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1. Try to be loud, in general. This doesn't mean being disrespectful toward opposing fans, but it does mean being VERY loud in support of our team, particularly when they're on defense, which is the perfect segue to...
2. The "DEE-FENSE" chant. It was always religion at Shea Stadium when the Jets had the New York Sack Exchange going, and it's much more effective than jiggling keys, which brings us to
3. Stop jiggling the keys. Doesn't help the team in any way, shape or form. Yes, it's a key play, so make some noise on D -- or not, if the team is on offense.
4. The traditional "Let's Go, Blue" chant, when started spontaneously by the crowd, is very effective. The key, after all, is to generate some momentum for the home team.
Bottom line, be loud, know the game, and support the team. Go Blue!
If it's a 1st and 10 and we are on offense in the first quarter, sit the hell down.
If you look around and you are still the only one standing after a few seconds, you are doing it wrong.
I feel like we need our fans to be more hyped to increase the volume in the stadium. There are too many games I can remember where the crowd has been pretty quiet. The UTL games were pretty loud from beginning to end and there was much standing going on throughout the stadium. It was electric!
Really it comes down to being courteous. Not everyone wants to stand on every play. Everyone has a different tolerance level for standing. For me, a person in my mid twenties, I'd like to be sitting for 80% of the game and standing the rest. Much more than that and my legs start to stiffen up.
Standing is fine in key moments, but don't be oblivious. People want to be able to see the plays. One person standing often impairs the sight line of several people. People will get annoyed really quickly. I've been going to games for 17 years, and I've seldom had a problem, but when there is a problem person, they are easy to spot. In the few MSU games in EL I've been to, there were oblivious people standing up on every play.
Standing up too much is simply lacking courteousy. It's imposing if done at the wrong time. Stand up and cheer when appropriate, but don't be like an oblivious Sparty.
We can get our finest engineers to install these throughout the stadium for those that refuse to stand period so their sightlines won't be impeded
SIT DOWN. MY RECLINER IS MAXED OUT
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For the past few years I have been in section 22 & about 30 some odd rows up. The blue hairs in this section don't like either taunting or standing. However, a good round of high fives after a key play does raise the spirits.
My opinion is that I paid for the seats and if I want to stand the whole time to cheer on the team then "fuck you it's the Big House."
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i have not heard anyone say " down in front" (section 3) in the past 10 years or so.
TV coverage tries to make the fans part of the game. emphasis is placed on how many people show up, how much noise they make, what fans are wearing, do they swing and clap in unison while singing ,etc.
i mostly like the football game. the band adds something. the stuff in the stands, like the wave, is annoying if you are watching the game.
i think the game is exciting and i like to stand. i stand while watching michigan on TV as well.
if you are in the stadium, you have to tolerate what anyone else is doing or not doing.
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90, so no.
Are you idiots still arguing about this? (thanks DISCUSSt man)
The stadium is built with seating room, not standing room, so I . . . . sit.
BUT
That seating is in convenient bleacher-form which facilitates easy and repeated opportunuties to stand.
So . . .
I cheer and do both depending on context.
Which means not sitting there like an old fuck when there is anything remotely dramatic is happening on the field.
It also means not standing there screaming on 1st & 15 from our own 20 yrd line like the world's biggest tool.
I actually prefer it over the now popular 5-minute motivational speech on how to be a leader by sitting and getting your friends to sit, too.