GT: Buffalo at Bucky - 2:30 - FS1

[Mags FTW]

To those that were at the game, was the in-house entertainment as bad as Twitter would have us believe?

I'm not sure what was on Twitter but I guess I can share; I didn't want to complain because I would just sound like an old man yelling at clouds (which, I mean, fair).

The pumped-in music was so loud you could not talk to the person next to you. In the first half, they were playing said music at every opportunity, even between plays, which was honestly super awkward especially when Buffalo was running tempo. Not just like some generic upbeat get loud thing for third down. I mean they were playing songs in between plays. It felt different than years past. It also completely drowned-out the PA and refs, so really you just could not hear anything.

It was better in the second half so I think someone got the memo. I don't mind they added a DJ and want to play some pumped-in music, but volume aside I still think it takes away from the Wisconsin (and really any traditional B10 team) gameday experience when the band is basically just relegated to halftime. Pump-in music during timeouts if you want and leave the rest to the band.

Wisconsin started working with sports production company Van Wagner this year to generate new looks and content for the video boards and change the overall presentation during games.

Like 'a bad frat party': Fans take Wisconsin to task for Camp Randall speaker volume

https://badgerextra.com/sports/football/wisconsin-football-camp-randall-speaker-volume/article_eb5c4c88-4acb-11ee-a8ff-d380196588d0.html

[MikeIsGood]

Ok, so at the very least I'm glad that it wasn't just me.

[BUCKnation]

Yeah, probably just trying something new and going very poorly

[Mags FTW]

Yeah, probably just trying something new and going very poorly

"Re-imagining™️ the Gameday experience"

[MVP2110]

I am curious how they Correct it going forward. I know for years Badger Gamedays have been considered pretty boring as far as college football is concerned, but it seems like they'll have a hard time trying to implement new stuff without also alienating a large chunk of their season ticket holders.

[jute2003]

I am curious how they Correct it going forward. I know for years Badger Gamedays have been considered pretty boring as far as college football is concerned, but it seems like they'll have a hard time trying to implement new stuff without also alienating a large chunk of their season ticket holders.

That will for sure be the challenge. A big percentage of the old farts won't be happy with anything resembling change. Neil diamond is about as risque as they get.

By the sounds of it, van Wagner effed it up pretty spectacularly though.

[MikeIsGood]

There are definitely some good compromises I think. Keep a DJ and have them talk with the crowd and encourage them to make noise (it worked for the students, at least), play pop and hip hop/rap/whatever you want during timeouts when there isn't an honoree being presented, and keep playing some pump-up music on third down. But keep the volume reasonable so you don't drown-out the refs and keep people from talking to each other, and don't forget you have one of the best bands in the country.

This would be like steering into some of the things they did before but could have done more of, as opposed to flipping the table over. Someone just really didn't consider balance when they put the changes in.

[BUCKnation]

Doesn't help either that the stoppages have seemingly gone up 150% from previous years

[MickeyDavis]

Heard some clips from McIntosh yesterday, they are definitely going to be making some changes.