Wa-Griz...12th Man

[putter]

I've seen videos on twitter of Weber State practice this week with speakers playing crowd noise turned up really high right next to them as they are practicing goal line offense.

They are preparing for the noise

From what my season ticket friends are saying, Wa-Griz is nothing like it used to be decibel wise. On top of that, my buddies get reprimanded by "fans" in their section for standing and making noise. For the Idaho game to draw only 22k, with the season the Griz are having, whats up? Check out the half empty stadium for most of the 3rd quarter.

I am hoping Griz Nation fills the place this weekend and makes 2003-2009 NOISE. The Griz deserve this and need it this weekend.

If wishing made it so.... stadium has not been at that level for a long time. Strong fanbase getting older

 

[mtgrizfankb]

I've seen videos on twitter of Weber State practice this week with speakers playing crowd noise turned up really high right next to them as they are practicing goal line offense.

They are preparing for the noise

From what my season ticket friends are saying, Wa-Griz is nothing like it used to be decibel wise. On top of that, my buddies get reprimanded by "fans" in their section for standing and making noise. For the Idaho game to draw only 22k, with the season the Griz are having, whats up? Check out the half empty stadium for most of the 3rd quarter.

I am hoping Griz Nation fills the place this weekend and makes 2003-2009 NOISE. The Griz deserve this and need it this weekend.

If wishing made it so.... stadium has not been at that level for a long time. Strong fanbase getting older

Levels for UNI 2018 were pretty good. Also 2017 EWU? was pretty good. Overall tho it comes down to multiple things. We haven’t been that great recently, tickets are still a little spendy at times for the average fan and there are always options to watch on tv...which keeps fair weather fans and average fans home. The media hammering UM doesn’t help either. Hell even the school paper hammers on the school.

 

[Yukon]

Just looked at GrizTix and just guessing, looks about 95% full.

https://ev10.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AMONTANA%3AFB20%3AFBG06%3A&linkID=montana&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=FB&cgc=&dataAccId=405&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_montana

 

[mtgrizfankb]

Just looked at GrizTix and just guessing, looks about 95% full.

https://ev10.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AMONTANA%3AFB20%3AFBG06%3A&linkID=montana&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=FB&cgc=&dataAccId=405&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_montana

It’s a little misleading. If you use the promo code for today GRIZFANS all the rest of the south end zone is open still for 25 bucks a ticket. I would say 80 % is the south end zone is left. Same with the upper sides of the canyon club. I think we will probably be 24k ish this weekend

 

[Grizzlies1982]

I've seen videos on twitter of Weber State practice this week with speakers playing crowd noise turned up really high right next to them as they are practicing goal line offense.

They are preparing for the noise

DAMN!!!!

We will just have to ensure they never get close to the goal line! :ugeek:

 

[DoubleNicks]

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Speaking of the fans being a factor...

So, I've noticed recently how opposing QBs seem to take cues from the crowd noise. They will have their eyes downfield and are not likely to see some of the pressure bearing down on them. However, they will break the pocket/scramble as soon as the tone/pitch of the crowd heightens (people getting excited when it looks like a defensive player will get to the quarterback).

Could this be used to our advantage? For example, could it be the fans' contribution equivalent to a defensive decoy of showing blitz but dropping extra into coverage? If we could get everyone on the same page, cheering like there's a Griz a step away from a sack, it might just rattle the opposing QB enough to throw off his timing or miss one of his reads.

Maybe any 3rd or 4th down that the QB drops back to pass after the first quarter (hopefully, he will have gotten hit a few times to increase the success of this), the crowd goes from just yelling and making noise to a higher pitched, excited scream on his third step of his drop like as if a sack was going to happen.

There has always been a claim that the WaGriz crowd isn't just loud but is smart in when and how it is loud. Here's our chance to prove it. It seems that (as has been stated) players are adapting to noisy environments and actually feeding off of them. We, as fans, need to adapt as well.

This might be too late in the week/year to implement this successfully but it would be really awesome when it did work. It would give another element of personal pride/investment to the fans like the false start penalties do. Who knows, with the additional pride and responsibility it might help more fans make the games and even increase attendance.


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[DoubleNicks]

Maybe any 3rd or 4th down that the QB drops back to pass after the first quarter (hopefully, he will have gotten hit a few times to increase the success of this), the crowd goes from just yelling and making noise to a higher pitched, excited scream on his third step of his drop like as if a sack was going to happen.

And if it's a play-action pass, change to the cheer as soon as he puts his eyes downfield. If he starts in shotgun formation, change after a "2 one-thousand" count.

 

[get'em_griz]

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Speaking of the fans being a factor...

So, I've noticed recently how opposing QBs seem to take cues from the crowd noise. They will have their eyes downfield and are not likely to see some of the pressure bearing down on them. However, they will break the pocket/scramble as soon as the tone/pitch of the crowd heightens (people getting excited when it looks like a defensive player will get to the quarterback).

Could this be used to our advantage? For example, could it be the fans' contribution equivalent to a defensive decoy of showing blitz but dropping extra into coverage? If we could get everyone on the same page, cheering like there's a Griz a step away from a sack, it might just rattle the opposing QB enough to throw off his timing or miss one of his reads.

Maybe any 3rd or 4th down that the QB drops back to pass after the first quarter (hopefully, he will have gotten hit a few times to increase the success of this), the crowd goes from just yelling and making noise to a higher pitched, excited scream on his third step of his drop like as if a sack was going to happen.

There has always been a claim that the WaGriz crowd isn't just loud but is smart in when and how it is loud. Here's our chance to prove it. It seems that (as has been stated) players are adapting to noisy environments and actually feeding off of them. We, as fans, need to adapt as well.

This might be too late in the week/year to implement this successfully but it would be really awesome when it did work. It would give another element of personal pride/investment to the fans like the false start penalties do. Who knows, with the additional pride and responsibility it might help more fans make the games and even increase attendance.


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mtgriz had the idea of fans being dead silent while the opponent is on offense. 25,000 silent fans, and Weber won’t know wtf to do. :thumb:

 

[misterb]

I'm in from the San Francisco area (last week and this week) adding my voice to the noise.

 

[mtgriz]

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Speaking of the fans being a factor...

So, I've noticed recently how opposing QBs seem to take cues from the crowd noise. They will have their eyes downfield and are not likely to see some of the pressure bearing down on them. However, they will break the pocket/scramble as soon as the tone/pitch of the crowd heightens (people getting excited when it looks like a defensive player will get to the quarterback).

Could this be used to our advantage? For example, could it be the fans' contribution equivalent to a defensive decoy of showing blitz but dropping extra into coverage? If we could get everyone on the same page, cheering like there's a Griz a step away from a sack, it might just rattle the opposing QB enough to throw off his timing or miss one of his reads.

Maybe any 3rd or 4th down that the QB drops back to pass after the first quarter (hopefully, he will have gotten hit a few times to increase the success of this), the crowd goes from just yelling and making noise to a higher pitched, excited scream on his third step of his drop like as if a sack was going to happen.

There has always been a claim that the WaGriz crowd isn't just loud but is smart in when and how it is loud. Here's our chance to prove it. It seems that (as has been stated) players are adapting to noisy environments and actually feeding off of them. We, as fans, need to adapt as well.

This might be too late in the week/year to implement this successfully but it would be really awesome when it did work. It would give another element of personal pride/investment to the fans like the false start penalties do. Who knows, with the additional pride and responsibility it might help more fans make the games and even increase attendance.


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mtgriz had the idea of fans being dead silent while the opponent is on offense. 25,000 silent fans, and Weber won’t know wtf to do. :thumb:

Do the opposite! It worked for George Costanza.

 

[yellowstone60]

Fill the Stadium !!

Riley Corcoran
‏@VoiceoftheGriz
23h23 hours ago
Saturday’s game will be the 1st top 5 regular season matchup at Wa-Griz in 25 yrs. Last time it happened was Oct 29, 1994 when Dave Dickenson led the #1 Griz to a win over #3 Idaho. In the history of Wa-Griz (inc. playoffs) this will be just the 4th game featuring two top 5 teams.

 

[EverettGriz]

I've seen videos on twitter of Weber State practice this week with speakers playing crowd noise turned up really high right next to them as they are practicing goal line offense.

They are preparing for the noise

From what my season ticket friends are saying, Wa-Griz is nothing like it used to be decibel wise. On top of that, my buddies get reprimanded by "fans" in their section for standing and making noise. For the Idaho game to draw only 22k, with the season the Griz are having, whats up? Check out the half empty stadium for most of the 3rd quarter.

I am hoping Griz Nation fills the place this weekend and makes 2003-2009 NOISE. The Griz deserve this and need it this weekend.

Interesting that a shitty kitty fan is hoping for this.

And for what it’s worth, you don’t have any buddies.