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Re: The Mob

Postby LA_Mustang » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:37 am

gostangs wrote:it was zzzzzz to bedlam in about three seconds. bizarre, but really fun.

It really was one of truly bizarre things I've ever experienced at a sporting event. I don't think the crowd was as bad in the first half as some are saying, mostly because the team gave us nothing to get loud about, but around five minutes into the 2nd EVERYONE came alive - the players, the students, the alums and the olds. For the rest of the game the crowd was as good as a college basketball crowd can be. I looked around several times and it seemed like 75% of the arena was standing for the last 15 minutes of game time. I've never seen that before.
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Re: The Mob

Postby Pony ^ » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:42 am

Almost like we were fooling around with Temple and the crowd decided enough is enough, lets win this thing.
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Re: The Mob

Postby smusic 00 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:38 am

Pony ^ wrote:Almost like we were fooling around with Temple and the crowd decided enough is enough, lets win this thing.


That's really what it felt like. Just all of a sudden it was decided...enough!
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Re: The Mob

Postby Prideful Pony » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:59 am

I think there's also still a little bit of an unspoken worry that "we are SMU after all" when the team plays as sloppy and uninspired as they did in the first half. It's going to take a couple years of continued program success for those demons to be fully exorcised.

To be fair, I can't think of too many home games against good opponents where we rallied from a significant hole in the second half. Our fans (and our players as Cunningham pointed out after Cinci) are used to blow outs at home.

The crowd (and player) response once we closed it to 6 or 7 was fantastic from there on out. You could feel the momentum in Moody.
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Re: The Mob

Postby Treadway21 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:20 am

Prideful Pony wrote:I think there's also still a little bit of an unspoken worry that "we are SMU after all" when the team plays as sloppy and uninspired as they did in the first half. It's going to take a couple years of continued program success for those demons to be fully exorcised.

To be fair, I can't think of too many home games against good opponents where we rallied from a significant hole in the second half. Our fans (and our players as Cunningham pointed out after Cinci) are used to blow outs at home.

The crowd (and player) response once we closed it to 6 or 7 was fantastic from there on out. You could feel the momentum in Moody.

Agree here on the "we are SMU something bad is going to happen" - I am guilty of that myself and it is hard to fight thru it. That and there wasn't much to cheer for and the every missed free throw took a little more air out of the place. Plus, I think the team and crowd was also deflated a bit from the craziness of Saturday.

On the flip side, it was really like flipping a switch on the energy. Crazy - I have never witnessed a sporting event where the fans turned it so suddenly like that. Great to see us pull that one out - a good opponent in an incredibly important game with the crowd really into it; this team seems to have some mental toughness edge we did not always have last season.
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Re: The Mob

Postby Pony64 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:42 am

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gostangs wrote:it was zzzzzz to bedlam in about three seconds. bizarre, but really fun.

It really was one of truly bizarre things I've ever experienced at a sporting event. I don't think the crowd was as bad in the first half as some are saying, mostly because the team gave us nothing to get loud about, but around five minutes into the 2nd EVERYONE came alive - the players, the students, the alums and the olds. For the rest of the game the crowd was as good as a college basketball crowd can be. I looked around several times and it seemed like 75% of the arena was standing for the last 15 minutes of game time. I've never seen that before.


This season I would agree, but last year CINN game was similar as well as Cal. Maybe Memphis and Louiville as well last year.
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Re: The Mob

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:55 am

The instantaneous rise in the crowd out of nowhere really was odd, but cool!
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Re: The Mob

Postby CalallenStang » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:28 pm

It happened right after MK's double move that followed Nic's dive for a loose ball
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Re: The Mob

Postby gostangs » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:58 pm

yeah - its funny how a play that may not seem like it means much can turn a game. Nic diving for the ball was such a "hell no we aint gonna lose this game" effort - that it compelled the crowd to commit. Until then everyone was like - well if they cant even hit a free throw or grab a rebound I'm not gonna stand up and go crazy for nothing. Once committed, there was no stopping it. The crowd just drowned Temple.
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Re: The Mob

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:58 pm

What are they yelling while jumping and pointing upwards during the free throws?
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Re: The Mob

Postby LA_Mustang » Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:01 pm

I agree. Nic's dive for the ball is the play that woke everyone up.
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Re: The Mob

Postby Pony147 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:22 pm

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:What are they yelling while jumping and pointing upwards during the free throws?


"Miss! Miss! Miss!"
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Re: The Mob

Postby SMU SID » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:33 pm

Pony147 wrote:
DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:What are they yelling while jumping and pointing upwards during the free throws?


"Miss! Miss! Miss!"


I think they're doing the "Yes!" chant made famous by WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVy5XdQhOM

I've seen it done at several college and pro events this year...
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Re: The Mob

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:36 pm

SMU SID wrote:I think they're doing the "Yes!" chant made famous by WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVy5XdQhOM

I've seen it done at several college and pro events this year...

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Re: The Mob

Postby Pony ^ » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:38 pm

I laughed. That was great.
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