Talk:Earthquake Game

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[edit] Epicenter Location

Okay, I saw the Youtube video. Where was the quake centered? I didn't see Tiger Stadium shaking.--BigMac1212 01:20, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

There was no "earthquake" unlike during the 1989 World Series. The seismograph was located in LSU’s Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex located around 1,000 feet (305 m) from the stadium. I'm sure it came as a big surprise that 80,000 people located 1,000 feet away was enough to trigger a reading on a seismograph. I also am not sure why a local university legend needs an article. If a car accident in front of the building triggered the meter, would it need an article too? --Dual Freq 18:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The issue of articles for individual football games has already been discussed on WikiProject College football and guidelines were established. This article meets the standards set by the WikiProject. If you have issues with articles on all individual football games then please discuss it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject College football. Seancp 18:54, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think I'll waste my time. That would be like complaining about a stub Pokemon article to the Pokemon wikiproject or an article about an elementary school to the Schools wikiproject. It might be worth an AfD though. --Dual Freq 19:24, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Yea, that's a good idea. Do just enough to frustrate fellow Wikipedians causing more work for them spending time justifying the article instead of working to better it or other articles. Look, I don't care for Pokemon articles either. I don't understand Pokemon and feel its a waste of time. But if people want to write articles on it and they meet Wikipedia standards then why would I waste my time on them? But go ahead and AfD this article....while you're at it, do it for all the other articles on individual football games. Here's a link to help you: Category:College football games. As to the significance of the earthquake, if its not a big deal how come is hasn't happened again, and keep in mind that LSU's stadium now hold 12,000 more people than it did in 1988. Or how come it hasn't happened at Michigan with 110,000 people in their stadium. This is an event that is discussed on major media outlets every football season. It has received national press. You may not think its that big of a deal, but college football fans understand its significance. Seancp 20:18, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Does Michigan have a seismograph across the street from their stadium? That would explain why it didn't happen there. This reminds me of when people used put the decibel meters in certain stadiums to try to boost attendance, ticket revenue and fan excitement. Typing loudest college football stadium into google pretty much tells me that almost every college thinks they have the loudest stadium, probably for the same reason to boost sales or alumni donations. As for national press, I'd never heard of the game before until I saw it linked in Category:College football games with the rest of the articles that could be deleted. As for this article, it should be a redirect to Tiger Stadium (LSU)#Lore. It's covered adequately there and making it into a full sized, play by play article on the game seems to be overkill since we're really talking about just one play and the fan reaction to that single play. --Dual Freq 21:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

No, of course one could not SEE the stadium shaking. Had one been in the stadium however, or even nearby, one would have certainly FELT the stadium shaking. At least enough to register, which is considerable, and is something that other venues have tried to copy, but all have failed. It was LSU which first gained fame as being the loudest stadium and could rightfully boast this claim by repeatedly showing the various decibel reading mechanisms on nationally televised games decades ago. The reputation is still widely known by opposing teams. But even THAT is not nearly as remarkable as when the entire stadium with its' enormous cement and iron pillars, were made to shake enough to move those pillars AND the ground into which they are sunk, so forcefully that they EVEN MOVED THE GROUND UP TO 1000 FEET AWAY!!! (209.136.87.14 17:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC))

Seismic sensors can measure tremors on the opposite side of the planet, 1,000 feet is nothing in comparison. It's campus and stadium lore and should be treated as such. This article should be a redirect to Tiger Stadium (LSU)#Lore. This blog, which admittedly smacks a bit of sour grapes for losing the game, shoots a few holes in the legend noting that it is by no means a unique situation or once in a lifetime event. The blog also claims "Earthquake Game" wasn't even coined until 1993. Even the LSU seismologist indicates that there is no reason that earthquakes caused by fan reaction can not happen at every / any stadium. Lets not pretend this is anything more than folk lore. Your claims about failure to replicate the effect are false, the LSU article even says they demonstrate this effect at HIGH SCHOOL games to get kids interested in geology. If a high school game can create a reading, then why not 80,000 fans or another sports venue on the planet. I suppose it drums up ticket sales and provides for an intimidation factor to opponents, but other than that, its nothing that merits an encyclopedia article. --Dual Freq 01:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)