The New Bitter DiamondM
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2001 1:37 pmOkay, though I've become less bitter with a day's reflection, here are the little things that would happen if I were queen:
1. If you score a touchdown on a great play and it is called back, that play would actually be called again during the game. It's not like it was some super double secret trick play that can be used only once. It was, however, more interesting and surprising than running Kincaid over left tackle 3 out of every four downs.
2. When down by 14 with a minute or so to go, the coach would actually show some life by trying to do something other than packing it into the locker room. There is nothing more disheartening and confidence shattering to players and fans than to call the "take the knee" or its equivalent instead of, gasp, actually try to get something going, moving the ball etc. to try to get some momentum back.
3. The yell leaders would not wear baggy minidresses as shirts. Get something that tucks in please.
4. "Mustang Motion" would figure out that our colors are BLUE and red, not black and red. I'm pretty sure they sell navy stretch spandex. Can't wait til we play Texas Tech in basketball and our pom girls look exactly like theirs.
5. Thanks to Chick-Fil-A for the sponsorship, and I love the Chicken Dance as much as the next person, but please do not play it over the band. If you're going to do it, play it late in the second quarter when the band is changing and isn't playing anyway.
6. If SMU Fans can't generally be loud, supportive, etc. (though I will admit to being in the doldrums myself late int he game Sat.), at least they could get this basic rule of football cheering. Cheer very loudly while other team is attempting to snap ball when big defensive stop needed, aka any third down, downs deep in their own territory, anydown where long yardage needed, etc. Conversely, when our offense is facing third and long, it is best not to be too loud to ensure that players can hear snap count and don't have to call time out or take a penalty.
6. And it pains me to say this, but the Mustang Band would sound more like a big time college band by playing between plays, after the snap, etc. to add atmosphere if not all the time, then most of the time. I swear for the first half I heard the TCU band do this over and over while the band was silent. And I don't mean a drum cadence, I mean some repetitive calling card tune, like Peruna used to be. Since the band has decided not to play Peruna incessantly like we used to (which is fine), something has to replace it. Turn on the tv some free Saturday and just LISTEN, no need to even watch, to a "real" college football game, say between Michigan and Ohio State, or, though I hate em, Florida and FSU. There is very little dead time at all. TCU's band (and I'm not talking quality or volume or anything like that) is sounding like big time college bands sound, always playing, repeating an 8 or 16 bar tune. A Peruna fanfare would work in this spot, but it's got to be something loud and short.
1. If you score a touchdown on a great play and it is called back, that play would actually be called again during the game. It's not like it was some super double secret trick play that can be used only once. It was, however, more interesting and surprising than running Kincaid over left tackle 3 out of every four downs.
2. When down by 14 with a minute or so to go, the coach would actually show some life by trying to do something other than packing it into the locker room. There is nothing more disheartening and confidence shattering to players and fans than to call the "take the knee" or its equivalent instead of, gasp, actually try to get something going, moving the ball etc. to try to get some momentum back.
3. The yell leaders would not wear baggy minidresses as shirts. Get something that tucks in please.
4. "Mustang Motion" would figure out that our colors are BLUE and red, not black and red. I'm pretty sure they sell navy stretch spandex. Can't wait til we play Texas Tech in basketball and our pom girls look exactly like theirs.
5. Thanks to Chick-Fil-A for the sponsorship, and I love the Chicken Dance as much as the next person, but please do not play it over the band. If you're going to do it, play it late in the second quarter when the band is changing and isn't playing anyway.
6. If SMU Fans can't generally be loud, supportive, etc. (though I will admit to being in the doldrums myself late int he game Sat.), at least they could get this basic rule of football cheering. Cheer very loudly while other team is attempting to snap ball when big defensive stop needed, aka any third down, downs deep in their own territory, anydown where long yardage needed, etc. Conversely, when our offense is facing third and long, it is best not to be too loud to ensure that players can hear snap count and don't have to call time out or take a penalty.
6. And it pains me to say this, but the Mustang Band would sound more like a big time college band by playing between plays, after the snap, etc. to add atmosphere if not all the time, then most of the time. I swear for the first half I heard the TCU band do this over and over while the band was silent. And I don't mean a drum cadence, I mean some repetitive calling card tune, like Peruna used to be. Since the band has decided not to play Peruna incessantly like we used to (which is fine), something has to replace it. Turn on the tv some free Saturday and just LISTEN, no need to even watch, to a "real" college football game, say between Michigan and Ohio State, or, though I hate em, Florida and FSU. There is very little dead time at all. TCU's band (and I'm not talking quality or volume or anything like that) is sounding like big time college bands sound, always playing, repeating an 8 or 16 bar tune. A Peruna fanfare would work in this spot, but it's got to be something loud and short.