Loudest game at Autzen
by Pierre2 on Dec 9, 2009 2:02 PM PST
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PrintHello. I am a French fan of college football, trying to learn the subtleties of this great competition, from across the Atlantic Ocean.
For example the stadiums it is played in. And you Duckfans know a thing or two about crowd noise, as I have noticed your stadium is often ranked among the Top 5 in this category.
So, here is my question : what was the noisiest game at Autzen Stadium this year, as I wish to download and watch it (and listen to) ? Utah ? USC ? Oregon State ? or another one ?
Thank you in advance
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I'm going to guess USC or OSU
It’s impossible to tell the true level of the noise on TV unfortunately, even with surround sound. Its truly an all-enveloping experience and unlike other stadiums I’ve been in, it never stops (except when we have the ball).
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I would go with the USC game...
And it is tough to tell how loud stadiums are through television.
In case you are wondering, in 2007 Autzen Stadium did hit 127 decibels…The loudest college football stadium decibel reading on record. This record is of course heavily disputed, mainly from Clemson and LSU fans
Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
127 dB: Myth.
Was that meter professionally calibrated? Where’s the video? If it was a TV game, why isn’t it on YouTube? Everything else that’s that loud seems to be.
For the last few years, just about every time ESPN or ABC have done a game at Autzen, they’ve brought along a dB meter. The actual readings shown are never that high (and there’s no reason for them to not put it on the air if it did get that loud.).. more around 110-112 max.
Which is still PLENTY loud. Rock concert level, the kind that leaves your ears ringing for days, only the intermittent nature of the Autzen noise tempers the potential hearing loss (bless our fans for being smart enough not to make that much noise when we’re on offense).
If you are a duck-blind believer of the mythology, here’s a practical test.
A jackhammer from four feet away from your head is about 125 db. Go find a running jackhammer, sit 4 feet away from it for intervals of at least 5 minutes each, and repeat this 8 or 9 times over a 3 hour period. I will, at that point, present you with a gun, with which you will shoot yourself, if you can hold the weapon steadily enough to insert it into your mouth.
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I believe it does get that loud…
However, the loudest parts are the bursts of sounds after a play when the crowd is cheering. I believe the 127 came after J-Stew scored TD to give Oregon the lead. The cheering after the D makes a big play is always louder than the part before.
When our defense gets on the field, it likely doesn’t ever go over 110db in the best of times, but it is way more constant and consistent than most other stadiums.
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Yeah!
What Shu said!
Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
Yeah, its the consistency that gets you
Example to compare. At a Blazers game last year they were up 1 defending a lead with a few seconds left. It got louder than I’ve ever heard it (outside the starting lineups) at that point. Yet, it was not a consistent noise, they quieted down during most of the game when nothing was happening on the court.
And the Blazers fans are loud for NBA fans.
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Off topic again, but
Mac Court doesn’t get enough credit for loudness anymore. :( Yes, I know that sucking has something to do with it. But is there any other college that has two arenas that are renowned throughout sport for being this deafening?
by HoodRiverDuck on Dec 10, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
That's definitely due to the sucking.
When we’re good, the crowd at Mac Court is both loud and makes the building feel like it’s going to fall down, which takes intimidating to the next level.
Whether he be met by rain, sleet, or DB's, the Maehlman always delivers.
by Bill Musgrave on Dec 10, 2009 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
makes the building feel like it’s going to fall down
Is this still a possibility, or have they decided one way or another what they’re going to do with it?
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by AllSaintsDay on Dec 10, 2009 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
I read somewhere the USC game was the loudest.. and in the same article it said that in the 4th quarter of the OSU game the crowd was heard over 8 miles away.
Voices carry.
I used to live on Horn Lane in the River Rd area, near the tracks. I can remember hearing game noises from Marist High — about 2 miles away as the crow flies — on clear Friday nights back in the late 70s. And they drew maybe 1500 for games back then.
If the conditions are right, and the breeze is helpful, sound can carry quite a ways.
As for this year’s games: I wasn’t there, but on TV, it seemed SC was the loudest over the whole game, but the end of the OSU game was pretty damn impressive. But maybe that’s because I was jumping all over the living room and yelling.
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by PacBellBoozer on Dec 9, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
Not to mention a certain short Frenchmen by way of Sicily that became Emperor Napoleon who practically pwned all of Europe.
by pappasan.duck on Dec 16, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
Not cool axemen23.
Lets see here…Zadane destroyed that one guy with his head. That counts.
Case closed!
Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
Booo Axemen
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Whether he be met by rain, sleet, or DB's, the Maehlman always delivers.
by Bill Musgrave on Dec 9, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions
Battle of Austerlitz. Try reading some history.
by grimc on Dec 9, 2009 8:06 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
- USC was easily the loudest. The crowd was rocking hard almost all night
#2. Would be the OSU game. It was pretty loud – at times… But I think the cold weather had a lot of energy sapped.
#3. Cal was a decent crowd. They definitely got to Best again.
#4. Utah was good. It was too close for most, so they were worried, and kinda in shock.
#5. Purdue not shabby. It might have been because I was near the Purdue fans this game, but they gave a good effort, despite sitting on their butt.
#6. Washington State they gave some noise, but it was like a warm up session for USC. Keep the vocal pipes clean.
#7. Arizona State surprisingly, I found WSU game to be louder. It was cold, they weren’t suppose to be good. They got into it once ASU kinda got a few things going offensively.
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there is a good vid of the 07 usc game
MEGA LOUD
by GoDuckYourself420 on Dec 9, 2009 4:45 PM PST reply actions
Yep.
I must say that may be the loudest I’ve ever heard it.
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I second the welcome, Pierre.
It’s nice to hear that Duck football is going global.
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Autzen Stadium:
So Loud, It’s Heard Around the World!!!
Oregon State, Oklahoma State, Ohio State..just another OSU.
A game broadcast won’t do it justice, but if you search “autzen noise” on YouTube, there are some great little examples from the stands
by grimc on Dec 9, 2009 8:13 PM PST via mobile reply actions
California
I say the Cal game was the loudest. I was in the endzone opposite of Duck Vision and every time Ed Dickson scored a touchdown, I thought that my head was going to explode. My buddies 7 year old started crying.
He is kind of a pansy though.
Smellin' roses and lovin' it.
French fans of college football exist?
MIND = BLOWN
by HoodRiverDuck on Dec 10, 2009 10:23 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Hey I converted an Indian friend of mine
Who had never seen a college football game, or any football game at all, before this season, into a die-hard Ducks fan.
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Great work,
India is a fresh 1 billion strong market for Duck domination
Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
Hopefully
this will lead to replacing the competitive dance team with D1 cricket.
by HoodRiverDuck on Dec 11, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
And a great Bollywood movie production program.
Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
Imagine something like that on Duckvision pregame.
"When LaMichael James decides he's going North. The foot goes in the ground and it's 0 to 60 now!" Jesse Palmer.
Hahahahaha!!!
Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
So we now have the Indian, French and Canadian markets sewn up.
How many more countries could there be?
Life is a sport: Watch other people play it.
don't forget we have guys on AtQ from Vietnam
Oregon State, Oklahoma State, Ohio State..just another OSU. Free Dennis Dixon!!!
China would be a good start – mimic the NBA and open some markets there more than a Billion in population can’t go wrong.
by pappasan.duck on Dec 16, 2009 9:10 AM PST up reply actions
Sure they exist. And you shoud be glad with this. Do you want America to be the only country in the world where American football is payed and watched, and soccer everywhere else ? I don’t.
I know sport is becoming more globalized,
which is good, in my opinion. I love the fact I can wake up Saturday morning and watch English Premeire League.
College sports just seem like a very localized thing.
by HoodRiverDuck on Dec 12, 2009 8:43 AM PST up reply actions
I couldn’t edit my message, but of course I meant “Do you want America to be the only country in the world where American football is played”, not “payed”.
I also think pro football has more success abroad than its collegiate counterpart, and that college sports have a very local fan base. But I would say this on a school by school basis. Don’t you think they have, as a whole competition, a much larger basis ?
And, thanks to the American “diaspora” in Europe and somewhere else, thanks to confidential TV channels, college football’s global popularity is growing.
I had once seen a car in my street with an Oregon State sticker on, but I’ve never been able to meet its owner. So, even Beaver football is going global !
Anyway, I think I am going to watch this USC game. Thank you Duckfans for your nice answers, and next time I have the chance to go to the USA, Eugene will be on my map.
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But there is a deeper connection to the school that you root for, especially if you study at a school that considers athletics a large part of the overall institutional experience, which the University of Oregon does. Speaking from personal experience, after spending five years rooting for all Ducks sports through good times and bad, I could never root against them no matter how bad the situation is. So I wouldn’t say college sports has a larger fan base, but rather a more passionate one. College sports fans have personal ties, generational ties, and deeper emotional ties to their teams than any pro sport could possibly deliver. That is what makes American college sports, and football in particular, one of the most unique sporting experiences in the world.
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Our collective lack of productivity has clearly paid off in the grandest of fashion. We are going to Pasadena. Yes, let that sink in. WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. To be honest, this has not yet hit me-WE ARE GOING TO PASADENA. Wow.
Juju, We applaud your devotion and pure decency throughout the season.
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