During Purdue's season opener against Northern Colorado, the Boilermaker's fans were loud but not ever effective. The purpose of being loud is to make it so the away team can not hear their quarterback at the line of scrimmage. Northern Colorado's quarterback could be heard by everyone on the field without any mistakes. At that game, the fans were loudin cheering for Purdue after a great play or scoring a touchdown, but we did not do much in making noise to mute thier quarterback. The big advantage of being the home team is the fans, and we need to do our best in making as much noise as possible to help our our Boilermakers on the field.
The Oregon game last week is a completely different story. The fans were much louder and made it more difficult for the Ducks to hear their quarterback. Numerous times, the Oregon quarterback, Justin Roper, was running back and forth along the line of scrimmage yelling because his offensive line and wide recievers could not hear the play that he was trying to call. Maybe fans were louder at the Oregon game because Oregon is a big league team, and the game was close the entire time with much to get excited about. Purdue started the game with a huge run for a touchdown by Kory Sheets which got the Boiler fans excited and screaming right off the bat only 15 seconds into the game. If fans continue to raise the volume of games, expect the Boiler defense to step up and make big plays as well.
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