Hmmm, Maybe The Power-That-Be Do Listen To Blogs
On May 14th of this year, over at my old site, Red and White From State, I made an entry that suggested something I thought that would look really neat at a home game:
Something Cool That NC State Should Do At Home Games
Most of us have all see the flipcards that make graphic elements in the stands of a stadium: each seat in a given section has a card placed on it, and on a signal, everyone holds it up.
This is one that the NC State students in the end zone seats could do, if someone in Wolfpack Sports Marketing ever put it together. Click on the picture to see it full-size. To make your own flip cards, go to 1,024 Cheerleaders.
When fans in the center sections of the east-side grandstands walked in the game tonight, we found placards attached to our seats that we were to hold up on cue between the first and second quarters. We did, and the results were utterly spectacular. For those of us holding the cards, there were cutouts and we could see what it looked like on the Jumbotron, and of course everyone else could see it with their own eyes. This was a job well done by the marketing and Athletic Department folks.
Special thanks to Mark H for taking the time to send us these shots. We really appreciate it and will also add it to the Statefans Gallery later on today. If you took a shot at the game you would like to share, be sure to e-mail it to us at statefans at gmail dot com. Thanks!
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I agree, I saw it on TV and my jaw dropped. We can’t even chant something in a coordinated manner, so this was spectacular. Wish it would have wowed some life into our defense in that 2nd half.
That was pretty cool.
Pics are on the way! They’re from my iPhone so the quality won’t be as good as a regular camera.
One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my 27 years @ Carter Finley.
That was fun. The spot where you can see some holes in the image in the upper right was due to folks drinking who did not participate and made paper airplanes out of their flash cards. I know because I was there holding up my card like a good wolfpacker. It was cool.
Well done Marketing and Fans! It was very cool, and the WolfPack shot made the start of SportsCenter after the Game.
It was really awesome. I couldn’t believe how clear it looked. Props to the person with the idea, it was about time. The fireworks from the fair were neat to look at too, with great timing at halftime, which came right at 9. I hope the FSU fans were impressed, and will tell there friends how cool all this was. now if we had only won the game…
When I saw it on TV I thought maybe the Chinese government had gotten their hands on the feed and edited it to look better. It was that good.
I remember card shows were very popular back in the 70′s and I’ve always wondered why they aren’t done anymore. Maybe we will start a trend with this. NC State, start a trend? What’s the world coming to!?!?!
I saw that in HD (went out for the game, of course) and it looked freaking awesome.
I was surrounded by a slew of FSU fans (female, thank heavens– made it tolerable). They were dead silent in the first half. Talked trash when they got the lead. Dead silence when we got back up, trash talking again when they got the lead.
Frontrunners… I had to ask how it felt not to cover the spread on National TV against the crappiest team in the conference.
It was awesome on TV.
It was great. An original idea executed well.
I am puzzled as to why the PA guy kept calling it a “stunt.” That made it sound like someone was going to jump over something on a motorcycle.
I was part of the black marking on the “K”. It was pretty outstanding… although at first we were all wondering wtf it might say when we held up all the cards.
We sure didn’t outdo the Chinese opening ceremony but it was something different and innovative that got the fans involved.
bloody well done!!
I just glad it wasn’t an advertisement for Obama. I kept expecting to see to see Change commercials on the jumbotron.
Seriously though – awesome, fun, impressive.
I don’t like the WOLF-PACK cheer and hardly ever participate.
I’m a
Rip ‘em up!
Tear ‘m up!
Give’m!!
Hell!!
State!!
kind of guy but I couldn’t help joining in the WOLF-PACK cheer that broke out spontaneously in our section right after the WOLF-PACK card thing ended.
Very cool. My 71 yo ass felt like a student again.
Having seen it from the West stands, it was really cool. This might mark the first time that the Fowler-led athletic department has successfully involved the fans for an mid-game event. I’d rather see that every game than some stupid mid-game sing-along.
Very cool on TV. I was surprised and impressed.
Noticed this link at 850TheBuzz:
I was on the side of the cards and don’t remember any problems. It would eem pretty obvious that many people just started their cards early.
Thanks to the folks who took the time to set the record straight in the comments section like BoKnows.
Well done. NC State do something semi-original and different. WOW,Make it a regular.