Most Annoying Thing at High School Games

[jtidwell]

If you do not want to hear the band or cheerleaders, take some earplugs. They are both as much a part of high school football as a scoreboard with burnt out light bulbs.

 

No need for such drastic measures when the crowd generally drowns both out. I've also learned to block them out by actually watching the game. Every now and then a high-pitched scream or errant bass drum will penetrate my focus, but very rarely.

Edited September 1, 2006 by jtidwell

[02wildcat.]

My vote for most annoying is people who grumble about everything and don't enjoy the game because they are too busy grumbling about what everyone else is doing

[jtidwell]

You will note I wasn't at the game when I was listing my humorous complaints, as that is what the thread is about and asking.

[Solomon]

Here is a dangerous combination:

 

5 years old and thundersticks

 

I felt sorry for the kid's mom. She tried, but every time she'd get them away, he'd somehow find more!

[Lions4ever]

Ok...its been stated before but...

 

What is with the band playing during offensive drives??? Happened tonite at the game I was at. The visiting team brought their band (big mistake) and the director did not even look to see what was going on on the field...he just went on and played whenever he felt like it and that was never when the opposing teams offense was on the field...only his own If I was the coach I woulda jumped in the stands and ripped that band director a new one....especially when his team fumbled during what could have been the game tying drive and no one could hear the coaches and players yelling "BALL" because the band was busy playing "wooly-bully"....the band director just turned around and looked at the field like..."oh wow what just happened?"

[Grace Golden Eagles]

Pacifist Liberals who cheer at an uneccesary roughness call, or complain about coaches cursing or using tobacco!

YES!!!!!!!!!

[bballfan03]

As a former cheerleading coach and wife of the head football coach, I soon learned that if the cheerleaders did not involve the crowd at a critical moment or the band played at the wrong time, I would hear about it that night. It wasn't long before the band director and I joined forces, with me signalling band chants and cheers from the stands at critical moments as my husband was calling plays from the sidelines. In 20 years of coaching, I was rarely able to depend on my squad to understand the necessity of using one word chants such as "De-fense, de-fense. de-fense etc." at a critical moment, rather then a long, involved cheer that the crowd cound not hear or understand because they were standing yelling De-fense!

 

Do I believe that cheerleaders, bands, concession stands, annoying announcers and little kids playing football with a crumbled coke cup add to the atmosphere of a football game - of course I do, and it wouldn't be the same without them. But with all that said, the reason for Friday night is THE GAME.

 

 

 

 

 

I believe that cheerleaders are there to get the crowd up for the game. Cheerleaders should know the game well enough to know the difference between offense and defense. 1Fan must have been a good cheerleader coach to get the band and cheerleaders on the same page. No need for a cheering section the band could be it.

 

I don't think the cheerleaders should face the field. They need to face the crowd to "lead" the cheers. Cheerleaders facing the field just gets them ignored by both the crowd and the players. How many football coaches want their players watching the cheerleaders during the game!!

[KevB1990]

I take exception to the band being included since I was in the band back in the day...

 

However, I do get really irritated when the band plays during a drive. That used to be a penalty...whatever happened with that?

[bhsblaze09]

You know that at some schools people only come to see the bands since the football team is nearing the state record for consectutive losses i.e Blackman where we've lost 15 straight!!

Bands who think you came to the game to see them instead of the game you paid good money to see.

 

Fans who think they have to yell PASS, SWEEP or any other play the opponent is running thinking their players can hear them.

 

Parents who think this is an individual sport for their child and do not realize that all the guys are trying their best. The line is trying to block, the defense is trying to wrap-up a tackle. Parents do not need to critique other people's children from the stands.

 

People trying to sneak a smoke in the stands - we can smell you!!!

[Solomon]

You know that at some schools people only come to see the bands since the football team is nearing the state record for consectutive losses i.e Blackman where we've lost 15 straight!!

 

1. That's no where near a state record for losses.

2. If you want to see the band so bad then go to the band competitions to see them on Saturday.

[glover]

When there are 1000 home fans and they are all talking about anything other than there own kids or there own football team, but on Saturday or Sunday be cheering there heads off to there favorite college or pro team.

[Uncle L & Aunt M]

 

Fans who think they have to yell PASS, SWEEP or any other play the opponent is running thinking their players can hear them.

 

 

AMEN. This is ridiculous. And don't you know that I wear a sign to every game that says "If you sit or stand behind me - Please be the most obnoxious person here today!"

 

And don't get me started on how blind the refs are to these people. OFFSIDES! HOLDING! Get a whistle and your 300 lb. butt out of the stands and go call a game!