Well, there goes any chance of me ever going to an MLB game.
About as annoying as 112,000 people all playing "The Quiet Game" our parents used to trick us with. Vuvuzelas would swing the pendulum from an exasperatingly quiet Big House, to an annoying oversize hornets nest.
I'm sure the band is excited by the prospect... the best thing to happen to them since canned rock music...
As a current senior at UM, if they're going to start using those annoying horns at the games I suggest they start it during the night game against ND in 2011 when I wont be there.
to ram a drumstick down the nearest vuvuzela if douchebags even THINK of bringing them near the band.
Please. God. No.
please tell me you have been to at least one baseball game?
but I don't think it would fly in Detroit.
I think the only good thing about vuvuzelas are that they have the possibility to be used as a beer pong
I hope you meant beer bong, otherwise I'm confused.
hah, my bad, definitely meant beer bong
I thought that would be pretty cool for any team associated with a bee/hornet (eg Georgia Tech Yellowjackets) to hear that at there home stadium.....anything else would be utterly feared.
Mixed on this one.... something tells me it would be pretty cool hearing 112,000 vuvuzelas every time Cousins, Stanzi, and Tanzien (Sp?) lined up to take a snap... and zero when UM is on offense.
They would turn road games into nightmares for teams, any team that uses a lot of audibles would be in deep trouble. If this makes it to NFL games, Peyton Manning would be totally screwed. I really don't want to see them come to our sporting events but I won't be surprised if it starts to happen.
and blame your baldness on the pussy!
I think you're looking for Tolzien there.
Yeah... him too!
Tanzien is the starting QB for UMass.... (like anyone would know whether I was right or not!)
If we have to resort to vuvzelas to generate a homefield advantage, we might as well put "WE SUCK" on our student t-shirts. Here's an idea : make noise by . . . cheering!
If you bring a vuvuzela to the Big House I will punch you... and I won't even feel bad about it.
What're you going to do if Mr. Ross comes to the Big House with a vuvuzela and he brings along Jake Long? Ball is in your court.
I'd buy Jake Long a hoagie and tell him to punch Mr. Ross for me.
I'd consult with Maizeforlife on ideas. I would also remind Mr. Ross that I gave him a fair warning.
Artificial noise makers are banned by several conferences. See the recent Mississippi State Cowbell kerfluffle. If cow bells are banned, so are vuvuzelas.
I want to say MLB and MLS are the only sports that allow artificial noise makers. MLS is pretty obvious as soccer has always allowed drums or noise makers. Baseball has allowed things like "Thundersticks", so I assume stuff like that is still legal.
I'm not sure what the NHL's policy is, or the NFL for that matter. I could check my fan guide from when I worked with the Texans, but I want to say it's limited.
but if anyone thinks Roger Goodell is going to let vuvuzelas at NFL games, they're nuts.
has made liberal use of thundersticks, too. Of course, they let arenas play music while the game is actually happening, so they're on a whole different level.
On the high school level, I know the Ann Arbor-area SEC isn't officially fond of artificial noisemakers, nor is the MHSAA (which is relevant during playoffs). Enforcement ranges from spotty to nonexistent, though, so the rule isn't often relevant. It's more likely to be enforced during the playoffs when the MHSAA takes everything way too seriously as opposed to during the regular season, when it's really up to the hosting A.D. to make it an issue.
to the banned items list at the Big House.
... Marlins have among the lowest attendance in the majors.
Vuvuzela Night: 23,242 (60.3% full)
Prior Tues: 17,130 (44.4% full)
It ain't a trend, it's like Eddie Gaedel, 2010:
Steeeeeerrrrrriiiiikkkkkkeeee!
Little Eddie Gaedel walked on 4 pitches. No strike called in his only AB.
... I was pretending Jim Joyce was making the call.
Well that sailed over my head.
I thought the whole thing was supposed to be a gimmicky marketing campaign.
But he still walked on 4 pitches, though.
And Tigers pitcher Bob Cain laughing hysterically.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5308205
The Marlins are actually HAPPY about how this went. Their marketing people were fucking ecstatic. However, the noise may have contributed to a "botched lineup change" in the 9th, wiping out a base hit. The manager and players were not thrilled.
Having watched much of this world cup I have really been bothered by that infernal noise. The chanting and singing is a big part of eurpoean football (rugby as well actually) and is something I really enjoy when watching it.
However, when I contrast that with what I have seen at the Big House over my years of fandom I can't say that I would rather hear a pin drop than hear that noise. Honestly, the crowds at the Big House are traditionally not very vocal and this might add to a home field advantage. There would have to be rules about not playing them after a touchdown so I could hear the band playing Hail to the Victors though.
has been MAJORLY dampened by the TV networks. Imagine what you're hearing, how unbelievably annoying it is, and now amplify it three fold.
But I simply called it a plastic horn. Those things are loud and annoying. I remember trying to use it during a Penn State - Michigan bball game in 1996 to distract Penn State FT shooters.
It was promptly confiscated after the first Penn State FT. I doubt those vuvezelas will make it very far at Michigan Stadium...
there was a Canadian NHL team who had a fan who would blow one of those plastic horns throughout the whole game. I don't remember if it was Calgary or Edmonton. It sounded like a dying trumpeter swan. HONNK HONK HONK........HONNK HONK HONK! After about five minutes of listening to that (on the television no less) I was thinking STFU!
I literally could not enjoy watching the game until I turned the sound off. It was terrible.
hear these at Joe Louis I will personally get up, go find the person with it, pull it out of their hand and snap it in half. I never want to hear these things in a hockey game or football or baseball.
But don't want to continue to read whiny posts about how quiet the stadium is. Can't have it both ways.
I see nothing inconsistent about wanting the stadium to be louder while simultaneously viewing these horns with loathing. I hope to have a tasty dinner with a meat entree tonight too, but I don't want sauteed slugs.
...are for people who are too lazy to yell.
Only in Miami...only in Miami...