re: Remember when noise was a penalty against the home team...

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Was called in the home game against Ohio State in 87. Just made the crowd louder.

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I was at that game. Earl Bruce (frickeye coach) poured gas on the fire from the beginning by refusing to bring his team out of the tunnel first.
Their QB (Tom Tupa) screwed up bigtime on the first series by trying to "shush" the crowd. BIG MISTAKE. I know the refs warned us a couple times, don't remember if actually penalized. I do know the refs finally told Tupa to just "snap the damn ball!!!"

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Was called in the home game against Ohio State in 87. Just made the crowd louder.

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I don’t think it was actually called in that game. Tom Tupa (Ohio State QB) continually asked for help quieting the crowd on their first drive. Referee kept allowing them to back off the ball, wait, restart the play clock and try again. They finally got the snap off, but no penalty was called. This is, of course, is my memory 35 years later.