We Have Got to Get Louder
by acho81 on Sep 26, 2010 1:44 PM CDT
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PrintOur stadium holds 100,000 people, almost all of whom come to the game wearing burnt orange. So why isn't our stadium that loud? You can't tell me that was a hard atmosphere for the UCLA players to handle, and it directly impacted the game. If we want to help the team, we have got to yell. I understand that almost everybody that visits BON, Shaggy Bevo, or Barking Carnival is loud at any and all games that he or she attends, but we have got to get those fans who don't yell loud enough to scream a little.
I understand that even if we had some sort of Death Valley like atmosphere, we still would have lost that game, but that doesn't mean our crowd won't impact a game in the future. LSU puts us to shame. Oregon puts us to shame. Oklahoma puts us to shame. TEXAS TECH puts us to shame. I get the whole "be classy" thing, but "be classy" doesn't mean "be quiet". We have 100,000 people. We have got to have every single one of them screaming at the top of their lungs from the opening kickoff to the final knee. I understand that we have a great record at home, but Oklahoma hasn't lost at home in years. You can't tell me the crowd doesn't impact that.
I know its easier said than done, but we seriously have got to start some sort of movement to get our fans to be louder. We're Texas. Here are a few ideas:
1. During the Texas Fight chants, if there are guys around you not yelling, call them out. Ask why they aren't supporting the team to their fullest. We have got to have 50,000 yelling Texas and 50,000 yelling Fight as loud as they possibly can. Then maybe it would be a little intimidating.
2. Sings around the stadium. Get the DKR guys to post signs everywhere that say the whole Come Early, Stay Late, Be Loud, Wear Orange, with the BE LOUD thing like super bolded to remind everybody that this is a football game, not a symphony
3. Vuvuzelas. Get a few thousand of those and opponents are gonna have a hard time calling audibles. I don't care if they annoy you. Although I'm sure they would annoy the hell out of half the fans at our games.
That's all I got. But seriously, we have got to start a movement to get everybody to be a little more passionate.
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Sorry bud
I don’t think you’re gonna get too many people going with this movement. The students are loud, but theres thousands of middle aged and older alumni that aren’t gonna be on board with this. Our stadium hasn’t been, and most likely won’t ever be a very intimidating place to play.
I know
That’s exactly the problem. There’s got to be a way to get everybody a little more fiery.
Maybe instead of having a whole section for students, make the front 10-15 rows around the entire stadium reserved for students to the loudest people are all around the stadium, right in the players’ faces.
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Yeah, sorry man...
Austin has NEVER (to my knowledge) been an intimidating place to play. We do have a 100,000+ seat stadium, but consider the following:
1. UT caters to alumni & boosters over students and the average fan. If the alumni & boosters want to come late, be quiet, leave early, and wear white, then it’s fine with UT, as long as they write their big checks. These fans are not very loud and rowdy, unfortunately. Our rich alumni & boosters aren’t loud, but they do pay for a 100,000+ stadium (something to consider and remember).
2. A lot of those people that make up the 100,000 are t-shirt fans. They buy a burnt orange shirt from wal-mart, and a ticket for saturday, and show up to the game. They don’t know our cheers, they were never a UT student cheering their heart out for the Horns during the dark days in the 90s. They are just Austinites who want to go to the game.
Also, something to remember, A&M has one of the loudest and most devoted fanbase in the nation. They have also been an abysmal football team in the past decade and haven’t won a national title since Hitler invaded Poland. We might have “soft” fans, but we win a lot. It sucks we have so-so fans sometimes, but I’d rather have a winning team.
That all being said, I totally agree with you. I wish our stadium was louder, I definitely get loud when I’m in it. Don’t think any kind of campaign to change our stadium atmosphere will be successful, but good luck.
WHAT?
Just because you didnt attent UT does not mean you arent a loyal true fan. thats the dumbest S*** ive ever heard. I know a huge chuck of people who did not attent UT but are life long Texans who have loved the Longhorns for as long as they can remember and know more about football and the game then most people.
by HookEmHorns512 on Sep 26, 2010 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Well
texas did play really well during Tech’s “Silent Scare” last week when the gamer began
maybe y’all should try that
I think there is too much of an attitude of “you need to do something to make me cheer” among the texas fans, instead of “I will yell or cheer to make something happen”.
That and alot of folks on the west side of the stadium like to take advantage of the stadium seating.
Kind of like at an AMC Theater. Whenever someone stands up in front of them, they get real pissed. A few years ago, I remember reading an open letter to the students from a 35 year old guy that was mad because a few students got in his section and stood up in front of him.
He was advocating being polite to others and sitting for a game and not yelling so he could speak with his wife while they watched the game. Made me want to buy 50 air horns, find his address, and honk them all night outside his window.
by divinebovine on Sep 26, 2010 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
A&M has the 12th man
and they still suck…
Sorry, but bad timing
A day after the team showed little fire, players made stupid mistakes and, in the words of the head coach, “embarrassed themselves,” losing badly at home to an inferior opponent, most fans probably are not interested in hearing they have to take the responsibility of intimidating and disrupting the opponents by bringing vuvuzelas to the game. If a guy had paid $80 or so for a seat (and probably made a sizable donation to the Longhorn Foundation to get the seat), he has the right to sit in it quietly, if he wants, and you don’t have the right to intimidate him if he is not yelling. Cheering is good, but we all have our ways of supporting the team and university.
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
inferior opponent?
Not on September 25th 2010 good Longhorn fan.
Even in the 4th quarter I heard a loud "Texas Fight" chant
Not going to bash the crowd today. Any crowd of a major football power that sucked like that would not be too enthused. It’s called having expectations.
Lets save the crowd criticism for basketball season.
by goingforthecorner on Sep 26, 2010 4:14 PM CDT reply actions
Agreed
The 4th quarter Texas Fight was almost as loud as the first. And in the 4th quarter there were probably about 20 thousand Longhorn fans left in the stadium. The noise/crowd size ratio matches up with the ratio of people around me that could muster a “Texas”. That is just the way it is. Fans have to think about their Saturday night social lives and they can’t do two things at once.
It all depends on the people involved
I’m a student and this was my first game to attend in two years. I stood up and yelled my ass off for every play (well, every defensive play). Do you think there were times when I looked at the scoreboard, realized everything was futile and wanted to just sit down quietly or just leave early? Of course. But I was raised to support my teams with whole heart and soul. I will be loud and get into the game every chance I get. But not everyone does that. It’s hard trying to start a “Texas! Fight!” chant when the cheerleaders aren’t doing it, because then the alumni seem to think they don’t need to have the same energy as the students. We get crazy in the student section and they just sit back and applaud lightly.
Every time I feel down and depressed, I think of seven simple words by a true wise man, Matt Leinart: "I still think we're the better team" and I usually end up hurting myself by laughing so hard.
Well, at least in a couple of months I can graduate, get alumni tickets and begin the revolution from within the alumni section. Make the alumni section rock! Who’s with me?
Every time I feel down and depressed, I think of seven simple words by a true wise man, Matt Leinart: "I still think we're the better team" and I usually end up hurting myself by laughing so hard.
by SurferHorn257 on Sep 26, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
please do.
I think its pretty ridiculous to think that you can pay your way to fandom.
You support the university with your money. Thanks. Now open your mouth like you open your wallet.
You are directly affecting the team with your quiet.
BS
I am horse form yelling all day yesterday. I felt like I put up a much better effort than the team. The team has to give Texas somethng to cheer about every now and then.
ESPN did a poll at the beginning of the season and players in the Big 12 voted DKR the toughest place to play. So……
I yelled so loud and so long last year...
…at both the Red River and the National Championship that I literally got light-headed and thought I was going to have a stroke. I couldn’t talk for two days after. I’m 31 years old. Hook ’Em.
by KevinJ on Sep 26, 2010 6:54 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
heck yea
while i couldnt make the trip sadly due to money to the National Championship i stil yell as loud as i can at every game. I can barely talk after any of the games
by HookEmHorns512 on Sep 26, 2010 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions
People Are People
This and similar type threads are really stupid. People are people. Our fans are no different than anyone else’s. Some people cheer and some people don’t. If you ever watch TV games you can see there are a lot of people at every game just sitting and watching or clapping lightly at most. Other teams that come into our stadium seem to think we have a pretty good crowd. A lot of it depends on such factors as the weather, the opponent, the time of the game, and how you’re feeling on a given day. It’s hard to cheer your head off when it’s 90 degrees and you’re staring into the sun.
I'd have to disagree
“Our fans are no different than anyone else’s” If that’s the case, then I’d be pretty disappointed in Longhorn fans. We should be louder, more passionate, more knowledgeable of the game, and be the best fans in college football. Our fans shouldn’t be on the same level as Baylor, Iowa State, or Texas Tech.
“how you’re feeling on a given day” Honestly, that’s pretty lame. There are 6-7 home games each year. There are 7 days/nights where DKR should be crazy. If you don’t feel good on saturdays during college football season then you need to watch the game at home.
Finally, Im pretty sure I have like half the baseball team that sits in front of me and I need to call them all out. They hardly cheered, didn’t sing the fight song, never put their horns up, and most of the time they just sat in their seats.
I totally agree
You hear the same complaints from fans at other schools about the quiet alumni who don’t stand and don’t do the chants. I hear complaints about the alumni at Notre Dame, a school not known for its lack of hardcore devoted fans, about 87 times per game.
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
This is not a new topic....
on this blog. The general consensus (which I agree with) is that DKR’s design is not conducive to volume. Most loud stadiums either have a partial roof (Autzen) or have upper deck seating which “hangs” over the lower levels. Additionally, in louder stadiums the seating is a “bowl” configuration which puts fans closer to the field than DKR. eliminating all the space that was there before the The North Endzone, getting rid of the track, and adding seating has mad things a bit louder than they were back in the 90’s. But overall, smaller stadiums will always seem louder than DKR.
Lets get some artificial noise makers in the stadium
probably not legal, but that didn’t stop the Indianapolis Colts.
by goingforthecorner on Sep 27, 2010 12:37 AM CDT reply actions
Texas Fans Make Us Sedated
THIS IS FOOTBALL! I get sick and tired of the old bags in the stadium asking me to sit down, watch my mouth, don’t boo, etc….
Let’s be honest. Other than UFC and boxing, football is the most violent sport in America. Life/Career threatening injuries in every single game! Oversized men hitting each other every single play. A game that is described with war terms like trenches, flanks, bombs, etc.
You come to watch this and you expect the civility of a stage play? Did you buy your season tickets to impress your neighbors or to support your team? Because your team needs you to be as loud as you can when they are on defense. Your team needs you to instill fear into the opposing team. “Texas Fans Make Us Proud” makes me want to stay home.
There's a difference between cheering your heart out
and cursing and booing up a storm. Like it or not, many people take their kids to football games. Just because someone doesn’t want to hear an f-bomb every other word doesn’t mean they aren’t fans/think they’re at a play/are “old bags.” I think you’re the one with the attitude problem.
And FYI, I’m in my 20s, graduated within the last 5 years, and scream my head off at every football game I go to. Not everyone thinks booing and cursing are necessary for rabid fandom.
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you soon enough. If he's not, don't embarrass him.
I exaggerrated
I generally behave myself around kids. I also am in my 20s, graduated within the last 7 years, and scream my head off at every football game I go to. I did not start this topic. Everyone knows the crowd silence of 100,000+ in DKR is a sad reality. Mack Brown himself ask for more noise. It’s just depressing when you realize UT cares more about $ than wins.
Example: The announcer is giving a Taco Bell commercial in the 4th quarter as UCLA fumbles the snap on their own 20 yard line. Seriously, the annoucer kept going on about the greatness of Taco Bell just as the Texas D had a chance to turn the game around. The UCLA drive went on for 14 plays taking 8:19 off the clock.
Ya
Good luck with this. In my experience, Texas fans not in the student section have been underwhelming. Especially at basketball games. Basketball games are fucking pathetic. Last year at the BIg 12 CG against Nebraska, I stood there, looked to my left and right, and noticed a huge line that separated Texas fans and Nebraska fans. On our side was a bunch of people sitting on their hands staring at the big TV and wondering why we weren’t ahead by 50 points. On Nebraska’s side, every single person was standing and cheering. A big line separated people that were sitting/standing. Their band was rockin’. I called out every person around me. It was a bad time. Nothing is gonna change until we get younger louder people in the stands
I'm in the alum section and I try and keep it pretty loud over there.
But I have to admit… it got really tough after the punt→fumble.
At that point, I felt the team needed to hear the silence.
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