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LunchTime said:

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I was very reluctant to go... But the kids said they wanted to go which was weird. My sister wanted to go because it was a day game...

So I went. +4.

I heard the band consistently. The music was very limited. The most obnoxious thing was playing over the band on sacks, but the band was too slow to get started imo. Both could do better. Limited obnoxious on field hype events.

A couple fun cross stadium go bears...

It was just much better than usual. Or maybe I was sitting so low in the bowl I wasn't having my eardrums blown out.

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True. My ears didn't bleed yesterday. That was a small consolation.

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It was better except in the restaurant area behind gg. Ear splitting radio crap before the game hurt my ears.nwe left and had to eat in the stands

Except they played it about two keys too low and it sounds like a dirge b/c many, especially females, can't' hit those notes. It would have more volume (vocally) if they played it in a higher key.

As for those saying things were better: That's like saying last week we lost by two but this week we lost by one, so it's better.

It was still ________!

TomBear said:

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Except they played it about two keys too low and it sounds like a dirge b/c many, especially females, can't' hit those notes. It would have more volume (vocally) if they played it in a higher key.

As for those saying things were better: That's like saying last week we lost by two but this week we lost by one, so it's better.

It was still ________!

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I second this.

I'll have to take the word of those who say the band played more because from EE I can barely hear them from the corner they're now stuffed in.

kal kommie said:

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TomBear said:

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Except they played it about two keys too low and it sounds like a dirge b/c many, especially females, can't' hit those notes. It would have more volume (vocally) if they played it in a higher key.

As for those saying things were better: That's like saying last week we lost by two but this week we lost by one, so it's better.

It was still ________!

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I second this.

I'll have to take the word of those who say the band played more because from EE I can barely hear them from the corner they're now stuffed in.

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Interesting. I'm was in EE. Heard them consistently.

Regardless, the problem was that the band wasn't even permitted to play.

Moving the goalposts to "the band sucks" when the insanely terrible parts of the in-game experience were absent is silly.

LunchTime said:

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kal kommie said:

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TomBear said:

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Except they played it about two keys too low and it sounds like a dirge b/c many, especially females, can't' hit those notes. It would have more volume (vocally) if they played it in a higher key.

As for those saying things were better: That's like saying last week we lost by two but this week we lost by one, so it's better.

It was still ________!

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I second this.

I'll have to take the word of those who say the band played more because from EE I can barely hear them from the corner they're now stuffed in.

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Interesting. I'm was in EE. Heard them consistently.

Regardless, the problem was that the band wasn't even permitted to play.

Moving the goalposts to "the band sucks" when the insanely terrible parts of the in-game experience were absent is silly.

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Yesterday was "good" only in comparison to the constant 100+ decibel blast from the previous home game vs Miami. Compared to what it was and should still be, it was pathetic. The band yesterday played a fraction of what it did 15 years ago but because it was marginally more than last time it draws praise.

Every season we have a game or two where some people say "it was better this time" and it really never is. Can't remember how many times over the last 10 years I've seen this happen. At most it was marginally better yesterday. The awful paradigm shift remains.

The music before the game was 'gentler'. Could be sound, could be less obnoxious. Either way...better.

Same thing every year. At the start of the season the new , deaf, pa guy or dj blasts the music. After a few games after many complaints, they turn it down. No continuity to the next year .

And there was no echo in the PA system in my section. I could perfectly hear what was said.

bearsandgiants said:

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You could hear band on tv all the time. Sounded great.

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Yep I heard the band at every TV timeout/break..sounded great.

philly1121 said:

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I watched the UCLA Rutgers game. Rutgers is a Learfield team. And I swear, they played the exact same music. 3rd downs they played pursuit of happiness from kid cudi. Other songs too that I heard. Though I didn't catch our entire game, it was almost identical.

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You probably identified the source of one of my complaints that piped in music is generic stadium music. There are a dozen very common stadium songs and Cal uses them too often, some multiple times/game ('everybody clap your hands…)

I have same complaint at weddings (YMCA)

But since we outsourced gameday to Learfield they just play their curated song list they use at every stadium

An improvement would be to mix in more unique current music (I heard 1 at Miami game), some Bay Area artist songs including some classics (I did hear a short mix including a brief part of a Fleetwood Mac song). An example of a classic from Bay Area fan Big Yellow Taxi… Duran is a big Cal fan too)

Wasn't it - Hey alumni, get your hands up!

rkt88edmo said:

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Wasn't it - Hey alumni, get your hands up!

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I wish they'd bring that one back. One of the few ways to get the west side regularly involved.

philly1121 said:

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I watched the UCLA Rutgers game. Rutgers is a Learfield team. And I swear, they played the exact same music. 3rd downs they played pursuit of happiness from kid cudi. Other songs too that I heard. Though I didn't catch our entire game, it was almost identical.

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Why the Learfield contract must be terminated and given to a Cal alumni run not-for-profit.

philbert said:

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rkt88edmo said:

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Wasn't it - Hey alumni, get your hands up!

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I wish they'd bring that one back. One of the few ways to get the west side regularly involved.

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oh that was the prelude to the slow clap buildup right?

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LunchTime said:

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kal kommie said:

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TomBear said:

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Except they played it about two keys too low and it sounds like a dirge b/c many, especially females, can't' hit those notes. It would have more volume (vocally) if they played it in a higher key.

As for those saying things were better: That's like saying last week we lost by two but this week we lost by one, so it's better.

It was still ________!

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I second this.

I'll have to take the word of those who say the band played more because from EE I can barely hear them from the corner they're now stuffed in.

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Interesting. I'm was in EE. Heard them consistently.

Regardless, the problem was that the band wasn't even permitted to play.

Moving the goalposts to "the band sucks" when the insanely terrible parts of the in-game experience were absent is silly.

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Yesterday was "good" only in comparison to the constant 100+ decibel blast from the previous home game vs Miami. Compared to what it was and should still be, it was pathetic. The band yesterday played a fraction of what it did 15 years ago but because it was marginally more than last time it draws praise.

Every season we have a game or two where some people say "it was better this time" and it really never is. Can't remember how many times over the last 10 years I've seen this happen. At most it was marginally better yesterday. The awful paradigm shift remains.

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game experience was much better

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I am honestly surprised by the intentionality of fighting against the fact that it was better, while saying it was better.

You really seem like a miserable person, honestly.

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LunchTime said:

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I was very reluctant to go... But the kids said they wanted to go which was weird. My sister wanted to go because it was a day game...

So I went. +4.

I heard the band consistently. The music was very limited. The most obnoxious thing was playing over the band on sacks, but the band was too slow to get started imo. Both could do better. Limited obnoxious on field hype events.

A couple fun cross stadium go bears...

It was just much better than usual. Or maybe I was sitting so low in the bowl I wasn't having my eardrums blown out.

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Yes, much better.

However....the cross-stadium Go/Bears is a pet peeve of mine. It has the potential for being awesome, but the mic men always find new ways to f*** it up.

They tried it once *while* the PA announcer was shilling something.
They did it during a TV timeout -- instead of on defense.
They did it without the prologue "Hey alumni...." which is critical to getting the west side to do their part.
They tried the "Hey alumni" part on the stadium-wide PA. You don't want the whole stadium to say "Hey Alumni...go". You want to the *students* to say "Go".

Why is this so hard?

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They overuse the stadium mic like crazy. Yelling "go" into a stadium PA system ruins the effect completely.

It's really odd that the mic men haven't figured it out.

Same thing with the "gooooooooo bears!" For the spellout.


TBH, the cross stadium go bears is best in the last minute or so of a TV timeout to engage the crowd during otherwise down time.

On defense we should be making our own noise. But working it up during breaks is the job of the yell leader.

rkt88edmo said:

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philbert said:

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rkt88edmo said:

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Wasn't it - Hey alumni, get your hands up!

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I wish they'd bring that one back. One of the few ways to get the west side regularly involved.

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oh that was the prelude to the slow clap buildup right?

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Yep. It was a good way to get most of the west side to at least clap during important defensive plays.

LunchTime said:

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They overuse the stadium mic like crazy. Yelling "go" into a stadium PA system ruins the effect completely.

It's really odd that the mic men haven't figured it out.

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At the risk of sounding like an old man yelling at clouds....I think it really says something about Kids These Days, who think that f it's not processed through electronic amplification it's not real. The idea that the human voice en masse could be more effective just blows their minds.