Re: Bison Fatigue
Originally Posted by
MankatoBison
Speaking of which, our basketball fans SuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. holy Sh*t, what a disappointment. It sounds like its a football game where we are always on offense. Absolutely no cheering whatsoever unless we score. No yelling on defense, no chanting. Atmosphere is dead as a doornail unless we're scoring at the moment.
First NDSU basketball game I've been to and wow our fans were horrific. Ive seen gyms with only 300 fans that were VASTLY more raucous and LOUD than the 2800 people who were there.
No home of the "BISON!", no cheering on defense, no chanting, no crowd engagment, student section was standing room only but were silent as a cemetery.
Seriously, If our basktball fans were HALF as engaged as our football fans, we would have a top 50 atmosphere in ALL OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Basketball is a bit different than football. I went to most of the games during college until they moved to Scheels, atmosphere was generally hit/miss. The SDSU games were generally hits. Sometimes Saul would get worked up and get the student section a bit rowdy.
Not sure its really fair to expect football types of enthusiasm. But NDSU football isn't exactly full of chants either. There's the always uncoordinated "let's go bison" and the first down cheer, but mostly just a noisy place when the herd are on defense.
I think it'd be best for everyone involved if people didn't compare the two. NDSU basketball is a fun time and more people might go if they didn't compare it to a football game. I'm sure a lot of schools wish their basketball games had the same energy as a football game and vice versa. Plus you throw in the virus and all that, really it's just nice that people are going to support the team this year.
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