Leveling up the fanbase
Being at the game, UW has a lot of ground to make up with regards to the fan traditions of the blue blood B1G schools. I hate saying that the day after the game because the UW fans were loud and proud, but that's the first big game I've attended against a blue blood and it was a different environment. Not sure how the AD can grow that stuff when they run corporate ads and blast music during timeouts instead of letting the band play. Road games next few years are going to be wild for those who can go to them.
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We lost a whole generation of husky fans during the dismal era
Late teen to 30’s I would guess -
Thought same
UW’s effort resulting in the fans and team sleeping by using Purple Reign to drum up excitement -
Yup, Texas was the same thing.BleachedAnusDawg said:The on the field stuff has been beaten to death. We? need better depth along the defensive line, more speed at linebacker, more RB depth, blah blah.
Being at the game, UW has a lot of ground to make up with regards to the fan traditions of the blue blood B1G schools. I hate saying that the day after the game because the UW fans were loud and proud, but that's the first big game I've attended against a blue blood and it was a different environment. Not sure how the AD can grow that stuff when they run corporate ads and blast music during timeouts instead of letting the band play. Road games next few years are going to be wild for those who can go to them. -
Purple reign should not ever be played unless it is a victory celebration. Why is this so hard to understand for ppl.LawDawg1 said:Thought same
UW’s effort resulting in the fans and team sleeping by using Purple Reign to drum up excitement
Been to various environments. Uw crowds usually understand defense and situations better than most. Kick offs are as cool as anything anyone else does. Other than that you're right. The band and crowd could do a better job of being in sync for some stuff. -
UW has the best kickoff and it isnt closeAtomicDawg said:
Purple reign should not ever be played unless it is a victory celebration. Why is this so hard to understand for ppl.LawDawg1 said:Thought same
UW’s effort resulting in the fans and team sleeping by using Purple Reign to drum up excitement
Been to various environments. Uw crowds usually understand defense and situations better than most. Kick offs are as cool as anything anyone else does. Other than that you're right. The band and crowd could do a better job of being in sync for some stuff. -
Honest question: for what? To feel more like you? we? belong to some kind of neat club?
Let me ask this another way: if the team ran the table and won the natty next year and there was no change in fan support, would you care? If you were at the game with 300 fans while Washington bent over Alabama in a sea of crimson would you enjoy the game any less?
You know where I'm going: Miami won 5 natties and were within a hair of at least two more while playing in a leased rust bucket of stadium in a bad location with fans who would show up for big name and consequential games only. Their fans also don't travel very well, and never did.
So I assume you're not saying that UW fans need to "step it up" to win the natty. Because I don't believe that to be the case. -
The fans need to pay players more and that's it. That is their biggest contribution at this point.creepycoug said:Honest question: for what? To feel more like you? we? belong to some kind of neat club?
Let me ask this another way: if the team ran the table and won the natty next year and there was no change in fan support, would you care? If you were at the game with 300 fans while Washington bent over Alabama in a sea of crimson would you enjoy the game any less?
You know where I'm going: Miami won 5 natties and were within a hair of at least two more while playing in a leased rust bucket of stadium in a bad location with fans who would show up for big name and consequential games only. Their fans also don't travel very well, and never did.
So I assume you're not saying that UW fans need to "step it up" to win the natty. Because I don't believe that to be the case. -
Maybe we? need boosters to level up.AtomicDawg said:
The fans need to pay players more and that's it. That is their biggest contribution at this point.creepycoug said:Honest question: for what? To feel more like you? we? belong to some kind of neat club?
Let me ask this another way: if the team ran the table and won the natty next year and there was no change in fan support, would you care? If you were at the game with 300 fans while Washington bent over Alabama in a sea of crimson would you enjoy the game any less?
You know where I'm going: Miami won 5 natties and were within a hair of at least two more while playing in a leased rust bucket of stadium in a bad location with fans who would show up for big name and consequential games only. Their fans also don't travel very well, and never did.
So I assume you're not saying that UW fans need to "step it up" to win the natty. Because I don't believe that to be the case. -
That's literally why people follow college football instead of the NFL. If we're bashing pageantry and traditions I'm actually outcreepycoug said:Honest question: for what? To feel more like you? we? belong to some kind of neat club?
Let me ask this another way: if the team ran the table and won the natty next year and there was no change in fan support, would you care? If you were at the game with 300 fans while Washington bent over Alabama in a sea of crimson would you enjoy the game any less?
You know where I'm going: Miami won 5 natties and were within a hair of at least two more while playing in a leased rust bucket of stadium in a bad location with fans who would show up for big name and consequential games only. Their fans also don't travel very well, and never did.
So I assume you're not saying that UW fans need to "step it up" to win the natty. Because I don't believe that to be the case. -
Seems like UW used to have a lot of “traditions” on game day that went the way of the mobile device and millennial incursion.
