Clemson's use of strobe scoreboards on third down

[CockNBlythewood]

Originally Posted by uscGRAD04

Stadium security??? What a joke. I don't know about y'all but it took 20 mins to make it through the turnstiles. I told my wife it was b/c of bag checks. NOPE. They didn't even check our bags.

Strobe lights were very distracting and I noticed them too. Definitely would be a problem in the SEC. Also, don't even wanna think about the traffic leaving the stadium any more. It took 2.5 hrs just to get out of Clemson.

Bottom line..Clemson sucks.

Oh my sweet gentle Jesus. We sat in the parking lot for TWO HOURS. Not one car moved. And much to my surprise, when we finally got out there was a cop directing traffic! What the hell was he doing all that time?!

[cockyfreshman2014]

Originally Posted by CockNBlythewood

Oh my sweet gentle Jesus. We sat in the parking lot for TWO HOURS. Not one car moved. And much to my surprise, when we finally got out there was a cop directing traffic! What the hell was he doing all that time?!

sounds exactly like my experience. got to the car at 11:30, didn't leave the parking lot until 1

[LeeSC]

Originally Posted by CockNBlythewood

when we finally got out there was a cop directing traffic!

Was it the guy who wrote Dabo the ticket? If so, that could have been the problem......

[Rebel4ever]

Originally Posted by Acockolypse Now

That "tiger roar" sounds like a toilet flushing.

[IMACOCK]

Originally Posted by GamecockUltimate

that damn cannon is annoying too. and on third down the band plays as loud as it can (which isnt too loud) in order to make them sound loud. all bush league and sad

I'm pretty sure the band was mic'ed up because the sound was definitely coming through the speakers. Also, on multiple occassions, the band would still be playing after we were lined up on the line of scrimmage. I'm sure DT was having a hard time audibling over the band coming through the speakers.

[mvb1]

Originally Posted by Sax1031

shouldn't be allowed.

noise is one thing.

strobing lights are meant to induce nausea, vomiting, and seizures.

Isn't that what we use sandstorm for?

[bigdawg77]

Clemson is by far the worst place in the world to get out of

[4gamecockfb]

and one of the worst to go to

[bmwparts]

I can tell none of you went to UK game, UK has the same lights and they did the same thing, my eyes couldn't focus at all and I told my wife "I don't see how they play with those crazy blue lights flashing & moving" and I told her during the clemsux game "look they have the same lights as UK".

But your right, they shouldn't be used and can cause the visiting team problems the way they use them.

[ktguen]

Originally Posted by uscGRAD04

Stadium security??? What a joke. I don't know about y'all but it took 20 mins to make it through the turnstiles. I told my wife it was b/c of bag checks. NOPE. They didn't even check our bags.

Strobe lights were very distracting and I noticed them too. Definitely would be a problem in the SEC. Also, don't even wanna think about the traffic leaving the stadium any more. It took 2.5 hrs just to get out of Clemson.

Bottom line..Clemson sucks.

As long as were on the topic of security I got threatened with a Minor in Possession ticket TWICE while I was up there........I'm 21.

[ultimatetailgater]

I love the fact that it takes 3 hours for the traffic to clear out, it gave me plenty of time to taunt all those tiger fans as they drove by. We we're blasting sandstorm on perimeter road until 2am.

[sandstorm2001]

Originally Posted by IMACOCK

I'm pretty sure the band was mic'ed up because the sound was definitely coming through the speakers. Also, on multiple occassions, the band would still be playing after we were lined up on the line of scrimmage. I'm sure DT was having a hard time audibling over the band coming through the speakers.

not illegal in CFB. You just have to be done playing by the time they snap the ball.

The SEC has rules about when you can use electronic noises (like a mic'ed band) but they don't apply to Clemson.

[bcgibson75]

Originally Posted by ultimatetailgater

I love the fact that it takes 3 hours for the traffic to clear out

We must have gotten lucky, as we parked in the free parking off Hwy 93, across the road from the CU president's home.

We jumped on Clemson Blvd, turned left at the Armory, went to Pendleton, and took Hwy 88 out of town to Hwy 8 near I-85.

Zero delays and the hardly any traffic.

If you parked closer to the stadium, you were probably weren't going anywhere for a while.

[sandstorm2001]

Originally Posted by CocksfanNC

Yep, it was obvious and annoying, and their stadium security is assinine for not putting an end to it -- although our team did that job for them. :) Strobe lights and vuvuzelas...desperation much?

It isn't against ACC rules. Why would they put an end to it?

[CocksB2BChamps24]

Thought the lights were pretty distracting myself. I was in TDT, pretty high up, pretty much the farthest away from their "big" board as possible (only one smaller board was viewable, but at a bad angle) and it was glaring however many yards away I was from it (at least 150). Iron Man and Hell's Bells did seem to pump the crowd up on third down though.

Living on a prayer right before half was entertaining. I like the choice of music for kickoffs. Zombie Nation and the version of Seven Nation Army they used worked well, although I thought the video of the actual kicker pumping up the crowd was hilarious.

Don't want to talk about traffic either, it was downright awful.