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4 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

I think like most of the SEC teams do a first down chant.

First down Texas: Fight

First down: Ollllllle Miss

First down: Rolllllllll Tide

First down: War Eagle

First down: Anchor Down

Do you not remember the little apple?

GOOD FOR ANOTHER WILDCAT:

FIRST DOWN!

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2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Do you not remember the little apple?

GOOD FOR ANOTHER WILDCAT:

FIRST DOWN!

Aggies do that also. As do high schools across America. It’s stupid. At least ours is a little unique. 

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Posted (edited)
10 hours ago, CastHorn said:

A&M is too rigid in their defensive philosophy, you could tell in the pre-game interviews Sark knew he could break their “rules”. Also Elkos 4-2-5 is just not sound against outside zone concepts, it doesn’t matter where he lines up his backers. PK is now 9-0 vs Klein. A&M will have a hard time winning this game if things remain status quo. 

*Elko's

 

6 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Plus. that's the stupidest fucking song of all time:

 

If yer gonna play in Texas

You gotta have a fiddle in the band.

That lead guitar is hot

But not for a Louisiana man.

 

Who gives a flying fuck what Louisiana man wants if you're playing in Texas?

Oh, but the lyrics to "Mo Bamba" are fucking poetry?

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Posted
6 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Plus. that's the stupidest fucking song of all time:

 

If yer gonna play in Texas

You gotta have a fiddle in the band.

That lead guitar is hot

But not for a Louisiana man.

 

Who gives a flying fuck what Louisiana man wants if you're playing in Texas?

“Louisiana Man” is an old time fiddle song. Dang youngsters

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Posted
9 hours ago, tbone_ said:

So I watched the replay of the game on sky view. Are the music between plays and the play by play announcer as annoying in person as they seem on that replay?

100% yes.  No team has ever subverted their own home-field advantage like we do.  We win home games *despite* the non-stop effort of the jumbotron to distract and silence the home crowd.

We do sooooooooo much dumb shit to take 200,000 eyes off the field, and tranform the audience into passive consumers watching fucking commercials during a game.  It's awful.  I cannot count how many times we're in a 1-score game in the 4th quarter, and trying to get a critical 3rd-down stop on defense... so we BLAST a lip-sync contest or a Foot Locker "follow the hidden ball" dumb shit, or we try to make "who wants a t-shirt" happen.  It's just monumentally stupid.  Idiocracy stupid.  

All these silly songs intended to be funny, like playing "Don't Do Me Like That" after a penalty against us... it's so cringey.  It would be cringey if a junior college did it in 2002... but for UT to do it in 2025.... Ugh.

Fortunately the place was so incredibly rocking on Friday, even the jumbotron was unable to spoil the party (like it often does).  

Call me, CDC.  We can fix it.  

 

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, lemonandaturd said:

The lyrics are not "a" Louisiana Man.  There is no "a".  Louisiana Man is a Doug Kershaw song from 1970 which features Doug playing the fiddle.   The lyrics mean that if you are playing the song Louisiana Man in Texas you better have a fiddle in the band and not a lead guitar.  

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Posted
7 hours ago, Goofyboy said:


I was at the Sam Houston game this year. Not every little thing needs to be applauded or have its on chant or song. Let the band play between downs.

This crap got rolling heavily around 98 with that fucking TacoBell gong starting it all.

I miss the old college football experience. The game, cheer leaders, band and crowd - that’s it.

Slippery Rock 20

Millersville 17

(crowd goes wild)

 

quarter

 

So much was said with so little words

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Posted

Back to a little bit of game talk, I was surprised that Endries was basically able to run wild all game.  Surely he shouldn't present such an athletic mismatch to the #3 team in the country?

Posted
1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

Can't hear you cause

I GOT HOESSSSS CALLLIN!

WOW. So that’s what they are saying. I never knew that. I really never cared actually, but I am glad to know it. 

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I think y’all misunderstand who the stadium atmosphere is meant for. It’s not for visiting teams, or players, or recruits. It’s for people like me who are too blitzed out of our minds to notice what songs are playing or what the PA announcer says. Except the mariachi. That never hits. move it to the 2Q. 

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26 minutes ago, WBT said:

Back to a little bit of game talk, I was surprised that Endries was basically able to run wild all game.  Surely he shouldn't present such an athletic mismatch to the #3 team in the country?

I haven't watched much of them this year, but they were a terrible zone team last year.

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11 hours ago, lemonandaturd said:

The lyrics are not "a" Louisiana Man.  There is no "a".  Louisiana Man is a Doug Kershaw song from 1970 which features Doug playing the fiddle.   The lyrics mean that if you are playing the song Louisiana Man in Texas you better have a fiddle in the band and not a lead guitar.  

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I was disappointed in the Twins Cam or whatever they call it that they passed on the most obvious one ever...the Clark Lea/ Lex Luthor one was unexpected and great, this would have been the funniest thing ever to happen at DKR

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Posted (edited)
10 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

100% yes.  No team has ever subverted their own home-field advantage like we do.  We win home games *despite* the non-stop effort of the jumbotron to distract and silence the home crowd.

We do sooooooooo much dumb shit to take 200,000 eyes off the field, and tranform the audience into passive consumers watching fucking commercials during a game.  It's awful.  I cannot count how many times we're in a 1-score game in the 4th quarter, and trying to get a critical 3rd-down stop on defense... so we BLAST a lip-sync contest or a Foot Locker "follow the hidden ball" dumb shit, or we try to make "who wants a t-shirt" happen.  It's just monumentally stupid.  Idiocracy stupid.  

This 1,000%.

In the fourth quarter of the Clemson game, when the momentum has swung to them, nothing fires up our defense like playing the "Which horse will win the race? game on the Jumbotron.  

The Portland Trailblazers used to employ an actually very funny use of music. Whenever their team was hit by a questionable call or foul, they would play the theme from "The Twilight Zone," haha. 

 

4 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

I was disappointed in the Twins Cam or whatever they call it that they passed on the most obvious one ever...the Clark Lea/ Lex Luthor one was unexpected and great, this would have been the funniest thing ever to happen at DKR

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This is genius, hahah.  

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17 hours ago, ITHorn said:

I dunno. I was in Columbus and Gainsville this year and they both had the PA systems cranked to 11. 

And Athens, too.  Loudest non-stop blasting by video board I've heard. Did not hear their band play once during game.

(So that's pretty much our trifecta of our losses this year. 😠)

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

All of you so hooked Longhorn football that you have thousands of posts on this board, go to games etc don't seem to understand that game production isn't meant for you.  You're already so jonesing for your next fix that they don't need to waste time on your addicted ass.   It's meant for the 18-34 demographic and the casual fan checking things out.  The 18-34 demographic loves all that shit.  It's called marketing....yea it sucks at times.  It isn't changing.  

Thanks for calling us Olds,,,,,

 

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I mean I am older now too.  Some of the stuff is annoying, some of it is pretty cool.  We are definitely throwing our money around with the entire spectacle.  I spend more of my time thinking about the next play then whatever is going on, but that's me.  

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Is it a hot take to think that season ticket holders who sell a majority of their tickets on 3rd party site(which can be tracked) should have them revoked for people that will actually show up?

Just now, Surly Bevo said:

I mean I am older now too.  Some of the stuff is annoying, some of it is pretty cool.  We are definitely throwing our money around with the entire spectacle.  I spend more of my time thinking about the next play then whatever is going on, but that's me.  

the game, the next play, when is best time to run to the pisser, best time to buy as much beer as the salespeople will allow are my biggest concerns

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Posted
8 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

... a 55 year old curled up on the floor in a fetal position in mid July because the next 6 weeks seems so far to go and you got the shakes real bad.  

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4 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

I mean I am older now too.  Some of the stuff is annoying, some of it is pretty cool.  We are definitely throwing our money around with the entire spectacle.  I spend more of my time thinking about the next play then whatever is going on, but that's me.  

The way this aging Gen Xer sees it , there is something different about watching some of the SEC games on TV that you actually feel like you are at the games.   I notice whenever I watch Bama, UGA and a few other SEC teams, the networks have no problems turning up the volume from the stadium mics to pick up the band.   It used to be to some extent we'd get the same when we played at DKR, we'd hear the band often between plays or timeouts which just adds to broadcast.    Now they limit it because who wants to hear some heavy bass influence pump up music that you can find at an NBA arena or NFL stadium where they don't have bands and the such to pump up the crowds or provide the atmosphere.

Now get off my lawn..... I need to go open the AARP mailer on my kitchen counter.   

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Posted
33 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

I was disappointed in the Twins Cam or whatever they call it that they passed on the most obvious one ever...the Clark Lea/ Lex Luthor one was unexpected and great, this would have been the funniest thing ever to happen at DKR

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Whenever Kirby comes back to Austin, they need to Twin Cam him with Barney  Rubble from the Flintstones

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Posted
33 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Is it a hot take to think that season ticket holders who sell a majority of their tickets on 3rd party site(which can be tracked) should have them revoked for people that will actually show up?

They sold the tickets, people showed up in the seats. 

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43 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

I mean I am older now too.  Some of the stuff is annoying, some of it is pretty cool.  We are definitely throwing our money around with the entire spectacle.  I spend more of my time thinking about the next play then whatever is going on, but that's me.  

They can have it. It is unbearable for me.  The only game I enjoy going to any longer is Texas/OU.  

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17 hours ago, tbone_ said:

If I was the type to give enough money to the university to matter, forget my name on the building. You’d have to let me DJ the games. DKR would be rockin.

 

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I’ve always maintained the team should come out on the field to Cowboys From Hell

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1 hour ago, Nueces River Rat said:

 I notice whenever I watch Bama, UGA and a few other SEC teams, the networks have no problems turning up the volume from the stadium mics to pick up the band.

All I seem to notice is that they love to riff on Broadway musicals on 3rd down.  Auburn/Bama felt like Phantom vs. Les Mis on the Saturday broadcast.

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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

I’ve always maintained the team should come out on the field to Cowboys From Hell

Rawhide theme song….

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Nueces River Rat said:

Whenever Kirby comes back to Austin, they need to Twin Cam him with Barney  Rubble from the Flintstones

Elko gives me big "post-Sopranos Gandolfini" vibes. Not even joking, dude needs to start looking after himself or he's going to end up the same way. 

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The lyrics are not "a" Louisiana Man.  There is no "a".  Louisiana Man is a Doug Kershaw song from 1970 which features Doug playing the fiddle.   The lyrics mean that if you are playing the song Louisiana Man in Texas you better have a fiddle in the band and not a lead guitar.  

No shit? I’ve always sang/thought it said a Louisiana man.
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3 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

All of you so hooked Longhorn football that you have thousands of posts on this board, go to games etc don't seem to understand that game production isn't meant for you.  You're already so jonesing for your next fix that they don't need to waste time on your addicted ass.   It's meant for the 18-34 demographic and the casual fan checking things out and it's meant to move them from where they are today to being a 55 year old curled up on the floor in a fetal position in mid July because the next 6 weeks seems so far to go and you got the shakes real bad.  The 18-34 demographic loves all that shit.  It's called marketing....yea it sucks at times.  It isn't changing.  

Okay, but how come other major programs, like OU and Notre Dame haven't turned their game experience into Hannah Montana and somehow, they manage to keep the seats full year after year? Could it be that true fans of all ages don't need to be entertained like they are watching Disney+?

I know lots of 20's Longhorn fans through my daughters and my interns, (no pics for you degenerate bastards) and I have yet to hear one of them ask for more mariachi music or more 'find the ball' games on the scoreboard.   

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14 hours ago, Paul Wesley said:

100% yes.  No team has ever subverted their own home-field advantage like we do.  We win home games *despite* the non-stop effort of the jumbotron to distract and silence the home crowd.

We do sooooooooo much dumb shit to take 200,000 eyes off the field, and tranform the audience into passive consumers watching fucking commercials during a game.  It's awful.  I cannot count how many times we're in a 1-score game in the 4th quarter, and trying to get a critical 3rd-down stop on defense... so we BLAST a lip-sync contest or a Foot Locker "follow the hidden ball" dumb shit, or we try to make "who wants a t-shirt" happen.  It's just monumentally stupid.  Idiocracy stupid.  

All these silly songs intended to be funny, like playing "Don't Do Me Like That" after a penalty against us... it's so cringey.  It would be cringey if a junior college did it in 2002... but for UT to do it in 2025.... Ugh.

Fortunately the place was so incredibly rocking on Friday, even the jumbotron was unable to spoil the party (like it often does).  

Call me, CDC.  We can fix it.  

 

 

i know it's been mentioned, but the mariachi band literally drained all the energy in the stadium Friday night. it was palpable.

Mariachi bands have their time and place. A football game teetering on the edge is not one of them.

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3 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

All of you so hooked Longhorn football that you have thousands of posts on this board, go to games etc don't seem to understand that game production isn't meant for you.  You're already so jonesing for your next fix that they don't need to waste time on your addicted ass.   It's meant for the 18-34 demographic and the casual fan checking things out and it's meant to move them from where they are today to being a 55 year old curled up on the floor in a fetal position in mid July because the next 6 weeks seems so far to go and you got the shakes real bad.  The 18-34 demographic loves all that shit.  It's called marketing....yea it sucks at times.  It isn't changing.  

I always assumed fans bitching about the game day atmosphere, the music, etc. are like every city subreddit who thinks they have the worst drivers

No fan is happy with their gameday experience and thinks every other school has it better. 

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3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I always assumed fans bitching about the game day atmosphere, the music, etc. are like every city subreddit who thinks they have the worst drivers

No fan is happy with their gameday experience and thinks every other school has it better. 

aggie, UNT and Tech absolutely, positively do NOT have it better. 

Those were the first 3 that came to my mind. 

Posted
13 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i know it's been mentioned, but the mariachi band literally drained all the energy in the stadium Friday night. it was palpable.

Mariachi bands have their time and place. A football game teetering on the edge is not one of them.

This is 10000% true - both Mariachi performances were total energy drains.  I like the Mariachi's in the 4th quarter of the Sam Houston St. type games, but it is way out of place in any kind of intense game atmosphere.

I understand and embrace the entertainment aspect of the stadium experience.  I know it isn't for me and, for the most part, I neither enjoy it nor am particularly bothered by it.  I also go to most away games.  Other than the OU and Michigan experiences, every place does it more or less the same.  There does seem to be a bit of competition, wanting to be the one with the newest or latest gadget.  DKR seems (mostly) ahead of the curve on that with the drones and lights and such - though UGA had this coordinated wrist light things that produced a pretty remarkable light effect during timeouts.  

I realize this is probably too much to expect, but I wish there was more flexibility/adaptability.  I understand there is probably a script that is produced ahead of time that they follow, but it would be great if there was more of an ability to read the room, so to speak, and make snap decisions on what will best work.  The mariachis went over like a lead balloon early in the game - I know it would suck for them to get cut later, but rolling them out again later was a disservice to the team/stadium.  Knowing when to stay out of the way, or when to do a crowd favorite.  Is 4th down coming up?  Did they just give up a long TD and need some pumping up?  Is momentum building to a crescendo?  There needs to be more adaptability.  

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37 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i know it's been mentioned, but the mariachi band literally drained all the energy in the stadium Friday night. it was palpable.

Mariachi bands have their time and place. A football game teetering on the edge is not one of them.

I bet it was awkward as they just stood there when they finished, waiting for a tip. 

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42 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i know it's been mentioned, but the mariachi band literally drained all the energy in the stadium Friday night. it was palpable.

Mariachi bands have their time and place. A football game teetering on the edge is not one of them.

I thought that maybe a party in a suite hired the mariachi band to play for someone as a birthday surprise, and then they told the band, "Hey, there's a big football game going on out there.  Want to play for the crowed during a break?"

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16 hours ago, lemonandaturd said:

The lyrics are not "a" Louisiana Man.  There is no "a".  Louisiana Man is a Doug Kershaw song from 1970 which features Doug playing the fiddle.   The lyrics mean that if you are playing the song Louisiana Man in Texas you better have a fiddle in the band and not a lead guitar.  

So the song is "If you're going to play this one particular song that features a fiddle in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band"?  Sure, that's much better!

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