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Pregame

CDAGRIZ said:
I heard they were kicking around the idea of having the marching band spell out the Griz script and having one lucky individual “dot” the “i”. I think it sounds like it could be a cool Montana tradition.
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Sounds great. We could do the very same thing, except spell out ohio.
 
Ursa Major said:
Couldn’t agree more!

Go Griz — Fight On!
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I agree also. Don't copy someone else. Come up with a unique entrance/pregame that gets the fans hyped, players jacked and contributes to the home game-day experience. It's good now, but the Mecca of FCS football could do better, IMO! Can't wait until kickoff!!!
Go Griz!
 
Walrus said:
My only concern is that they overcorrect and we end up with GenZ Monte doing a TikTok dance while prompting each end of the stadium to yell "SKIBIDI!" "RIZZ!", then launching Labubus out of a cannon into the crowd while an incomprehensible sigilkore song blares from the speakers.

If you didn't understand a lot of those words, consider yourself blessed. In some ways I do kinda appreciate how the game day experience is a time capsule of the 00s.
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No Cap, bruh
 
Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” has excellent percussion and crescendo aspects. The song itself doesn’t really work, but the Music Department could really adapt that sound into something unique to Montana Football.
 
This debate reminds me of Super Bowl Halftime Show debates. Younger generations don't want "boomer music" and our generation bitches about hip hop with lyrics we don't understand. I just remind everyone that complains about that event is that my first memories of Super Bowl Halftime Show was "Up with People." Same with Griz pregame.

 
The problem to me seems to be that they don't really understand how to use what they have to really hype the crowd up. Seems to me the last couple of seasons they're just going through the motions. Like they have a checklist of items they just need to tick off before the game starts. Back in the day Monte's entrance on the Harley was iconic. He sits in the tunnel and revs it up for a while until he bursts out onto the field. They play the Hype video right before the players come out. The hype video builds in intensity and then cuts out with a brief moment of tension before we hear WOOOOO BRING UM OUT BRING UM OUT and they run out all hyped up with the smoke and the fireworks and everybody goes nuts. The whole show is designed to work together to build up the crowd

Now it's just like. Here comes monte driving the 2025 Toyota 4 runner powered by Lithia! He gets out and points in 4 directions while kid rock plays. Now we move to the first interstate coin toss. The "hype video" is some incomprehensible rap music focusing on the players instead of Griz Nation. Bring um out bring um out plays for 3 seconds until the band starts playing the fight song because i'm sure they complained about it. Then nothing happens for 5 minutes because there's a TV time out so everyone sits back down. It's just not the same as it used to be. I know a lot of it is because of the broadcast but still.

I mean just compare these two hype videos


 
nicktaber58 said:
Hell, the neighbors haven't come up with a unique idea this century. If it weren't for the rodeo team entry, it'd basically be wa griz east!
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Very true. I do like their totally unique and long-standing number 45 tradition, however. Don’t know where they pulled that one.

As for our Fight On thing, I have to give the marketing folks a pass on it because they likely had no idea. I think of it kind of like if an uncontacted Amazon tribesman created an iPhone.
 
TheNorthRemembers said:
The problem to me seems to be that they don't really understand how to use what they have to really hype the crowd up. Seems to me the last couple of seasons they're just going through the motions. Like they have a checklist of items they just need to tick off before the game starts. Back in the day Monte's entrance on the Harley was iconic. He sits in the tunnel and revs it up for a while until he bursts out onto the field. They play the Hype video right before the players come out. The hype video builds in intensity and then cuts out with a brief moment of tension before we hear WOOOOO BRING UM OUT BRING UM OUT and they run out all hyped up with the smoke and the fireworks and everybody goes nuts. The whole show is designed to work together to build up the crowd

Now it's just like. Here comes monte driving the 2025 Toyota 4 runner powered by Lithia! He gets out and points in 4 directions while kid rock plays. Now we move to the first interstate coin toss. The "hype video" is some incomprehensible rap music focusing on the players instead of Griz Nation. Bring um out bring um out plays for 3 seconds until the band starts playing the fight song because i'm sure they complained about it. Then nothing happens for 5 minutes because there's a TV time out so everyone sits back down. It's just not the same as it used to be. I know a lot of it is because of the broadcast but still.

I mean just compare these two hype videos


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That first one still gives me goosebumps. And I'm GenX, not a Boomer but rap sucks.
 
I think this would be a good song to play, at least before they run out of the tunnel. Up until the 1:00 minute mark. I don't know, I could totally see the fans chanting to this song getting all pumped up.

 
Take this journey with me…..

They first dim the lights of Wa Griz stadium

This epic intro starts and is loud

The big video board shows the early beginnings of Griz football

Progresses to video of the new stadium being built from the ground up

Shows the facility upgrades like the champion center and bubble

Transitions into highlights of the national chippers, huge hits, amazing plays

At about the 55 second mark it transitions into some other banger (anything but bring em out) for the actual tunnel run…maybe JayZ “run this town” or GnR “welcome to the jungle” or “let’s go” by Twista/Big D. Hell anything other than the norm!

 
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