When not to cue the camera

Just a quick story to keep up with the blog:

We went to the BYU vs. SDSU basketball game this last week here in San Diego. It was enjoyable as I haven't been to a good college basketball game in almost two years. It was all SDSU in the first half (they were up by 13 at the half, and BYU had shot something like 26% from the field) and all BYU in the second half (they won by 10 pts). We went with a bunch of people from the Institute, which was also enjoyable.

But one of the funniest things though, was the timing of their "action fan cam" that they had on the scoreboard. You know how during time-outs and breaks sports arenas will often have shots of the audience or clips or something playing on the scoreboard, and this was the case at this arena as well. The "Action fan cam" is supposed to be when fans are psyched up and jumping all over the place, ecstatic to be on the scoreboard. However, the moment they picked for one of their pannings of the audience was right in the middle of BYU's 15-0 and right after BYU had hit a tough shot and had taken the lead. I've never seen such a lethargic group of "action fans." There were lots of heads resting in hands, and there were a lot of disgusted looks on the camera. I think the most exciting fan was the one who gave a half-hearted "hey, look, I'm on tv" wave.