A true blackout

[cockysousa]

One of my buddies came up with a great idea that I think is very much worth a try. At one of our night games, we should have a blackout, and just before the video preceeding "2001," we kill the lights. Now I understand that the lights might take awhile to turn back on, so we could arrange something like the Colonial Center has for basketball games, where flaps come down over the lights to darken the arena. For those who are superstitious, we don't even have to have a blackout. I just thought that would add to the effect. What do you think?

[The Dude]

IF that were to ever happen, I think the best way to do it would be to "kill" the lights (whether it be flaps or whatever) right before 2001 starts playing, and then at the first crescendo, light up the stadium and continue going from there....THAT would be awesome!

[COCKSHAFT]

I have to agree with you there . . .that would be a SWEET ! ! ! Idea . . especially with the first light that comes back on is the Video boards playing the intro . . . very intimidating ! !

how about suggesting this to the Athletic Department

[cockysousa]

IF that were to ever happen, I think the best way to do it would be to "kill" the lights (whether it be flaps or whatever) right before 2001 starts playing, and then at the first crescendo, light up the stadium and continue going from there....THAT would be awesome!

Now that I like. It would be . . . pure ecstasy.

[ScottFive]

damn...thats a good idea.

Imagine the camera flashes and video all over the stadium; strobes and smoke where our players come out. HOLY crap i got goosebumps.

Then we will have HANDS DOWN the best college football entry.

[COCKSHAFT]

:bow: what a magnificent idea :bow:

We really have to get this to the right people

[Cocky#9]

I like the idea.....

BUT....

alot of people are still walking into the stadium.... I dont know how safe this would be. In the Colonial center, there are lights on each step, and there arent NEARLY as many steps or people.

[The Dude]

I like the idea.....

BUT....

alot of people are still walking into the stadium.... I dont know how safe this would be. In the Colonial center, there are lights on each step, and there arent NEARLY as many steps or people.

Good point...I'm sure we can figure SOMETHING out...

[Spur's Addiction]

I like the idea - however I don't see this happening. Too much of a safety issue

[SNEEZ]

I like the idea.....

BUT....

alot of people are still walking into the stadium.... I dont know how safe this would be. In the Colonial center, there are lights on each step, and there arent NEARLY as many steps or people.

DAMN GOOD REASON FOR EVERYONE TO ALREADY BE SEATED!!!!!

[Cocky#9]

DAMN GOOD REASON FOR EVERYONE TO ALREADY BE SEATED!!!!!

dont be ridiculous......

if you really want to do this, you have to be realistic and reasonable about it. and the decision makers WOULD HAVE TO take this into consideration.

some lady falls when the lights go out, breaks her hip, has to be taken away in an ambulance.... then the University says "you cant sue us.. you should have been in your seat already, Sneez said so" ??

If you want to discuss an idea... lets discuss it without using arguments a child could refute.

Safety would be the #1 question, as it should be.

[SNEEZ]

lights in teh walkways (inside/ under the stadiumthe entrance tunnels until the lights are unshrouded)

[impirius]

That'd be great but could never happen.

[cockysousa]

dont be ridiculous......

if you really want to do this, you have to be realistic and reasonable about it. and the decision makers WOULD HAVE TO take this into consideration.

some lady falls when the lights go out, breaks her hip, has to be taken away in an ambulance.... then the University says "you cant sue us.. you should have been in your seat already, Sneez said so" ??

If you want to discuss an idea... lets discuss it without using arguments a child could refute.

Safety would be the #1 question, as it should be.

Understandable . . . I have been in the stadium at night with the lights off and I was able to see well enough to run down the bleachers while carrying my tuba. It wouldn't be pitch black, but it'd still have the effects of an eerie darkness.

[willy]

Please, no more blackouts.

[Gamecock History]

That idea has been discussed on and off for years, but has never happened. I wish that it would though.

[LegalCock]

Reminds me of an NBA game intro. College football is more about pagentry than modern effects and hype.

[doccock]

I hate theme games.
doc

[big cock fan]

will never happen but would be awsome,, if we had some like strobes and fireworks and the big screen showing highlights. what if we had like spotlights going crazy all over the stands? man we need to step it up and find a way to do all of this.

[Teamoney]

i think we should try it. kill the lights. they do it at movies, concerts, and basketball games and nobody gets hurt. i don't see why it would be a big deal

[Big Spur]

80,000 people vs. a couple of hundred in a theater is the difference. Also the theater walkways are lit as well as at the Colonial Center. Would be great, but will never happen.

[psychwr2]

it wouldn't be bad, but there's no need to fix something that isn't broke, we all saw Tommy Bowden do that and he wound up breaking his coaching intelligence in half by taking maryweather out.

[THEsaturdaynightspecial]

it sounds cool to me

[UgSaCmecocks]

we could just close our eyes for a moment...he he he
na that would never work either someone may forget how to open them back up!!!

[bhall]

I was thinking if we ever did a blackout again and the team was in all black, play funeral bells, kinda like The Undertaker's music, then doing to 2001 or something like that.

[4littlecocks]

Sweeeet! Who do we need to let know for this to happen? That would be so cool!

[Gaichon]

I've heard this brought up before and LOVE the idea, but don't see it even being considered. How could we expect something that cool from an administration that wants to play "Carolina Girls?"

[Spur]

I am tired of blackouts.

Pointless and they just don't work, imo

[Gaichon]

I am tired of blackouts.

Pointless and they just don't work, imo

Wearing all black at night games and making it easier for a visiting QB to find his recievers dressed in white is pointless, but this idea is different.

[lawrimoj]

why not have the ushers block off the entrances 2 minutes prior to 2001 to allow everyone to get to their seats, then allow people to start filing in again once the lights are back on after 2001 is finished. Would have a lot of complaints but would definitely make this idea more feasible.

[SpuR48]

Please, no more blackouts.

I am tired of blackouts.

Pointless and they just don't work, imo


Did you guys even read the thread? He's talking about an addition to the entrance, not a "blackout" in the sense that we all wear black. I think if they did implent it, they would have to light the concourses better, the tunnels, and I don't think they'd be able to kill all of the lights. They'd have to take down maybe 3/4's or something. Way too much of a safety issue to go all dark.

[Gamecock]

I remember the NFL's opening game either last year or the year before was in New England vs the Raiders and before the game they turned the lights down a little, or turned some of them off while Ozzy Osbourne was playing, but not the entire stadium. It looked like there was still plenty enough light left in the stadium to see clearly, but it was darker. Don't they usually cut the lights during superbowl halftime shows and that kind of thing? There has to be some way of doing it, but then again, this is comparing USC to the NFL. They've got a lot more money than we do.

If it were possible I don't think you'd want the lights to come on until the last part of 2001 when Cocky is usually unveiled.

[CockynTN]

Not a bad idea...

[purebredcock]

im all for it, but it wont happen.

[gamecockgal]

Yeah, it is a shame it wouldnt happen but it is a safety issue..

[Gamecock_4life]

IF that were to ever happen, I think the best way to do it would be to "kill" the lights (whether it be flaps or whatever) right before 2001 starts playing, and then at the first crescendo, light up the stadium and continue going from there....THAT would be awesome!

OMG I CAN SEE THAT IN MY HEAD ,,,,BAD A**

[BigSpur325]

that would be awsome...

[cockyguitarist]

I think the idea is.....:woo: , certified bada$$ McLovin. It's really sad that it is a safety issue and that people are not in their fricking seats by then! Just irks me how many people are just getting literally right before they're about to start. But why not just have Spurrier tell people the week before, get to your seats fifteen minutes before kick off or else you will not be allowed to after kick off cause we got something special or what not, kinda like they did with wearing Garnet on Gameday. Also have signs around the stadium that just say, please be in the stadium and REAR END IN SEAT before x time as well as have the student government get it out to the students furthermore. Sounds good to me!

[gamecockfandrew]

Wow, this is an old topic. It wouldn't work unless there were small lights on the stairs of the stadium, and everyone who was in the portal had to stand still. To much of a chance of injury although it would be awesome to see. They could put red lights inside the portals and turn them on with lights on the stairs. If we were to do it, I would be seated an hour prior to kickoff, but it never will.

[CaptainCrunch]

i would love to do it

[ktguen]

i agree. cool idea but i dont think it would ever happen. too many people would complain...and blah blah blah. i think it would be awesome, though!

[SNEEZ]

NO. we can't pull off solid black.

UGA pulled it off VERY NICELY vs Auburn tho

[BigSpur325]

^^^i thought we did good against flordia a couple years ago. . .even though we didnt win

[SNEEZ]

teh team can do it. the fans can't even get into school colors...wtf makes us think they can pull a blackout

no school in the world does it like Penn St thou

their white outs are BAD ASS

[BigSpur325]

Yea you are right i think some people are just retarded

[BigSpur325]

it still would be cool if the lights dimed right before 2001 started

[The Dude]

I think the blackout is a cool idea, in theory
but we nowe have too many bad memories of past blackouts, therefore...it wouldnt have the same "awesome" feeling...

Garnet-out would be great, but wouldnt happen for reasons previously mentioned...most importantly that people are too worried about dressing up in their fruity-colors than to wear their school colors.

[crevil3lf]

Maybe if we do a wear anything but USC colors out our fans will do the opposite and wear garnet to the games!!!


I doubt it but its sad we have to trick people into wearing garnet.

[FeartheSpur]

i think we should do a blackout for the first game of the season since it is on ESPN

[crevil3lf]

I'm tired of the blackout. I mean we dont get organized enough and all this hooblah about the curse. I wish we would just wear solid garnet through out the Stadium and on Garnet all the players!

Like The Dude said a "Garnet Out" per-say.

[gearhead302]

i think we should do a blackout for the first game of the season since it is on ESPN

don't care what color we wear I'll be there screaming my head off!!!!!

[crevil3lf]

don't care what color we wear I'll be there screaming my head off!!!!!

In Garnet!:thumbsup:

[FeartheSpur]

lets do a garnet out then but hell all of the fans wouldnt do it so it would be a garnet with some damn skittles tossed on it out!!!

[XLcock86]

Yeah it would be cool as hell to have a black out but Gamecock fans do not know what colors the Gamecocks are.

[XLcock86]

Yeah it would be cool as hell to have a black out but Gamecock fans do not know what colors the Gamecocks are.Some like to wear purple,grey,brown,pink,yellow,blue... Everything but the school colors.I think it suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.. You look at all the other football stadiums and the fans really look good.Will B on gameday looks nothing like it should.

[XLcock86]

lets do a garnet out then but hell all of the fans wouldnt do it so it would be a garnet with some damn skittles tossed on it out!!!:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::c lap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

[GamecockNeal]

Sorry, I misunderstood this thread, I thought someone saw me downtown last night after the concert. My bad.

[Gamecock_girl_west]

I don't see the big deal. UF games have people in Blue, Orange, White... As long as the stands are filled with Gamecock fans who cares what the people wear? What's next? No hats allowed unless they are Garnet and say Cocks on them?

[crevil3lf]

I don't see the big deal. UF games have people in Blue, Orange, White... As long as the stands are filled with Gamecock fans who cares what the people wear? What's next? No hats allowed unless they are Garnet and say Cocks on them?

It would be different if they were wearing Garnet Black or White thats fine. But some people go in pink yellow green and al kind of stupid colors. Its just a unity thing. Clemson fans wear the same color. Vols wear the same color. Most college crowds are solid colors.

Its just a matter of unity that believe it or not attracts a recurit or 2 a year.

[Gamecock_girl_west]

^^^ If a recruit doesn't choose a school because a sold out stadium isn't in school colors, then, well I don't know. I think there are a lot of things we do that "recruits like" that are silly. Maybe its the new generation but when I was getting recruited I cared about two things, playing time and team unity. Facilities, colors, all that didn't matter to me.

[treykkpsi]

i think we should try it. kill the lights. they do it at movies, concerts, and basketball games and nobody gets hurt. i don't see why it would be a big deal

..none of which have 80,000 people. In addition, all of those venues have lit walkways. Williams-Brice does not.

[crevil3lf]

^^^ If a recruit doesn't choose a school because a sold out stadium isn't in school colors, then, well I don't know. I think there are a lot of things we do that "recruits like" that are silly. Maybe its the new generation but when I was getting recruited I cared about two things, playing time and team unity. Facilities, colors, all that didn't matter to me.

I'm not saying all recruits but there are one or two that dont like our school bc of lack of tradition on gameday and they are right. We should all traditionaly wear Garnet to games. Or at least black or white. Its not like im saying dont come unless you have it I just dont see why people cant drive down to walmart and get a USC shirt thats garnet. And i used walmart for the money excuse.

[mickeyrivers]

One of my buddies came up with a great idea that I think is very much worth a try. At one of our night games, we should have a blackout, and just before the video preceeding "2001," we kill the lights. Now I understand that the lights might take awhile to turn back on, so we could arrange something like the Colonial Center has for basketball games, where flaps come down over the lights to darken the arena. For those who are superstitious, we don't even have to have a blackout. I just thought that would add to the effect. What do you think?
all i know is... if we ever did this i don't wanna be anywhere NEAR the student section that night.

[CoryBoyd4President]

^^
ahahahaha true dat
but i think that stadium would get soooo loud if we did that, half excitment, half panic

[airforcecocky]

I like the idea.....

BUT....

alot of people are still walking into the stadium.... I dont know how safe this would be. In the Colonial center, there are lights on each step, and there arent NEARLY as many steps or people.

All it would take is one time doing it and some Diamond Spur donor would bitch about spilling something cause they could not see and they had a client that lost a pin while they were signing some papers and then it would be over. lol Dont you guys know USC football is about conducting business now.

[airforcecocky]

I'm not saying all recruits but there are one or two that dont like our school bc of lack of tradition on gameday and they are right. We should all traditionaly wear Garnet to games. Or at least black or white. Its not like im saying dont come unless you have it I just dont see why people cant drive down to walmart and get a USC shirt thats garnet. And i used walmart for the money excuse.

I would just be happy if fans would not wear shirts from colleges that were not even involved in the game that was being played.

[SNEEZ]

All it would take is one time doing it and some Diamond Spur donor would bitch about spilling something cause they could not see and they had a client that lost a pin while they were signing some papers and then it would be over. lol Dont you guys know USC football is about conducting business now.

ALL SEC football is about business.

can't do it any other way.

[scfan2001]

NO. we can't pull off solid black.

UGA pulled it off VERY NICELY vs Auburn tho

That did look good.

[Spurred]

they will never do it......our fans won't be seated and will be tripping on the stairs and sue the university.

[XLcock86]

they will never do it......our fans won't be seated and will be tripping on the stairs and sue the university.Yeah people say WELL I PAID FOR MY TIX SO I CAN WEAR WHATEVER I WANT.. THAT IS SOOOOOO STUPID...YOU NEED TO REP THE SCHOOL....

[NastyNash]

One of my buddies came up with a great idea that I think is very much worth a try. At one of our night games, we should have a blackout, and just before the video preceeding "2001," we kill the lights. Now I understand that the lights might take awhile to turn back on, so we could arrange something like the Colonial Center has for basketball games, where flaps come down over the lights to darken the arena. For those who are superstitious, we don't even have to have a blackout. I just thought that would add to the effect. What do you think?


Just think if they dont do it you can close your eyes during 2001 and think it night. :lol:

[XLcock86]

I think we just need to worry about people wearing the freakin school colors. Once we get that down we might be able to do a black out.

[garnetgolfr]

Yeah people say WELL I PAID FOR MY TIX SO I CAN WEAR WHATEVER I WANT.. THAT IS SOOOOOO STUPID...YOU NEED TO REP THE SCHOOL....

Yeah like the douchebags that wear yellow, pink, and seafoam shirts to the games. That annoys the piss out of me.

[dfgoofyguy15]

Having a blackout is a good idea, but we can not do it against Florida like the last time we tried it. I say do it against NC State to open the season on Thursday night on national t.v. and get some real exposure, PTI would be all over it on Friday with "did you see Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks black out NC State, it looked great".

[XLcock86]

Having a blackout is a good idea, but we can not do it against Florida like the last time we tried it. I say do it against NC State to open the season on Thursday night on national t.v. and get some real exposure, PTI would be all over it on Friday with "did you see Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks black out NC State, it looked great".Why???? So NC State can wear all White??? They will stick out to well....I say no no no..

[crevil3lf]

Why???? So NC State can wear all White??? They will stick out to well....I say no no no..

Fans can black out and players can go all white. Make NC State wear their red. Even though it would make more since to fill the stadium with Garnet then make them wear red.

[XLcock86]

WHY THE HELL CANT PEOPLE GET OVER A FREAKIN BLACKOUT? IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AND IF IT DOES YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A TON OF FANS WEARING PURPLR,BLUE,WHITE,GREEN,YELLOW....WE WILL LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF SKITTLES.GET OVER IT.

[crevil3lf]

WHY THE HELL CANT PEOPLE GET OVER A FREAKIN BLACKOUT? IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AND IF IT DOES YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A TON OF FANS WEARING PURPLR,BLUE,WHITE,GREEN,YELLOW....WE WILL LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF SKITTLES.GET OVER IT.

Its already happened before....

[airforcecocky]

Its already happened before.... yeah I was going to say, that is about every game this past year from what I saw. Mashall shirts, Clemson shirts, East Carolina shirts. All kinds of shirts and hats. All with the same, "I got the tickets from the office pool" or "our company bought a membership this year and gave the tickets away" and then about half way through the third quarter they left. Then on the ride home during the call in show everyone bitched and complained about fans not staying.

[SNEEZ]

why won't this thread just die.

[TaterHater1984]

why won't this thread just die.No kidding.

[crevil3lf]

Because we must complain about something! lol I just reply to what I see.

[ewjake]

I'm all for it, (the blackout and ending this thread):lol:

[tptgamecock]

I would prefer a garnet out

[XLcock86]

I'm all for it, (the blackout and ending this thread):lol::clap::clap::clap:

[CoryBoyd4President]

If yall want the thread to die then just close it down and stop whining

[SNEEZ]

would if I could

[crevil3lf]

would if I could

but i "caint" so i aint!

[BoilerCock]

Hurumph

[crevil3lf]

this must now be the offical run up your posts thread!

[Cwrooster]

One of my buddies came up with a great idea that I think is very much worth a try. At one of our night games, we should have a blackout, and just before the video preceeding "2001," we kill the lights. Now I understand that the lights might take awhile to turn back on, so we could arrange something like the Colonial Center has for basketball games, where flaps come down over the lights to darken the arena. For those who are superstitious, we don't even have to have a blackout. I just thought that would add to the effect. What do you think?

If it helps us win more than 6 games Im up for anything.:rotfl:

[UgSaCmecocks]

If it helps us win more than 6 games Im up for anything.:rotfl:
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