This is always one of my favorite topics. I think we should post things we feel could be done to help increase the volume. Clearly ticket sales is the top of the list.
As to the knitter ...no big deal. She could be nervous. Look at it this way ...she is making a day out of the game ...and this is great. The Guins and knitting are probably her two favorite past times. Would you rather she knit at home?
As to our volume, our reputation is that of being loud and understanding the game. (let's face it ...we can be obnoxious). Of course this does mean that calls are not always going to go our way, but it is worth it. In many cases, the calls are blown, and the extra volume make the official pull a flag he may otherwise only be thinking about. Last week, there were 3 very poor calls ...well 2-spots and a call. We had a no-call on a FB jump on one of our TD's, but that was a "wash" with an obvious push-off that was missed for an ILS score.
I would like to see some of those "Thunder Sticks". I know they use them at ISU and WIU ...so there cannot be any conference issues with them.
Any other noise ideas?
I will say that we were very loud a few times in the second half. It seems to tie in directly to the defense. ILS had several 3rd-and-longs, and we seemed to give them the first-down each time. That will really quiet a crowd.
