Have you ever wanted to paint yourself green and run around screaming at the top of your lungs, gnarling your hands into the shape of eagle claws, while at the same time making what you believe to be the sound that eagles make? Well students were welcome and had the opportunity to act out these insane actions in good company this weekend at UNT’s Homecoming.
It was mainly the parade that came down North Texas Blvd. that contained these eagle-like fanatics. What seemed like an endless amount of floats drove by flinging candy into the crowds. I know I felt like a kid again, and was not shy to shove a person or two out of the way to get the banana flavored laffy taffy. What? Banana’s my favorite flavor, and I assure you none of the children shoved were under the age of 15. Next thing I knew, a hooters girl was placing an “I love hooters” sticker on my shirt…where did they come from? I think they just dropped down out of the sky or something.
After the parade passed by, the pre-game tailgating ensued in the Fouts field parking lot. The smell of freshly cooked hamburgers, chicken-on-a-stick, and sausage filled the air. All throughout the parking lot you could see smiling faces and mouths moving, but the hearing what people were saying thing was kind of impossible due to the Rockin’ Rodeo bus’ blaring music. They were playing Jimmy Buffet though, so I can't complain. And when they stopped playing music, I was able to fire up my iPod, which contains artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311, and Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony to name a few. The party was well underway at this point.
As the game got closer more people packed into the parking lot. Also, the anticipation of North Texas getting its first home win in the last 7 attempts grew. The two had a directly proportional relationship. If you were to plot ‘number of people’ on the y-axis, and ‘anticipation’ on the x axis, you would see a straight line with a positive slope. There’s my nerd reference for you. (Yes, I am a nerd, and proud of it!) At one point it actually felt as if I went to one of those big colleges like UT or OU. But no school was bigger than UNT on this day.
I made a promise to myself that no matter what I was going to visit the College of Engineering tent. So, just before the game, I made my way over to the tent where to my pleasant surprise I saw the CooLN2 car. For those of you who haven’t heard, this car runs on liquid nitrogen. Liquid Nitrogen!? You ask. Yes. Liquid nitrogen! I can’t explain how so you’ll have to ask Mitty Plummer. I was disappointed though that more engineering students weren't there. So here’s the plan for next year’s homecoming…ready…here it comes. ALL ENGINEERS GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT YOUR DEPARTMENT! Go to the engineering tent. Spread the word about Discovery Park, while at the same time enjoying a freshly grilled helping of chicken-on-a-stick.
It was mainly the parade that came down North Texas Blvd. that contained these eagle-like fanatics. What seemed like an endless amount of floats drove by flinging candy into the crowds. I know I felt like a kid again, and was not shy to shove a person or two out of the way to get the banana flavored laffy taffy. What? Banana’s my favorite flavor, and I assure you none of the children shoved were under the age of 15. Next thing I knew, a hooters girl was placing an “I love hooters” sticker on my shirt…where did they come from? I think they just dropped down out of the sky or something.
After the parade passed by, the pre-game tailgating ensued in the Fouts field parking lot. The smell of freshly cooked hamburgers, chicken-on-a-stick, and sausage filled the air. All throughout the parking lot you could see smiling faces and mouths moving, but the hearing what people were saying thing was kind of impossible due to the Rockin’ Rodeo bus’ blaring music. They were playing Jimmy Buffet though, so I can't complain. And when they stopped playing music, I was able to fire up my iPod, which contains artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311, and Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony to name a few. The party was well underway at this point.
As the game got closer more people packed into the parking lot. Also, the anticipation of North Texas getting its first home win in the last 7 attempts grew. The two had a directly proportional relationship. If you were to plot ‘number of people’ on the y-axis, and ‘anticipation’ on the x axis, you would see a straight line with a positive slope. There’s my nerd reference for you. (Yes, I am a nerd, and proud of it!) At one point it actually felt as if I went to one of those big colleges like UT or OU. But no school was bigger than UNT on this day.
I made a promise to myself that no matter what I was going to visit the College of Engineering tent. So, just before the game, I made my way over to the tent where to my pleasant surprise I saw the CooLN2 car. For those of you who haven’t heard, this car runs on liquid nitrogen. Liquid Nitrogen!? You ask. Yes. Liquid nitrogen! I can’t explain how so you’ll have to ask Mitty Plummer. I was disappointed though that more engineering students weren't there. So here’s the plan for next year’s homecoming…ready…here it comes. ALL ENGINEERS GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT YOUR DEPARTMENT! Go to the engineering tent. Spread the word about Discovery Park, while at the same time enjoying a freshly grilled helping of chicken-on-a-stick.
