Bob Cole relegated to band PA only.

[High Plains Drifter 10931]

 

God that fucking gong. 

Every game I would swear up and down that I would never go to Taco Bell ever again. Then without fail, 3am that night, stumbling home, I would cave. Every fucking time I would cave and get an 89 cent bean burrito (or two) to soak up the booze in my stomach. Every. Single. Time. 

[SquishMitten 10370]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Am I the only one who completely tunes out announcers on tv or at stadiums?  I couldn’t tell you who the announcers are for 99% of games I watch. I really don’t notice them at all. 

Right there with you. I watch the game and talk with people around me. Don’t recall ever being upset about the PA announcer. Taco Bell gong, now that’s a different story.

[Steamboat1874 4013]

1 hour ago, Skipper said:

SMH.  Clearly we are all just a bunch of old men yelling at clouds, but I'll never understand why we don't just have someone to simply announce down and distance and whatever other factual information is warranted at the time without gimmicks or over the top emotion. It's really not that difficult. 

You just described Wally.

“Quarter”

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2740]

31 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

It’s better now than it’s ever been you boring fucking schmuck. The lack of boring shit you boomers bitch you want in a gameday makes for a shit atmosphere that you say stuff like “we had that one really loud game vs X opponent in 1992”

Might want to check my UT attendance dates there chief, firmly Millennial here. Regardless, you're right I am boring and I'd prefer to watch the game at home now from the comforts of my living room vs. getting my eardrums blown out by endless ads and DJs blaring shitty music. 

Loudest game I've attended was vs. #1 Texas vs. #11 Mizzou in 2008 the week after beating #1 OU. That was a fun night.

[BurntOrange&White 38877]

Just now, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Might want to check my UT attendance dates there chief, firmly Millennial here. Regardless, you're right I am boring and I'd prefer to watch the game at home now from the comforts of my living room vs. getting my eardrums blown out by endless ads and DJs blaring shitty music. 

Loudest game I've attended was vs. #1 Texas vs. #11 Mizzou in 2008 the week after beating #1 OU. That was a fun night.

Stadium is consistently louder now than ever before fwiw. Yes there are the games you mentioned that always get mentioned but we are consistently a louder more energized stadium in 2023-2024 than we were 5-10-15 years ago. 

[mr. sunshine 2819]

I think Bob Cole should be relegated to two tin cans with a string connecting them. Then he can be cloned so he'll have someone who'll actually pick up the second tin can and listen to him

[Chooky 13278]

4 hours ago, UTEX_ME said:

and Seriously? 

[UTexasFight 9298]

16 minutes ago, Welch said:

I can live with or even enjoy the DJ and on-field hosts etc, but fuck whoever decided that crowd shots after every single play are necessary.  Especially at the expense of replays.

Depends on who is in the shot…

[Chooky 13278]

DJ EJ Holland?

[Red Five 40355]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Stadium is consistently louder now than ever before fwiw. Yes there are the games you mentioned that always get mentioned but we are consistently a louder more energized stadium in 2023-2024 than we were 5-10-15 years ago. 

Oh there's no doubt it's a better experience than 5-15 years ago. And getting rid of Cole will only help more. 

[Steel Shank 9331]

Watched Bob Cole use the ladies room at Shoal Creek Saloon one time because he didn't want to wait for the men's room to be available. This was before the remodel when all they had was a one-holer. Probably left the lid down whilst peeing. smh

[TX Wing Fan 132]

Aligned with this move, as long as they don't replace him with or give more air time to the "Texas Fight" 1st down guy. That dude is infinitely worse

[Dewey 3272]

I just figure I'm getting old and I understand less and less of what people like. So I SIT there with my arms crossed - planning my next piss break. 

[Ignatius 3979]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Am I the only one who completely tunes out announcers on tv or at stadiums?  I couldn’t tell you who the announcers are for 99% of games I watch. I really don’t notice them at all. 

Same here. I don’t notice 95% of the shit people bitch about…

[texastroubadour 1203]

he doesn’t even know how to accurately say “Longhorn”

LHB deserves better

[closetojumping 62010]

4 hours ago, South Austin said:

I recall he got all pissy on the air after we shitcanned Steve Patterson, voicing his displeasure with the decision.  So probably not a good guy.

He did the same shit when Mackovic was failing and then when he got fired. He’s a been a talentless assclown for forever and was easily the worst part about the gameday experience.  

For the people who have the gift of not noticing the PA announcer, well many of us do, so fuck Bob Cole and fuck you too. 

[thunderlounge 7636]

4 hours ago, Droopy said:

I would subscribe to your news letter, but it sounds exactly like mine. Best thing I ever did was unplug my center speaker on my surround sound during sporting events. I get all the crowd noise and filed sound without the bullshit talking. 🤘🏼

 

[Funk Doctor Spock 11705]

Why can't we just get Rage Against the Machine to do our music? They have nothing better to do. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

I still don’t understand why we need  a dj puffinstuff or whatever

[DoobieWah 1379]

To spin ‘dem phat beats. 
 

Spoiler

Is that right?  I really don’t know. 

 

[TheStoicPaisano 9837]

^I think that was DJ Ill Mix.

Edited August 31 by TheStoicPaisano

[UTexasFight 9298]

Not popular opinion, but be careful what you wish for.

People disgruntled by loud, too much talking are not going to like this

[miguelito 11108]

5 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

 

“Quarter”

I still say that, even if I'm watching a game by myself. 

[Hagbard Celine 10543]

9 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Who the fuck is Jonathan Sanford?

 

Edit: old Spurs' and current Rockets' PA announcer. NBA announcer doing college football? Mkay.

in cdc trust we

[Hagbard Celine 10543]

7 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

I better hear Zombie Nation after every first down.

any game this year that overlaps with aggy they need to play 3 seconds of sandstorm before and after announcing the aggy score

[TrashMaster G 17295]

7 hours ago, landman said:

And looks like they now have 2 "In Game Co-Host".  Because the one idiot last year announcing the first down Texas Fight shit wasn't annoying enough.  Baylor does that shit.  We don't need to celebrate every first down.

This.

 

7 hours ago, Skipper said:

SMH.  Clearly we are all just a bunch of old men yelling at clouds, but I'll never understand why we don't just have someone to simply announce down and distance and whatever other factual information is warranted at the time without gimmicks or over the top emotion. It's really not that difficult. 

And this.

 

And having a DJ at a fucking college football game is fucking stupid. 

[Lerka Lerka 1084]

12 hours ago, Wally Pryor said:

It's amazing that Cole's annoying, clown-like schtick was allowed so long in the PA role. 

He's insufferable and that's putting it mildly. 

[PilotsError 2255]

Nobody who already doesn't go to college football games is suddenly going to go because there's a fucking DJ and music on during the timeouts.  That is such a idiot fuck of a notion.

You attract new fans and patrons by putting a good product on the field.  THAT gets their attention.

[Frank Hammer 42]

12 hours ago, UTEX_ME said:

and Seriously? 

[Murfdogg21 4398]

13 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

Get rid of DJ DipShit and you'll have my interest. 

Mute the Jumbotron and you have my attention. 

During timeouts I'll allow PA announcements about how badly OU or Piggie or Aggy is getting stomped. 

That fucking DJ needs to DIAF get gored and trampled. Fuck him. 

You are a benevolent dictator of game day experience 

[Murfdogg21 4398]

7 hours ago, DoobieWah said:

To spin ‘dem phat beats. 
 

They haven’t given us a phat beat since approximately 2006. 

[BurntOrange&White 38877]

2 hours ago, PilotsError said:

Nobody who already doesn't go to college football games is suddenly going to go because there's a fucking DJ and music on during the timeouts.  That is such a idiot fuck of a notion.

You attract new fans and patrons by putting a good product on the field.  THAT gets their attention.

You completely don’t understand the point of all the shit they do within the stadium and this opinion shows 

[boilerhorn 1255]

15 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Sounds like y’all want us to have poor people football 

We are the vieux riche acting like nouveau riche with all these circus sideshows. 

[TexArcher 37096]

Bob Cole is the ou of PA announcers.

[David Dennison 17797]

14 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

Do they still do that insufferable Taco Bell gong?

[horn4life 3748]

The only pertinent question to this entire thread?

 

What the hell is the Slippery Rock State score?

[Chooky 13278]

Philistines are outing themselves in this thread. 

[Red Five 40355]

6 hours ago, PilotsError said:

Nobody who already doesn't go to college football games is suddenly going to go because there's a fucking DJ and music on during the timeouts.  That is such a idiot fuck of a notion.

You attract new fans and patrons by putting a good product on the field.  THAT gets their attention.

I have literally had people tell me to my face that they go to games because of the party feel, not because of anything having to do with football.

[Chooky 13278]

5 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I have literally had people tell me to my face that they go to games because of the party feel, not because of anything having to do with football.

So they were in striking range? 

[Red Five 40355]

3 minutes ago, Chooky said:

So they were in striking range? 

They were attractive females. 

"Me too! We should hang out."

[MAUFRAIS 6561]

1 hour ago, horn4life said:

The only pertinent question to this entire thread?

 

What the hell is the Slippery Rock State score?

if you go to the michigan game you will get to witness this again.

[ATXbronco 4006]

While reading this thread, the Clemson vs. Georgia game came on ESPN+ channel 9037 and it's only crowd noise and refs.
No announcers at all.

It's glorious.  

[Basil 738]

Ricky William

[Cairn Horn88 8086]

22 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

 

 

Bob Cole will only be Longhorn band PA and we have a new stadium PA guy in Jonathan Sanford.

So Cole with new role!

[Vito Andolini 9038]

I’m curious what BO&W wrote in his original post to collect such neg rep…

Anyway, the new guy may be less annoying than Cole, but be careful what you wish for. All the loud music, the smoke, the flashing LEDs, the drones, etc., the game day experience is moving decidedly away from the traditional, just-the-facts approach.  If that’s what you long for, I suspect you’ll be disappointed. 

[El Squared 1792]

18 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Yep. The blue hairs want the carpet and wood paneling back in the locker rooms too I’m sure.

Yes with French Provincial furniture and plastic covers on it.

[randomhorn 1520]

20 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Also, fuck whomever took away the Cronkite commercials. Criminal.

[El Squared 1792]

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

23 minutes ago, El Squared said:

Yes with French Provincial furniture and plastic covers on it.

Yes how dare people want to go to a football game to watch a football game

[BachelorTrek 2896]

On 8/30/2024 at 1:02 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

 

 

Bob Cole will only be Longhorn band PA and we have a new stadium PA guy in Jonathan Sanford.

I still miss Wally Pryor.

"Wally Pryor, please report to the stadium office."