Obviously I haven't been there in a few years but I listened to the game this morning (4:30 AM) and the noise level seemed just unbelievable!
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Where do you live? Yes it was very loud again as it’s been for the entire B1G 10!’ Schedule to date
very loud for long periods of time today...little by little its getting back to how it once was.....while maybe not as loud for some games individually, I think for the season it may rank up there with the best Waters/Bannon years...but obviously since we are on the cusp of a ncaa bid this is the best RAC since 91
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Penn state 1989 A10 championship
It will never be surpassed
UNLV 91
MISSOURI 91
SETON HALL..May have been 91 too
Yes, PSU will never be surpassed, partly because of the changes in the RAC since then, but I'd argue that for sustained terror, this season has now become (or will become after the last 2 sellouts) the best overall home season at the RAC since 82/83 when we went 20-6 in the regular season. The crowd today might've been the best one all year.
Syracuse with Roosevelt Bouie. 1978? UNLV 1977? And 91. I wasnt at the psu game
Indiana State quarter final game in the NIT (1978) for junior Larry Bird's next to last collegiate loss.
No doubt about it
End of discussion
Also, greatest sports moment of my life, and it will NEVER be surpassed.
Feb. 12, 1978
NJ Nets 112 NY Knicks 110
Super John Williamson goes for 43 and hits the game winner in the last few seconds.
p.s. Just looked at the box score
Eddie Jordan played 14 minutes : 2 pts. 4 assists 1 for 7 from the floor
NJ Nets 112 NY Knicks 110
Super John Williamson goes for 43 and hits the game winner in the last few seconds.
p.s. Just looked at the box score
Eddie Jordan played 14 minutes : 2 pts. 4 assists 1 for 7 from the floor
Wow. Also wow with Nate Colbert. Remember him when he was the only hitter and damn scary one with horrid Padres teams.
Heading over there for a trip in a few months- how’s the coronavirus affecting things? Hopefully not at all.
Just checked out the YouTube of the game in spurts. How about the back to back Dadika 3’s with the game tied at 61 and 3 min to go?!
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Yeah have to agree about the RU/PSU Atlantic 10 final being the best RACmosphere ever. Sustained intensity and mind numbing sound from 30 minutes BEFORE tipoff to the net cutting ceremony at the end.
I was in law school in 1991 so I missed UNLV and Missouri games.
The early 2000s game (2002?) against #1 UConn — a game we lost 64-63 or something, and the game where Jim Calhoun is famously quoted as saying it was the loudest arena he ever played in — is up there in the annals as well.
I’m trying to take this one a time because every game is a slog. Part of me thinks somethings gotta give going forward to with regard to our home v road record. However if the season takes shape as it has this far .. it’s possible we need one more win with Maryland coming in on senior night. The roof could be blown off
While all those games listed were great, no season brings the psychological impact to our opponents before they even hit the floor the way this season does and certainly most of our 10 sellout crowds rank with the best RAC crowds ever.
No excuse. See you there for Michigan... and wear red.
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"Nate the Great"....5 home runs, 13 ribbies in a doubleheader. Not a bad day's work.
Only a few cases here in HCMC but schools have been closed for two weeks and for the next two weeks also as a precaution.
Expat bars here are heavy on soccer, rugby and Australian rules football.
A couple do have Super Bowl parties but kickoff is at 6:30 AM on a Monday so that kind of sucks.
I was at UNLV 91 but not Penn State. I just remember the noise being so loud it was distorted because my ears couldn’t process that volume.
The PSU game was wild and amazing. A few other games were loud as well but I have only missed about 5 home games at the RAC since it opened in 1977. This is by far the loudest our arena has ever been for an extended season. we will have had 10 sellouts this season and our last 9 home games all being sold out. the prices on stub hub and ticket master etc. were the highest ever. Many people doubted RU and didn't buy season tickets and now they are trying to get tickets for individual games. You snooze you lose. Almost everyone around the country now recognizes how loud the RAC is for every game. Each game is a true EVENT.
Saw a game at Shea in 1973 and he hit a ball off Tug McGraw over the bullpen in left field and hit the team bus.
Despite having guys like Adrian Gonzalez, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield and Dave Winfield, Nate still has the Padre record for most career home runs.
Machado and/or Tatis may eventually challenge that.
Despite having guys like Adrian Gonzalez, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield and Dave Winfield, Nate still has the Padre record for most career home runs.
Machado and/or Tatis may eventually challenge that.
Hear ya. I will say, though, that the guy whose hits screamed off his bat was Gary Sheffield. I've seen 3rd base coaches stand 15 feet off the line to get outof the way of his rocket line drives.