Nextmanup Posted August 30, 2020 Posted August 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, SCBills said: 2,000 fans for Austin Peay vs Central Arkansas last night in Montgomery, Alabama... but we can’t have fans in September... No one should have fans right now. It's stupid. And believe me, it is going to be strange and disappointing (at least for me) to watch these games with empty stadiums. For me, it will detract hugely from my enjoyment of the games. You take out the crowd, energy, passion, and you're left with watching a scrimmage tape, albeit with high intensity. We will all be happy when things are back to normal, but that won't be before the 2021 season. 1
SCBills Posted August 30, 2020 Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: No one should have fans right now. It's stupid. And believe me, it is going to be strange and disappointing (at least for me) to watch these games with empty stadiums. For me, it will detract hugely from my enjoyment of the games. You take out the crowd, energy, passion, and you're left with watching a scrimmage tape, albeit with high intensity. We will all be happy when things are back to normal, but that won't be before the 2021 season. I completely disagree with you on the fans aspect, but there’s no sense in turning this into, yet another, one of those debates. Edited August 30, 2020 by SCBills
Logic Posted August 30, 2020 Posted August 30, 2020 I read a recent study that indicated that home field advantage in the NFL (with fans in the stands, of course) is worth about 2.2 points. Given that 11 teams last year had an average margin of victory or defeat of 2.2 points or less, that’s significant. It will be interesting to see what no fans in the stands means to home field advantage.I actually wrote an article about it for Medium, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post it here. 1
Green Lightning Posted August 30, 2020 Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said: When there are 79 thousand fans screaming their butts off...and Brady still drives the Patriots to a game winning drive...what does that show you? That he's a HOF QB.
CommonCents Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 27 minutes ago, HappyDays said: Not sure how I feel about this. Solution: begin drinking earlier than normal on gameday, take a shot of liquor anytime you finish a beer. By kickoff you won’t notice the missing fans.
PromoTheRobot Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 On 8/30/2020 at 12:48 PM, SCBills said: 2,000 fans for Austin Peay vs Central Arkansas last night in Montgomery, Alabama... but we can’t have fans in September... I watched that game. More like 200 actually in the stands.
Logic Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, HappyDays said: Not sure how I feel about this. I sort of don't see what other choice they have. Too many teams and coaches are concerned about the opposition learning their calls and checks and so forth by so clearly being able to hear their communications. They could play music instead of fan noise, I suppose, but they've got to do SOMETHING.
Stank_Nasty Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 I’m probably in the minority but I personally think fake noise is worse than no noise. So cheesy. Also I just heard the noise we will hear in the broadcast won’t just be the PA system noise. just not a fan..... I’m with the dude up the page.... beers and shots.... and then more beer.
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