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Mack Rhoades Addresses the Baylor Football Gameday Environment

September 7, 2023
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Mack Rhoades, Baylor Director of Athletics joins 365 Sports to address the gameday environment at Baylor, his thoughts on the highlight video at the beginning of the game, how to voice your opinions to Baylor about the environment, and more.

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Mack Rhoades Addresses the Baylor Football Gameday Environment

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6:28p, 9/7/23
blah, blah, blah . . .
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6:54p, 9/7/23
He says "you know" about every 5 seconds.
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8:06p, 9/7/23
His farting on the air would be more impactful than empty words.
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In reply to BUGWBBear • 8:33p, 9/7/23
BUGWBBear said:
His farting on the air would be more impactful than empty words.

he's been talking out of his butt ever since he arrived at Baylor.
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In reply to Stranger • 8:52p, 9/7/23
CYA speak.
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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8:55p, 9/7/23
It's a beautiful place to watch a game. And the dialed back branding and easy muni parking is a slam dunk.
I have some ideas how to fill more seats.
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9:04p, 9/7/23
I just want a Baylor winning environment. Take care of that, the rest will follow.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
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In reply to Dia del DougO • 9:13p, 9/7/23
Dia del DougO said:
I just want a Baylor winning environment. Take care of that, the rest will follow.
Ditto your want list, but we have to remember that Baylor had a consistently winning environment a few years ago but the rest didn't follow.
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10:22p, 9/7/23
It would be nice to see BU have good crowds and environment in down seasons like some other schools. Va. Tech and Iowa State come to mind as examples.
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11:05p, 9/7/23
Sell some beer
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9:08a, 9/8/23
At least he said the same hype video was no mistake, it was on purpose so we have that going for us!
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11:36a, 9/8/23
We came for first time since 2021. I didn't see the enthusiasm at past Baylor FB games. There weren't the corporate sponsors with freebies (still have my green HEB sunglasses). Overall it seemed flat. I missed doing a crowd sing along and getting the crowd involved in the game. It's hard to explain, but I think flat is the correct word. I'm not sure what they need to fix it, either.
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In reply to Idaho Bears • 11:42a, 9/8/23
Idaho Bears said:
We came for first time since 2021. I didn't see the enthusiasm at past Baylor FB games. There weren't the corporate sponsors with freebies (still have my green HEB sunglasses). Overall it seemed flat. I missed doing a crowd sing along and getting the crowd involved in the game. It's hard to explain, but I think flat is the correct word. I'm not sure what they need to fix it, either.
No passion on the field, no passion in the stands. Funny how that works.....
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11:55a, 9/8/23
Can we assume it all starts at the top?
“Life is short, eat desert first!”
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In reply to ImABearToo • 12:38p, 9/8/23
ImABearToo said:
Can we assume it all starts at the top?

always go to the top!
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1:00p, 9/8/23
The final two seasons of the Case were electric and the first few seasons in McLane were electric. Winning most definitely helps. I bet Duke sees an up tick in attendance this year.

It doesn't address why Tennessee can fill 100k seats over 2 decades of suckage and we can't get 40k+ when we don't suck.

It doesn't help when the students are trying but the alumni just sit there like it's a golf match. Get loud! Join in! It is not impolite to stand on your feet and scream at the other team on 3rd down. It's actually impolite to our defense not to.
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In reply to JumboShrimper • 1:17p, 9/8/23
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Sell some beer


Ding ding ding. We have an old and boring fanbase. People don't want you standing and don't know when to yell. We play song like when the saints go marching in. Our offense is boring and we are losing. None of this excites the fan, might as well sell some beer and get some NIL dollars
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1:22p, 9/8/23
17 replies to this topic, and nobody has mentioned yet that when we had the ball they flashed on the scoreboard screen:

QUIET!!!!!
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In reply to ImABearToo • 1:24p, 9/8/23
ImABearToo said:
Can we assume it all starts at the top?
Yes! He is the problem. He is off-putting and talks down to the fanbase. Corporate sponsors don't seem to like him and under his watch we are seeing pull-backs in the major sports.

I WBB, Mulkey who he couldn't placate just won another Natty and LSU managed to pay here. Meanwhile BU WBB is a shell of its former self.

Football, we were arguably the #3 program in the State. Now, we are behind UT, A&M, Tech, TCU and some would argue that SMU has a higher ceiling. We are down to shaming people to come to games, see K-State last year.

MBB, has done ok. But underperformed.
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In reply to whitetrash • 1:38p, 9/8/23
At BYU you could hear a pin drop when they were on offense and I needed ear plugs on Defense. Oh the Case with the Tarp. And the fans in the shade dressed up, never clapping and looking proper.
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In reply to Idaho Bears • 2:00p, 9/8/23
Game atmosphere is a two way street. Fans have to get involved. The alumni side is always so stale. It's 3rd and long and you'd think someone was about to serve at Wimbledon.

Not endorsing Mack but do feel like he's in a bit of a catch 22. Players, students, and more enthusiastic fans want better hype music and livelier tailgating, while the donor class writing the big checks threaten to stop those checks if the music is loud and the tailgating to lively.
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In reply to JumboShrimper • 2:33p, 9/8/23
Yeah. 100%.
Nothing says "Keep driving, DKR is just down the road" quite as boldly as that.
Great school and great students and faculty and beautiful facilities. Level up or don't. Especially now with NIL complacency is also going to carve into MBB and WBB and that's a shame.
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4:25p, 9/8/23
Games havent been fun for a while. Baylor is just boring now. Attending most events on campus make me want to take a nap. Cant get old farts to do anything. Baylor has nothing on the traditions of other schools. Its a baptist sunday sleepfest. Oh well, guess we can ponder the good ole fb glory days from 2010-2015 for the next 10 to 20 yrs. Aranda will be here a while and thats sad. The new mbb arena will be a flop too. Just a smaller venue with less to cheer about. Drew is nothing without tang.
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In reply to BUmoneymaker • 5:36p, 9/8/23
I agree with you on the fan base everyone seems old I regularly get ugly looks from fans at games cause I get to hype or they want me to dial it down they complain about the music that gets played etc I see why other fan bases make fun of us we are the golden girls of the big 12
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In reply to Wacoraisedbear • 5:48p, 9/8/23
It was pretty electric during CAB era, often heard that McLayne was louder than Seattle Seahawk stadium. I know it was rocking just about every game that I attended. Heck, the Case could get going too those last few years.
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5:49p, 9/8/23
Baylor is being Baylor. The BOR didn't like Briles' sideline jumping players and the rap music. Old, narrow-minded grey haired white people care more keeping Baylor holier than thou than winning.
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In reply to BaylorLit 01 • 5:54p, 9/8/23
I remember one game at Casey during pre game warm ups the rap music was borderline R rated. Players were fired up but the blue hairs up under the press box were steaming mad.
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In reply to ImABearToo • 6:00p, 9/8/23
Yea don't get me wrong depending on the game it definitely gets rowdy the loudest I have heard it at McLane was the 28-3 game against OU I was thinking to myself we made it to the big time cause that place was rocking! Nothing compares to the briles era at the case those crowds where different
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In reply to ImABearToo • 6:01p, 9/8/23
Well the pre game music is for the players nobody gets hype to The Beach Boys or Elvis
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In reply to BUmoneymaker • 9:47p, 9/8/23
Might as well hand out hymnals then.
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In reply to FLBear5630 • 12:28a, 9/9/23
FLBear5630 said:
ImABearToo said:
Can we assume it all starts at the top?


MBB, has done ok. But underperformed.


I am with you on the other stuff, but MBB won a national championship two years ago. They had a great season the next year but couldn't overcome JTT's injury. They went out in the second round but only after just missing an epic comeback. No shame in losing to a UNC team that almost won the whole thing.

Last year they never clicked. But we have been as good as anybody over the last five years.

Which all relates to the atmosphere at football games. BU fans will get enthusiastic for a top-5 team but not much else.
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11:21a, 9/9/23
McLane PA system seemed to work ok last week vs. TexSt, but today it sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher.
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In reply to whitetrash • 12:21p, 9/9/23
whitetrash said:
McLane PA system seemed to work ok last week vs. TexSt, but today it sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher.


Can they get anything right this year?
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In reply to JumboShrimper • 12:58p, 9/9/23
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Might as well hand out hymnals then.

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