Homesick: Can we please protect our house?

by weazel on Nov 24, 2008 7:45 PM MST

The Denver Broncos have always been a solid team at home. They have had a few 8-0 seasons at home under Shanahan, however we are far from that now. Ever since the 2005 AFC Championship Game we are a measly 9-7 at home. The previous three seasons ('03 - '05) we went 20-2 at home. I know we are in a rebuilding mode, however we should be able to do better.

We have lost 3, repeat that 3 straight losses at home. That is something that is totally unacceptable. I am not expecting us to go perfect at home, however there is something wrong and I just don't understand why. Is it the crowd or do the players/ coaching staff get complacent? We need to do something like start playing every home game like it is a playoff game.

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i think its crowd/building

mile high stadium was 1 of the loudest stadiums in the nfl. invesco has only 1 more seat and so the noise is spread out more. if pat bowlen could add more seats, i think it would make an impact. i dont care what the broncos do, but this NEEDS to be fixed

"You play to win the game!"- Herm Edwards

by broncoboy on Nov 24, 2008 8:02 PM MST reply actions

Mile High was loud for sure

this is from Wikipedia…On October 1, 2000, Broncos fans sustained the world’s loudest roar for 10 seconds, with a reading of 128.74 decibels, beating the previous world record by 3.34 decibels.

There you have it!

Win or lose, it's always it a great day to be a Bronco fan!

by Steve O' on Nov 24, 2008 8:15 PM MST reply actions

why did they build invesco in the 1st place?

with crowd noise like that every game, we should be undefeated at home.

"You play to win the game!"- Herm Edwards

by broncoboy on Nov 24, 2008 8:22 PM MST up reply actions

More income

More luxury boxes. More corporate environment. More revenue. Basically everything wrong with the NFL. We want Mile High back!!

If Mike Shanahan were a hotdog, would you eat him? I know I would. Hell, I'd eat him twice.

by papigrande on Nov 24, 2008 8:30 PM MST up reply actions

i think every fan wants it back

we should start a petition!

"You play to win the game!"- Herm Edwards

by broncoboy on Nov 24, 2008 8:38 PM MST up reply actions

I will answer that from an engineering point

Having worked on some additions to the old Mile High and getting to tour the stadium when I was not busy testing or inspecting something, I will say that the old mile high was very outdated, the electrical system was a joke and a hazard, basically they would just run new wires every time something went out so no one knew where anything went and you had a giant mess, the steel was starting to wear and would of needed to be retrofitted or replaced at a huge expense, the facilities (bathrooms) were something you may find in Juarez bar, looker rooms were something slighlty above a high school locker room, basically, not feasible to maintain long term. In addition, to the obvious reasons to generate more money from luxury suites and concessions. I just think they really blew it when they didn’t expand the new mile high and add 10,000 or so more seats, I think that was Bowlen way to try to drive off the blue collar fans and get the wine and cheese crowd in. But that being said, the old Mile High had a special place and feeling the stadium shake was amazing, although somewhat scary after taking structural engineering. I have to say I got to go around the old mile high a few times and talk with the care takers, and it really was a holy place.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 25, 2008 12:43 AM MST up reply actions 3 recs

Rec'd

That must have been something, being in the “heart” of old mile high.

Thankfully all the fans who attended over the years took up residence in its soul. They destroyed a lot when they destroyed that old stadium, for better or worse. It is of course something we have to live with, but I think there were just too many compromises made in the way they moved on.

May the Broncos live in Denver forever, and may the next Mile High be done right for another generation.

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Nov 25, 2008 2:01 AM MST up reply actions

I've never been to Invesco

and had only 3 games at Mile High under my belt (give me props, though, I traveled from Chicago/Columbus to get to three games), but I have to ask… would Mile High have made a difference on Sunday? Enough to overcome all the deficiencies that reared their ugly heads and erase a 21 point deficit? I highly doubt it…

The 12th man/woman (being PC, hehe) can certainly make a difference, but the team playing horribly inconsistently is the main problem!

Sadly, I stopped spending a gajillion dollars to travel to Denver, to stay at a hotel, to pay for tickets when the Broncos also got blown out by the Raiders in like 94 or something like that.

by tunga77 on Nov 25, 2008 9:18 AM MST reply actions

I know that we aren't a good team,

yet in ‘03 and ’04 we weren’t a totally solid team as evident by our blowout losses to the Colts, however we were able to win at home consistently. We should at least be able to do that now.

Whatever is the reason………the losing at home needs to stop.

"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan

Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 6

by weazel on Nov 25, 2008 7:01 PM MST up reply actions