If you attend Jacksonville State University there is a chance you have already seen some of the uproars over the football team's 2019 hype video. The overwhelming majority of people dislike the video, although there are students who really like it. Personally, the video seems a lot more artistic than what you would normally see from a southern football team. Saturday Down South called it the "weirdest hype video ever", and maybe so but people are talking about it regardless and that may be just what the athletic department is looking for.
Some comments look at how the video doesn't flow together well or the execution of it could be different, this can be considered constructive criticism. However, other media platform have taken to making comments about a player's body types and sizes that just seems to be unproductive to the conversation regarding this college football hype video. Local newspaper comments "viewers get the slow-motion shirt-ripping, revealing a player's, uh ... less-than-chiseled physique", as if every player in football is clean and extremely cut.
Comment sections are full of people making fun of this kid, but he put himself out there and he is owning it. It seems as though people were just looking for something to dislike and many picked this young man to jab at. I think people don't like it because it is different, and it stands out, it's unusual and it's not what they are used to.
I like the video and here is why. It shows these young men in a way I have never seen them before, as a member of The Marching Southerners I see how they perform on the field as well as off the field. It gave them an opportunity to be different from every other college and I respect that so much. I am personally proud of the department for going in this direction even if the execution of it isn't perfect, it's a freaking cool video and we shouldn't be giving them so much crap for it.
Viewers are confused at this video, they don't know what to say or think about it, making the video almost mysterious. Like what are those Gamecocks really up to?
Haven't seen the video yet? Check it out here! https://twitter.com/JSUGamecocksFB/status/1166502832469696512
