OSU: Why so loud?

By Scott Wright
Published: September 6, 2008

Why so loud?
The noise level inside Boone Pickens Stadium has always gotten a little boost from the brick wall of Gallagher-Iba Arena on the football field's east end.

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But now, that wall is going to have even more of an impact.

The fans occupying the 15,300 seats in the new west end zone will be yelling directly into Gallagher-Iba, and the reverberation now has nowhere to escape from the stadium.

"This is a loud stadium to play in, to start with,” head coach Mike Gundy said. "With the enclosure... there should be some good crowd noise. It should be an advantage for us.”

Gundy and the Cowboys certainly hope so. OSU struggled with the noise in Seattle last week and would like to share that misery with Houston today.

Players are noticing the echoes even during practice.

"I really noticed it in the spring game,” said junior running back Keith Toston. "We had a lot of fans come out, and it was pretty loud then. And it was nowhere close to being full in the stands.

"I want to see how loud it can get in this place. I expect it to be a whole lot louder when our defense is on the field.”


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By the way, can we please stop chanting "U-S-O" at the football games when the cheerleaders run on the field and the OSU flags are turned around? It's idiotic and serves a remedial sense of humor at best. We get it. The flags are turned around. Let it go.
Mike, tulsa - Sep 6, 2008 11:17 AM
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Robert, I couldn't agree with you more. It is EVERYBODY'S national anthem and should not be mocked or changed in any way to further inflate the egos of any certain team's fan base.
Mike, tulsa - Sep 6, 2008 11:04 AM
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Looks like Goober(Carl) stayed up late strumming his banjo. What a pathetic moron. Carl you need both a life and a job. Go comb your mullet doofuss !!
Tom, Stillwater - Sep 6, 2008 9:44 AM
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The team that we play at Thanksgiving thinks it is something else. At BPS, we need to show them the word is BRAVE.
Robert, ok - Sep 6, 2008 9:25 AM
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Today we need to start practicing that the last word in the National Anthem is BRAVE.
Robert, ok - Sep 6, 2008 9:15 AM
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carl, I bet you're every bit as pitiful in real life as your posting would suggest. No matter what team you support, it won't save you from being a true loser.
ROBERT, TULSA - Sep 6, 2008 7:39 AM
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Drunk again, Carl?! We can see you have no life. On the computer spouting your Gooner crap at 12:44 a.m. when most kids are out with friends or dates and most adults with lives are in bed.
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." -- Dean Wormer (for Carl)
Danny, Vail - Sep 6, 2008 5:54 AM
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Good thing OSwhoo has that noise factor as they are going to need it with Houston.
Carl, Norman - Sep 6, 2008 12:44 AM
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