Game day issues

[greenjoe]

How about the number of TV (?) timeouts ?  I never felt the game got into a rhythm.  I bet calling plays was a nightmare.  

[MeanGreenZen]

We don’t have as many traditions as some other football programs, but the ones we have are VERY important to me.

“That’s good for another MEAN… GREEN… FIRST DOWN!!!” with the karate chop towards the end zone is important. It’s fun. It keeps people engaged. My kids love it. We’ve been doing it forever. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT.

I like the new guy’s voice. I support the law firm and stanzas bit. BUT HE NEEDS TO DO THE THING on first downs. Everyone around me, people I don’t know, were furious and cussing that he wasn’t doing it. 
 

And they can even work the sponsorship into it. “That’s good for another MEAN… GREEN… FIRST DOWN!!!” with the karate chop towards the end zone “… presented by First State Bank.” 
 

Come on, Wren, don’t let us down.

[Snowy]

I'd like to add, in addition to the "Mean Greeeeeen FIRST DOWN" that should be brought back.... The band should ONLY and ALWAYS play "North Texas Fight" on 3rd Downs. Under the previous band director, this was always played on 3rd downs and everyone knew exactly what to do... Now, sometimes it's played on 3rd downs, and sometimes on 2nd, and sometimes just whenever. Additionally, it was great knowing that whenever you are in the stadium, if you heard "North Texas Fight", you KNEW it was a 3rd down.

[TheColonyEagle]

42 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:

It’s both. He’s not Ron Burgundy

[BillySee58]

17 minutes ago, MeanGreenZen said:

And they can even work the sponsorship into it. “That’s good for another MEAN… GREEN… FIRST DOWN!!!” with the karate chop towards the end zone “… presented by First State Bank.” 

 

Come on, Wren, don’t let us down.

Yeah that’s exactly what I’m hoping for. Work in the sponsor without getting completely doing away with it.

[Marty]

Wren said you could submit game day issues here

https://meangreensports.com/sb_maintenance.aspx

[greenjoe]

One of the best things we do at a football game, and sometimes basketball game, is “NORTH.”  “TEXAS.”  “NORTH.”  “TEXAS.”  It was done at the wrong time last night and completely without heart.  We did it better last season with the cheerleaders leading  (hmmm) the chant.  We should do that frequently, 3 times or 5 times and end it.  The North Texas chant should never dwindle away.

GO MEAN GREEN

Edited September 5, 2021 by greenjoe

[Rudy]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenDan said:

That was the worst! 🤮

That was high schoolish. 

[Andrew]

5 hours ago, glick1980 said:

I thought the team played fine, but there were a ton of game day issues last night.

PA system didn’t work on starting lineup introductions.

Announcer was subpar - did not do first down call we are all accustomed to.

Stats on the small scoreboard were not updated after the first quarter.  All individual stats had our player names as #asdf.  How can this not be tested prior to the game?

Trash cans were never emptied and were all overflowing at the end of the game.  Trash was stacked outside of the trash cans.

We can and should do better.

I agree with most of this, but the PA system hasn’t worked in ten years…. Just feels like typical apogee haha. 
 

PA announcer will get better, but I’m ok not celebrating every first down. Let’s celebrate some TDs and wins. 

[meaniegreenie]

Looks like we only got the 10yr warranty on the stadium.  Shoulda' gone with the extended option.

[BIMG]

In addition to the foregoing the band did not play "Fly Like an Eagle" once last night.  Are we done with that?

[Tom McKrackin]

2 hours ago, greenjoe said:

One of the best things we do at a football game, and sometimes basketball game, is “NORTH.”  “TEXAS.”  “NORTH.”  “TEXAS.”  It was done at the wrong time last night and completely without heart.  We did it better last season with the cheerleaders leading  (hmmm) the chant.  We should do that frequently, 3 times or 5 times and end it.  The North Texas chant should never dwindle away.

GO MEAN GREEN

Felt like the timing was off all night!

[THOR]

36 minutes ago, BIMG said:

In addition to the foregoing the band did not play "Fly Like an Eagle" once last night.  Are we done with that?

WE BETTER NOT douchebagING BE!!!!!

 

the band was a big disappointment for me last night.  shit halftime show, standing around, not even straight lines, no energy, no movement...not good

[Tom McKrackin]

1 minute ago, THOR said:

WE BETTER NOT douchebagING BE!!!!!

 

the band was a big disappointment for me last night.  shit halftime show, standing around, not even straight lines, no energy, no movement...not good

They had a damn emergency and had several ambulances picking up high school kids that had overheated.  Whose idea to do this band thing in such horrific heat.  Hopefully we don’t get sued.

[THOR]

1 minute ago, Tom McKrackin said:

They had a damn emergency and had several ambulances picking up high school kids that had overheated.  Whose idea to do this band thing in such horrific heat.  Hopefully we don’t get sued.

hope all those kids are ok, but i'm going to be that guy...

 

i was in the green brigade in the late 90s....marched 3 shows a year, full on wool/polyester uniforms, never wore shorts, could only take off our jackets during the third quarter.  we had plenty of hot ass days....i don't get it.

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

3 minutes ago, THOR said:

hope all those kids are ok, but i'm going to be that guy...

 

i was in the green brigade in the late 90s....marched 3 shows a year, full on wool/polyester uniforms, never wore shorts, could only take off our jackets during the third quarter.  we had plenty of hot ass days....i don't get it.

Kids are more obese now. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

My wife was like, “Stanza?!? Are we at the opera?  Why is he saying that?” 😂   But hey, if that’s his bit, whatever.

I understand getting sponsors for the Mean Green First Down thing, but having First State Bank sponsor it was short-sighted.  “… that’s good for another First <everybody’s arms start moving> State Bank <everyone’s arms finish signaling & looks of confusion pop up on everyone’s faces>, First Down!

Get the friggin audio/mic issues fixed!  Please!!

My biggest gripe though is that the NORTH. TEXAS.  chant must be more organic.  And I’m not talking about a drunk guy starting to yell “NORTH!” Until some other drunk in the next section over yells “TEXAS!”  It needs to be organized.

If you listen to Littrell, other coaches, players past & present, Wren Baker, etc…. They all reference this chant as something that fires them up or gives them chills.   It’s a pretty awesome thing when done right.  It’s not something we shoehorn in after the other team just scored!!  WTH!  That is just a complete lack of game-awareness.  

We (when I say “we”, I mean the cheerleaders, Lord help us, not the PA guy) start it up during an opponent’s TO on an important 3rd/4th Down.   We start it up after scoring an amazing diving TD pass (I see you Burns!) that has the whole crowd already going nuts!   We don’t start it up by having the PA guy announce half-assedly, “OK fans, now it’s time to do the North Texas chant…” after an FCS team just took the lead on us!!   What are you thinking?!?

Also, the graphic that flashes on the big screens for it needs to slow down, or go away altogether.  It’s going too fast,  and is being ignored anyway.

 

Where’s my newspaper & Metamucil?

[UNT 90 Grad]

As long as we are complaining about a bunch of stuff, I’m annoyed that the “O” in NORTH TEXAS in the endzone is the wrong font.  

vs

Good googley moogley.  

[UNT 90 Grad]

Ha!  I was just watching the replay of the game on ESPN+ and toward the end of the game, play-by-play man John Liddell made reference to something that happened in the “second stanza”.

something in the water on the media level last night. 

[El Paso Eagle]

8 hours ago, Felozano said:

I think the lack of halftime show was a heat thing. There was also a high school special event that was canceled due to kids passing out during pre game rehearsal.  I’m just speculating, though. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I think they said it was the 2nd hottest opening game in our history.

[rws69]

Agree that small video board has become useless with all the missing or outdated stuff.

I don't see any mention above about the lack of information in the game program. It is just NT coaches and roster and advertising. Nothing about opponent and no opponent roster. It no longer includes depth charts for NT. 

Despite the heat, the Green Brigade was in new uniforms. Hopefully, they will have a marching halftime in two weeks. The pregame entry was a great improvement.

[UNT 90 Grad]

4 minutes ago, rws69 said:

Despite the heat, the Green Brigade was in new uniforms. Hopefully, they will have a marching halftime in two weeks. The pregame entry was a great improvement.

Complaints coming about the way they ran onto the field coming in 3… 2…

Edited September 6, 2021 by UNT 90 Grad

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, rws69 said:

Agree that small video board has become useless with all the missing or outdated stuff.

I don't see any mention above about the lack of information in the game program. It is just NT coaches and roster and advertising. Nothing about opponent and no opponent roster. It no longer includes depth charts for NT. 

Despite the heat, the Green Brigade was in new uniforms. Hopefully, they will have a marching halftime in two weeks. The pregame entry was a great improvement.

Program? I didn't see any available.

[UNT 90 Grad]

11 minutes ago, rws69 said:

Agree that small video board has become useless with all the missing or outdated stuff.

That’s the bad news.  The good news is that plans call for three more of them.  

[PlummMeanGreen]

On 9/5/2021 at 10:11 AM, UNTcrazy727 said:

I heard our new PA guy was calling quarters stanzas? Like “at the end of the first stanza, our score is…”

Can anyone confirm? If true, that would drive me absolutely crazy. We’re at a football game, not a poetry reading. 

Well, we’re an Internationally acclaimed Music School & stanza is a Music term, right?  I’ll do more research on this.