Bama’s light show was about the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen

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Behr said:
Was just a joke. I changed the color and underlined it to seem like a link to a story.

They say if you have to explain a joke, it wasn't a very good one.
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Well, I actually copied and pasted so I could read the story, so ... I guess you got me.
I thought that was what it was, I was just too slow ... wanted to make sure.

I like you Behr ... you're cool. I don't care what nobody says about you!
 
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Behr said:
Hood to hear, I don't want to end up on your list. And I don't care what anyone's says about me either, well except for maybe Pulaski.
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Savannahbayvol said:
Well let me splain it to you. Allegedly the University of Alabama is an educational institution . Alabama is #50 in education. They could have considered using the money spent on the lights for educational purposes which would probably benefit the state more.
Coincidentally(or maybe not) Alabama and LSU are #1 and 2 in the football polls and #49 and 50 in education rankings. Also they are #1 and 2 in the worst states in the country. So Roll Tide and Geaux Tigers!
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I thought Mississippi was No 1 worst state? Usually it’s the state that’s below Alabama in education and above it in obesity. I live on the line in north Alabama and the running joke is “thank God for Mississippi”.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
I thought it was kinda cool.

And I know it's the wave of the future; more and more stadiums will get something similar. Eventually, yes, Neyland.

But what I think the NCAA should get on top of, and soon, is when the lights can be played. Pre-game, post-game, and during half-time, certainly. During the game, though, should be banned. Can be disorienting for the players, coaches and refs to run those things between plays, even during 30-second timeouts.

I mean, imagine yourself as the coach during a timeout, explaining to your team the variation on a trick play you want to run next, and you've got disco lights going on while you're talking. Without rules, that can become the norm when the visiting team is on offense. NCAA is there to keep the playing field level; here's a place where I think some guidance might be needed.

I was a bit surprised the yahoo with his hands on the light switches didn't run them during plays when the Vols were on offense, honestly. Heh.
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The other concern is people in the stadium trying to move around when the lights start flashing. After a few go bouncing down concrete steps, somebody's going to be wondering if the costs are worth the entertainment. Color changes and light to dark aren't good for walking in unfamiliar environments and football stadiums aren't flat or alcohol free. Additionally the LED lighting turned the Bama uniforms pink (at least on TV); I can't see that going over well. I like LED lights at home, but they have a color rendering problem, so you have to be careful what bulbs you buy. Overall, the Bama trial run seemed more a flop, but it was almost certainly a hit with the people who are attracted to bright shiny things.
 
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The_Big_Orange said:
And when they first started talking about it I thought it was a really cool idea. I was excited to see it.....then I saw it.

Maybe it was just the extremely pee poor choreography or the fact that the flashes were so quick that it looked more like a Japanese anime rather than a orchestrated light show but ugh, that was painful.

The best part of the pre kick broadcast was when the pride of the south land completely over shadowed their club song and light show. All you could hear was rocky top. Well played mister band director. Well played.
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It sucked and I will never go to Neyland if they put that **** in. If I was an opposing coach, I would refuse to play at night due to not being able to read anything on the sidelines during the time outs. Adding to the japanese anime BS was the repetitive rooooolllll tide something something something that they were blasting over the tv. It was a cheer coming from the 500 chicks (and preadolescent males) that are in their dance and flag corps. All in all the whole thing was sickening.
 
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AM64 said:
The other concern is people in the stadium trying to move around when the lights start flashing. After a few go bouncing down concreted steps, somebody's going to be wondering if the costs are worth the entertainment. Color changes and light to dark aren't good for walking in unfamiliar environments and football stadiums aren't flat or alcohol free. Additionally the LED lighting turned the Bama uniforms pink (at least on TV); I can't see that going over well. I like LED lights at home, but they have a color rendering problem, so you have to be careful what bulbs you buy. Overall, the Bama trial run seemed more a flop, but it was almost certainly a hit with the people who are attracted to bright shiny things.
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Pre game the "crimson" lighting actually looked orange. I thought it funny.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Pre game the "crimson" lighting actually looked orange. I thought it funny.
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The funny part to me was that the lighting affected the Bama uniform colors but didn't seem to affect our orange that much. That was a little unusual because when you look at many games or replays on TV our orange frequently gets changed to almost a yellow. A few more times like that and the Bama fans aren't going to be fans of their new lights.
 
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AM64 said:
The funny part to me was that the lighting affected the Bama uniform colors but didn't seem to affect our orange that much. That was a little unusual because when you look at many games or replays on TV our orange frequently gets changed to almost a yellow. A few more times like that and the Bama fans aren't going to be fans of their new lights.
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You are right, the orange was exceptionally bright on the unis. I remember when the whites with orange numbers nearly washed out. Maybe we should get LED but just leave the light show part out.
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Well let me splain it to you. Allegedly the University of Alabama is an educational institution . Alabama is #50 in education. They could have considered using the money spent on the lights for educational purposes which would probably benefit the state more.
Coincidentally(or maybe not) Alabama and LSU are #1 and 2 in the football polls and #49 and 50 in education rankings. Also they are #1 and 2 in the worst states in the country. So Roll Tide and Geaux Tigers!
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Really? Ever spent time in either state?
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
It was fine. Nothing special. Nothing to get legitimately angry over as a fan. For better or worse, Neyland will have it at some point though, so all of the bitter older men should probably just accept it rather than waste their breath complaining about how awful and stupid they find LED lights.

Wanya Morris was asked about the light show after practice this week and his response was that he found it really cool. And that is generally the thought of most Gen Z student athletes being recruited right now. It's why Bama did it.

I mean this to be of no offense but what older men find lame and tacky is of little concern to younger men that are being recruited to play football. Recruits love this stuff. And really, that's all that matters.
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I've got nothing against LED's I put them in my fogs and headlights all the time. That display over TV was nauseating and, like I said, if I were an opposing coach, I would refuse to play at night there.
 
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volfannbama said:
Huntsville Alabama is on of the most technologically advanced citys in the US. One of the highest rates per capita grad degrees and engineers in the world. But yeah, the rest of the state sucks.
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In the late 1960s I was at Redstone (in Huntsville) for most of a year in missile radar school; the change from then to now is amazing. The Army is still there, but so is the FBI and apparently anyone else concerned with terrorism/bomb threats. The place is like a campus for major defense contractors, and it appears to be changing the whole community ... for the better.
 
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AM64 said:
In the late 1960s I was at Redstone (in Huntsville) for most of a year in missile radar school; the change from then to now is amazing. The Army is still there, but so is the FBI and apparently anyone else concerned with terrorism/bomb threats. The place is like a campus for major defense contractors, and it appears to be changing the whole community ... for the better.
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Yeah, job market in tech is outstanding. Missle defense, nasa etc from your day is still booming, but now its spawned into new stuff. GE aviation has a huge plant here, Hudson Alpha biomedical research, toyota mazda....fbi hazardous device, fbi hq coming soon. City is working hard to keep up with the growth. It's a good place to live, especially since in real life football doesnt matter at all. Pretty good amount of vol fans though.
 
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AM64 said:
In the late 1960s I was at Redstone (in Huntsville) for most of a year in missile radar school; the change from then to now is amazing. The Army is still there, but so is the FBI and apparently anyone else concerned with terrorism/bomb threats. The place is like a campus for major defense contractors, and it appears to be changing the whole community ... for the better.
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In the late 60's I was over in Athens.
 
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volfannbama said:
Yeah, job market in tech is outstanding. Missle defense, nasa etc from your day is still booming, but now its spawned into new stuff. GE aviation has a huge plant here, Hudson Alpha biomedical research, toyota mazda....fbi hazardous device, fbi hq coming soon. City is working hard to keep up with the growth. It's a good place to live, especially since in real life football doesnt matter at all. Pretty good amount of vol fans though.
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Then they need to grow East.
 
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