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It sounds like it's quite the experience for opposing coaches, players and team when facing Utah State in Logan -- not exactly feeling the love of Welcome Wagon host and hostesses. Maybe it's not quite "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" but remains mindblowing in its own way.

It's always tough with comparisons but our sense is the reference as "Cameron Indoors West" is inherently unfair -- the lack of national publicity for the USU fan-dom antics and for what takes place in The Spectrum is an awareness Utah State cannot control. Heck, it might even top what the Cameron Crazies offer.

It does seem fair to say that The Spectrum-ites are the best at what they do west of the Mississippi. Clue us in if you disagree. Plus, does anyone have a photo or two of the off-the-court 'action" taking place in The Spectrum?

Aggie faithful will put Pack on hot seat
Utah State's 11-0 home record traced partly to fans
Chris Murray
January 28, 2009

When the Nevada basketball team walks into The Spectrum to play Utah State on Thursday night, the Wolf Pack will have more to worry about than simply beating a team that has been nearly perfect this season.

That task is difficult enough, but Wolf Pack players will also be the target of thousands of rabid fans ready to goad, taunt and pester them

until they crack.

Every game, 4,000-plus students pack The Spectrum ready to explode, and Thursday night's Western Athletic Conference showdown will be no different.

"It's just what you do," said Jeff Browning, a sophomore at USU who has been going to games since he was 6. "It's what you're expected to do. It's part of the culture. To us, it's culture and it's religion. At other places, maybe that's not the case."

Matt Sonnenberg, a USU student who publishes a comical online newsletter for every Aggie home game, said the crowd can be "ruthless..."

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