Here, you’ll find a list of past halftime scripts for your reading enjoyment. Long as the list is, it’s still not long enough! Former MOBsters who are hoarding old scripts that aren’t included here, please contact the webmagister or bands@rice.edu. We’re missing lots of good scripts, including many of the old ones, most of the early 00’s, and all of the early 80’s. Help!
Special thanks go out to John “Grungy” Gladu, whose hard work and tireless dedication make such a page possible.
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| “The Wizardly Show” UH, Sep 9, 2023 |
“The Groovy Show” TSU, Sep 16, 2023 |
“The Fam Show” ECU, Sep 30, 2023 |
| “The Uncivil Unrest Show” UConn, Oct 7, 2023 |
“The MOB-di Gras Show” Tulane, Oct 28, 2023 |
“They’re Not Quite Dead Yet” SMU, Nov 4, 2023 |
| “The Stereotype Showdown” FAU, Nov 25, 2023 |
“The Playoff Plan” TXST, Dec 26, 2023 |
| “The MOB ‘Travels’ for a Rodeo” @ USC, Sep 3, 2022 |
“The Moon Mission Show” McNeese, Sep 10, 2022 |
“The JWST Show” Sep 12, 2022 |
| “The Necrobiotic Spider Show” ULL, Sep 17, 2022 |
“The Perry the Platypus Show” @ UH, Sep 24, 2022 |
“The International Music Day Show” UAB, Oct 1, 2022 |
| “The Grungy Homecoming Show” Charlotte, Oct 29, 2022 |
“The Santana/Hispanic Show” UTEP, Nov 3, 2022 |
“The Amazing National Geographic Looney Tunes Bird Show” UTSA, Nov 19, 2022 |
| “The ‘$anta’ Show” Southern Miss, Dec 17, 2022 |
“Pregame 2022” |
| “The Pac-Man Show” UH, Sep 11, 2021 |
“The Onion Show” TSU, Sep 25, 2021 |
“The Quantum Show” Southern Miss, Oct 2, 2021 |
| “The Alamo Heist” @ UTSA, Oct 16, 2021 |
“The Squid Game Show” UNT, Oct 30, 2021 |
“The Pokemon Show” WKU, Nov 13, 2021 |
| “The Space Horse Show” MTSU, Oct 24, 2020 |
“Rice Campus According to the MOB” Oct 8, 2020 |
“The UTEP Show” UTEP, Nov 28, 2020 |
| The “KISS” ShowWake Forest, Sep 6, 2019 | “Texas is Back! to the Future”UT, Sep 14, 2019 | “Star Bears”Baylor, Sep 21, 2019 |
| “The Non-Newsworthy Karaoke Show”LA Tech, Sep 28, 2019 | “The Spooky Scary Show”Southern Miss, Oct 26, 2019 | “The 2019 Homecoming Show”Marshall, Nov 2, 2019 |
| “Scooby Doo Meets Santana: The Texas Theft”UNT, Nov 23, 2019 | Pregame 2019 | “The Emo Show”UTEP, Mar 5, 2020 |
| “What a Year It Has Been”PVAMU, Aug 25, 2018 | “Get Out of My Swamp”UH, Sep 1, 2018 | The “Pink Floyd Show” ShowUTSA, Oct 6, 2018 |
| The “Blasting Off” ShowUAB, Oct 13, 2018 | The “Politics Is a No-No” ShowUTEP, Nov 3, 2018 | The “Tech Savvy” Show@ LA Tech, Nov 10, 2018 |
| The “Star” ShowODU, Nov 24, 2018 |
| @ UH, Sep 16, 2017 | The “Get Off My Lawn” ShowFIU, Sep 23, 2017 | The “Black Knight” ShowArmy, Oct 7, 2017 |
| The “Let’s Mess with Texas” Show@ UTSA, Oct 21, 2017 | The “Banned Day” ShowLA Tech, Oct 28, 2017 | “What’s New Pussycat”Southern Miss, Nov 11, 2017 |
| “The Little MOB That Could”UNT, Nov 25, 2017 |
| “The Title (is) Nine”Baylor, Sep 16, 2016 | “The MOB Drinks to Forget”UNT, Sep 24, 2016 | “We R Family”UTSA, Oct 15, 2016 |
| “Flash MOB”PVAMU, Oct 22, 2016 | “Spoopy Places”@ LA Tech, Oct 29, 2016 | “Owl-ection Show Time”FAU, Nov 5, 2016 |
| “Minor Thoughts”UTEP, Nov 19, 2016 |
| @ A&M, Aug 31, 2013 | “Vortex of Boredom” Kansas, Sep 14, 2013 |
“Codependent, Much?” @ UH, Sep 21, 2013 |
| “The Snowden Job” FAU, Sep 28, 2013 |
“Are they making fun of us?” @ UTSA, Oct 12, 2013 |
“Miners University” UTEP, Oct 26, 2013 |
| Remembering Mr. Bailiff/”Vision to ‘Let My People Go’ (or) Some Phallus-Sees” LA Tech, Nov 16, 2013 |
“How the C-USA West Was Won” @ Tulane, Nov 30, 2013 |
“Chamber of Commerce-ish” Marshall, Dec 7, 2013 |
| Liberty Bowl vs. Miss State, Dec 31, 2013 |
| “Cash, Hash, Dash” UCLA, Aug 30, 2012 |
“Mrs. Bailiff & Mr. Miggins Pregame”/”OWLympics” Marshall, Sep 22, 2012 |
UH, Sep 29, 2012 |
| UTSA, Oct 13, 2012 | “Cthulu” Southern Miss, Oct 27, 2012 |
“Interstate Research Project” @ Tulane, Nov 3, 2012 |
| “Going out with a Bane” SMU, Nov 17, 2012 |
Armed Forces Bowl Air Force, Dec 29, 2012 |
| "$ECcess?"@ UT, Sep 3, 2011 | "If you build it, she will come"Purdue, Sep 10, 2011 | “Apocalypshow” Memphis, Oct 8, 2011 |
| “Football Through the Ages” Tulsa, Oct 22, 2011 |
“Hot Zombie-on-Cougar Action” @ UH, Oct 27, 2011 |
“Oops, I Crapped My Band (The 40th Anniversary)” UTEP, Nov 5, 2011 |
| “This Show is 99% Bullshit Free” Tulane, Nov 19, 2011 |
| “You(r’re) NUTS”UT, Sep 4, 2010 | “Inception”Northwestern, Sep 18, 2010 | “This Old Stadium” Baylor, Sep 25, 2010 |
| “BROpocalypse Now”SMU, Oct 2, 2010 | “As Seen On TV”UH, Oct 16, 2010 | “Alcohol, Crabs, and Segal. Oh my!”@ Tulane, Nov 13, 2010 |
| “Arr! Here be a halftime!”East Carolina, Nov 20, 2010 | “How to Train Your Vuvu” UAB, Nov 27, 2010 |
| “Copy Cat Commodores” Vanderbilt, Sep 26, 2009 |
“Social Networking” Tulsa, Oct 3, 2009 |
“Shortest Halftime Ever” Navy, Oct 10, 2009 |
| “Halftime: Interrupted” UCF, Oct 24, 2009 |
“Geo-soap-litical” @ SMU, Nov 7, 2009 |
“Rice: 3009” Tulane, Nov 14, 2009 |
| “Come to El Paso… Please?” UTEP, Nov 21, 2009 |
“Viral Video” @ Houston, Nov 28, 2009 |
| “Fauxlympics” SMU, Aug 29, 2008 |
“An Extended Simile” UNT, Sep 27, 2008 |
“The Situation in Brief” Southern Miss, Oct 18, 2008 |
| “Voodoo Memories” @ Tulane, Oct 25, 2008 |
“A Rice Carol” Army, Nov 8, 2008 |
“Half-Baked” Marshall, Nov 22, 2008 |
| “Toasts and Roasts” Houston, Nov 29, 2008 |
Texas Bowl Western Michigan, Dec 30, 2008 |
| “J. Fred Pre-game”/”Summer Recap” Nicholls St, Sep 1, 2007 |
“The War in the Middle Yeast” TTU, Sep 15, 2007 |
“Book ’em, Horns!” @ Texas, Sep 22, 2007 |
| “Donnie Didn’t Duck” @ UH, Oct 13, 2007 |
“Sport Scum Olympics” Memphis, Oct 20, 2007 |
“Hail Poetry” UTEP, Nov 3, 2007 |
| “Squirrels” Tulane, Nov 17, 2007 |
“Todd Graham’s Inferno” Tulsa, Nov 24, 2007 |
| “The Sensitive Owl Band” UH, Sep 2, 2006 |
“KMOB Radio” UT, Sep 16, 2006 |
“One For the Road” @ Tulane, Oct 7, 2006 |
| “O’ Cowbell, How We Bang Ye” UAB, Oct 14, 2006 |
“Piracy is a Lifestyle Choice” ECU, Nov 18, 2006 |
“Dial-A-MOB” SMU, Nov 25, 2006 |
| “BCS Bowl Show” New Orleans Bowl Troy, Dec 22, 2006 |
| @ Texas, Sep 17, 2005 | Tulsa, Oct 15, 2005 | Navy, Oct 22, 2005 |
| UTEP, Oct 29, 2005 | “The Lords of the (Class) Ring” Tulane, Nov 12, 2005 |
“We’ll Tell You Where to Put Your Magic Kingdom” UCF, Nov 19, 2005 |
| vs. UH, Sep 5, 2004 | Hawaii, Sep 18, 2004 | @ Texas, Sep 25, 2004 |
| SMU, Oct 9, 2004 | Fresno State, Nov 6, 2004 | LA Tech, Nov 29, 2004 |
| @ UH, Aug 30, 2003 | “Harry Potter has an Owl” San Jose State, Oct 4, 2003 |
Texas, Sep 20, 2003 |
| Navy, Oct 18, 2003 | Nevada, Nov 1, 2003 | The Backwards Show Tulsa, Nov 8, 2003 |
| @ SMU, Nov 15, 2003 | “Communist Takeover” UTEP, Nov 22, 2003 |
| “A Tribute to Zero” UH, Aug 31, 2002 |
“Michigan is a Pretty Crazy Place” @ Mich. State, Sep 7, 2002 |
“What do we do with the Astrodome?” LA Tech, Oct 5, 2002 |
Known missing shows:
Fresno St, Sep 28, 2002
SMU, Oct 26, 2002
Hawaii, Nov 16, 2002
Fresno St, Sep 28, 2002
SMU, Oct 26, 2002
Hawaii, Nov 16, 2002
| The “Dr. Gillis’ Evil Clone’s Evil Plan” Show or… “This is really just an excuse for the SAs to dress-up like Smurfs” Duke, Sep 8, 2001 |
Known missing shows:
UH, Sep 1, 2001
Boise St, Oct 6, 2001
Nevada, Oct 20, 2001
@ LA Tech, Oct 27, 2001
Tulsa, Nov 10, 2001
UTEP, Nov 17, 2001
UH, Sep 1, 2001
Boise St, Oct 6, 2001
Nevada, Oct 20, 2001
@ LA Tech, Oct 27, 2001
Tulsa, Nov 10, 2001
UTEP, Nov 17, 2001
| “Summer Recap” UH, Sep 2, 2000 |
@ Michigan, Sep 8, 2000 | “What Rhymes with Duck?” Tulsa, Sep 16, 2000 |
| The Freshling Show Fresno State, Oct 5, 2000 |
Hawaii, Oct 21, 2000 | @ TCU, Oct 28, 2000 |
| SMU, Nov 4, 2000 |
| @ Houston, Sep 4, 1999 | Navy, Sep 25, 1999 | San Jose State, Oct 16, 1999 |
| TCU, Oct 23, 1999 | UTEP, Nov 13, 1999 |
| “Sport Marketing Show” SMU, Sep 5, 1998 |
“Devil with the Purple Suit” Northwestern, Sep 19, 1998 |
“Good Idea/Bad Idea” @ Texas, Sep 26, 1998 |
| “MS MOB ’98” Tulsa, Oct 17, 1998 |
“Homecoming x 8” UNLV, Nov 14, 1998 |
“Christmas ’98” @ Air Force, Nov 21, 1998 |
| Summer Recap Air Force, Sep 6, 1997 |
EtOH @ Tulane, Sep 13, 1997 |
Selling Out Texas, Sep 27, 1997 |
| The 200th Show TCU, Nov 8, 1997 |
| UNLV, Sep 2, 1995 | Tulane, Sep 16, 1995 | @ Army, Sep 30, 1995 |
| @ Texas, Oct 7, 1995 | “The Internet Show” A&M, Nov 9, 1995 |
“SWC Swan Song” UH, Dec 2, 1995 |
| Tulane, Sep 10, 1994 | TTU, Oct 8, 1994 | Texas, Oct 16, 1994 |
| @ A&M, Oct 22, 1994 | SMU, Nov 5, 1994 | Baylor, Nov 12, 1994 |
| @ Navy, Nov 19, 1994 |
| “Olympian Summer Recap”Sam Houston State, Sep 26, 1992 | The “Wild Kingdom” ShowTexas, Oct 3, 1992 | Columbus QuincentennialSMU, Oct 10, 1992 |
| Nightline@ A&M, Oct 17, 1992 | “Useless Products” TTU, Nov 7, 1992 | Arthurian RepriseBaylor, Nov 14, 1992 |
| 007 meets Gilligan’s IsleNavy, Nov 21, 1992 | Radio Talk Show@ UH, Nov 28, 1992 |
| Wake Forest, Sep 1, 1990 | “Promises”Tulane, Sep 8, 1990 | “A Letter Home…”Northwestern, Sep 22, 1990 |
| @ UH, Sep 29, 1990 | Texas, Oct 6, 1990 | “The Mark of Zero”TTU, Oct 20, 1990 |
| @ Arkansas, Nov 3, 1990 | SMU, Nov 10, 1990 |
| “Big Lies”@ Tulane, Sep 9, 1989 | Louisiana, Sep 23, 1989 | Monday Night Massacre, Sep 25, 1989 |
| “The Environment”@ Texas, Oct 7, 1989 | “World’s Biggest Lie”TCU, Oct 14, 1989 | “NERDS II”A&M, Oct 28, 1989 |
| @ Baylor, Nov 18, 1989 | Houston, Dec 2, 1989 |
| Indiana, Sep 10, 1988 | UT, Oct 1, 1988 | “Space”TTU, Oct 15, 1988 |
| @ A&M, Oct 22, 1988 | @ Notre Dame, Nov 5, 1988 | Baylor, Nov 12, 1988 |
| UNT, Nov 19, 1988 | @ UH, Nov 26, 1988 |
| “Ruthless People”SMU, Sep 13, 1986 | “Alcohol”TSU, Sep 20, 1986 | “The Oil Slump”UT, Oct 4, 1986 |
| TTU, Oct 18, 1986 | “The Immigrants”@ A&M, Oct 25, 1986 | “Evolution”Baylor, Nov 15, 1986 |
| Air Force, Nov 22, 1986 | “101 Things”@ UH, Nov 29, 1986 |
| UT, Oct 4, 1980 | TTU, Oct 18, 1980 | “All Over the World”@ A&M, Oct 25, 1980 |
| SMU, Nov 8, 1980 | Baylor, Nov 15, 1980 | @ UH, Nov 29, 1980 |
| “Performing Arts in Houston”@ SMU, Sep 8 1979 | “Oklahoma!”Oklahoma, Sep 29, 1979 | “Frog”TCU, Oct 13, 1979 |
| TTU, Oct 21, 1978 | “A Lesson in Economics”@ UH,Dec 2,1978 |
| Utah, Sep 18, 1976 | “Kenya Digwhat Amin”@ LSU, Sep 25, 1976 | TTU, Oct 16, 1976 |
| @ UH, Nov 27, 1976 |
| @UH, Sep 13, 1975 | “Secret Owl Band”A&M, Nov 15, 1975 |
“A Few Remarx”UT, Oct 26, 1974
| “The Halftime of Infamy”A&M, Nov 17, 1973 | Baylor, Dec 1, 1973 |
| USC, Sep 18, 1971 | “The State of the Union”A&M, Nov 13, 1971 |