Music City Bowl bans Mississippi State Cowbells
The Music City Bowl apparently doesn’t mean all instruments will be invited.
The bowl game’s CEO Scott Ramsey said on ESPN 680 Louisville this week that Mississippi State fans will not be allowed to bring their cowbells into Nissan Stadium for the Music City Bowl. Mississippi State will face Louisville in the bowl game.
“I’m sure we will see a lot in the city but they won’t be allowed in the stadium,” Ramsey said according to The Clarion Ledger via ESPN radio. “Due to safety certification process with [the Department of] Homeland Security and what the Titans and Nissan Stadium are going through, which is a very high-end certification process. Just the nature of the bell, not necessarily just from a noise side, but from a safety and a noise side, they’re not going to be allowed in the stadium.”
Mississippi State actually just faced Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl two years ago and the fans were permitted to bring cowbells into TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville. The Bulldogs faithful also brought its cowbells into Raymond James Stadium in Tampa at the Outback Bowl last year.
But Nissan Stadium, where the Titans play their home games, have decided not to allow the cowbells for safety reasons.
“Nissan Stadium is a designated SAFETY Act Facility by the Department of Homeland Security,” a stadium representative said in a statement to Mississippi State. “Nissan Stadium’s supporting documentation for its designation under the SAFETY Act specifically prohibits noisemaking devices inside the stadium such as blowhorns, airhorns, cowbells, whistles for all events.”
For what it’s worth, the Titans’ website lists cowbells under noisemakers not permitted inside Nissan Stadium for NFL games, so this isn’t a rule only being applied to the Music City Bowl.
Mississippi State and Louisville will square off in Nashville on Dec. 30 at 4 pm ET.
We had Cowbells when we played Wake Forest in the “Music City Bowl!!” I don’t think anyone got hurt by a Cowbell then!!!
The titans want to keep Nissan’s name on the stadium. Probably an insurance issue. Ridiculous imo, but the cowbells have gotten out of control honestly.
Out of control? What does that mean? I was at the egg bowl and even in the rivalry they followed bell etiquette pretty good.
Weaksauce.
Cowbells can be lethal in the hands of an expert like Will Farrell.
As much as I enjoy Louisville fans getting tortured, those cowbells should be banned off of the face of the earth
Yes, the cowbells need to be banned everywhere, even in Davis Wade.
I agree.
Thanks for your suggestions. We will take it into consideration for future games.
good choice. bad reasons.
Good. Hopefully the SEC will follow suit.
Good luck with that because the SEC doesn’t care as long as MSU is at home.
They tried for a couple of decades, didn’t take, but like taking booze out of baton rouge…
Those stupid cowbells at times make watching MSU games completely unwatchable. There was one game it was so bad on tv I had to mute it just not to get a migraine. I can’t even imagine going to a MSU game with that constant rattling. I’m all for tradition but this one that’s got to go.
At least we won’t have to listen to commentators drone on about cowbells.
Are all you girls that are bi tching about our cowbells having shark week? Want some cheese with that whine?
Does Music City Bowl not know that Mississippi State cowbells are musical instruments?
Nashville has changed
“For what it’s worth, the Titans’ website lists cowbells under noisemakers not permitted inside Nissan Stadium for NFL games…”
Because, you know, a lot of NFL fan bases have embraced the cow bell, along with the vuvuzela.
The more other SEC fans whine about our cowbells, the more we grow to love our redneck noisemakers.