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A brief thank you to the committed fans
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Need as many as possible at high noon on Saturday
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That is a great comparison. I was in OB WEZ for that game and it had a similar, haunted house feel.
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Gonna age myself. Started going to Canes at the OB in 1975. Bought a piece of the stadium when the City tore it down ,etc....
I wanted to be in my " old school" mentality for the younger generation that had heard from their Dads and Uncles about the frenzied atmosphere of a night game at the OB, but had never lived it. I told a bunch of younger dudes at the tailgates to let the older guys lead them into the fray. They needed to FEEL the Hatred, embrace it. There is nothing like Miami - ND. Not FSU, not even UF. Screamed the entire night like a wild Banshee.
As I said in another post, the Torch got passed from the Grand Old Lady to the Rock last night.
A fitting moment for it to happen. National TV, N D. SAt night I finally( in my head) accepted The Rock as our Home.
To listen to the broadcast and to hear Herb and Fowler actually utter these words- " This place is a tough place to play for anybody" was surreal.
I wanted to be in my " old school" mentality for the younger generation that had heard from their Dads and Uncles about the frenzied atmosphere of a night game at the OB, but had never lived it. I told a bunch of younger dudes at the tailgates to let the older guys lead them into the fray. They needed to FEEL the Hatred, embrace it. There is nothing like Miami - ND. Not FSU, not even UF. Screamed the entire night like a wild Banshee.
As I said in another post, the Torch got passed from the Grand Old Lady to the Rock last night.
A fitting moment for it to happen. National TV, N D. SAt night I finally( in my head) accepted The Rock as our Home.
To listen to the broadcast and to hear Herb and Fowler actually utter these words- " This place is a tough place to play for anybody" was surreal.
I was prepared for a packed house, but as I stepped in the stadium to go down to my seats I paused without realizing it. I couldn't believe the amount of people, and it was all Orange & Green. I didn't see a ND fan in my section the whole night.
There were a few moments like that where I just had to pause and soak it in. It has been a long road with a lot of frustrating games in there. Well worth it now.
There were a few moments like that where I just had to pause and soak it in. It has been a long road with a lot of frustrating games in there. Well worth it now.
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My voice is now starting to recover. I sound like I am going through puberty again.
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Was at UW 2001 and FSU 2000. FSU kicker missing that kick in 2000 was the entire first half of this game. The place was shaking like the OB when TB housed that pic.
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If you can't handle me at my 2013 Spring Game, you don’t deserve me at my #2 in the country in 2017.
Jesus
Might have been about 5,000 of us there that day, crazy monsoon before the game and the program still swimming in NCAA limbo.
How far we've come.
Jax Cane
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That game was as electric as the 89 Irish game at the OB. Tailgating was insane. We got to the stadium at 4:30 and that sh$t was already pretty full.
Went outside for a smoke at half time and the ND fans were pouring out. The scene was priceless.
All of us on here have gone thru some hard times, the worst of times. The struggle over the last 14 years made this game and victory so sweet. Me and my boys celebrated to 5 am!!!
Unbelievable!!!!
Went outside for a smoke at half time and the ND fans were pouring out. The scene was priceless.
All of us on here have gone thru some hard times, the worst of times. The struggle over the last 14 years made this game and victory so sweet. Me and my boys celebrated to 5 am!!!
Unbelievable!!!!
I noticed on the Bandy pick 6 that the first 3 guys in the endzone were all true freshman. Pretty cool. Bandy-Garvin-Carter
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I flew in from Houston for a less than 24 hour trip to go to the game, and I honestly could not be happier that I did so. The pre-game, game, and post-game environment made for the most enjoyable and memorable Canes game that I've been to probably since the 2001 Washington game or the 2003 UF game.
Like many Canes fans that grew up in the 80's, an important part of the gameday experience was seeing the game in the OB. Even today, thinking about walking up to the stadium, past the Bowl Bar, and into the WEZ for big games gives me the chills. Honestly, since we've moved to JRS/SunLife, going to games never felt like home. Part of that is certainly because our teams were not as good, our coaches sucked, and the game day experience in the stadium just didn't measure up. But man, Saturday night at the Rock, that stadium felt like home, it felt like the good old days at the OB, and our guys, and ND, they felt it too.
There was an undeniable energy and intensity from hours before the game. During the game, it literally didn't get quiet except for when the Canes had the ball, and even then, a couple times after turnovers, the offense had to remind us to quiet down. The noise and energy level was insane and unrelenting, and just like the old days, our defense matched that insanity and did not relent. The Trajan Bandy pick 6 was the Barrow blowing up Vanover, the Carlos Jones pick 6, the Dan Morgan INT vs. FSU before halftime, the Sean Taylor blowing up PK Sam. The crowd didn't allow the team to go into a lull in the 2nd half, and the defense didn't let ND have any hope of a comeback.
We finally have a coach and coaching staff that not only understands what we were but is good enough to get us to where we should be, and we finally have a stadium and gameday environment that gives us that homefield advantage that makes playing us that much more difficult. I know we've all been waiting a while to get "back" but Saturday night sure felt like we're really close to being there. Go Canes!
Like many Canes fans that grew up in the 80's, an important part of the gameday experience was seeing the game in the OB. Even today, thinking about walking up to the stadium, past the Bowl Bar, and into the WEZ for big games gives me the chills. Honestly, since we've moved to JRS/SunLife, going to games never felt like home. Part of that is certainly because our teams were not as good, our coaches sucked, and the game day experience in the stadium just didn't measure up. But man, Saturday night at the Rock, that stadium felt like home, it felt like the good old days at the OB, and our guys, and ND, they felt it too.
There was an undeniable energy and intensity from hours before the game. During the game, it literally didn't get quiet except for when the Canes had the ball, and even then, a couple times after turnovers, the offense had to remind us to quiet down. The noise and energy level was insane and unrelenting, and just like the old days, our defense matched that insanity and did not relent. The Trajan Bandy pick 6 was the Barrow blowing up Vanover, the Carlos Jones pick 6, the Dan Morgan INT vs. FSU before halftime, the Sean Taylor blowing up PK Sam. The crowd didn't allow the team to go into a lull in the 2nd half, and the defense didn't let ND have any hope of a comeback.
We finally have a coach and coaching staff that not only understands what we were but is good enough to get us to where we should be, and we finally have a stadium and gameday environment that gives us that homefield advantage that makes playing us that much more difficult. I know we've all been waiting a while to get "back" but Saturday night sure felt like we're really close to being there. Go Canes!
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Loved the big game feeling we've had the last two weeks. The crowd noise, the standing room only atmosphere, the randomly high fiving my entire section after every big play. It felt like it did in the old days. I've been at every home game minus two or three over the last 15 years (since I moved back to south Florida) and it was awesome to have that electric atmosphere back again. Some said it would never happen. Some said the new stadium would never match the Orange Bowl for intensity. They were wrong. Got there at 4:30 to tailgate and the crowd was already primed. There was a group of Notre Dame fans a couple rows up from me and they sat silent, flabbergasted all night. I give them credit, they stayed until the end but they were utterly defeated right from the opening kick.
Now please, for the love of Jeebus, come to the game this week too.
Now please, for the love of Jeebus, come to the game this week too.
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Fans were loud in 348. Some ND fans wearing blue but no identifiers were deathly quiet. It was very uncomfortable for them because of the celebrations all around them. Fans were unbelievably loud. Friends from Phoenix said it was the loudest stadium they had ever been in. They absolutely loved the atmosphere.
Couldn't believe the Green lot was lit for my 3:00 arrival. Forgot big lineups let the fans in early. And the Clemson game was remembered, never forget their coach running up the score. Only disappointment was the late start to the Cane walk. Thankfully didn't affect the team. Funny part last game my Phoenix buddy went to with me was the 2001 Washington game.
Couldn't believe the Green lot was lit for my 3:00 arrival. Forgot big lineups let the fans in early. And the Clemson game was remembered, never forget their coach running up the score. Only disappointment was the late start to the Cane walk. Thankfully didn't affect the team. Funny part last game my Phoenix buddy went to with me was the 2001 Washington game.
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As we were sitting in the game, my buddy read something from ESPN saying this game was the loudest decible reading ever recorded at Joe Robbie stadium. Obviously the roof helps but dam it was loud there.
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Not saying its not loud, but the stadium constructed where all the sound bounces right down to the field. People who were on the field or by the lower bowl say their ears are ringing for a day afterward
was in section 102 and it was loud AND the stadium was SHAKING like the beloved OB. I could not believe HRS can actually shake. During a few breaks at the game I spoke to a few young fans who never got a chance to be at the OB and I told them this was a perfect glimpse of what we had at the OB for nearly 20 years. I was not a fan of HRS until now, the new improvements are phenomenal, and the fans - well we got the most rabid fans in the nation- that will never change- we just needed to start winning which could never happen with previous two coaching staffs.
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I gotcha man. All in jest. I’m upstairs as well. May have to venture downtown a bit to hear it for myself.
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