(09-21-2016 03:11 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  I won't go into all of it,

but I was at Tulane stadium v Navy.

HRS as it sits is better in many ways and comparable in others. Same with fan attendance. I'd also note that the logo and the band (for the most part) played 'away' from the press box which was on the visitors sideline. The home side was quite empty... despite a REALLY good game with Navy clearly outdrawing Tulane and parking and the egress for visiting fans was poor (due to the path being blocked for players before and after the game)... and they don't have a pee wall, but they do have stainless steel troughs.

It's a decent facility... I'm just addressing the complaints we make. Tulane isn't markedly better and can't solve some of their issues, while we can.

One thing I liked... of course Navy has lots of traditions... songs, chants, doing push-ups or 'tosses' in the stands for the score etc.... but Tulane now has a chant I hadn't heard before (not new, but I hadn't heard it). It sounds like a 1950's 'rah rah sis boom bah- T-Ray t-ray Var-Si-t-ray' sort of cheer played over the system... and while it MAY have been done by the audio system (a simple echo and delay) it SOUNDED like the fans were chanting along with it after scores.

I liked involving the fans in such cheers, even if it was piped in (which is a good idea). I don't like that the home crowd at Rice doesn't get the cheerleaders. I understand why the students do, but I wish they extended around to us and worked in concert.

The virtual cheers and crowd noise add a lot to the game day environment, especially at a big venue like HRS, where there aren't many fans, and the ones in attendance are mostly reserved. It encourages fan participation.