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Upgrade the Pregame Hype

Grizbeer said:
If we’re going to do this right let’s just go with Motley Lou

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Turthfully this is actually a good idea. Do it ata night game with everyone with their phones in the air like lighters. And as it hits the first "home sweet home......." the DJ bleeds it into "bring em out bring em out".
 
HookedonGriz said:
It is stale AF though. Monte doing the kid rock pointy thing needs to be retired too. Bring em out for the tunnel run needs an upgrade too. We can do way better.
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I refuse to take part in the monte kid rock thing. its just so unbelievably awful, disjointed, and ineffective. It's beyond me how the powers at be cannot see that. it's absolutely bonkers.
 
ResilientGriz said:
Here is Gemini's suggested pre-game. Some of the suggested is unique. Some isn't.

To create a truly unique, never-done-before pre-game experience for the University of Montana Grizzlies, you have to lean heavily into two things: the raw, untamed majesty of Montana’s wilderness and the ferocious loyalty of Griz nation.


Washington-Grizzly Stadium is already one of the best atmospheres in the FCS. To take it to an unprecedented level, we need to move beyond standard tailgating and create an immersive, mythical pre-game ritual.

Here is the blueprint for "The Midnight Ridge & The Great Griz March."

1. The Night Before: "Lighting the M" on Mount Sentinel​

Instead of starting on game day, the ritual begins the night before.
  • The Sentinel Beacon: Utilizing high-powered, synchronized LED drone swarms, the famous "M" on Mount Sentinel is illuminated in a pulsing maroon and silver.
  • The Crimson Aurora: The drones expand to create a simulated Northern Lights effect (the "Crimson Aurora") over the entire valley, signaling to Missoula that game day has arrived.

2. Morning of: The "Smokejumper" Delivery​

Missoula is home to the aerial fire depot and the historic smokejumpers. We weave this deep local history into the pre-game tailgate.
  • The Bear Drop: Exactly two hours before kickoff, a siren sounds across the Clark Fork River. A team of precision skydivers (in collaboration with local smokejumpers) drops from the sky.
  • The Game Ball & Game Axe: The lead jumper lands on a designated target in the middle of the tailgate lot, delivering the official game ball and a massive, custom-forged Griz Battle Axe to the team captains.

3. The Main Event: "The Clark Fork Confluence"​

Most teams walk through a crowd of fans on concrete. The Grizzlies should arrive by water.

  • The Flotilla Arrival: The entire Montana football team arrives at the stadium via the Clark Fork River on a fleet of black and maroon, heavy-duty tactical rafts.
  • The Riverbank Roar: Fans line the Brennan’s Wave area and the riverbanks, creating a mile-long wall of sound.

4. The Stadium Entry: "The Gauntlet of Sound"​

Once the team steps off the rafts, they don't just walk to the locker room—they march through an interactive, sensory experience.
  • The Bear Trap Tunnel: A custom-built, open-air tunnel lined with actual Montana timber. As the players walk through, motion sensors trigger the deep, rumbling sound of roaring grizzly bears vibrating through the ground.
  • The Axe Awakening: The team captains take the smokejumper-delivered Battle Axe and slam it into a massive, larch or pine log anchored at the stadium entrance. This "wakes the bear," triggering the stadium smoke machines and signaling fans to take their seats.

5. The Fan Experience: "The Bear’s Den" Tailgate​

To replace standard tent tailgating, UM establishes an eco-friendly, hyper-local fan village.
  • The Lumberjack Games: A fan zone featuring safe, interactive axe-throwing, log-rolling, and chainsaw ice/wood carving (making ice sculptures of the week's opponent).
  • Local Flavor: A partnership with Missoula’s world-class brewery scene to create a rotating, game-day-only "Grizzly Brew" served out of a converted vintage train car (reminiscent of the old Montana railroads).
By anchoring the pre-game in Missoula's actual geography (Mount Sentinel and the Clark Fork River) and its rugged identity (smokejumpers and grizzly lore), this wouldn't just be a football entrance—it would be a bucket-list sporting pilgrimage.
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Oooh things I like about this (since it IS 2026):

The night before:
I love the "Crimson Aurora" idea. Using Drones for night games would be awesome. Have them do something like the northern lights over the stadium and then transition into the "University of Montana" and "Go Griz". Honestly that would be sick.

Pre-Game:
I like the "Bear Drop": Exactly two hours, one hour, and at the half-hour marks use the sound cue... BUT use a synthesized sub-bass "Grizzly Roar" that is dropped through the stadium speakers, that PHYSICALLY causes the ground to shake each time.

I also like the "Game Ball/Double bit axe" drop: The lead jumper lands on a designated target in the middle of the tailgate lot, delivering the official game ball and a massive, custom-forged Griz Double Bit Axe to the team captains. (same but altered).

Team Entry:
Idk... yeah use the helmet and smoke, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE get rid of that worn out, ridiculous, pathetic, pleather wearing hair band crap Mee Maw and Pop pop's "Welcome to the Jungle." There are better songs out there, newer songs, like "This is War" by FFDP, or "Hail to the King" by Avenged Sevenfold.

Game Play:
Opponents Third down: "I Suck at Sports" by I was a Teenage Alien or "Hopes a Disease (my football team sucks" by Bill Mandara.

Our Third Down: "I want all the Power" by LG or "Bring me to Life" by Evanesence

Sacks/TFL: "Big Dawgs" by Hanumankind or "Thunderstruck" or comes over the loud speakers and we do something new, like Griz claws.

TD/FG: Fill in with a Generational uplifting favorite favorite. Cannon goes off. Same as usual I guess.
Just some ideas.
 
I know it's been more or less close to thirty years with very few updates to the Griz game "experience." Some people like hopping into the same old worn out, nothing but the "waistband left" underwear, and that's cool... for them. They are also usually the same vanilla, stick in the mud, generally surly old curmudgeons who regurgitate of the same old line, "if it's broken don't fix it."

While it's true that it's not broken, it is so old and worn out that the recycling center won't even take it.

We have a new President at the University, we have a new HC, we have an entire generation of fans that is being left out to serve the lime jello generation. Game-Day Operations & Marketing team, managed by the Athletic Department... Kent Haslam... keeps giving us the same old geritol crowd/hims crowd garbage.

All you have to do is actually attend a game ANYWHERE in the United States at the Minor League to Professional level of sports to realize just how far back UM's wagon has lagged from the rest of the wagon train. There isn't even a bandwagon to jump on anymore.

Idk. Maybe that's my issue. I have been to other venues. I have witnessed what an exciting adrenaline pumping game experience can be. I mean... In the NHL there IS no experience better than Vegas, heck for that matter there is no better experience in sports better than Vegas, other than the Superbowl. So yeah, that and Ohio State, Texas, Virginia Tech, UK/Louisville Basketball, ruined me.

I am a little passionate about this. I remember 26 years ago when Wa/Griz was a rocking place man. I had been to other venues and nothing compared to it, not UT Austin, UDub, maybe Oregon, but nothing else. It was an electrifying experience. Now, it's average at best.

I see what can be with a little effort and updating using modern technology.
 
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I have used the same pregame hype for much over a decade with liquid hype a significant focus. Did I enjoy the days of the skydivers...you bet, did I think inflatable Monte Jr was dumb...you bet, has my game day gotten better or worse because of these...nope.
 
GrizRealist said:
You don’t use them in the same way. Typing a question in an ai like “how could UM football upgrade their in stadium experience” is like driving a Ferrari on the autobahn in first gear. You are leaving a lot of meat on the bone in terms of results. Understanding how to prompt an Ai will get you 100x better results
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Lol I am busting you chops with the AI. I love using AI for multiple reasons. Admittedly, I do use it for searches, but I also used it to create an APP, Podcast scripts, program my 3D Printer, and other things.

And yeah, Learning how to properly write/code an AI prompt helps immensely.
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
All these people saying the cats pregame is better. They have a dude driving around in a trashcan. That alone negates anything else good they do.
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All the Cats pregame entails is just a bunch of rodeo students riding horses onto the field with flames shooting in the sky and hoping the horses don't take a shit on the field and lasts all about 20 seconds. That doesn't set the bar high, but it says something when we're saying our pregame has gotten stale that people like the cats pregame better.
 
GrizRealist said:
You don’t use them in the same way. Typing a question in an ai like “how could UM football upgrade their in stadium experience” is like driving a Ferrari on the autobahn in first gear. You are leaving a lot of meat on the bone in terms of results. Understanding how to prompt an Ai will get you 100x better results
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I wasn't trying to create a prompt to act as an equity research analyst and generate an incredibly rigorous, multi-section investment memo on 10 specific stocks that meet strict financial criteria, requiring every claim to be quantified, tagged by analytical type (Fact, Analysis, or Inference), and backed by verifiable, recent primary sources.
 
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