2024 Texas GameDay Stadium Experience Thread

BurntOrange&White · Sunday at 06:53 PM

10 minutes ago, TX Wing Fan said:

Would rather listen to the Mariachi over 80% of the mainstream nonsense they pipe in. Best option would be have LHB play more during timeouts, but that doesn't seem to be possible for whatever reason.

The bathroom situation at halftime in the North and East upper decks was the worst I've ever seen. Lines were about 2 sections deep at the ones I saw, although they did move at a pretty good pace. Probably more of a volume or user-error problem rather than a CDC issue.

The only people who give a fuck about the band are message board users. Nobody going to the game gives to fucks about if it’s the band or piped in music.

pantone159 · Sunday at 07:51 PM

5 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

- They still have not figured out how to take people's money fast enough to move them out of the concourse. It is so crowded that it could be dangerous.
- West side upper deck - south men's bathroom had around 0.5 cm of standing water near the toilets.

The concourse does get dangerously crowded, they do need to do something about that. It seemed extra bad this game. The concourses have not been expanded for forever but there are more seats and there is more stuff in the concourse blocking the way and it gets impossible to move. That bathroom does have issues, it also had standing water like that after the Florida game. I had not noticed it being extra nasty before this season.

Dabo as Grinch was great, as was the disclaimer before the Clemson video. Too bad they didn't find any highlights of Clemson vs OU or A&M or they could have got a cheer, that would have been funny.

Dennis Taylor · Sunday at 08:30 PM

6 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

Couple more thoughts on yesterday's game:
- They still have not figured out how to take people's money fast enough to move them out of the concourse. It is so crowded that it could be dangerous.
- Many people act as if they've never attended an event where there are 1000s of other people in attendance. They look down at their phone and stop walking. When there is a clear straight path, they walk like they are sailing upwind.
- Mariachis were fine for about 80 seconds. Then it took the entire 3 minute timeout. Then, they went on a second time. Destroyed all of the energy in the stadium.
- West side upper deck - south men's bathroom had around 0.5 cm of standing water near the toilets.

I sat in 104 yesterday. Fans were great. View was great.

What the fuck is 0.5 cm of water? A flood? A puddle? This is America got dam it, use inches pr something relevant

TrashMaster G · Sunday at 09:45 PM

2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The only people who give a fuck about the band are message board users. Nobody going to the game gives to fucks about if it’s the band or piped in music.

Have you done polling on this issue? Because I think this is bullshit. I believe a lot of college football fans happen to enjoy listening to college marching bands.

Fastbreak · Sunday at 10:34 PM

Before yesterday, I hadn't been to a game in DKR in 9 years (how long I have lived in Singapore). I had a great time and I thought the gameday experience was much improved.

The stadium was loud, the fans were engaged. No one was bitching about standing up. The entertainment was pretty good (the Mariachi band was ok to me). The drones were amazing. The enclosed south end makes it MUCH louder. The game was as loud (at times) as the '90 Houston game (although not as sustained).

I first went to a game in game in 1979 when I was 12 years old. I worked at the Alumni Center selling cokes with my mom. I always got into the game for free. I use to go in high school (Austin High bitches) and would usually get free tickets from someone outside, or just be let in (I never bought a ticket until college). From '79-2013, I maybe missed less then 20 home games total (I lived outside of Austin for 4ish years), I also attended ~100 road games/bowls/RRSO.

I had season tickets in section 4, row 15 (about the 35/40 yard line behind our bench) from '92-2013. Yesterday I sat in the end zone on the north side and had pre-game in the Terrace Club.

Things that could have been better

They didn't show replays for about 50% of the plays - some of them important.
The play-clock is a in a very weird place in the south endzone (IMO). It's offset and hard to focus on (It use to be more centered and closer to field level).
I'm not getting the reason for the smoke. Copying the dutch F1 fans is a bad thing to do...
Exiting out of the north endzone was a pain with crowded ramps.

Steamboat1874 · Sunday at 11:26 PM

51 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

Before yesterday, I hadn't been to a game in DKR in 9 years (how long I have lived in Singapore). I had a great time and I thought the gameday experience was much improved.

The stadium was loud, the fans were engaged. No one was bitching about standing up. The entertainment was pretty good (the Mariachi band was ok to me). The drones were amazing. The enclosed south end makes it MUCH louder. The game was as loud (at times) as the '90 Houston game (although not as sustained).

I first went to a game in game in 1979 when I was 12 years old. I worked at the Alumni Center selling cokes with my mom. I always got into the game for free. I use to go in high school (Austin High bitches) and would usually get free tickets from someone outside, or just be let in (I never bought a ticket until college). From '79-2013, I maybe missed less then 20 home games total (I lived outside of Austin for 4ish years), I also attended ~100 road games/bowls/RRSO.

I had season tickets in section 4, row 15 (about the 35/40 yard line behind our bench) from '92-2013. Yesterday I sat in the end zone on the north side and had pre-game in the Terrace Club.

Things that could have been better

They didn't show replays for about 50% of the plays - some of them important.

The play-clock is a in a very weird place in the south endzone (IMO). It's offset and hard to focus on (It use to be more centered and closer to field level).

I'm not getting the reason for the smoke. Copying the dutch F1 fans is a bad thing to do...

Exiting out of the north endzone was a pain with crowded ramps.

Tennessee orange smoke.

yoladu · Sunday at 11:49 PM

9 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

Couple more thoughts on yesterday's game:
- They still have not figured out how to take people's money fast enough to move them out of the concourse. It is so crowded that it could be dangerous.

The entry into section 108 has the womens restroom entry and the concessions line basically all within 5 feet of each other.

3 huge masses of competing interests.

There really should be no scenario where it is so packed with people that literally no one is moving, but that is what is happening - especially at halftime.

tx 3 putt · Monday at 01:59 AM

5 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

What the fuck is 0.5 cm of water? A flood? A puddle? This is America got dam it, use inches pr something relevant

it's piss

David Dennison · Monday at 03:17 AM

8 hours ago, crash_davis said:

If you goal is to bore the fuck out of the fans, then play the mariachi for the entire 3 minutes. If your goal is to fire up the fan, then do NOT play the mariachi for the entire 3 fucking minutes. I was kinda pissed when they played them the second time. I thought I was watching a talent show contest.

They should play For Whom the Bell Tolls as loud as possible.

A lot.

skipmcgee · Monday at 03:20 AM

3 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Tennessee orange smoke.

Hard to match smoke to a Pantone

Steamboat1874 · Monday at 03:24 AM

4 minutes ago, skipmcgee said:

Hard to match smoke to a Pantone

Just add a tiny bit of brown.

immamac · Monday at 03:26 AM

My only gripe is whoever the fuck is in charge of the replay/jumbotron was so fucking atrociously bad it really made the in stadium experience inferior for people who actually want to watch football.

I almost pulled up a stream just to watch replay.

TreatyOak · Monday at 03:50 AM

I will be sharing images from the game but I like this Tigernet.com quote from a Clemson fan who attended the game.

"From what I saw, our home field advantage doesn't compare to what I saw this weekend. We've got some work to do in regard to fan engagement, music, pompoms, beverages, drone shows, lights, etc. Death Valley is not what it used to be unfortunately."

Steamboat1874 · Monday at 04:03 AM

10 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

I will be sharing images from the game but I like this Tigernet.com quote from a Clemson fan who attended the game.

"From what I saw, our home field advantage doesn't compare to what I saw this weekend. We've got some work to do in regard to fan engagement, music, pompoms, beverages, drone shows, lights, etc. Death Valley is not what it used to be unfortunately."

When you pull up to your home stadium in a fucking bus, fully dressed, you are not CFP worthy.

pantone159 · Monday at 05:17 AM

6 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

I'm not getting the reason for the smoke.

Yeah, I can do without this. Its not really good to breathe, and the smoke gets trapped in the stadium bowl. There is usually plenty of incidental smoke from fireworks already.

I do really like the colored lighting that we can do now. The orange looks really weird, being the opposite of green, but it seems disorienting so its a good thing to inflict on our opponents.

BurntOrange&White · Monday at 12:50 PM

9 hours ago, immamac said:

I almost pulled up a stream just to watch replay.

MirrOlure · Monday at 01:42 PM

I will be sharing images from the game but I like this Tigernet.com quote from a Clemson fan who attended the game.
"From what I saw, our home field advantage doesn't compare to what I saw this weekend. We've got some work to do in regard to fan engagement, music, pompoms, beverages, drone shows, lights, etc. Death Valley is not what it used to be unfortunately."

And to think, all that, and not a single direction to the stadium was given…

Tony Two K · Monday at 02:01 PM

“Since You Been Gone” sucked the life out of the crowd. Demasiado mariachi. Smoke is meh.

I don’t care for “another first down Texas…Fight” bullshit.

Otherwise, the experience is great and getting better.

TKthunder2 · Monday at 03:25 PM

1 hour ago, Tony Two K said:

“Since You Been Gone” sucked the life out of the crowd. Demasiado mariachi. Smoke is meh.

I don’t care for “another first down Texas…Fight” bullshit.

Otherwise, the experience is great and getting better.

Yeah the second Mariachi and the Since you been gone were the worst part for eh Gameday experience. Luckily those are easy programming fixes.

89Horn · Monday at 03:37 PM

9 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

Yeah the second Mariachi and the Since you been gone were the worst part for eh Gameday experience. Luckily those are easy programming fixes.

I haven’t been to a game in like seven years, but I would think a song from the Outfield would be great. It must be some other song. Rap, new catchy pop song?

hornian · Monday at 03:38 PM

The most baffling part of the mariachi thing - they were fucking awesome back in October playing along to Thunderstruck to open the 4th. They had the blueprint. Just do that again and everyone is happy.

Pato del Muerto · Monday at 03:45 PM

7 minutes ago, 89Horn said:

I haven’t been to a game in like seven years, but I would think a song from the Outfield would be great. It must be some other song. Rap, new catchy pop song?

Probably the Kelly clarkson song.

89Horn · Monday at 03:51 PM

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Probably the Kelly clarkson song.

Oof.

Post Oak · Monday at 03:54 PM

15 minutes ago, hornian said:

The most baffling part of the mariachi thing - they were fucking awesome back in October playing along to Thunderstruck to open the 4th. They had the blueprint. Just do that again and everyone is happy.

Isn't that a CFP call and not a DKR/UT Gameday call?

I may be wrong about that.

williemackgarza · Monday at 04:01 PM

1st game in 2 yrs.
Atmosphere was 100x better.
Loud, led lights, drones and smoke were cool as shit. Im mexican so I like mariachis but that shit was too long and those,songs (sorry selena) were mehhhhh. Play some vicente or some shit. Once is enough. Overall was great, sat in Sec 7 and lines moved SLOW as fuck.

Vertuzzi · Monday at 04:04 PM

I haven’t been to a home game since I graduated in 2019. I do chuckle every time I see us agent orange the student section though.

Tex48 · Monday at 04:52 PM

47 minutes ago, williemackgarza said:

1st game in 2 yrs.
Atmosphere was 100x better.
Loud, led lights, drones and smoke were cool as shit. Im mexican so I like mariachis but that shit was too long and those,songs (sorry selena) were mehhhhh. Play some vicente or some shit. Once is enough. Overall was great, sat in Sec 7 and lines moved SLOW as fuck.

I was in section 7 too. Most fun game I’ve been to since going to Bama with Imma, RGB3, and everyone. Atmosphere was awesome!

cabowabo · Monday at 04:58 PM

It was really cool having a 3 o'clock kick with the sun almost behind the upper deck already. And, of course, temps in the 60's didn't hurt anything. We need more December home games.

BurntOrange&White · Monday at 04:59 PM

Does anyone know how Westlake and Vandergrift playing in state title game affected attendance?

Tex48 · Monday at 05:10 PM

10 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Does anyone know how Westlake and Vandergrift playing in state title game affected attendance?

Our section was so packed, you could hardly move.

closetohumping · Monday at 05:15 PM

15 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Does anyone know how Westlake and Vandergrift playing in state title game affected attendance?

there weren't a lot of empty seats from what I can see

GreenspointTexas · Monday at 05:18 PM

Scattershots:

- its a key 3rd down for our defense and clemson is driving. What do we play? “Since youve been gone.” Holy shit everyone in our section was either laughing their ass off or pissed

- mariachi was awesome the first time with Selena, but did not needed to be replayed while clemson was driving

- for fucks SAKE, we dont celebrate first downs. Only bush league teams do that pathetic shit. Stop with the “first down, TEXAS!” shit

- I.Do.Not.Get. Not having enough ticket scanners/personnel/bag checkers for just one fucking hour before kick to get people through the gates.

- need to show more celebrities/former ut players on the jumbotron instead of the ball-hiding-in-what-helmet or air guitar cam or whatever the fuck

AND

TWICE in the 4th quarter we played “all my exes live in texas” and some other slow fucking country song. Holy shit it was embarrassing. Clemson fans in my section were chuckling… especially when violin solo guy came on. Play fucking rock or edm or hip hop. Its not that fucking hard

MrBig · Monday at 05:47 PM

27 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

- for fucks SAKE, we dont celebrate first downs. Only bush league teams do that pathetic shit. Stop with the “first down, TEXAS!” shit

I hate this too and I know my hate is real because it makes me want Bob Cole back for a split second before I come to my senses.

thunderlounge · Monday at 05:54 PM

closetohumping · Monday at 05:56 PM

I have no issues with mariachis

BurntOrange&White · Monday at 06:02 PM

If you have an issue with the mariachi band you are clearly just a racist. Prove you're not.

Surly Bevo · Monday at 06:08 PM

The smoke is awesome. Fuck the haters you old grumpy fucks.

There are always gonna be some minor quibbles and yea some of the music choices sucked but then when a Texas game is on the line in the 4Q I don’t really need music to get me fired up. YRMV

Generally the only major thing is that Bob Cole is still involved at all. His demotion to the band only was great but means he still has too much run in the pregame. Fuck Bob Cole.

closetohumping · Monday at 06:17 PM

8 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

The smoke is awesome. Fuck the haters you old grumpy fucks.

There are always gonna be some minor quibbles and yea some of the music choices sucked but then when a Texas game is on the line in the 4Q I don’t really need music to get me fired up. YRMV

Generally the only major thing is that Bob Cole is still involved at all. His demotion to the band only was great but means he still has too much run in the pregame. Fuck Bob Cole.

Right. And I don’t need to be shouting in between quarters or when we have the ball. It’s like a roller coaster

so yea play the mariachi

ChickenSandwich · Monday at 06:21 PM

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Scattershots:

- I.Do.Not.Get. Not having enough ticket scanners/personnel/bag checkers for just one fucking hour before kick to get people through the gates.

This times 10,000

WTF, thousands of people trying to get into Gate 8 and they have 4 fucking scanners and 8 dipshits just watching. Why the hell are there not 15-20 machines at each main entrance? We have the money for other stupid shit but not essentials???

BurntOrange&White · Monday at 07:01 PM

This came up on my YT feed and I watched because I wanted to see what a neutral fans thoughts were:

NameAlreadyInUse · Monday at 07:07 PM

On 9/30/2024 at 12:12 PM, Hookem2147 said:

I've given up hope on the band being featured in-game/during timeouts, but at least they aren't doing a billion ad reads like the old days or have an annoying "in-game host".

I went to my first game in probably a decade this season. First row of WUD in an afternoon game so the sun was behind us and gone by the middle of the second quarter. That rocked. The ads have basically disappeared, that rocked as well. What I did notice is that they completely filled every second with noise still, leaving no room for the crowd or the band to get involved. The only time you could hear the band doing band things in important moments was when it was a fucking recording of the band near half time because the band had already left their seats to get ready for halftime. WTF. I can't hear the band play Texas Fight live after a big play because of all the piped in music, but I can hear them clear as day when it's a recording. I don't get it.

That being said, I fucking LOVED the environment for the game. It was relatively loud even though it was just Kentucky. I wasn't absolutely bombarded with ads. I got to drink as many beers as I wanted. The environment around the stadium was even way way better than it used to be. Gotta give CDC props for drastically improving a product that was so bad I had resigned myself to never wanting to go again. We had enough fun I may actually think about season tickets again.

The_highest_of_fives · 2024-12-24T00:10:16Z

6 hours ago, closetohumping said:

I have no issues with mariachis

It was fun to see some of the drunkasses in our section dance with themselves.

Ghost of LL · 2024-12-24T00:24:48Z

I'm good with the mariachi. I'm good with a live-ass fiddle going for All My Exes Live in Texas. I'm good with showing MM at least twice each game. Because those are some things that are pretty uniquely Texas.

Honestly--the game presentation is pretty 10/10. Everything about music selection etc. is a matter of taste. But I get in quickly, I can get a beer quickly, there is never a serious line for the pisser (Section 3), and I'm entertained throughout. Maybe I might do one or two things differently. But on balance, it's really a pretty strong presentation.

Jersey Man10 · 2024-12-24T00:41:04Z

I went to my first game in probably a decade this season. First row of WUD in an afternoon game so the sun was behind us and gone by the middle of the second quarter. That rocked. The ads have basically disappeared, that rocked as well. What I did notice is that they completely filled every second with noise still, leaving no room for the crowd or the band to get involved. The only time you could hear the band doing band things in important moments was when it was a fucking recording of the band near half time because the band had already left their seats to get ready for halftime. WTF. I can't hear the band play Texas Fight live after a big play because of all the piped in music, but I can hear them clear as day when it's a recording. I don't get it.
That being said, I fucking LOVED the environment for the game. It was relatively loud even though it was just Kentucky. I wasn't absolutely bombarded with ads. I got to drink as many beers as I wanted. The environment around the stadium was even way way better than it used to be. Gotta give CDC props for drastically improving a product that was so bad I had resigned myself to never wanting to go again. We had enough fun I may actually think about season tickets again.

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I went to my first game in probably a decade this season. First row of WUD in an afternoon game so the sun was behind us and gone by the middle of the second quarter. That rocked. The ads have basically disappeared, that rocked as well. What I did notice is that they completely filled every second with noise still, leaving no room for the crowd or the band to get involved. The only time you could hear the band doing band things in important moments was when it was a fucking recording of the band near half time because the band had already left their seats to get ready for halftime. WTF. I can't hear the band play Texas Fight live after a big play because of all the piped in music, but I can hear them clear as day when it's a recording. I don't get it.
That being said, I fucking LOVED the environment for the game. It was relatively loud even though it was just Kentucky. I wasn't absolutely bombarded with ads. I got to drink as many beers as I wanted. The environment around the stadium was even way way better than it used to be. Gotta give CDC props for drastically improving a product that was so bad I had resigned myself to never wanting to go again. We had enough fun I may actually think about season tickets again.

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TrashMaster G · 2024-12-24T00:47:58Z

18 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I'm good with the mariachi. I'm good with a live-ass fiddle going for All My Exes Live in Texas. I'm good with showing MM at least twice each game. Because those are some things that are pretty uniquely Texas.

Honestly--the game presentation is pretty 10/10. Everything about music selection etc. is a matter of taste. But I get in quickly, I can get a beer quickly, there is never a serious line for the pisser (Section 3), and I'm entertained throughout. Maybe I might do one or two things differently. But on balance, it's really a pretty strong presentation.

They have improved things greatly. It's crystal clear how much CDC cares about the fan experience and atmosphere. They work hard to continuously improve.

My seats are in 107, so I would very much like them to find some way to improve the traffic bottleneck behind sections 108/109. But that is a tough fix.

Aside from that, the only thing left that I really hate with the white hot fury of a thousand suns is... "WHOOOOOOOOOO WANTSSSSSS A TEEEEEEEEEE-SHIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!!!!?!??!!"

And pretty much every else that chode does.

Godzillatron · 2024-12-24T01:25:59Z

I will be sharing images from the game but I like this Tigernet.com quote from a Clemson fan who attended the game.
"From what I saw, our home field advantage doesn't compare to what I saw this weekend. We've got some work to do in regard to fan engagement, music, pompoms, beverages, drone shows, lights, etc. Death Valley is not what it used to be unfortunately."