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(09-29-2021 04:27 PM)blazerblazer Wrote:  What are some new, old, and current game day traditions that we expect for the opening game at Protective this weekend?

For the game itself, what will be new traditions? Will we resurrect any older traditions? Any additions to our current traditions?

1. The football team will be running out to the field with a new intro song. In the past it has been the Marching Blazers performing and forming a tunnel for them after their pre-game performance. At the new stadium, they will be running out to a song playing over the speakers, similar to Va Tech's Enter Sandman intro.
I'm hoping it has something to do with fire, iron, dragons.
Black Sabbath - Iron Man, Jimi Hendrix - Fire, Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla: any of these work for me.

2. Since the return, we haven't really done much as a stadium for kickoffs. Is it still "Goooo Blazers! Give 'Em Hell!"? This is something the cheerleaders, ribbon board, and jumbotron should help the crowd with. Since we have those ribbon boards, we should be more vocal as one at the new stadium - especially on defense.

3. I believe everyone will have chills during and after Blazer Thunder It will be LOUD and thunderous.

4. Rumblings in the Facebook groups is that they will be playing Randy Newman's "Birmingham" around the 4th QTR? I'm all about songs about the Magic City, but this doesn't really pump up fans in my opinion and most definitely won't pump up our football team. I'm all for the Marching Blazers performing it during Pre-game or in the stands, but it's sort of a lack luster song through the speakers for the crowd.

4. I really enjoyed the pyro at Legion Field. I have no idea where they are going to put it, but I hope we have pyro again - I would also be down for fireworks, but I know the stadium is much closer to the airport than Legion and not sure about those logistics.


Are there any other older traditions we should revive or that I missed? And what newer traditions have you heard we will try or any that you have in mind?

Evan hinted about pyro coming back on Twitter, I believe. When he was talking about that second interview with Ingram that never came, someone replied a picture of the fire on the roof of the Superdome in the comments and he said something along the lines of “you don’t know how close you are” back to them