Mike Francesa Says Lloyd Noble Loudest Arena Ever

[paulsboutique]

Was in NYC for work this week, and yesterday Mike Francesa said on WFAN that the OU-Georgia Tech game in 1985 at Lloyd Noble was "by far, the loudest college arena I have ever been in."

 

[playmakr]

He's on to something. The acoustics and low ceiling of the arena make it extremely loud......about once every 5 years....which is the problem.

 

[Big Old Booger]

It used to get very loud back in the day.

 

[DenverSooner]

The current complaint of fans that the arena is the problem is simply not accurate. The LNC was widely considered one of the toughest and loudest arenas in the 80s. The problem is we suck as fans. Everyone needs to attend games and then the students need to lead the crowd. Older people like me are not going to make a lot of noise unless the students get into the game.

 

[p230]

Older people like me are not going to make a lot of noise unless the students get into the game.

You sure?? When I am coaching my Daughters team my wife says she can hear me all the way across the court

I do agree though, how I wish I lived close enough to attend on even a semi-regular basis.

 

[bocabull]

He was probably hallucinating from heat stroke because back in the 1980s Billy Tubbs would turn the heat up to 80 degrees for big games. lol

 

[AdaSooner]

He was probably hallucinating from heat stroke because back in the 1980s Billy Tubbs would turn the heat up to 80 degrees for big games. lol

:ez-roll: I forgot all about that.

Billy didn't care who complained about it either. He wanted to win at any cost, and if that meant taking advantage of opposing teams by turning the heat up in the arena, as well as on the court, so be it.

Those were indeed the "good ol' days" in the LNC! To be honest, I'm not sure we'll ever see those days again. Lots of things have changed since then.

 

[tycat947]

The current complaint of fans that the arena is the problem is simply not accurate. The LNC was widely considered one of the toughest and loudest arenas in the 80s. The problem is we suck as fans. Everyone needs to attend games and then the students need to lead the crowd. Older people like me are not going to make a lot of noise unless the students get into the game.

Nail, meet head!

:clap:clap:clap

 

[CobraKai]

I was at OU from 88 to 93, and during those years LNC was widely considered one of, if not THE toughest place to play in the country. It was LOUD and it all started with the students. I remember we had to get to big games like KU at least 2 hours early to get a seat in the student section. And of course everyone brought newspapers to read during the opponent team introduction.

Billy's style of basketball certainly didn't hurt either. Those teams were fun to watch.

I can still picture Vitale screaming "they're rockin in Norman baby!!!"

 

[Mr.B!!!]

The current complaint of fans that the arena is the problem is simply not accurate. The LNC was widely considered one of the toughest and loudest arenas in the 80s. The problem is we suck as fans. Everyone needs to attend games and then the students need to lead the crowd. Older people like me are not going to make a lot of noise unless the students get into the game.

Look at the teams that you were cheering for versus the ones that current students have been cheering for lately. Also keep in mind that from about 84-92, Oklahoma played one of the most exciting brands of college basketball out there, and the rest of the conference (for the most part) was happy to run with us making it an extremely viewer friendly product.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

He was probably hallucinating from heat stroke because back in the 1980s Billy Tubbs would turn the heat up to 80 degrees for big games. lol

That was the game that Cremins ruined his suit by sweating through it.

 

[BanjoCharley]

I was there. It was loud and not just now and then, throughout the game. We stood the entire game.

UNLV, around that time was really loud too.

 

[DenverSooner]

I was at OU from 88 to 93, and during those years LNC was widely considered one of, if not THE toughest place to play in the country. It was LOUD and it all started with the students. I remember we had to get to big games like KU at least 2 hours early to get a seat in the student section. And of course everyone brought newspapers to read during the opponent team introduction.

Billy's style of basketball certainly didn't hurt either. Those teams were fun to watch.

I can still picture Vitale screaming "they're rockin in Norman baby!!!"

I suspect we sat pretty close together for several games. I used to go early to get great lower level seats. I don't know that I would agree you had to go two hours early but I definitely went early and saw the warm ups.

 

[oketex]

The problem with today's fans is they want it all right now! If the program is in rebuilding, as we are, the fans i.e. students don't show up and support but if this program takes of as it did in the 80's and 90's then everyone wants to be apart of it. We, as fans, including the students need to get on board now and make LN a tough place to play, we are all at fault.

 

[DenverSooner]

The problem with today's fans is they want it all right now! If the program is in rebuilding, as we are, the fans i.e. students don't show up and support but if this program takes of as it did in the 80's and 90's then everyone wants to be apart of it. We, as fans, including the students need to get on board now and make LN a tough place to play, we are all at fault.

Did they show up during Sampson's run? What about Blake's Sophomore season?

 

[Prodigal]

Billy's Baseline Brigade, baby!!!

 

[NMSooner'80]

The current complaint of fans that the arena is the problem is simply not accurate. The LNC was widely considered one of the toughest and loudest arenas in the 80s. The problem is we suck as fans. Everyone needs to attend games and then the students need to lead the crowd. Older people like me are not going to make a lot of noise unless the students get into the game.

Yep - and I'm old enough to remember how loud it was even back as far as 1977 at the LNC. It also rocked during the Big 8 title clincher in '79 vs. KSU, and earlier in that season vs. Iowa State (a high scoring game), Missouri (a closer-than-expected thriller), and rocked pretty well on an icy night with the overrated Beakers in town just before classes started.

I was at the '85 OU-Georgia Tech game game. When Bowie hammered in that missed shot, after flying in off the wing, the roof was probably shaking.

But the loudest moment I can remember was when OU pulled out that UNLV game in 1987. Choo Kennedy scored with about 12 seconds left (much like Al Beal did in the OU-Mizzou thriller 10 years earlier), and OU dodged a major bullet when Vegas' Jarvis Basnight tried to dunk a rebound and spun it off the rim. When the horn went off, it was pandemonium. :chestram2:

 

[vbdad]

Was in NYC for work this week, and yesterday Mike Francesa said on WFAN that the OU-Georgia Tech game in 1985 at Lloyd Noble was "by far, the loudest college arena I have ever been in."

The loudest and hottest game I have ever attended. When Bowie had the follow dunk off a Tisdale miss over Evan Joseph the place was insane. Also Billy wouldn't turn on the "AC" that day.

 

[CobraKai]

I suspect we sat pretty close together for several games. I used to go early to get great lower level seats. I don't know that I would agree you had to go two hours early but I definitely went early and saw the warm ups.

Ha, yes. I'm sure I've romanticized the memory a little. Maybe 2 hours is a stretch. As I am becoming increasingly aware, that was a LONG time ago.

 

[CobraKai]

The loudest I remember was either the UNLV game or the now legendary "please stop throwing stuff on the court" Mizzou game. That is truly one of the best moments in college basketball history and pretty much sums up Billy Tubbs' entire mystique.