DOLPHINS: run like he was with New Orleans

Michael Fischer thebigfish at smunet.net
Mon Nov 23 04:13:04 GMT 2009 

You're right....
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On Nov 22, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Mark S. Clark wrote:

> Then it was a Monday night game, because 9/11 was a Tuesday.
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Michael Fischer <thebigfish at smunet.net 
> >wrote:
>
>> I shot a Dolphins Titans game in Nashville. I'll never forgot it  
>> for two
>> reasons: One, it was a Sunday night game and it rained like hell
>> through part of the game.
>>
>> The other reason was the trip back connecting through Chicago the  
>> next day.
>> The date of the game was Sept 10, 2001.
>>
>> Great stadium..that's for sure.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 22, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Danny Nelson wrote:
>>
>> Sorry I'm arriving late to the party, but after the Charlotte road  
>> trip I
>>> had
>>> to head out of town for the weekend.
>>>
>>> There were a BUNCH of Dolfans at the game, certainly a lot more  
>>> than I
>>> expected.  Not as many as there were at Atlanta perhaps, but we  
>>> made our
>>> presence felt.  The Charlotte fans were pretty damn loud though,  
>>> so it was
>>> tough for a while.  You could see it having an effect but Henne  
>>> handled it
>>> pretty well.  As the game went on though and the upset smell began  
>>> wafting
>>> through the stadium, they got more quiet and we got louder.
>>>
>>> At one point a "Let's go Dolphins, let's go" cheer broke out and  
>>> swelled
>>> to a
>>> level that was clearly annoying the local fans.  Also near the end  
>>> of the
>>> game, Dolfans turned the tables on the Panthers fans.  Every time  
>>> the
>>> Panthers
>>> get a first down, the PA guy says something like "That's another  
>>> Carolina
>>> Panthers..." and the fans yell back "First down!"  It got pretty  
>>> old, so
>>> as
>>> the Dolphins began to gain momentum in the second half, we all  
>>> changed the
>>> cheer to our team, again clearly annoying the locals.
>>>
>>> I will say this about Carolina fans they are absolutely brutal on
>>> Delhomme.
>>>
>>> Anyway, it was a great trip.  That was my first trip to that  
>>> stadium and
>>> it's
>>> really nice.  And it was fun seeing all of our Dolphins  
>>> compatriots on the
>>> way
>>> to the game (we had the car decked out) and walking to the  
>>> stadium.  I
>>> thought
>>> I was going to stand out in the crowd wearing my orange Ricky  
>>> jersey, but
>>> it
>>> turns out I was but one of many, many orange Rickys in the crowd.
>>>
>>> The only downer was that we had seats right next to the players  
>>> tunnel, so
>>> I
>>> hoped to get some souvenirs after the game.  Unfortunately  
>>> security lined
>>> up
>>> at the tunnel opening in the stands and kept everyone away.  I still
>>> thought
>>> we had the advantage, but all of a sudden after turning away  
>>> everyone who
>>> tried to hang over the edge, they all of a sudden opened the gates  
>>> and we
>>> had
>>> to fight for position.  Also the cops there had let some kids get  
>>> position
>>> over us, which is not a problem at all except most of them were  
>>> Panthers
>>> fans.
>>> Had they picked out kid Dolphins fans no problem, but this was  
>>> only the
>>> Dolphins tunnel so I felt like we got hosed.  We almost caught a  
>>> couple of
>>> items but to tell the truth almost all of the players just ran in  
>>> without
>>> offering up anything.
>>>
>>> Oh well, that was a minor disappointment compared to the great  
>>> game and we
>>> did
>>> get a couple hours of chatting up some of the players before the  
>>> game.
>>> One
>>> thing about taking Chris to the game is that he knows every  
>>> player's face,
>>> and
>>> they tend to give you a little more attention if you know who they  
>>> are,
>>> especially guys like Sperry, Denney, Nate Jones, Torbor, and other  
>>> guys
>>> like
>>> that who don't get much face time on TV.  One guy next to me kept  
>>> getting
>>> his
>>> hat signed and then would ask us who the player was.  He was a  
>>> little
>>> disappointed most of the time we told him, since the stars didn't  
>>> really
>>> stop.
>>> He told me the only guy he really wanted to sign was Ricky.  I  
>>> hated to
>>> have
>>> to tell the guy that he had zero chance of that.
>>>
>>> All in all it was a great trip.  And I finally got to meet the  
>>> Madman of
>>> Florence, which was a blast.  Funny how you get a mental image of  
>>> someone
>>> over
>>> the net and they turn out to look nothing like you thought.  He just
>>> doesn't
>>> look like the kind of guy might be seen throwing fried chicken  
>>> legs at a
>>> SCOTS
>>> show.  We will seriously party one of these days.
>>>
>>> Next up, Nashville!
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: Kristoffer Shields <kms223 at hotmail.com>
>>>
>>> It's possible, but I think it's just the way they have the mics that
>>>> seems
>>>>
>>> weird to me...  Like last night, Delhomme screaming that Crowder  
>>> (52!) was
>>> the
>>> mike came through consistently louder than Papa doing the play-by- 
>>> play,
>>> and
>>> crowd noise often drowned him out completely (often cheering the
>>> Dolphins---either there were a lot of Dolfans there last night or  
>>> Danny
>>> and
>>> Patrick did the list proud....or both).  It didn't really bother  
>>> me, it's
>>> just
>>> weird because it's not how I'm used to a broadcast "sounding."  I've
>>> always
>>> assumed it's just a production decision they made?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: thebigfish at smunet.net
>>>>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:09 -0600
>>>>> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: run like he was with New Orleans
>>>>>
>>>>> Kris,
>>>>> I have no problem with the sound. Could be a issue with between  
>>>>> your
>>>>> signal source and NFLN? Where's GARBO... isn't he a sound guy?
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 20, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Kristoffer Shields wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The sound always seems weird in the NFLN games, too... like the
>>>>>> field mics are turned way up and the announcer mics down, so you
>>>>>> can barely hear them sometimes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: clark.m.s at gmail.com
>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:28 -0500
>>>>>>> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: run like he was with New Orleans
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was thinking the same thing.
>>>>>>> You would think that the league's flagship network would have an
>>>>>>> "A-team"
>>>>>>> for one game a week.
>>>>>>> Millen is horrible. The other guy is pretty forgettable too  
>>>>>>> (see,
>>>>>>> I don't
>>>>>>> even remember his name).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:34 AM, bill coddington
>>>>>>> <bcoddington at hotmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The most overused statement during the game last night - not to
>>>>>>>> mention
>>>>>>>> Ricky William's most productive years were with Miami - Millen
>>>>>>>> and the other
>>>>>>>> schlep were annoying.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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