Additional Opportunities To Get Fans Involved

[greenit]

The last several home games have been a blast. One of the things that have added to the experience, at least for me and my crew, is that the fans have been more involved. The North/Texas chant, standing on 3rd downs while on D, 1st down signal on O, etc...

It got me to thinking about addition little things that would be easy to implement. Go Mean Green has kind of been our thing, like Roll Tide, Hook'em, etc...

Would it be feasible to add Go Mean Green after the crowd signals 1st down. And that's good for another Mean Green 1st down... Go Mean Green.

On successfully stopping a team on 3rd down/4th down, PA system plays a screeching eagle sound and the band plays a cue that begins Go Mean Green.

Pretty simple, but is something that occurs multiple times throughout the game and therefore give the crowd a reason to keep active and be vocal.

Seems like small little things like this would be easy to catch on. Mean Green is pretty unique to the program and would give us multiple opportunities during the game to reinforce it.

[Harry]

Good ideas. I think that "Go Mean Green" is the perfect ending to the "North Texas" chant. They are trying to use the band to end it and it frankly doesn't work. Do "Noooorth Teeexas" like 4-5 times and then end in unison with "Go MEAN GREEN". For musicians, the North and Texas are both 4 count whole notes and you match that in timing with the Goooo Meaaaan Greeeeeen...

[greenit]

Ritual, repetition, it works. It's why they use it in brainwashing. I like the idea of a predetermined number like 4 each, or whatever works best. It normally takes the first one to get everyone's attention, then 3 each as loud as you can, end it with Go Mean Green. Simple, effective.

Currently, nobody knows exactly what to do and it ends kind of awkwardly.

[ColoradoEagle]

Dunno. Is Elle Phant for it?

[greenit]

Couldn't help myself. And MeanGreener took the bait. Got him good. Maybe even got you to flinch slightly?

[oldguystudent]

PA system plays a screeching eagle sound

If Dodgeball hadn't driven me away from Fouts, that incessant eagle screeching surely would have. No thank you.

But more important, did you pick up the batphone to upstairs to inquire as to what the potential seven-figure donor thinks?

[ColoradoEagle]

Got me good.

[North Texas Shep]

Am I the only one that is amazed by how much we are required to move our arms during the school song? Honestly, when I was working on my undergrad I did not even notice the arm moving or knew the school song, but now that I am in grad school I am more involved and actually stay for the song. How long has the arm movement been a part of it? Anyone know?

[ColoradoEagle]

Am I the only one that is amazed by how much we are required to move our arms during the school song? Honestly, when I was working on my undergrad I did not even notice the arm moving or knew the school song, but now that I am in grad school I am more involved and actually stay for the song. How long has the arm movement been a part of it? Anyone know?

I think this belongs in the UTEP Constructive Criticism thread.

[greenminer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHYgwC4fyhM

[North Texas Shep]

I think this belongs in the UTEP Constructive Criticism thread.

Ha! Perhaps. I have no problem with it. Just something I noticed.

[Rudy]

Am I the only one that is amazed by how much we are required to move our arms during the school song? Honestly, when I was working on my undergrad I did not even notice the arm moving or knew the school song, but now that I am in grad school I am more involved and actually stay for the song. How long has the arm movement been a part of it? Anyone know?

It used to be a sway side to side, RV changed it to the arm motion when he got here.

[North Texas Shep]

It used to be a sway side to side, RV changed it to the arm motion when he got here.

I thought so... What year was the change made?

[houstonmeangreen]

I think at this time we need 2 chants

North Texas

Mean Green

Those 2 should do for 2 -3 yrs...then when more fans get the hang of it (and the old folks that don't yell shit where I sit) then we can add some new/more cool stuff.

[ragpicker]

I thought the students looked great waving those green things (whatever they are called),so perhaps we could build on that. MORE green things, MORE people involved, MORE jumping up and down and more Cotton Eyed Joe - but let the Green Brigade play it.