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The Colts and Crowd Noise
Filed under: Thoughts, Sports — Mike @ 12:04 am
Alright, I never write about sports in this.. except for maybe once or twice when it is politically relevant, but this is a classic. So, I read a bunch of sports-based blogs, websites, and so on, and the charge by fans of other teams in the NFL this year has been that the Patriots are cheaters, from the camera incident, and that they are running up the score. I think that it’s fair to say that the 52 - 0 against Washington was excessive, and hilarious, but with the taping and some other charges (that the Patriots have tampered with sound equipment)… I think that it points to a larger issue in the NFL. One such example of this is that the Colts pipe in simulated crowd noise into their dome during their games. I never really believed this because I generally think that it’s a baseless charge and very difficult to prove, but in today’s game against the Patriots, the Colts sound guys goofed up.
Check out this video on NFL.com and fast-forward it to about 2minutes and 15 seconds into it. It is a host of highlites and so on, which all sound normal… until the highlite from 2:20 - 2:30, specifically at 2:26… where the “Crowd” somehow … skips like a broken record. Others watching the game confirmed that you could hear this during the game, I don’t remember it. But anyway, to have to pipe crowd noise into your dome is pretty stupid and equally hilarious.
And then to give up 14 points to the classless Patriots … is even funnier. Oh, and also, just to remark on some of the running up the score chatter. It’s worth noting that many charged the Patriots with running up the score against Miami, up by 21 points, with 12 minutes left in the game because their starters were in (not entirely true… as Kyle Eckel was the HB) and they were passing. Well, up 25 points with 12 left in the 4th quarter, Tony Romo was slinging the ball all over the field to Witten and Terrell Owens, and had a TD attempt into the endzone as well. Anyway, it’s worth recognizing before anybody begins to think that their team has any moral backbone.
The Colts and Crowd Noise
Filed under: Thoughts, Sports — Mike @ 12:04 am
Alright, I never write about sports in this.. except for maybe once or twice when it is politically relevant, but this is a classic. So, I read a bunch of sports-based blogs, websites, and so on, and the charge by fans of other teams in the NFL this year has been that the Patriots are cheaters, from the camera incident, and that they are running up the score. I think that it’s fair to say that the 52 - 0 against Washington was excessive, and hilarious, but with the taping and some other charges (that the Patriots have tampered with sound equipment)… I think that it points to a larger issue in the NFL. One such example of this is that the Colts pipe in simulated crowd noise into their dome during their games. I never really believed this because I generally think that it’s a baseless charge and very difficult to prove, but in today’s game against the Patriots, the Colts sound guys goofed up.
Check out this video on NFL.com and fast-forward it to about 2minutes and 15 seconds into it. It is a host of highlites and so on, which all sound normal… until the highlite from 2:20 - 2:30, specifically at 2:26… where the “Crowd” somehow … skips like a broken record. Others watching the game confirmed that you could hear this during the game, I don’t remember it. But anyway, to have to pipe crowd noise into your dome is pretty stupid and equally hilarious.
And then to give up 14 points to the classless Patriots … is even funnier. Oh, and also, just to remark on some of the running up the score chatter. It’s worth noting that many charged the Patriots with running up the score against Miami, up by 21 points, with 12 minutes left in the game because their starters were in (not entirely true… as Kyle Eckel was the HB) and they were passing. Well, up 25 points with 12 left in the 4th quarter, Tony Romo was slinging the ball all over the field to Witten and Terrell Owens, and had a TD attempt into the endzone as well. Anyway, it’s worth recognizing before anybody begins to think that their team has any moral backbone.
