Who is this Bamba, and why are people wanting mo of it? Kidding of course.
Look, the atmosphere was terrific Saturday night. No one should complain about lack of atmosphere.
The other debates are generational. Neither is better than the other, just different times and experiences across different eras.
My early gameday years in the 70s and 80s was about the bands (both teams marched at halftime usually at Georgia Tech anyway), no piped in music or ads. And no TV timeouts every five minutes unless you were one of two games on TV all day. Games were over in 2.5 hours.
Athletics in general were different. It was about being a good team and getting the most out of yourself, now it's about "me" and what can I get for "me". No loyalty. Coaches lack loyalty to players and players lack loyalty to the school/coaches. All about "me".
Again, my point isn't that today is bad or wrong. Just that it's different from each view point (young vs older). Younger generation wants and expects the loud music piped in, accepts a "me" generation of athlete, etc.
Would not surprise me in the least if in the coming years marching bands and cheerleaders slowly fade out of many college sports.
The debate between rap/loud music vs the old days has been around on every team's boards for 20+ years now. Nothing new. I accept it as what the players and students want. Sure, I like the way it was, but I get it and if it gets an 18 year old excited, then do it.
The only schools that don't have this debate are the Alabamas, Clemson, Georgias. Ohio States, as they are likely discussing where to put all the trophies.
One thing that has to stop are all the TV timeouts and length, some 3 minutes others 4 minutes. It's awful.
Gig 'em!!