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News, Blog and GuidesA quote by the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback in Week 7 has gone viral and gotten Chiefs fans backs up in as the AFC Conference Championship game looms
Jeffrey MayJeff_DiarioASUpdate: Jan 25th, 2022 14:31 EST
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Following the Cincinnati Bengals’ Week 7 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, NBC Sports’ Peter King spoke with Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow about the crowd noise. Burrow’s response is now going viral since former Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes brought attention to it on Twitter.
To be fair, Joe has never played at Arrowhead. Having said that, he is in for a rude awakening. There is no place louder in sports and it’s not up for debate. pic.twitter.com/OKJCHlZj09
— 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀 (@lt4kicks) January 24, 2022
For context, the original quote from Burrow is as follows:
I asked him if the very loud crowd early in Baltimore affected him, and whether playing in the deafeaning stadia of the SEC got him ready for this.Burrow: “We knew that they were gonna be jacked up for us to come in, and expecting to beat our ass. But we were ready for it. Playing in the SEC definitely, definitely helped. Gets way louder in the SEC than in any of these NFL stadiums.”Translation: You’re nuts if you think the noise bugged me even a bit today. You’re nuts if you think it bothers me any day.
So let’s unpack this a little bit. The issue that Tynes takes with Joe’s quote stems from the fact that the Guinness Book of World Records certified Arrowhead Stadium’s 142.2 db roar during their September 29, 2014 match against the New England Patriots as the loudest crowd roar ever recorded at a sporting event. This is what Tynes refers to when he says that it is “not up for debate.”
Looking at Burrow’s quote, what he says is not entirely incorrect. You see, although NFL crowds can hit very high levels for big plays and scores, the ambient noise levels sit around 80 or 90 decibels for the great majority of the game. Anyone who has been to any college game anywhere in the country will tell you that with the marching band, the student section, and the tribal mania of the local populace, college stadiums maintain a generally higher level of baseline noise throughout the game, not just in scoring moments. When you consider that the crowd capacity of Arrowhead is a comparatively paltry 76,416 when compared to LSU’s Tiger Stadium 102,321, this baseline rumble can make for an uncomfortable experience.
