18in32
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+1I have no issue with the signs on the sidelines and the students doing their thing, but hearing it announced felt over the top IMO.
+1I have no issue with the signs on the sidelines and the students doing their thing, but hearing it announced felt over the top IMO.
FIRST AND TEN, GEORGIA TECH!I thought the overly verbose “that’s another first and ten Georgia Tech” was more annoying than Money Down. But if we keep getting lit up on third down, the Money Down thing is going to wear thin, too.
JRjr
I don’t even mind that, but putting the “that’s another...” on it every time made it super clunky.FIRST AND TEN, GEORGIA TECH!
I know it was USF, but we held them to 4-15 on third down. When was the last time we held anybody that many times on 3rd down?But if we keep getting lit up on third down, the Money Down thing is going to wear thin, too.
30 for 30: Wrecked ExcessIt's cheesy now
BUT
fast forward - we start winning some big games, get on Saturday night primetime
We are ranked, and face a ranked opponent, we get a big third down stop
To celebrate, Tech fans throw cash bundles on the field. Actual money - a couple dozen fifty count stacks of $1 bills or something bigger for the folks sitting in the gold seats.
Twitter erupts: "lmaoooooo they are throwing stacks on the field in Atlanta"
All the money goes to the Isenhour toy drive. Croots love it.
NCAA gives us the death penalty. What a ride.
It must have been really debilitating to the defense when we had those games where we were 8 for 12 on 3rd down (and 3 of 4 on 4th). That whistle must have been like nails on a chalk board to them.Don’t mind the money down stuff at all, but I really miss hearing the whistle on first downs.
I have no issue with the signs on the sidelines and the students doing their thing, but hearing it announced felt over the top IMO.
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I think the announcer, any announcer, doing that kind of stuff ("First DOOOOWWWWNNNN", "3rd DOOOOWWWWWWNNNNN", "IIIIIIIITTTTTTT'S' MONEY DOWN!") is lame as hell regardless. Would rather have a signature sound whether it be the whistle, chords or some snippet of a song to signify those things.I've always wanted to hear somebody do "It's the... PENUUUUUUUULTIMAAAAAATE DOOOOOOOWN!"
Would you old farts like it better if Jim Cramer did a version of it on the Jumbotron with his latest stock picks?Was it just me, or did that seem cheezy as hell?
I kind of felt like it un-pumped us up.
Just stick with an enthusiastic "It's THIRD DOWN!"
I think you're underestimating how cool of a word "penultimate" is.I think the announcer, any announcer, doing that kind of stuff ("First DOOOOWWWWNNNN", "3rd DOOOOWWWWWWNNNNN", "IIIIIIIITTTTTTT'S' MONEY DOWN!") is lame as hell regardless. Would rather have a signature sound whether it be the whistle, chords or some snippet of a song to signify those things.
I realize I kind of glossed over your use of that word, and you are correct. Apologies. My comment was just more of a general statement. LOLI think you're underestimating how cool of a word "penultimate" is.
We need 4. We get 2. Trump walks onto the field with 50 sharpies. Draws a line at 2 yards and screams "FIRST DOWN"Or maybe we could get Trump to do it on the Jumbotron. Get JJacket triggered. Put some pads on him and get a sack on money down.
It worked. hahahahahahahahaWe need 4. We get 2. Trump walks onto the field with 50 sharpies. Draws a line at 2 yards and screams "FIRST DOWN"
The opening of Pink Floyd -MoneyJust play a cash register sound instead of articulating the money down stuff. What is it called when we need a 4th down stop? Seems anticlimactic after hyping the 3rd down.