And since when do we care about what the longhorns and Aggies do?

(02-21-2022 09:16 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If the Owls score and are ahead, we could bring back the “Go clock go” cheer. And if the Owls are still trailing, the “Fumble turkeys fumble” cheer.

The next suggestion will be a giant gazoo

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If you're trying to liven up the game, I think we could do more with sound effects.... like an owl screech... perhaps one that uses speakers throughout the stadium to simulate the motion... or a 'hoot'. I think the hoot (along with some crickets) could be hilarious if timed well.... like a delay penalty on the visitors or while the umpires discuss a call or during a tv timeout... IDK. I'm not the funny one.

I think we should be more nerdy/techie... laser shows? Robot push-ups?? Maybe a drone in an owl costume sweeps across the field?? (use a helium balloon with fans to eliminate any embarrassing risk of crash?) Put a camera in the owl... show the video on the screen in real time?? You can still play Louie, but do this AFTER the immediate push button of a score reaction. You know, the second there is a score, someone pushes a button and the sound and owl are released. During that time, the Mob gathers itself... as opposed to asking them to be literally 'at the ready' for sometimes minutes, and sometimes with no pay-off afterwards. If you can't run the drone over the field, do it over the stands. The balloon principle should protect us from risk of injury from a crash... or do it above the lower seats of the now empty upper east... and make it pretty big... maybe even on a wire if necessary

Just spit-balling as I often do.

(02-22-2022 10:47 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If you're trying to liven up the game, I think we could do more with sound effects.... like an owl screech... perhaps one that uses speakers throughout the stadium to simulate the motion... or a 'hoot'. I think the hoot (along with some crickets) could be hilarious if timed well.... like a delay penalty on the visitors or while the umpires discuss a call or during a tv timeout... IDK. I'm not the funny one.

I think we should be more nerdy/techie... laser shows? Robot push-ups?? Maybe a drone in an owl costume sweeps across the field?? (use a helium balloon with fans to eliminate any embarrassing risk of crash?) Put a camera in the owl... show the video on the screen in real time?? You can still play Louie, but do this AFTER the immediate push button of a score reaction. You know, the second there is a score, someone pushes a button and the sound and owl are released. During that time, the Mob gathers itself... as opposed to asking them to be literally 'at the ready' for sometimes minutes, and sometimes with no pay-off afterwards. If you can't run the drone over the field, do it over the stands. The balloon principle should protect us from risk of injury from a crash... or do it above the lower seats of the now empty upper east... and make it pretty big... maybe even on a wire if necessary

Just spit-balling as I often do.

I like the LL. When I was a student we celebrated with Bonnet and push ups. LL is better.

But in the theme of celebratory noises to annoy the opposition, maybe use a loud screech? I mean really loud, as loud as a cannon shot. Something to make the opposition put their fingers in their ears.

(02-21-2022 09:26 PM)Ourland Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 09:16 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If the Owls score and are ahead, we could bring back the “Go clock go” cheer. And if the Owls are still trailing, the “Fumble turkeys fumble” cheer.

The next suggestion will be a giant gazoo

???

(02-22-2022 10:47 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If you're trying to liven up the game, I think we could do more with sound effects.... like an owl screech... perhaps one that uses speakers throughout the stadium to simulate the motion... or a 'hoot'. I think the hoot (along with some crickets) could be hilarious if timed well.... like a delay penalty on the visitors or while the umpires discuss a call or during a tv timeout... IDK. I'm not the funny one.

I think we should be more nerdy/techie... laser shows? Robot push-ups?? Maybe a drone in an owl costume sweeps across the field?? (use a helium balloon with fans to eliminate any embarrassing risk of crash?) Put a camera in the owl... show the video on the screen in real time?? You can still play Louie, but do this AFTER the immediate push button of a score reaction. You know, the second there is a score, someone pushes a button and the sound and owl are released. During that time, the Mob gathers itself... as opposed to asking them to be literally 'at the ready' for sometimes minutes, and sometimes with no pay-off afterwards. If you can't run the drone over the field, do it over the stands. The balloon principle should protect us from risk of injury from a crash... or do it above the lower seats of the now empty upper east... and make it pretty big... maybe even on a wire if necessary

Just spit-balling as I often do.

I like some of these. Just be sure to get the right screetch:

(02-22-2022 10:57 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  But in the theme of celebratory noises to annoy the opposition, maybe use a loud screech? I mean really loud, as loud as a cannon shot. Something to make the opposition put their fingers in their ears.

(02-22-2022 10:57 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(02-22-2022 10:47 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If you're trying to liven up the game, I think we could do more with sound effects.... like an owl screech... perhaps one that uses speakers throughout the stadium to simulate the motion... or a 'hoot'. I think the hoot (along with some crickets) could be hilarious if timed well.... like a delay penalty on the visitors or while the umpires discuss a call or during a tv timeout... IDK. I'm not the funny one.

I think we should be more nerdy/techie... laser shows? Robot push-ups?? Maybe a drone in an owl costume sweeps across the field?? (use a helium balloon with fans to eliminate any embarrassing risk of crash?) Put a camera in the owl... show the video on the screen in real time?? You can still play Louie, but do this AFTER the immediate push button of a score reaction. You know, the second there is a score, someone pushes a button and the sound and owl are released. During that time, the Mob gathers itself... as opposed to asking them to be literally 'at the ready' for sometimes minutes, and sometimes with no pay-off afterwards. If you can't run the drone over the field, do it over the stands. The balloon principle should protect us from risk of injury from a crash... or do it above the lower seats of the now empty upper east... and make it pretty big... maybe even on a wire if necessary

Just spit-balling as I often do.

I like the LL. When I was a student we celebrated with Bonnet and push ups. LL is better.

But in the theme of celebratory noises to annoy the opposition, maybe use a loud screech? I mean really loud, as loud as a cannon shot. Something to make the opposition put their fingers in their ears.

The MOB currently plays the "Fight Song", followed by "Louie", for touchdowns.
We play "Bonnet" after field goals.
We don't have anything planned for the points added to our score by safeties by the opponent or returning a try.

"Louie Louie" has been in The MOB's book for over 40 years.
At first, the students in attendance were delirious when we played it, and wanted to hear it over and over.
Those of us with more than four years in the band got pretty tired of it.
We even wrote somewhat insulting walk-off line, announced while we played it off the field at the end of our half time show, to express our exhaustion with it.
Now I'm numb to it, and there really aren't many students coming to games to revel in it.
The students in The MOB enjoy playing it, and we still end every rehearsal with it.

As to a cannon - even staring at them firing it it still startles the crap out of me. Please, no.

An owl screech would be good.
Can the stadium PA make it as nerve-jangling as fingernails on a chalkboard?

(02-22-2022 10:47 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If you're trying to liven up the game, I think we could do more with sound effects.... like an owl screech... perhaps one that uses speakers throughout the stadium to simulate the motion... or a 'hoot'. I think the hoot (along with some crickets) could be hilarious if timed well.... like a delay penalty on the visitors or while the umpires discuss a call or during a tv timeout... IDK. I'm not the funny one.

I think we should be more nerdy/techie... laser shows? Robot push-ups?? Maybe a drone in an owl costume sweeps across the field?? (use a helium balloon with fans to eliminate any embarrassing risk of crash?) Put a camera in the owl... show the video on the screen in real time?? You can still play Louie, but do this AFTER the immediate push button of a score reaction. You know, the second there is a score, someone pushes a button and the sound and owl are released. During that time, the Mob gathers itself... as opposed to asking them to be literally 'at the ready' for sometimes minutes, and sometimes with no pay-off afterwards. If you can't run the drone over the field, do it over the stands. The balloon principle should protect us from risk of injury from a crash... or do it above the lower seats of the now empty upper east... and make it pretty big... maybe even on a wire if necessary

Just spit-balling as I often do.

Love it! Spit-balls away!

Love the owl screech idea. I would think we could have a real owl fly around the stadium each time we score, similar to what Auburn does with the war eagle. Not difficult stuff. It takes a little money and a lot of will, but not impossible to do.

Bottom line, use the big screen and sound system to get fans involved in the game. Rice fans are reserved. Too many of us need alcohol and prompting, so do it!

In the early 70's, bonnet was always played after particularly good moments during basketball games, so that earworm is firmly planted. And a big favorite now is the countdown just before the start of first and second halves followed by 30 second bonnet.

(02-22-2022 11:13 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 09:26 PM)Ourland Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 09:16 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(02-21-2022 07:58 PM)Ourland Wrote:  There must be a better way to celebrate a touchdown than just 'Louie Louie.' C'mon, we can do better than that!

If the Owls score and are ahead, we could bring back the “Go clock go” cheer. And if the Owls are still trailing, the “Fumble turkeys fumble” cheer.

The next suggestion will be a giant gazoo

???

Excuse me, Kazoo!!!!

(02-22-2022 01:02 PM)Grungy Wrote:  The MOB currently plays the "Fight Song", followed by "Louie", for touchdowns.
We play "Bonnet" after field goals.
We don't have anything planned for the points added to our score by safeties by the opponent or returning a try.

"Louie Louie" has been in The MOB's book for over 40 years.
At first, the students in attendance were delirious when we played it, and wanted to hear it over and over.
Those of us with more than four years in the band got pretty tired of it.
We even wrote somewhat insulting walk-off line, announced while we played it off the field at the end of our half time show, to express our exhaustion with it.
Now I'm numb to it, and there really aren't many students coming to games to revel in it.
The students in The MOB enjoy playing it, and we still end every rehearsal with it.

As to a cannon - even staring at them firing it it still startles the crap out of me. Please, no.

An owl screech would be good.
Can the stadium PA make it as nerve-jangling as fingernails on a chalkboard?

Yeah... no cannon. While I have no specific issue with them per se, cannons are/should be a tradition... and you shouldn't start a new tradition with something other schools have been doing for literally 50+ years.

The current sound system probably can't do the screech justice, but we could/should have some sound engineers give it the Disney/Universal Studios treatment and place some special speakers strategically and solely to make that sound. DESIGN the sound AND the system for that sound at HRS. Laser sounds, maybe footsteps/a running rumble as the team enters... flapping wings up to the opening kick-off... Think of it as a Foley editor for the MOB shows

Maybe get a composer from Shep to make various new arrangements of Louie, including one for strings and kazoo, a brass trio, electric guitar and bass, synth/keyboards... barbershop quartet... hip hop/rap/classical... 3/4, 6/8, 12/4... variations on a theme... to bring those people/instruments back to the MOB (or BOB or even a quartet at baseball) in addition to the 'classic'.

We're a clever school. Let's act that way. Why do all of our athletic ideas seem to simply be poorly funded or applied derivatives of what every other school does?

If the upper deck is kept, why not install an enormous video screen toward the top like the one that was in the Astrodome for years? A lot of fun could be had with that.

(02-22-2022 02:25 PM)Ourland Wrote:  If the upper deck is kept, why not install an enormous video screen toward the top like the one that was in the Astrodome for years? A lot of fun could be had with that.

At the very least, use the appx 3' tall front rail of both decks for something. Let it hang over a bit and make it 6' tall.... 300 feet long x 2.... It can show the 'Ring of Honor' at times, names of a team being honored.... lots of other things... Like a flag during the anthem, the conference flags, scores from other games, player stats, stats from the teams playing, stats from this game, ads or almost anything. They do this for lots of indoor arenas... basketball, hockey etc.

It's a much cheaper version of what all the newest multi-billion dollar stadiums have. The big boys have had these, but the cost has come way down... still, its not cheap.... but we should be able to swing it as part of any major renovation.... and it would be a HELL of a lot more professional looking than those cheap OVC eyesores on the field. Those are SO tacky and just scream 'cheap'.



I can't embed the picture, but here is a link to the picture and this was from 10 years ago.


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For sure. I think they are most commonly referred to as 'ribbon screens.'
http://www.ledscreendigital.com/?portfol...on-screens

But what to do with the ugly empty seating up top? Tarps I guess?

That upper deck has to be removed. The stadium is way too big. That empty deck only makes the place more cavernous. It's a depressing sight. I'd remove it, and then build suites on that side. Raze the 'R' Room. Flatten the end zone. Of course, this is assuming that Rice is willing to spend the money. My guess is that it would take upward of $140million to do everything. I don't see Rice spending that kind of money on football.

(02-22-2022 03:41 PM)Ourland Wrote:  That upper deck has to be removed. The stadium is way too big. That empty deck only makes the place more cavernous. It's a depressing sight. I'd remove it, and then build suites on that side. Raze the 'R' Room. Flatten the end zone. Of course, this is assuming that Rice is willing to spend the money. My guess is that it would take upward of $140million to do everything. I don't see Rice spending that kind of money on football.

I don't either, but I do see us spending closer to 100mm. They might eventually raze the upper east deck... and the views would be great... but I'd still rather the boards there for now. It wouldn't make as much sense if the home crowd couldn't see them.

They could/would hang down a bit, which wouldn't obstruct any views and make it a very large ribbon... and if we eventually raze it, we can move the boards on that side elsewhere. They're really just daisy-chained TVs/Monitors mounted to concrete. It's not rocket science anymore.

I really don't care about the ugliness above there. I'd rather ugly upper deck with an entertaining team and video boards for the home crowd than tear down the deck and have neither an entertaining team nor video boards. If its an either/or, or where we get the most bang for the buck right now... I go with the former all day long. It can't be easy to raise money to tear something down. It's easier to raise money to build something. Put a good team out there and then finance the demolition through gate, tv rev and advertising... while repurposing the east ribbon on the north and/or south ends or sidelines beyond the 20's.

The problem with the screech is that we are not screech owls. The Owl is supposed to be a silent hunter.

But I like the idea of annoying our opponents with loud noises.

(02-22-2022 04:11 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  The problem with the screech is that we are not screech owls. The Owl is supposed to be a silent hunter.

But I like the idea of annoying our opponents with loud noises.

https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/cop...h%20calls.

Many people mistake Great Horned Owls for Screech Owls due to the misleading “screech” name. Keep in mind, if you hear an owl screeching, that does not necessarily make it a screech owl!

Great Horned Owls are large birds with a loud, booming voice - the classic and most widely recognizable owl call. Although these owls are most commonly known for their deep “Whooo, Whoo, Whoo Whoo, Whooo-Whooo” call, female Great Horned Owls can also give odd-sounding squawk and screech calls.


Yes... silent while hunting, but loud after the kill (score)

Oh, and they DO have large yellow eyes

(02-22-2022 04:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-22-2022 04:11 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  The problem with the screech is that we are not screech owls. The Owl is supposed to be a silent hunter.

But I like the idea of annoying our opponents with loud noises.

https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/cop...h%20calls.

Many people mistake Great Horned Owls for Screech Owls due to the misleading “screech” name. Keep in mind, if you hear an owl screeching, that does not necessarily make it a screech owl!

Great Horned Owls are large birds with a loud, booming voice - the classic and most widely recognizable owl call. Although these owls are most commonly known for their deep “Whooo, Whoo, Whoo Whoo, Whooo-Whooo” call, female Great Horned Owls can also give odd-sounding squawk and screech calls.


Yes... silent while hunting, but loud after the kill (score)

Oh, and they DO have large yellow eyes

Loud and booming sounds good. let's boom our opponents out of the stadium!