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talltex wrote:Just a general lack of respect for anything and anyone else in some situations. I attended the TCU / Texas Tech game a couple of weeks ago in Lubbock. First game I have gone to at that stadium, but have always liked the school. My wife and son are both TCU grads and my son is currently enrolled at Tech on a second degree. I was really surprised at the rude behavior of many of the Tech fans and the Tech employees who were doing the announcing and operating the sound system. We were sitting next to the TCU band in a mostly "purple" section. Prior to the start of the game, each school band played their school song. As the Tech band played the stadium was silent and everyone (including players and coaches on both sides) stood respectfully and listened. As soon as the TCU band started to play the stadium was filled with fans booing and yelling and all the Tech players jumping up and down and pumping their fists and yelling,and then, about 10 seconds into it, the staff kicked on the giant speakers mounted on the Jumbo-tron scoreboard and blasted loud cannon shot noises to drown out the band. After that the announcers came on and warned that anyone throwing any items on the field would be removed from the stadium. This was met by a blizzard of flour tortillas being "frisbeed" onto the field which the event staff scurried to remove as the teams lined up for the kickoff. No one was removed or even approached. There were two young, very pretty girls in Tech colors, sitting right behind us that started yelling profanities ( including a non stop "bomb" attack). After a few minutes of that, my son turned around and told them they needed to tone it down with the language. They said "oh its just part of the cheering for the team." He said it didn't matter...told them he was attending Tech also but they were in a public venue and that his 78 year old grandmother was sitting there as well as his mother and it just wasn't acceptable. At half time, after my wife had turned around and spoken to them also, they got on their phones and located some other seats with some of their friends and moved. The game was as wild as any I've ever seen and the crowd was fired up as expected. When TCU scored to take the lead with 23 seconds left, the game had to be halted before they kicked the extra point because the fans started throwing more tortillas and also full bottles of water onto the field. When it was over, as is their custom, the TCU team and coaches always come stand in front of the band and salute them as they play the school fight song. as the TCU fans stood and saluted them and the band started to play, the Tech crew again blew out the speakers with the "cannon blasts" drowning them out. The Sheriff's dept. was providing most of the security and after the wild finish about a dozen additional deputies showed up to escort the band and the TCU fans out of the stadium. I was really surprised by the behavior shown there. The only games I've been to in the last 10 years have been at TCU hi and UT and I'd never seen that type of thing occur at either place.

Texsquatch wrote:I was forced to watch part of the US vs Mexico soccer match last night. (oh how I hate soccer)
Anyway, the entire Mexican team sang their anthem very enthusiastically. Then, the camera scrolls down the US team and more were singing than I expected, but a couple didn't have their hands on their heart. The worst was one player with his head down, eyes closed, and hands clasped behind his back.

Maybe he was just getting into the zone or maybe it was political, but you could at least show proper respect when you're representing your country on a big stage as a member of the US National Team.