09-26-2021, 01:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-26-2021, 02:01 PM by Row80Critic.)
Shaw should take one of those NFL jobs now, if he still can. Stanford will never put an end to this mess until Shaw's stock is below zero, and then it will be too late. And, for what it's worth, Shaw 'system' may work better in the NFL where everyone can play like the sportbots he wants on every down. The only time this 'system' looked effective was when the team had first round draft picks, and multiple picks in the top 5 rounds. College coaches tend to look good with that kind of talent. If Shaw can't choose between McKee and West in his own camp, how likely is he to spot the best talent in a sea of high school recruits?
Come ON Stanford, just print a few measly tickets for the elderly people in the audience already. How cheap are you!! Enhanced experience my right foot. The WiFi was overwhelmed; droves of elderly people didn't know what to do; it's just cruel. And you better hang on to us old-timers, cuz you're not making a lot of new football fans these days....
Turn down that ridiculous PA system. It's not creating a buzz or excitement. It's simply obnoxious to most of the paid visitors. If the student body wants to hear a constant beat of dance club music during a football game, turn it on over there. Let the rest of us enjoy the game. Jeez Louise. We sit near a speaker and my ears are still ringing. OSHA wouldn't allow it; why does Stanford???
Not every third down is the OMG most exciting play in the history of football. Not sure if that's still Steve Frost, but for the love of God, follow the game and stop screaming at us when least warranted. Stanford can only create excitement on the field -- piping in loud dance club music and pretending like every third down is epic, is just annoying.
Re the student announcers for the band: they need a new schtick. That stilted cue-card reading drone isn't funny -- it's just more over-amplified noise people are trying to block out. Also, I'm wildly pro-vaccine (got my booster on Friday actually) but why get all smug and condescending about it. It wasn't funny. It wasn't helpful. So why? We should be building bridges, not 'cleverly' mocking from a mountain top.
On the plus side, the Covid verification tents were well-staffed and ran smoothly enough. Pretty sure I could have gotten verified by showing them my old Blockbuster Video Card, since they barely glanced at it, but at least it wasn't a logjam.
The whole art of the Arthur P. Barnes National Anthem is to have a single solo trumpet replicate the stirring soul and spirt of a lone bugle on the range -- in the solemn spirit of taps -- and then build to a crescendo as the woodwinds and the brass instruments join in stages. When you BLARE the solo trumpet over the PA, and then turn off the PA for the crescendo, it just sounds like the PA system malfunctioned at an unfortunate point in the song.
Oh, and the mighty Beavers beat USC even more soundly than Stanford did, extinguishing any lingering hopes that this team "has it in them" when they want it. They might, and I hope they do, but that USC game says a lot more about USC than Stanford at this point.
Go Stanford. Beat the ducks. We want 'bama. Etc.
Come ON Stanford, just print a few measly tickets for the elderly people in the audience already. How cheap are you!! Enhanced experience my right foot. The WiFi was overwhelmed; droves of elderly people didn't know what to do; it's just cruel. And you better hang on to us old-timers, cuz you're not making a lot of new football fans these days....
Turn down that ridiculous PA system. It's not creating a buzz or excitement. It's simply obnoxious to most of the paid visitors. If the student body wants to hear a constant beat of dance club music during a football game, turn it on over there. Let the rest of us enjoy the game. Jeez Louise. We sit near a speaker and my ears are still ringing. OSHA wouldn't allow it; why does Stanford???
Not every third down is the OMG most exciting play in the history of football. Not sure if that's still Steve Frost, but for the love of God, follow the game and stop screaming at us when least warranted. Stanford can only create excitement on the field -- piping in loud dance club music and pretending like every third down is epic, is just annoying.
Re the student announcers for the band: they need a new schtick. That stilted cue-card reading drone isn't funny -- it's just more over-amplified noise people are trying to block out. Also, I'm wildly pro-vaccine (got my booster on Friday actually) but why get all smug and condescending about it. It wasn't funny. It wasn't helpful. So why? We should be building bridges, not 'cleverly' mocking from a mountain top.
On the plus side, the Covid verification tents were well-staffed and ran smoothly enough. Pretty sure I could have gotten verified by showing them my old Blockbuster Video Card, since they barely glanced at it, but at least it wasn't a logjam.
The whole art of the Arthur P. Barnes National Anthem is to have a single solo trumpet replicate the stirring soul and spirt of a lone bugle on the range -- in the solemn spirit of taps -- and then build to a crescendo as the woodwinds and the brass instruments join in stages. When you BLARE the solo trumpet over the PA, and then turn off the PA for the crescendo, it just sounds like the PA system malfunctioned at an unfortunate point in the song.
Oh, and the mighty Beavers beat USC even more soundly than Stanford did, extinguishing any lingering hopes that this team "has it in them" when they want it. They might, and I hope they do, but that USC game says a lot more about USC than Stanford at this point.
Go Stanford. Beat the ducks. We want 'bama. Etc.