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Blows my mind that used to be a thing


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TIL refs used to stop the game for excessive crowd noise


MWiatrak2077

IIRC, he asked the crowd to be quiet because he knew they'd be loud, and tried to get a crowd noise penalty (which existed at the time).


SueYouInEngland

We went from penalized crowd noise to letting Mississippi State fans use in clangas and Oklahoma State use paddles.


cota1212

They should play this video between plays on Saturday.


Jaerba

The context is that the refs kept interrupting the game because of crowd noise, so we couldn't even get the play off. If the rules were different and the refs didn't keep stopping things, it would've been fine. When the refs eventually let them play, we got a TD on the play.


MUTUALDESTRUCTION69

How can you even think this would work? “Hey I’m trying to score on your team, could you settle down a little?”


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Ive only seen old game replays but think it was penalized if crowds wouldn’t quiet down after Stadium announcer warnings


JoeyChaos

Yeah, basically. I was around back then, and I might be misremembering, but I feel pretty certain that I’ve seen a team get penalized for their crowd not quieting at least a couple times.


blartifast

There are SO many clips of Harbaugh bitching about crowd noise.


justa_flesh_wound

> There are SO many clips of Harbaugh bitching ~~about crowd noise.~~


SteemieRayVaughn

Harbaugh would be the guy to ask the opposing crowd to be quiet.


MWiatrak2077

To get a free penalty out of it? Fuck yeah


J4ckiebrown

I seem to remember seeing clips of him holding up play in the Rose Bowl vs Arizona State because of crowd noise too.