Interesting Comments from UGA Mailbag (Macon Paper)

Sep 5, 2013, 8:21 AM

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Two somewhat related questions:

Did you notice the three video screens in Memorial Stadium being flashed like a strobe light right before UGA snapped the ball on Saturday? I'm not sure if it was before every snap but I noticed it quite a bit from my seat in the upper deck. Do you know if that is legal? And what is your opinion on how it could affect an offense's pre snap adjustments?
-Daniel, Atlanta, GA

During the game you heard Death Valley playing music to get the crowd fired up and IT WORKED!! Why has UGA stopped doing this?
- Rob McRae, via Twitter

Here’s the deal with the music: Per ACC rules, Clemson was allowed to play music before snaps – actually, the rule is until the center gets over the ball. But that’s not legal in the SEC yet. Greg McGarity told me that it will be starting in 2014, but a rule legalizing it won’t take effect this year. So you will not hear “canned music” between plays. The band can play, however.

As for the strobe lights, I didn’t notice it, and neither did anyone I spoke to, but it was probably related to the canned music being played.

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I'm tired of it. Sick of it really. I'm not talking about our team, players or coaches. I'm talking about our fans. If you want to complain about the way we're playing fine. Murray throwing interceptions? Fine. D can't tackle? Fine. But if you're going to cry and complain about things then you have an obligation to show up to the next game, against a top 10 team and cheer until your lungs hurt. Clemson had an electric atmosphere. Quite possibly one of the best I've ever been to. South Carolina last year same thing. The only time in the past 10 ten years Sanford Stadium has been like either of those games was the first Blackout Game and that wasn't until we came out in black jerseys or they started to play Soulja Boy over the loud speakers. We shouldn't have to have our Coach or players asking/pleading for the fans to show up in a big way. Our fans can make fun of South Carolina's mascot/introduction whatever or Clemson's run down the hill but frankly when it comes to creating the best possible atmosphere for a college game, one that would give our team an advantage, our fans fall short …. Luckily there is always the next game to change that.
- R. Braver, ####### Ga.

Thank you for your thoughts. I’ve heard this sentiment from a few fans lately and over the past few years. I guess we’ll see on Saturday how the atmosphere at Sanford holds up.

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What happened to the strength and conditioning program, the Dawgs got smacked in the mouth on both sides of the line, I thought debt would help but no, very few graded out 75%, or better, the WRs and RBs held up their part, Jenkins and Hicks looked powerful but overall a poor effort.
- Steve Hester

Well, you pointed out that Jenkins and Hicks looked good, and they’re part of the strength program, both with one year in it. The linemen on both sides, however, did not look great. But not to sound like a broken record here, but let’s see more than one game before we jump to massive conclusions.

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It doesn't flash like a strobe, but it does go black-white-black-white-black-white very rapidly. But it doesn't strobe like Georgia Tech's does. I think what GT does should be illegal, incidentally, especially during scoring attempts.

Since this article covered music during the game, I want to point out that at least once the UGA band was playing AFTER THE SNAP. And they were almost always playing after UGA broke the huddle (realizing they didn't huddle most of the time, so by that I mean the QB got under center). It was my distinct impression that both actions were illegal under ACC rules, which state that music (canned or band) must stop when play is about to begin, and UGA should have been penalized several times for their band playing too long. However when's the last time *anyone* was penalized for that?

Interesting Comments from UGA Mailbag (Macon Paper)

I didn't notice....

I think they're referring to the "GET LOUD" message

Re: I didn't notice....

I did notice UGa's band blasts up until the snap

Its funny how ALL college fan bases sound the same after a

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Thanks +1***

Looks like blaming the S&C coach is all the rage amongst

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