And since Texas Fight echoes the same chord progression it has to go, too. Right? That's the logical extension of the Dump The Eyes argument.
My future bride and I were two of those in attendance at Rice Stadium on October 24, 1970 for the Texas game. The stadium was packed with 70,000 plus on that pleasant Saturday night. At least six or seven thousand were Rice fans. When the Longhorn band struck up The Eyes and all those hands and voices were raised, it was cool and intimidating to me personally, as a lifelong Alabama and college football fan. My girl tapped me in the shoulder and pointed to the VIP seats high above us. There stood LBJ and Lady Bird. He looked great in a snow-white Western cut suit, white hair flowing and much longer than when he was prez, white stetson doffed for The Eyes, which he was singing with what appeared to be gusto, right arm raised with the hook 'em salute.
The moment is engraved in my memory as a positive time in my life. And Rice's Carl Swierc ran the opening kickoff back for a touchdown. Elated, we Rice students correctly and swiftly deduced we would lose big but that the mighty Longhorns would have to come from behind to do it, which they promptly did, 45-21. I think Wooster had about 200 yards rushing.
There appear to be three basic options here:
A. Keep it
B. Dump it
C. Revise the lyrics
All U of Texas voices (admin, students, alums, football family, fans) should be heard and considered. Make the call with an eye to the future and emerge better than ever. Who makes the call? Fuck if I know, but they need to take it seriously and not knee-jerk.