🏈 Continuing our discussion(s) on metal detectors at BDS-- Should security confiscate cow bells if they are detected when fans are entering the stadium?

[TerryP]

Good move, or a bad decision since it is a "fan thing?"

 

[TUSKtimes]

All cowbells should be immediately confiscated at the gate. For future deterrent, if a Mississippi hick is found guilty of sneaking a bovine noisemaker into the stadium, the guilty party should be subjected to a 3-second jolt from a crimson cattle prod.

 

[sean]

start penalizing the team 5 yards every time they ring those clangers, and it'll make them nice and quiet.

but one thing i really don't understand is how the rule says that no noisemakers are allowed inside the stadium...yet they still bring them in. i say do a good search and if they're found on someone, DO NOT let them in the gate. tell them they can go back and leave the bell in their vehicle, or they can leave it at the gate. but if they leave it at the gate they will not get it back. of course they'd tell the staff, "you can't do that!" and our staff would counter with, "our stadium...our rules."

then, after we have a nice collection of those idiotic things....we can send them to that cow college down the road.

 

[BamaFan334]

Makes college football better than the rest, so let it be. We're heading towards an NFL atmosphere and I freaking hate the thought of it. Tuscaloosa is losing the small town college feel every day.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

They were approved by sec for some reason....
One of the most obnoxious tings ever at a game....
Never go back to State for a game

 

[94 Grad]

Best way to stop the clang is to go up 28-0 1st qtr.

And fill the stadium with your own fans.

 

[TerryP]

but one thing i really don't understand is how the rule says that no noisemakers are allowed inside the stadium

Which gives ample reason to confiscate, right?

Would security confiscate an air horn (compressed can?)

 

[sean]

They were approved by sec for some reason....
One of the most obnoxious tings ever at a game....
Never go back to State for a game

so there's a miss. st. conspiracy in the sec, huh?

where's james carville? he needs to hear about this...

 

[50+yeartidefan]

They were approved by sec for some reason....
One of the most obnoxious tings ever at a game....
Never go back to State for a game

so there's a miss. st. conspiracy in the sec, huh?

where's james carville? he needs to hear about this...

So you going "all-out-billboard" on this...lol

 

[TerryP]

They were approved by sec for some reason....

To be more clear, the SEC changed its rule a bit to allow them until the center is over the ball and until the whistle blows to call the play dead. They did that in 2010.

That said, what's good for MSU in Starkville has nothing to with what UA decides to allow in Bryant-Denny, right?

 

[UAgrad93]

I say confiscate! Air horns aren't allowed and would be confiscated in a second. There had better not be one near me Saturday!! Either security is getting it or said fan will receive a cowbell enema.

 

[rick4bama]

Come on, What do you do when your baby cry? You give them a baby pacifier!

 

[jdpas29]

i say they can keep the bell, just clip off the clapper on the inside with some wire cutters. problem solved.

If they are upset, just tell them that its the Jackie Sherrill maneuver for bell silencing. they'll respect that.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

yes, confiscate.

 

[rick4bama]

i say they can keep the bell, just clip off the clapper on the inside with some wire cutters. problem solved.

If they are upset, just tell them that its the Jackie Sherrill maneuver for bell silencing. they'll respect that.

How many on here know what you mean here?

 

[OldPlayer]

Who cares about cow bells? If you're concerned, join the Free Devin White group.

 

[TerryP]

Who cares about cow bells?

How do you feel about attending a game where they pump in artificial crowd noise?

 

[OldPlayer]

Who cares about cow bells?

How do you feel about attending a game where they pump in artificial crowd noise?

Fan noise is okay. Fake noise is not.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

Confiscate each and every one of them trying to get into BDS.

State home games were slightly irritating prior to the "legalization" of the bells. I went the the Alabama/State game the first year after legalization and swore I would never return. They have made the atmosphere in that stadium unbearable. The bells never stop. I don't care what they say about "when the center is over the ball" you can hear the bells ringing constantly. They just get louder between plays. It is a joke.

 

[TerryP]

@OldPlayer, Do you think/consider the ringing of cow bells as fan noise or fake noise? If you think it's fake noise, and that's not ok, it would seem to me you care about the cow bells.

~ a little confused.