1) Their video board
It wasn't missing portions that were burned out or not working. Clearly it isn't utilized enough.
It also didn't have 60% of its space taken up from ads. They must be poor. It also wasn't primarily used for commercials, think of all the revenue they're missing out on!
During the game, they did other things to get fans involved, other than a dance cam. Weird.
2) Gameday atmosphere
They didn't have the PA announcer talking over the band. Clearly not enough going on for them. They should work on that.
The crowd was involved from the start. Cheering, chanting, singing along with songs. The crowd stood a large portion of the game. I mean do they even know they have seats?
They don't even have a DJ. what a poverty program. The songs, were songs that everyone knew and were easy to sing along with, get everyone up.
Being at the game it seemed as though everything was planned out ahead of time and there weren't lapses where it seemed like there was no one in control. Guess they don't have the skills to improvise.
3) Ads (probably my biggest takeaway)
They didn't sell ad space to literally everyone. They had a huge stone wall that would've looked great with a billboard on it. wasted space. They didn't have a redzone named after gomart. I mean, how are the people supposed to know you're in the redzone if you don't announce that you're in the "dutch miller auto group redzone!". How will the people know!?
They didn't have a million presentations during timeouts. There were a few, but most of the time during timeouts there was something going on involving the crowd. Don't they know they should be presenting OVP (or their version of OVP) with some type of gift thanking them for the 40th time that season?
Overall, pretty disappointed. Seems like our friends in Blacksburg have a lot to learn from us. Hopefully they will take notes next time they're inside the Joan!