1. start greg oden
2. play greg oden

College hoops atmosphere is LOUD and NON-STOP. Big college or small college, people are hugely vocal about it.

I think there should be some better coordination of this. The guy with the music PA at the games doesn’t work that well all the time. Also, rarely have I ever seen or heard about teams coordinating with the fans and helping the fans get loud and very involved.

Blazer-mania may be legitimate, but you can’t tell me that a reserved town like Portland is going to be bonkers during the regular seasons unless we have some LEADERS out there in the trenches. I get emotional during games, yet I have had people look at me like “sit down dude, I am trying to watch the game” Brutal, all i wanna do is back our team up.

They need to do something.

Going to Oregon I have witnessed first hand how much a crazy, enthusiastic and energetic fan base at a game can make the game so much more fun. Autzen and MacArthur are finally starting to get real national recognition for our game’s atmosphere and are among other stadiums (which almost all being twice and more as big) as the hardest/loudest to play at. This Blazermaniacs can be like the Pit Crew at Oregon which is known for their loud and energetic antics. Now of course we can’t yell out offensive things like Oregon has done (sorry Kobe haters, no commenting on Kobe’s sexual Orientation). We do need to keep it PG (Ok maybe PG-13?). However, we can still be crazy and think of clever chants to yell and create a hostile environment for the opposition. I remember the Rose Garden was close to this during our Western Conference days in the late 90’s early 2000’s as us and Sacramento’s stadium were constantly said to be the hardest and loudest to play at. Let’s bring that back and then some! Show the rest of the NBA how crazy and passionate we really are! I want to go to a game this season where I return home with no voice and not look like a loud, abnoxious, drunk at the game! Instead I fit right in with the little screaming 7 year old on my right yelling at Paul “Should’ve been a blazer” and the granny on my left yelling at Chandler she could have blocked that shot!!!

I’ve just recently started watching European football (soccer to those of us across the pond), and one thing I’ve noticed about their fans is that they have team songs that they all sing/yell/chant together. For example, Liverpool FC has the song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” as their theme song.

 I’ve always thought that was really cool, having a giant stadium united in song, and I’ve always wished that we had some of our own in American sports. Something short and catchy that everyone could learn and sing together would be amazing and inspiring. If we can get an entire stadium to sing YMCA and do the hand motions, it shouldn’t be too hard to get them to sing a Blazer song, right?