bands, windsocks, and field goal nets
 

the main question here is they claim that the bands really add to the atmosphere this year..do they just show bands marching before the game or are there more songs during the game? one of the best things about college football is the non stop band music or drum cadences. another thing how do the wind socks and field goal nets add to the experience:)

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bama's band simply spells out GO GO GO before the game. wow, way to nail that one EA:confused:

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The funniest thing I've seen is before my ASU game started, they listed a fact saying how prestigious their band was...

When it went to the game... It was completely generic.

LOL

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Bands add little or almost nothing to the game IMO.

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True, with the way it was done.

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It was up to the schools to send in specific band formations to EA sports. If they didn't, than EA put a generic one in for them.

Apparently Bama didn't send in a formation.

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I think it's a start next year (as far as presentation goes) they can expand on it with help from the os community in terms of what they want to see more of.

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I say they keep the bands (for teams that actually have them), but put them at half time in the background while they play their music..

Over that, have the HALFTIME show playing.


Pregame should be reserved for:

Team Entrances
Pregrame show with the announcers
Players warming up
Star breakdown
Predictions

The works





Also, some research needs to be done about what teams actually have field goal nets.. Maybe even sign Allstate as a sponsor to get the logo on the nets.. NCAA 11 has to be about realism.