University of Texas - Austin vs. Rice

Reliant Stadium – Houston, Texas

September 4, 2010

You(r|'re) NUTS

Unconventional Wisdom

Announcer:

Today's halftime is brought to you by Rice University's Unconventional Wisdom. Who knew you could just sell a radio station without telling anyone?

Music:

(drum intro)

MOB:

"Go Rice!"

Field Action:

Band enters the field.

Daytime Soaps

Announcer:

As many of you know, the University of Texas has founded its own T-V station: the Network for University of Texas Sports. So join us for this inaugural broadcast, and get your first look... at NUTS!

Formation:

N U T S

Video Display:

Still slide (01): NUTS logo
[skip slide 02]

Music:

a "ta-da!" flourish

Announcer:

The daytime schedule aims for the soap opera demographic that most sports networks miss. Stay tuned for new shows like:

As The Offense Turns,
All My Linebackers,
and, for the offensive linemen, The Big and The Bulky

It's the essence of football: mindless, dramatic, low-brow entertainment.

Music:

Love Potion No. 9

Field Action:

Show Assistants assemble and deploy a broadcast tower.

Video Display:

Still slide (03): As the Offense Turns
Still slide (04): The Big and The Bulky

Survivor: Big XII

Announcer:

In prime-time entertainment, watch at eight central for Survivor: Big Twelve. You're already down to ten teams, so you might as well vote the rest of them off the island, too.

Formation:

a television

Video Display:

Still slide (05): Survivor Big XII, XI, X?

Music:

Shiver My Timbers

Field Action:

Mascots of other (former?) Big XII teams are voted off the island, a la the show Survivor.

The Bachelor

Announcer:

As the money for writers runs out, NUTS will devolve to reality T-V. Sit on the edge of your hay bale and be transfixed by: The Bachelor: Bevo's Choice. Which fine lady-bovine will pair off with Bevo this week??

Video Display:

Still slide (06): The Bachelor: Bevo's Choice

Formation:

a heart, pierced by Cupid's arrow

Music:

Theme from Romeo and Juliet

Announcer:

How will he break the news that he's a steer, and that his meat isn't quite Grade-A? And don't blink when we see Bevo reunite with his true love — that sassy seductress, Reveille!

Music:

Hound Dog

Field Action:

Browsing his available female companions, when Bevo spots Reveille his henceforth short horns grow in length.

Better Later than a Sooner

Announcer:

At next week's game, we'll bring you a sneak peek of Oklahoma's aptly-named network: Sooner Hi-def Intercollegiate Television!

I'd spell it out for you, but trust me – it stinks.

Music:

Louie, Louie

Field Action:

Exit the field.

Announcer:

Ladies and steers, the two-thousand ten Rice University Marching Owl Band! Now you can follow us on Twitter: @ricemob

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