was AWESOME.

holy shit.


best entrance in a LONG time.

9/2/2006 11:12:49 PM

yes. I kinda like the band being where it is also

9/2/2006 11:13:28 PM

heck yeah... i loved the gladiator theme

9/2/2006 11:14:11 PM

the real intro song still sucked, but it was better than "bring the pain", and right when the team came down the steps was super fucking ridiculous awesome

9/2/2006 11:38:19 PM

they did that some last year, too. very dramatic, i'm a fan.

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 12:05 AM. Reason : ]

9/2/2006 11:38:41 PM

^this was much better than the 3 games they did it for last year. I think it was the music from the CF introduction.

9/3/2006 12:01:49 AM

I was down there on the field watching the team come down. It was AWESOME!!! The music that they used made it that much better than the few times they did it last year.

The whole Gladiator theme is awesome!

9/3/2006 1:35:15 AM

Yeah, I was right there in 114. It was great. They should do that every game.

9/3/2006 3:03:47 AM

if only we came to play like our intro made us out to be

9/3/2006 3:31:16 AM

Quote :

"best entrance in a took a LONG time."

I got bored

9/3/2006 3:52:18 AM

The intro was gay.

I mean, it'd have been cool if we weren't playing a Div IAA team and actually played them decently.

It's a good thing we were practicing jumping jacks on the field rather than football.

It's a good thing they spent a day of training camp with how to walk down the steps (because you know they fucking did) rather than working on how to throw the ball more than 5 yards.

And it's a good thing we keep using that gay "Wolfpack in the house" rather than "Here comes the boom", because it's so mcuh better.

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 3:57 AM. Reason : .]

9/3/2006 3:56:16 AM

did marko have a hand in the intro

because that seems a little bit like his style

with the blimps and workers

anyone have a copy of that?

9/3/2006 10:07:22 AM

i thought they used Korn's Blind as the song right before they came out of the tunnel. didn't they? if so i don't see why someone would complain, since so many were talking about how good that would be to use as the song to pump up the crowd right before the team comes out. sort of like Enter Sandman for VT.

9/3/2006 10:13:51 AM

I liked the entrance, but it seemed to take just a little bit too long. It just takes too long for all of the players to make it down the stairs. But, that's what makes it so cool, too. Maybe some sort of zip-line is in order.

9/3/2006 11:00:44 AM

i think walking down the steps is ridiculously stupid.


takes forever, and confuses 60,000

9/3/2006 11:02:25 AM

you meant to say, "it confuses [me]."

9/3/2006 11:05:58 AM

i can't imagine the players enjoying walking down concrete steps in cleats

9/3/2006 11:09:41 AM

it probably beats the hell out of all those guys having to wait and take turns riding down a damn elevator big enough for 8 guys at a time.

9/3/2006 12:42:55 PM

It wasn't Gladiator

It was Band of Brothers

9/3/2006 12:49:40 PM

the little video wasnt very exciting of football related. i mean, this is a football game, not something honoring the people who built the stadium. the team coming down through the fans was cool but it needed some of the music from the previous seasons. it wasnt very intimidating.

9/3/2006 12:57:30 PM

40th anniversary of carter-finley

Christ Thabiggirl is dumb

9/3/2006 12:59:55 PM

nutsmacker it was gladiator....watch the movie, the score is by hans zimmer

9/3/2006 3:28:07 PM

oh snap it was gladiator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQkzsjs1CSU
vs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFsB4IuvP7o

zimmer must have done bothz



[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 4:19 PM. Reason : .]

9/3/2006 4:11:57 PM

it put most fans to sleep. thankfully they had the team come out, and just seeing them gets the crowd hyped up.

9/3/2006 4:21:03 PM

please throw your face against a rusty nail

9/3/2006 4:25:37 PM

I think it had the fans in awe, not asleep.

9/3/2006 4:26:56 PM

too long

9/3/2006 4:28:27 PM

^

Quote :

"Class : Freshman"

you dont know anything yet

9/3/2006 4:34:34 PM

lol this thread is funny

9/3/2006 4:40:26 PM

i think for an entrance you have to have some kind of buildup. VT has a intro showing a highlight reel or great times in VT history before Enter Sandman. you can't just go out there at full speed. it's all about building anticipation. like when Clemson shows the team on the bus traveling around the stadium. a good intro is like sex. you can't have too short of one or else you feel jipped and it's not very fun. if it's too long it can get boring for at least one, perhaps both parties. start out slow and then build to a great climax.

9/3/2006 4:44:15 PM

It was pretty cool, but it should be reserved for big games with implications

9/3/2006 4:51:54 PM

I loved the intro video/music. Very inspirational and motivating.
I sat in section 114, and got to high-5 the players walking down.

Finally being back to CF, seeing all the improvments, the pumped fans, hearing the band, and getting to see my wolfpack play again, the whole intro experience was very emotional.

9/3/2006 4:52:26 PM

it didnt go with the kind of attitude we want the team to have. it needs to be more "in your face". we dont have the traditions to scare people, so we need to be extra intimidating.

9/3/2006 5:08:08 PM

We need to not suck at football before we're going to intimidate anyone.

First things first, here.

9/3/2006 5:22:02 PM

i think it was a very good intro for the start of a new season. I hope for the rest of the season they play some hardcore, in your face, get you pumped tunes.

9/3/2006 5:55:15 PM

they wont play this every game, it was a special thing for the anniversary and just finishing the work on the stadium

9/3/2006 6:13:15 PM

^they better play that every game

it was seriously one of the best things that's ever been put on the video board

along with the philip rivers montage during his last game

and the mexi-cam

9/3/2006 6:42:43 PM

i like using the Gladiator theme...that shit is awesome. I just think there are too many players to walk down the steps it takes so damn long. Maybe have just the Seniors walk down the steps and rejoin the team in the tunnel to come out... what do you guys think of that?

9/3/2006 6:45:08 PM

ok, i guess it was a one-time only thing.

i really hope they go back to something especially like they had 2 years ago where the players would punch the screen and it would go "here comes the BOOM!"

we need some exciting music, more fireworks, and more fan participation!

and we need to let the players say something on the intro, take the camera to them live under the stands so they can get the crowd pumped and intimidate the opponents.

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 6:55 PM. Reason : .]

9/3/2006 6:52:48 PM

they had Korn's Blind as the song right before they came out. how is that not an exciting, in your face, punch the nearest douchebag in the face song?

9/3/2006 6:56:02 PM

i said that was the only good part.they need to bring back the old player intros and let the boys get everyone excited!

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 6:57 PM. Reason : .]

9/3/2006 6:57:14 PM

the cf history intro was freakin amazing, gave me chills, and when they flashed the names of our retired players, it was awesome. rivers and holt = frenzy around the stadium. best one since ive been there, better than the boom even though it was 1:30 shorter at least

[Edited on September 3, 2006 at 9:33 PM. Reason : someones gotta find a way to get that video on the internet]

9/3/2006 9:32:02 PM

^ if were lucky they'll win some award for it like they did bring the pain and they'll release it

9/3/2006 9:36:35 PM

Quote :

"it probably beats the hell out of all those guys having to wait and take turns riding down a damn elevator big enough for 8 guys at a time."

glad someone else put this... at least this way the players get to walk down the steps into the stadium while the crowd is rocking... if that doesn't pump them up for a game i don't know what would.

9/3/2006 9:44:26 PM

Quote :

"oh snap it was gladiator zimmer must have done bothz "

It was Gladiator, aka Backdraft, aka Armageddon, aka The Rock.

Hans Zimmer didnt do Band of Brothers (Michael Kamen did), which probably explains why the BoB theme sounds nothing at all like the Gladiator one.

9/3/2006 9:57:49 PM

^that sounds faintly like one from National Treasure too.

9/3/2006 11:57:34 PM

Quote :

"it didnt go with the kind of attitude we want the team to have. it needs to be more "in your face". we dont have the traditions to scare people, so we need to be extra intimidating."

how the fuck does playing the gladiator theme not convey the right attitude??? then, that was followed by korn's "blind". i think the intro was money. i was fired up as fuck, and i was watching the game through an internet feed.

[Edited on September 5, 2006 at 10:37 AM. Reason : ]

9/5/2006 10:36:12 AM

i loved the intro...i was watching from a suite on the 40 yard line and it was still incredible without being "on the field"

and i did see Smath74 on tv

9/5/2006 10:42:19 AM

^^you shoulda caputured it

9/5/2006 11:16:44 AM

I thought it was great!

9/5/2006 11:24:19 AM