So the president of Liberty University sent a memo to the student body saying "all these big and cool programs do something unique in their stadium. At Wisconsin when they do the wave, they speed it up, slow it down and reverse it. Ohio Staters do the Jack White "ohhhhhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhhh-ohhhhh-ohhhhh" chant. Well at Liberty University, I am requiring that noise be made at all times between kickoff and the final tick in the home opening football game against Delaware State."
The announment went on to instruct the students and season ticket holders to form a triangle with the person to their front and to their left. The crowd must take turns persistently yelling at one minute intervals so that nobody loses their voice (a la Terry Rooney). Everyone must hit the same note with their voice, that way the soundwaves will sum constructively and the magitude of the wave will be equivalent to that of 45k+ yelling out of tune.
Once the Liberty student body and ticketholders perfect this, they must then practice doing all different crazy patterns with their voice around the stadium, forming a "vocal wave" to distract the opposing offense. Students and season ticket holders not participating in this new tradition will be fined $10 each, as this is seen as a way to generate national interest in the football program (which is competing for the first year in the FCS.)
A bit of irony in this story: Liberty University supporters that fought to cut high school music programs in Lynchberg County (due to budget cuts) are now looking to refund these programs, because the ability to carry a tune at the same note is key to generating enough perpetual noise to bring attention to the program. They now consider the ROI in high school music programs to be positive based on the expected boost to the Lynchberg economy when the football program becomes more prominent.
The announment went on to instruct the students and season ticket holders to form a triangle with the person to their front and to their left. The crowd must take turns persistently yelling at one minute intervals so that nobody loses their voice (a la Terry Rooney). Everyone must hit the same note with their voice, that way the soundwaves will sum constructively and the magitude of the wave will be equivalent to that of 45k+ yelling out of tune.
Once the Liberty student body and ticketholders perfect this, they must then practice doing all different crazy patterns with their voice around the stadium, forming a "vocal wave" to distract the opposing offense. Students and season ticket holders not participating in this new tradition will be fined $10 each, as this is seen as a way to generate national interest in the football program (which is competing for the first year in the FCS.)
A bit of irony in this story: Liberty University supporters that fought to cut high school music programs in Lynchberg County (due to budget cuts) are now looking to refund these programs, because the ability to carry a tune at the same note is key to generating enough perpetual noise to bring attention to the program. They now consider the ROI in high school music programs to be positive based on the expected boost to the Lynchberg economy when the football program becomes more prominent.
