What was with the IU crowd on Saturday night?
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I watched the TV, so I could not trust my observations on the crowd, but they seemed pretty classy compared to other games I've seen. No boistrous fans running at the players. No obnoxious shout-outs from the stands. No controversial off court actions by any of the players. I had expected an accrimonious atmosphere, and lots of stories about how people were acting badly. Didn't happen???
I watched the TV, so I could not trust my observations on the crowd, but they seemed pretty classy compared to other games I've seen. No boistrous fans running at the players. No obnoxious shout-outs from the stands. No controversial off court actions by any of the players. I had expected an accrimonious atmosphere, and lots of stories about how people were acting badly. Didn't happen???
I'm not really talking about the behavior of the fans. I wasn't there and can't comment on that. Just on tv the atmosphere seemed pretty dead to me.
They seemed loud to me (TV as well). After a big play, you could hear the crowd roar and then ESPN would go to more of a full court camera view and you could hear the sound change, get a bit quieter. I don't know if that was intentional so we could hear the analysts or what, but they seemed pretty pumped. The players did too, at least the home team.
Yea the players were into it. It was their Super Bowl. Just didn't think the fans were very strong.
You're probably right, beating a middle of the pack team is always more important than beating the team you're fighting with for first place in the league.
You really should read over your posts before hitting "Post Reply"... it would save you a lot of embarrassment.
What are you even doing over here!! Every time I post anything on your site I always get that most original "moo" from you....And the reference to Super Bowl game came from a Hoosier several years ago....so was a play on words....Go back to where you belong if you can only come over when you win instead of to discuss basketball....or if you don't come often enough to catch on....duh!
In fairness, the OP asked a question about the IU crowd at a game in Bloomington... if he was truly looking for people with input (i.e. people that attended), most of those people would be IU fans as I doubt Purdue people made up more than about 600-700 of the 15k crowd. Ergo, it's likely to generate a response from some IU fans.
I welcome any input from people that were there. Hopefully it was better than it seemed to me.
Dakich has talked in the past how ESPN tunes down the crowd noise to better hear the announcers. He says they are doing this more and more. I'm guessing they did this Saturday night as well.
I've noticed this for a lot of games recently, and don't really care for it. I never had a problem hearing the announcers before.
My comments did not refer to any comments about the crowd at the game...rather the comment that referred to the Super Bowl.....and the fact that that particular poster is always vicious toward any Purdue fan that posts on his home site....And I stand behind my comments regarding those two issues...
The crowd was not flat, it was pretty good. They were more subdued mid game as the lead was substantial. Most people had been out in the great weather and at the bars and restaurants all day, so they may have been sleepy.
Watching the recordings after the pu and especially the Iowa game, the production companies definitely block the crowd noise. Crowd was well behaved considering 8,000 kids that had been at the bars. There was one vulgar chant that was up in the balcony behind us early in the second half when the fouls got to 5-0, fortunately it lasted about four seconds.
I hope the few PU fans that were there behind the bench were treated well, but I imagine somebody just had to show their ass.
You, my dear have NEVER gotten a moo from me so you are mistaken and I've been coming here for about two moths or so, so again, you are mistaken.
I accept your apology.
I was on the road so I was listening to Don Fisher on the radio... it was freaking loud, and they made several comments about the level of noise.
I could tell what was happening by the crowd response, before Don could even say anything.
Hopefully none of the Purdue folks behind the bench got hit with coins being tossed from the IU faithful again. That was an ugly incident but not nearly as ugly as what was said to the foreign players from Maryland a few years ago when they came into Bloomington. Good thing Purdue doesn't have any foreign players on their roster.
Van, they practically have the same record and Purdue has played a helluva harder schedule than Iu.
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I was there, half way up and at center court, student side. It was loud, but not as nearly as loud as I've heard Mackey. They did chant **** Purdue coming back out of a break once. It did get very quiet when IU turned over the ball with 40 or so seconds left. However, it wasn't that close most of the time so it wasn't that loud. Also, nobody said a word to me about being there, or having great seats. This is unusual, because some IU fan always wants to know who I got my tickets from. On a side note I walked down the ramp behind the Purdue bus and right into assembly hall before they let anybody else in, and that was nice. The only thing I had was a camera around my neck, camera bag over my shoulder, and my brother in his IU crap following behind.
I watched the TV, so I could not trust my observations on the crowd, but they seemed pretty classy compared to other games I've seen. No boistrous fans running at the players. No obnoxious shout-outs from the stands. No controversial off court actions by any of the players. I had expected an accrimonious atmosphere, and lots of stories about how people were acting badly. Didn't happen???
I was there, half way up and at center court, student side. It was loud, but not as nearly as loud as I've heard Mackey. They did chant **** Purdue coming back out of a break once. It did get very quiet when IU turned over the ball with 40 or so seconds left. However, it wasn't that close most of the time so it wasn't that loud. Also, nobody said a word to me about being there, or having great seats. This is unusual, because some IU fan always wants to know who I got my tickets from. On a side note I walked down the ramp behind the Purdue bus and right into assembly hall before they let anybody else in, and that was nice. The only thing I had was a camera around my neck, camera bag over my shoulder, and my brother in his IU crap following behind.
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Ironic that when iu people post here they demand to be treated with respect. However almost every Purdue fan is attacked when they post on their site. They also think that it's ok to trash everything Purdue on their site but when they come here they act like they a politician and pretend they never say or act like that. I guess that's why they are not respected by anyone.
The crowd was very loud at the beginning of the game. I am an IU season ticket holder and in recent years, the crowd is becoming more and more fickle. As a result, the crowd was only thrilled for dunks and threes in the second half. Once Purdue started playing well, there were a lot of groans.
The crowd noise in the first 10 minutes was impressive. Probably the loudest since 2013 (the games against MSU and Mich were crazy loud). But the energy level decreased as the game progressed.
The crowd noise in the first 10 minutes was impressive. Probably the loudest since 2013 (the games against MSU and Mich were crazy loud). But the energy level decreased as the game progressed.
This coming from the fanbase that chants "IU sucks" during EVERY game, regardless of opponent.
ESPN is way too much into self-promotion, rather than showing a good game. I get so tired of them spotlighting their announcers. It also drives me nuts when they are two main announcers are promoting another upcoming game on ESPN rather than talking about the great action going on right in front of them.
I've watched games that were kinda of a blowout and the announcers quit talking about the game completely, Dakich is bad about this.
Van, I agree 100%. Myt wife gets upset when I start yelling at the announcers to stay on the game. I want to know who committed the foul and who got the rebound. I watch the game to see the teams. I could care less about who announces, and I don't want to hear about their next game.
Oh, it was the highest pinnacle of success under Tom Crean. Students camped out, and lined up as far as the eye could see, just for the opportunity of seeing IU possibly beat Purdue. They know that's a rare thing, and wanted to be there if it actually happened. Also, Purdue is willing to lose to IU every 3 or so years if that helps Crean gets an extension. I really think this was a win-win for everyone involved.
I agree. Shouldn't have been that big of a deal to the players but they were celebrating more throughout that game than any other games I have watched them this season. It was as if most players on the team had never beaten Purdue before.
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Great picture! Are you sure this is the basketball line? Maybe the kids thought it was for free condoms.
You do realize that IU beat Purdue by double digits four times in a row in 2012 and 2013 including what I believe was Purdue's worse home loss ever...right?
I've been to both many times. Both are loud but Mackey is easily the louder of the two. It just is due to the metal roof and the economy of space.
Chants? Van, I do understand your point. But just to clarify, the Paint Crew does not "chant" Iu sux. They say it, loudly, once at the end of a pepband song. Repeating it over and over at the end of that song would consitute a "chant". At any rate, your point remains.
noun
a repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowver
verb
say or shout repeatedly in a singsong tone.
Are you sure that picture was from Saturday?... there is sidewalk chalk visible on the concrete, which isn't exactly a common sight during winter with the regular moisture.
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