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#104

We waited too long to ditch the “errybody clap yo hands” tape at the disch. I could see his frustration with change as he aged as a fan. I grew up with him as the only crowd organizer at games.  Clapping to disrupt the pitcher or starting a Texas Fight chant, he was it. As a kid I thought he was the fan we should all want to be, with an affinity for leadership I aspired to be that guy when I grew up, the one all the fans followed. I did grow out of that simple world view but it’s true he had a lasting impact on me as a Texas fan, fact is some of my happiest childhood memories involved following his lead cheering on the horns to a victory at the disch.  

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#105
15 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

We waited too long to ditch the “errybody clap yo hands” tape at the disch. I could see his frustration with change as he aged as a fan. I grew up with him as the only crowd organizer at games.  Clapping to disrupt the pitcher or starting a Texas Fight chant, he was it. As a kid I thought he was the fan we should all want to be, with an affinity for leadership I aspired to be that guy when I grew up, the one all the fans followed. I did grow out of that simple world view but it’s true he had a lasting impact on me as a Texas fan, fact is some of my happiest memories involved following his lead cheering on the horns to a victory at the disch.  

Drunk David ash? 
 

jokes aside, SW was a childhood legend for me and my siblings. Brought us a lot of joy. Rest easy

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#106
4 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

Honestly his seat should sit permanently empty at Disch. 

His seat should be burnt orange instead of green as an obvious visual honor. 

#108

Would be great to have him on the Jumbotron leading The Eyes in a cappella.

#109
1 hour ago, scramblyn said:

We waited too long to ditch the “errybody clap yo hands” tape at the disch. I could see his frustration with change as he aged as a fan. I grew up with him as the only crowd organizer at games.  Clapping to disrupt the pitcher or starting a Texas Fight chant, he was it. As a kid I thought he was the fan we should all want to be, with an affinity for leadership I aspired to be that guy when I grew up, the one all the fans followed. I did grow out of that simple world view but it’s true he had a lasting impact on me as a Texas fan, fact is some of my happiest childhood memories involved following his lead cheering on the horns to a victory at the disch.  

Wilson, Beast, Wild Bunch - all a part of my growing up at The Disch.  I was 6 when my parents bought season tickets the first year.  Section 11, Row 6.  My grandparents were on row 5.  Scott and the bunch were across the field from us.  Along with the above by Scramblyn, also the slow clap building up to a fast one in the 9th to close out the game.  

I let the tickets go after about 40 years of sitting there.  When Patterson raised the prices and sent the renewal the week after Texas went 2 and que at DBU I decided that was it with other things going on in life.  But would still see Scott on occassion, including the last couple of years at a Bourbon/Baseball fund raiser my son organized.

Hook'em Scott!!

#110
1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

His seat should be burnt orange instead of green as an obvious visual honor. 

Damn fine idea.

 

#111
7 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

Honestly his seat should sit permanently empty at Disch. 

It should for this coming season. 

#112

Here's the full update from his sis:

It is so difficult to hear this news. Please pray for Scott and his family. He’s the greatest of all Longhorn fans. Give them strength and comfort in this most difficult of times. #HookEm 🧡🤘🏽

 

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#113

I've known Scott since 1967.  I left John Bianco a voicemail the day of Scott's heart attack, knowing that the UT Athletic Dept. would want to know, and I hoped he would get the local and even national coverage he deserved.  It was great that he was honored on the game telecast.  Coincidentally, I missed it because I had left the game just prior to the announcement to sit on my patio and drink a bottle of wine to medicate myself after what I had seen during the Florida game up to that point.  My thanks to whoever posted the replay of that recognition.  I've made sure UT Athletics is aware of Scott's condition at this point too.

This whole sad tale reminds me of a Scott Wilson story when his original orange Caddy convertible made its final stop on the side of the road in Oklahoma while Scott was returning home from a Big 12 game in Kansas.  Even though the vehicle was done, he paid to have it towed back to Texas because he felt "it wouldn't get a Christian burial in Oklahoma." Now I look forward to Scott's final return to Texas. 

#115
3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

His seat should be burnt orange instead of green as an obvious visual honor. 

CDC should be good with this 

#116
3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

His seat should be burnt orange instead of green as an obvious visual honor. 

Definitely should be done. Great idea!

#118
1 hour ago, Kahuna said:

 

This whole sad tale reminds me of a Scott Wilson story when his original orange Caddy convertible made its final stop on the side of the road in Oklahoma while Scott was returning home from a Big 12 game in Kansas.  Even though the vehicle was done, he paid to have it towed back to Texas because he felt "it wouldn't get a Christian burial in Oklahoma." Now I look forward to Scott's final return to Texas. 

I seem to remember seeing that car broken down on the way back from Omaha one year.  

#119
8 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I seem to remember seeing that car broken down on the way back from Omaha "one" year.  

Sheeeeit.... that fucking Caddy had several broken-down-side-of-the-road deaths 

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#120
4 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Damn fine idea.

 

absolutely, it is the least we could do.

#122
1 minute ago, Red Five said:

I’m not sure that the guy who went to a billion consecutive games would appreciate an empty seat in his honor, but it’s a nice idea.

maybe they could make it orange, have it empty for the first game, and then have his family decide what to do with the tickets he had after that. 

#123
2 hours ago, 1bigtx said:

Is there any way we can comfortably bring Scott back to Texas?

I have wondered about this. I don't know if it could be done while he is still alive or not. 

I know it's a stretch, but it would be a great help to the family if Scott could be brought back to Austin by plane. It certainly wouldn't knock a hole in the athletic budget if UT sent him and his sister back to Austin by a private jet. 

It would cost quite a bit to have the body sent back to Austin by a hearse

#124
1 hour ago, Red Five said:

I’m not sure that the guy who went to a billion consecutive games would appreciate an empty seat in his honor, but it’s a nice idea.

How about one of those cardboard cutouts they did during covid games?

#127
3 minutes ago, West Kerr Horn said:

I was on that trip with Hunnert, Wilson, and a couple of other people. We were coming home from Omaha, where Texas had just won the national championship. The better line that Hunnert had for that woman was when she came up to him and told him that he had ruined her car. Hunnert was pumping gas and after the usual pause he came out with one of his one word classic answers. He just looked at her and said, "sorry."

 

#128

My first trip to Disch-Falk went down to the wire and as the drama built there was all this ... clapping.

Slow claps leading to fast claps, clap-clap-clap, just on and on.  It added a level of tension and anticipation to baseball that I had never experienced.  Of course, I was previously a Rangers fan.

Someone told me it was led by a fan, and I think now that was Scott.  That was pretty peak Wild Bunch and I had student tickets way up high so I never got to hear what they were saying, but the clapping thing was incredible.

What a fantastic experience, I still remember it.

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#129

I'm sad to report that Scott passed away early this morning.

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#130
8 minutes ago, Kahuna said:

I'm sad to report that Scott passed away early this morning.

RIP Scott….

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#141

Scotty, Hunnert, Hog Eye, DeFord, Kelso, together again.

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#142

His streak of games seems more out of reach than Dimaggio's record. Sad day for his family, friends, and the university, but that guy lived a long life spent chasing his passions to an extent that few people have the conviction to do. I didn't know the guy, only knew of him, but he got to live the life he wanted to live. Not everyone can say that. RIP to a legend. 

#143

We drove him home from the tailgate after a home football game vs Tech. My buddy and his brother are Red Raiders, and came along for the ride. Scott gave them the tour of his house.  If you haven't been, it's a museum of Texas fandom and it's incredible. 

And each item that catches your eye comes with a hilarious story, which Scott was always happy to tell again  My personal favorite was the remote control airplane which had OU SUCKS written on the bottom of the wings.

Every other year from then on, when my Tech buddies showed up to the Tech-Texas game the first person they wanted to see was Wilson. 

Hook em to an absolute legend

#148
On 10/29/2025 at 1:40 PM, NBHorn7 said:

I have wondered about this. I don't know if it could be done while he is still alive or not. 

I know it's a stretch, but it would be a great help to the family if Scott could be brought back to Austin by plane. It certainly wouldn't knock a hole in the athletic budget if UT sent him and his sister back to Austin by a private jet. 

It would cost quite a bit to have the body sent back to Austin by a hearse

50000 remains are transported by air in the us every year

https://www.aacargo.com/learn/humanremains.html

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