Fan interaction

**starbuck** · September 11th, 2006, 01:41 PM

do the rules of college and nfl apply to high school football. Be quiet then you team has the ball so they can hear the snap count and audible but be loud when the other team has the ball to disrupt their offense?
I have never seen it happen in HS football.

**imported_biggamesjames** · September 11th, 2006, 01:43 PM

I think it just depends on how savvy the fans are. Alot of people at the H.S. games to not follow football to a great degree. NFL fans are often season ticket holders and really eat sleep and breathe their team.

**starbuck** · September 11th, 2006, 01:50 PM

it all comes back to my comment about if the fans need the crowd to be loud what is up with the players? I can only remember one time when I played ball when I heard the crowd, not because they were not there but because I was focused on playing,

**1inStripes** · September 11th, 2006, 01:52 PM

I rarely heard the crowd as well, but when your the person trying to communicate, sometimes its difficult with the added noise.

**imported_GC_Quincy** · September 11th, 2006, 06:51 PM

DB's 20,000 member band plays the entire time their opponents have the ball. I remember them stopping the game at William Campbell in '94 because our band was playing when they had the ball.

The_Sage · September 11th, 2006, 07:24 PM

i say play as loud as you can when your opponent has the ball,,,, and play 'softly, very softly' when your team has the ball,,, everyone talking about fan support,, and not 'cheering' enough,,, Your teams BAND can be a BIG "PLUS",, anything to distract your opponent...

**1inStripes** · September 11th, 2006, 01:49 PM

Its more common sense than anything. I hated when our band would play when we had the ball. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wall.gif[/img]

My first start was at Northwood and they had a dang good band at the time and it was a pain trying to call a play in the huddle and your cadence.

**imported_elp6n** · September 11th, 2006, 10:05 PM

When I was in high school band, we made a rule of never playing when our side had the ball. We watched it very carefully, and we'd pay attention to when a new play was about to begin.

And when I was in fifth grade I recall Haysi had a marching band of 12. We called them the dirty dozen. They competed at all the same competitions we were in.
I have also seen bands so small (fewer than a dozen), in Kentucky, that they didn't have a drum major - they needed everyone for playing power.

**imported_juggernaut28** · September 11th, 2006, 10:37 PM

At the Wise/Pound game near the end of the game I thought it was funny that our own band was playing the Final Countdown song, I always thought that would be a song to play when you are winning the game. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wall.gif[/img] [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

**imported_elp6n** · September 11th, 2006, 10:52 PM

ahh they just have limited resources and limited songs bands that size can play well.
We just have to forgive them [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]