ECHOING MARRIAGE VOWS, “REAL” FANS PLEDGE, PERHAPS UNWITTINGLY AT THE OUTSET, TO STAND BY THEIR TEAM IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.
Unlike many marriages, the relationship between Longhorn fans and the University rarely ends in divorce. Instead, loyalty and single-minded devotion are the critical ingredients for life as a Longhorn fan.
The family unit is the primary building block for the Longhorn Nation. Teaching a 3-year-old how to say Hook’em with a hand gesture pays lifetime dividends. Sprinkle in just the right amount of attendance at Longhorn sporting events, telling Longhorn folklore, myths, and legends, and the child will sprout Horns. Who cares if the stories told by family members depict the players as god-like instead of earthly mortals. When building a Longhorn fan from the ground up, the end justifies the means.
Real Longhorn fans exhibit highly abnormal societal behaviors before, during, and after a Longhorn game incorporating personal rituals into game-day events. For example, Longhorn fans exhibit no inhibitions after a vital Longhorn score by shedding tears of joy while hugging, kissing, and high-fiving people you don't know.
IT IS IN THE SPORTS ARENA THAT FANS AND PLAYERS MERGE AS ONE.
If you reach adulthood without a family instilled Horn education, the road to Longhorn fandom is much more difficult. You can't
simply walk into DKR, the Drum, Disch-Falk stadium, or Mike A. Myers Track and soccer field and be ordained as a Longhorn fan.
Longhorn sports arenas are sacred facilities -holy grounds that enshrine special moments in Longhorn sports history. The stadiums are the battlegrounds where fans and players merge into one burnt-orange spirit to celebrate the past, cheer the present, and empower the future.
The History of Longhorn Sports
HORNS UP! EYES UP!
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Unlike many marriages, the relationship between Longhorn fans and the University rarely ends in divorce. Instead, loyalty and single-minded devotion are the critical ingredients for life as a Longhorn fan.
The family unit is the primary building block for the Longhorn Nation. Teaching a 3-year-old how to say Hook’em with a hand gesture pays lifetime dividends. Sprinkle in just the right amount of attendance at Longhorn sporting events, telling Longhorn folklore, myths, and legends, and the child will sprout Horns. Who cares if the stories told by family members depict the players as god-like instead of earthly mortals. When building a Longhorn fan from the ground up, the end justifies the means.
Real Longhorn fans exhibit highly abnormal societal behaviors before, during, and after a Longhorn game incorporating personal rituals into game-day events. For example, Longhorn fans exhibit no inhibitions after a vital Longhorn score by shedding tears of joy while hugging, kissing, and high-fiving people you don't know.
IT IS IN THE SPORTS ARENA THAT FANS AND PLAYERS MERGE AS ONE.
If you reach adulthood without a family instilled Horn education, the road to Longhorn fandom is much more difficult. You can't
simply walk into DKR, the Drum, Disch-Falk stadium, or Mike A. Myers Track and soccer field and be ordained as a Longhorn fan.
Longhorn sports arenas are sacred facilities -holy grounds that enshrine special moments in Longhorn sports history. The stadiums are the battlegrounds where fans and players merge into one burnt-orange spirit to celebrate the past, cheer the present, and empower the future.
The History of Longhorn Sports
HORNS UP! EYES UP!
