60]

from the Mountaineers board.....

From: GreatAppSt 12:21 am
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Someone in the Boone area please go to Wal-mart and but a case of foam shooting ear plugs and take them to Jerry. I hope he remembers well how loud WaGriz really is (they have added another 5000 seats since 2000). The Apps should practice with the ear plugs in, and speakers with just static turned all the way up to 11.

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[ColdSmokeGriz]

"I'll tell you what," says Joe Gardi, who has brought his Hofstra Pride to Missoula three times (and, he's proud to say, won once). "I coached in the NFL (with the New York Jets) for 10 years and I know what crowd noise is. I coached at Maryland, I played at Maryland in 19-none-of-your-business, I've played at Texas, Auburn, LSU, Clemson, in some of the greatest stadiums in the country. I mean, at LSU they used to prod the tiger with an electric shock to get him to roar when you came on the field, and it was just unbelievable to a visiting player."

And?

"In comparison, Montana is a tougher place to play."

Gardi explains.

"Because it's so closed in. The noise is so confined. My granddaughter got so scared in that place - she was 7 years old - she never let go of her mother for the whole first quarter.

"One year I gave my pep talk, went down to the field and they've got that rubber tunnel set up. I thought, that's nice, it's there to keep fans from throwing anything on us. And I get in there and Monte is there, the flaps are closed, and I couldn't get on the field. Monte told me I'd better back off, and I said, 'No, I'm fine.' Then he started that motorcycle and I about jumped out of my skin. They opened the flaps and the crowd just went crazy.

"That thing with Monte, the big-screen TV - I'm doing a time out one time and I look up and Tom Cruise is on the screen doing that dance from 'Risky Business,' and I'm watching it! I thought, 'What the heck am I doing, am I crazy?' - it's all just an unbelievable advantage for the home team."

http://www.missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/griz-gameday/article_da08ca19-5408-5699-a29e-542d8a251ab3.html

THis is great. Makes you proud!

 

[Bluenoser]

I've been to Safeco field in Seattle several times and the noise does not compare to that at WA/GRIZ. We own the LOUD!!!!

Using a Mariners game @ Safeco as an example is not very fair of a comparison. If I had to rank the loudest sporting venues I've ever been to, I'd rank them:

1. Griz basketball in '82-'83. I've never been to any other sporting event that has come close to just about any game that entire season.
2. Husky Stadium. Especially the USC game this year.
3. Qwest Field/Seahawk Stadium.
4. Seattle Coliseum - Sonics Basketball
5. Wa-Griz for football
6. Washington's Grizzly Stadium in Spokane or Cheney.
7. Bank of America Arena - Husky Basketball
1,907. Safeco Field - Mariners Baseball

I'll be there Saturday and hoping for Wa-Griz to move up to at least #2.

And while it wasn't the crowd, the loudest event I've ever attended as a NASCAR race at Las Vegas Speedway.

 

[IntuitiveGriz]

http://www.missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/griz-gameday/article_da08ca19-5408-5699-a29e-542d8a251ab3.html

THis is great. Makes you proud!

It does make you proud! But be careful OPPOSIING COACH, there are some people on here that will say UM has no home field advantage!!! :lol:

 

[grizlefan]

I've been to Safeco field in Seattle several times and the noise does not compare to that at WA/GRIZ. We own the LOUD!!!!

Dude, no baseball game will ever compete with any football game for crowd noise, different atmoshere. apples and oranges.

My Mistake, how about Quest field apples to apples

 

[GRZFTBL]

I've been to Safeco field in Seattle several times and the noise does not compare to that at WA/GRIZ. We own the LOUD!!!!

Dude, no baseball game will ever compete with any football game for crowd noise, different atmoshere. apples and oranges.

BS! Metrodome/World Series.

 

[albinogriz]

You think its loud in the stands...try being on the field in front of the NEZ while the opposing team has their backs to it. Cant hear the person next to you yelling!

Got seats in the NEZ for this game..... Can't wait :twisted:

 

[ggergg30]

THis is great. Makes you proud!

It does make you proud! But be careful OPPOSIING COACH, there are some people on here that will say UM has no home field advantage!!! :lol:

How many HOME playoff losses do you have in the last 6 years?

 

[HLNGriz]

You really need to be near the field to experience the loudness. If you are above the 10th row or so it's not near as loud. I sat right on the rail one game and it was 2-3 times louder than up in row 20. I imagine sitting on the rail is similar to being on the field.

That explains a lot. I was on the rail right behind the UNH bench and thought it was louder than sitting up in the NEZ 2/3 the way up during the Umass game.

 

[GaSouthern]

App State's Stadium is not very loud, don't let them fool you.

though, I must say, the last two times GSU has played there people were leaving early in the 4th quarter or they were blowing GSU out... not exactly the times to be the loudest :lol:

 

[TheBud]

Dude, no baseball game will ever compete with any football game for crowd noise, different atmoshere. apples and oranges.

My Mistake, how about Quest field apples to apples

I have been to both when both were at their loudest. Sorry. Quest wins when the crowd needs to get loud. I have had my ears ringing at WA/Griz and at Quest. You don't know what you are talking about, which is evident by your first post.

By the way, Autzen is louder than Husky Stadium.

Lambeau Field is at the top too.

Certain teams feed off of the atmosphere:
- Eastern Washington
- UMass

I would bet that App State will feed off of the atmosphere too. Crowd effect negated.

Pick on the return man and any App player that tries to entice the crowd - by name. That will help.

 

[armonte]

Last year on ESPN they interviewed Tony Romo and was asked what Stadium was the loudest that he had played in, "Washington Grizzly Stadium Missoula, Montana" thought he wasn't including NFL stadiums, the loudest period. I too have been on the field and people don't believe that the ground seems to move! 2001 was the year.

 

[84GRIZ]

I have always thought they should put a decibel meter on the field that shows the reading up on the scoreboard.

 

[northendzonecrazy]

I have always thought they should put a decibel meter on the field that shows the reading up on the scoreboard.

THAT would be the $hit......would definitely get to new levels of loud if we knew how we were doing every play......