(11-05-2017, 10:02 AM)hb1148 Wrote:

(11-04-2017, 10:00 PM)Brett Wrote: I want to preface this by stating that I have never lived in Jacksonville or even BEEN to Jacksonville. So I've never been to a home game, several away games though. I was raised in Mississippi and Ohio, fell in love with their logo as a kid and the rest is history. Still a diehard.

My question is to all of you as Jacksonville natives and those that go to the home games. After watching the Jaguars for almost 22 years now...our homefield never seems to be an advantage...in the sense of crowd noise. Now I realize it's because we haven't been great or had something to cheer about but can't the same thing be said about like the Chiefs for example? They were awful for so many years but it was always hard to play at Arrowhead because of how loud it got due to the fans cheering, etc. I know there are other teams as well. Now I realize Arrowhead Stadium is built so that crowd noise makes it even louder, but you get my point. Even as we have been playing better, I watch some of the home games and there doesn't seem to be much home support and crowd noise...

Please note, I'm not bashing any of you as homefield fans and I know a lot of you are cheering your heart out. I'm sure it is loud in some moments but when I'm watching from my TV, a lot of times it just never is even if we have a big lead. I just wish we could use the stadium to our support when our team is on defense and creating noise which would make it tougher for opponents. Will that never happen? If so, why not? I realize Jacksonville is a small market, etc. but I just hope for this some day.

Thanks for your thoughts! I can't wait to come to Jacksonville some day.

I am an original season ticket holder and been to every home game (with the exception of a couple of pre-season games) over the years.  There have been years where it's been a wild and crazy atmosphere and some particular games really standout.  I remember a night game in 2007 against Indy were the stadium was packed and downright rocking.  The atmosphere at the playoff games in '99 (at least at the beginning of those games) was insane.  

The last few years it has let up but even then there have been moments.  The Miami game a couple years ago was a pretty good atmosphere.  Even the opener against Green Bay last year was decent. But years of losing will impact any team's home crowd so it's not now like it was even during Bradley's initial year or so.  Part of it is that actual game day attendance has declined, part of it has to do with the overall excitement in the stadium.  I sense that home field advantage will come back in a hurry when the Jags prove they're genuine contenders again.

Agreed.  I attended a lot of games in the 96-2000 era.  Always looked for tix in the north end zone (Cage of Rage) cause it was as close to a college game atmosphere as you could find.  Back then, we even had regular Sunday and Monday night games on the schedule.  Now it seems like most of the fans between the 35 yard lines are happy to retreat to the Jaguar club area after the 1st quarter to get out of the sun and watch the game on the wall size screen while they chow down.  Years of losing is def a factor; in fact, it probably helped kill a generation of potential Jags fans.

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