Ideas for a Dome trademark entrance

[ArtsJunk]

Bring back the cannon.
Syracuse University Archives: Exhibits - Spirit of Tradition: The Greeks ? Traditions of Fraternities<br>and Sororities

 

[Trueblue25]

Bring back the cannon.
Syracuse University Archives: Exhibits - Spirit of Tradition: The Greeks ? Traditions of Fraternities<br>and Sororities

Getting the Greek life re involved with the football/basketball programs already taps in the thousands of students that'd otherwise be passed out at their house at gametime.

There really should be a Greeklife initiative.

 

[SWC75]

Bring back card sections.

 

[pacusewife]

The lights in the stadium go out. Happy Otto shows up on the big screen. He's in the dressing room making sure he's ready to go.

Hair right? Check
No food between teeth? Good
Breath ok? Yes

Then a single spotlight shines on the Clemson Tiger mascot, who's waltzing around in the end zone. Otto's head perks up. Somethings not right. He sniffs the air. Yes, something is definitely off. He stands up. Another sniff. His body stiffens. His hair stands up on end. He recognizes the scent.* In a rage, he flips over the dressing room table and storms out of the room, running straight through the door, leaving an Otto shaped hole into it.

<Big screen goes dark. Attention then returns to the Tiger mascot in the end zone, who has been acting rather flamboyantly in the meantime>

The Tiger suddenly becomes tense. He darts to the left. Stops and looks around. Darts to the right. A second spotlight shines down to the entrance tunnel. Smoke is coming out of it. The Tiger is scared. He knows he should run, but he is frozen in fear. There's a morbid curiosity in him that he must satisfy. He drifts closer to the tunnel. Suddenly, Angry Otto bursts out of there in a dead sprint, straight towards the Tiger. The Tiger flees, with Angry Otto in heated pursuit, closing fast. The Tiger is getting up to speed but Otto is already running fast. Too fast. It's inevitable. Otto makes the final fatal pounce, bringing down his victim at midfield.

The Dome goes black.

What has happened? Why did the lights go out? What was the fate of the poor little Tiger?

After five seconds, the lights come back on. The Tiger's corpse lies at midfield, eviscerated with his bowels strewn across the ground. Otto stands over his prey, holding his victim's heart in the air. Then, taking a page from Kevin Costner, he bites into the heart, causing blood to pour down his chin. Just then, the lights come on to catch Dabo running back to the locker room to change his pants.

*Optional: Otto grabs a syringe of roids and injects it into his backside before storming out of the room.

Is it bad my only question is "can the lights go on and off that quickly?" I've seen some stadium lights have to "warm up" after being off. No clue how that works. A little worried that that's my only concern here.

 

[Cadillac]

You know, Cadillac, that ain't a half bad idea.

What if we were to come up with a physical manifestation of that history?

Just brainstorming, but supposed we had the team led out by students dressed as Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Jim Nance, Larry Csonka and Floyd Little in the uniforms they wore. Or it could be just the great 44's. Or a Sadat-Singh guy?

Or it could be something else that would ties back so that they players and fans would realize that they are all part of something older and bigger.

The Saltine Warrior would do that, but that ain't gonna happen. Unless we could have the Onandaga graduates design a costume and develop guidelines for behavior.

Thanks. Think it has to be based on 44 and the power it still after all these years holds.

Now it's a banner in the rafters and a small marker on the sidelines.

Blow it up - show it off - you don't have to unretire it - yet. But when the time comes...

 

[DoubleDee]

Agree that the band needs to get bigger and better for I have always thought that the Cuse band is among the worse in college football. Nothing against the band members but change is needed along with new songs/fresh ideas as stated above.

Just waiting for SUMB to respond to this.

#LetTheBandPlay

 

[Macky44]

We are the only indoor college football stadium in the country. It would be awesome if they could turn the lights down and make a cool entrance with orange fog and lighting effects.

I agree... Fog and Orange lightning somehow would be freaking amazing.

 

[Stern]

Replace Goldberg with OTTO. Have OTTO get a police escort from his dressing room in the back. 45,000+ crazy SU fans chanting..."OTTO...OTTTO...OTTO" as Otto marches the back halls of the Dome. Then Otto hits the entrance way and the team is waiting for him. And then Otto leads the team and runs onto the field with the team behind him as the fans still keep chanting..."OTTO...OTTO...OTTO"

 

[IDOC]

WOW this brings back memories from playing trumpet in the band 62-66. My fraternity LXA by tradition supplied the saltine warrior. Good times.
I have season tickets and love what the band does pre game on the steps of the chapel.
If the university wants a larger band they just have to make it more attractive to be a member. In the big picture of ACC football the cost would be minimal.
Proud alumni of the SUMB,
PS I still play those songs on occasion but the high notes are getting higher!

 

[SU68]

Bring back card sections.

Agree. I loved the card section at Archbold (not always great because of the antifreeze consumed) and on TV (especially the LA Coliseum).

 

[SU68]

Getting the Greek life re involved with the football/basketball programs already taps in the thousands of students that'd otherwise be passed out at their house at gametime.

There really should be a Greeklife initiative.

At Archbold, the fraternities and sororities used to sit together and had signs made of bedsheets.

 

[SU68]

WOW this brings back memories from playing trumpet in the band 62-66. My fraternity LXA by tradition supplied the saltine warrior. Good times.
I have season tickets and love what the band does pre game on the steps of the chapel.
If the university wants a larger band they just have to make it more attractive to be a member. In the big picture of ACC football the cost would be minimal.
Proud alumni of the SUMB,
PS I still play those songs on occasion but the high notes are getting higher!

Same here (trombone section). Remember how we used to sing "the Saltine Warrior is a dirty old man..."

 

[OttoMets]

Getting the Greek life re involved with the football/basketball programs already taps in the thousands of students that'd otherwise be passed out at their house at gametime.

There really should be a Greeklife initiative.

This, above all else.

The administration should bribe or threaten Greek letter organizations to show up at all games in big numbers.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Open bar for student STHs. You'd never have an empty seat. If we move em to the opposite sideline they can piss on the opposing players and coaches.

 

[orangefog]

We are the only indoor college football stadium in the country. It would be awesome if they could turn the lights down and make a cool entrance with orange fog and lighting effects.

I'm not sure they can afford me, but I am willing to listen.

 

[SU2NASA]

"Oh my God, that's Dino Babers' music"

 

[pacusewife]

I don't know about long term traditions but while we have Babers this is what I'd like to see at the next home game:
A hype video played before that game that includes the normal hype stuff (awesome plays and what not) but ends with "Whose house? Our house!" and gets the crowd going into the chant. While they're chanting, the team runs out and joins in the chant (call and response with Babers) and just gets everyone real fired up.

At the end of winning games, "They didn't know, it's not their fault."

I'd also like to hear "My House" at some point pre-game. I can't remember if I've heard it there or not...but they should use it.

 

[PhatOrange]

We have tried to build some "traditions" when the Dome opened up.

Remember the guy dressed up like the Roman legionnaire? Then there was the Dome Ranger. Then we got Otto, a giant fuzz-ball based on the fruit. That's what we are stuck with, I guess.

We have tried, but I guess we aren't very good at it.

The Saltine Warrior was the tradition and it was a great one. But it's gone now and never coming back, killed by political correctness.

But what the connection is between SU and Indians is lost on me. Sure, the school sits in Onandaga County and there were and still are Native Americans that live close to the school. But beyond that ...?

Haudenosaunee Promise - University College of Syracuse University

 

[cuse309]

These things need to happen organically. We can't force feed the fanbase a cool entrance. That's like that guy that insists on people calling him by his awesome nickname, that he gave himself...like T-Bone.
Don't be that guy.

 

[BKCuse]

These things need to happen organically. We can't force feed the fanbase a cool entrance. That's like that guy that insists on people calling him by his awesome nickname, that he gave himself...like T-Bone.
Don't be that guy.

I disagree. If it hasn't happened organicaly yet it never will. The Dome Reno if the perfect time to create something new. Make it cool and it sill stick.

I think we should incorporate Ernie Davis. Maybe his old helmet can be something players all touch upon entering ala Clemson and that rock. We obv need something more than touching helmet but that would be a great start.

I know they touch the statue before entering Dome but no one sees that so why not use an Ernie 44 helmet on Ernie Davis Legends Field.

 

[DoubleDee]

I disagree. If it hasn't happened organicaly yet it never will. The Dome Reno if the perfect time to create something new. Make it cool and it sill stick.

I think we should incorporate Ernie Davis. Maybe his old helmet can be something players all touch upon entering ala Clemson and that rock. We obv need something more than touching helmet but that would be a great start.

I know they touch the statue before entering Dome but no one sees that so why not use an Ernie 44 helmet on Ernie Davis Legends Field.

He said "touching helmet". Huh huh

What about this as a 44 to touch?

 

[Macky44]

These things need to happen organically. We can't force feed the fanbase a cool entrance. That's like that guy that insists on people calling him by his awesome nickname, that he gave himself...like T-Bone.
Don't be that guy.

Exactly how does a created entrance happen organically? Are orgasms happening organically too now?

 

[SUMB]

Just waiting for SUMB to respond to this.

#LetTheBandPlay

You rang?

Aside from the entrance, I think it's more important to make each game in the Dome sound like "Syracuse." I don't know what that means necessarily, but I know Florida's band plays the same few chords after big plays or first downs. FSU you can watch with your eyes closed and know immediate that they're on.

The band needs to play more. After first downs and big defensive plays the band needs to play a few bars of the same song. Third and fourth down on D they need to play the same bars of a different song. Do it over and over, season after season and eventually it will sound like Syracuse.

We actually do a lot of this already. We have a good and effective defense "package" that is especially good on third downs and goes really well with the ringing of the bells on the sound system. There is predictability and regularity in what we do, just as you mention. The student section participates more and more, especially this year with us being seated with them. We have/had a few things for offense but those are in flux right now with the new system (there's no time for anything in between plays), but we do have a thing we do at the beginning of each possession and for first downs. These all work with the student section better than ever and I'm hoping they continue to grow there and spread to the rest of the stadium. Admittedly, none of these are as iconic as the tomahawk chop, but it takes a lot of time and the right set of circumstances for something to get to that level.

We do have a "Syracuse" sound in a lot of parts of the game, but it seems that at least for you, for whatever reason it isn't being perceived/noticed and we'll have to figure out why and try to fix it.

We need a bigger, better band with fresh ideas

Agree that the band needs to get bigger and better for I have always thought that the Cuse band is among the worse in college football. Nothing against the band members but change is needed along with new songs/fresh ideas as stated above.

As the band's director I probably shouldn't respond to these but I respectfully disagree with almost all of this. We are not among the worst bands in college football, but that is subjective. As for needing new ideas, my staff and I, as well as everyone in SU Athletics that I work with are always examining the entire college football/band landscape and making sure we are being as current an inventive as we can given the specific circumstances at this institution as well as preserving the (currently too few) traditions we have while hopefully allowing new ones to emerge.

I am—genuinely and without sarcasm—sorry that the SUMB isn't working for you right now. We will keep trying.

I do agree about needing "bigger," but we've talked on this board before that it's a lot easier said than done, but we are working on that too.

Justin

 

[SWC75]

Tradition = Organic Event + Someone decides to make it a tradition.

The equipment manager hands Jim Brown #44. Brown helps recruit Davis and gives the number to him. Davis helps recruit Floyd Little who also gets the number.

 

[dollarbill44]

I'm thinking something like Beef Supreme's entrance to Monday Night Rehabilitation.