Longhorn Fan Scott Wilson

Deloss Dodds says there are 2 types of fans when the Longhorns lose. Those fans who do not jump off the bridge after a loss, and those fans who go into a deep depression after a loss.

If it is true that a fan’s public support helps recruit quality athletes, then it is REASONABLE to assume that a fan’s public criticism hurts the recruiting process.

Below is a list of the different types of Longhorn fans – NOT all are good

May the Horns be With You

The photo below is of Donnie Wigginton, Billy Dale, and Scott Wilson

Below is the link to Death, Taxes, and Fans

https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/death-taxes-and-fans

You Tube interview with Scott Wilson

https://youtu.be/QmP8-zurgIQ

Longhorns fan set to attend 536th consecutive game as Texas plans 100% capacity at DKR Stadium

BY Monica Ortiz Austin

PUBLISHED 2:28 PM CT Aug. 31, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is planning 100% capacity at football games this fall. One fan is eager to have fans next to him again as he attends his 536th consecutive Texas Longhorns football game.

What You Need To Know

Texas fan and alumnus Scott Wilson is set to attend his 536th consecutive game

He hasn’t missed a game in more than 50 years and has the goal of attending 600

This fall, Texas football games at DKR Stadium will have 100% capacity

Some protective measures will be in place, and although masks will not be required, health experts strong recommend them

He hasn’t missed a game in over 50 years. He doesn’t plan to start now.

“I hope I can make it to 600 and probably not to 700,” Longhorns fan and University of Texas at Austin alumnus Scott Wilson said. “I don’t know but I hope I can keep going a little ways because I’m almost 70 years old.”

His 536th game in a row will be the 2021 season opener against Louisiana.

When 2020 approached he was at risk of losing his streak. DKR Texas Memorial Stadium was operating at 25% capacity due to COVID-19, but missing a game wasn’t an option.

“There was no question,” Wilson said. “The only worry was that some people were having games where they were excluding fans. They said no fans, but we didn’t have that type of game.”

This 2021-2022 football season, DKR is set to operate at 100% capacity, meaning more than 100,000 people packing the stands with the addition of the South End Zone.

According to TexasSports.com, social distancing markers will be placed around the stadium in areas where lines may form including restroom facilities, concessions and merchandise locations. Additional wayfinding and safety signage will be added to support queuing at exterior gates, seating section entrances and parking/transportation areas.

Austin Public Health Chief Epidemiologist Janet Pichette says that at any event that brings fans together in a congregate manner, people need to take measures to protect themselves.

“We have widespread community transmission going on right now,” Pichette said. “In some areas of a game where I see that there could be transmission of disease occurring easily is as folks are queuing, entering the stadium, exiting, when they’re waiting in that line for the bathroom or waiting in line for a food vendor and they’re in a very tight space.”

This season masks are optional, but she says the best thing fans can do is keep facial protection on.

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The living room of Scott Wilson’s North Austin home is completely packed with signed Longhorn memorabilia, game keepsakes and, according to him, a lifetime’s worth of memories.

The 66-year-old retired lawyer has been to the last 1,175 Longhorn baseball games and has only missed three games since 1981.

“I was like 26 years old when I started going to every game,” Wilson said. “I really liked it, and at some point a few years ago, I more or less became part of it, because I was there to cheerlead, I was there to lead the singing … I know all the players and they know me.”

Wilson keeps up with other UT sports as well. He has attended the last 498 consecutive football games — starting his streak during the 1977 season — and he regularly attends other events, such as swim meets, golf tournaments and tennis matches.

“I go to every UT sporting event I can,” Wilson said. “There’s some times I’ve been to as many as five or six in one day.”

Wilson attended UT for accounting and graduated in 1972. While he was at UT, Wilson became part of the Wild Bunch, a group of Longhorn baseball fans he refers to as “hecklers,” who sat over the top of the opposing team’s dugout, yelled jokes down to the field and played some elaborate pranks.

One of the greatest pranks they ever pulled off, Wilson said, was during a baseball game against Oklahoma in 1976. Throughout the game, the announcer asked multiple times for foul balls hit out of bounds to be returned back to the field, but Wilson said the Wild Bunch had another plan in mind.

“Finally one time, when we all were ready, they said, ‘Please return all balls to the playing field,’ and we threw 50 tennis balls out on the field,” Wilson said. “They were bouncing all over the place, and we had written on all of them, ‘OU sucks.’”

The Wild Bunch was just the beginning for Wilson. Since then, he has been in the crowd for four of UT’s six national championships in baseball, has met multiple generations of players and has settled into the role of leading “The Eyes of Texas” at away games.

Director of baseball operations Drew Bishop said when the team is on the road, people always ask if Wilson is going to make an appearance.

“He’s become a fixture of our program,” Bishop said. “If we’re there, he’s there.”

Wilson pulls up to games in style, driving a 1975 burnt orange Cadillac with horns sticking off the hood. Bishop said he recalls a time in 2009 when the team arrived at a strictly bus and team vehicle lot, only to find that Wilson, in his signature Cadillac, had somehow gotten inside to greet the players.

“He waits for us whenever we show up on the bus, he greets the team and acknowledges everybody that gets off,” Bishop said. “We’re always happy to have him there.”

Longhorn pitcher Beau Ridgeway said he can always expect Wilson to be waiting outside the bus to give the players a high-five and wish them good luck.

“All of us baseball guys just call him ‘Wilson,’” said Ridgeway, a corporate communication senior. “He always stands out for having our back, no matter what the score or the situation, so we all really appreciate him.”

While Wilson said there are too many items in his collection to pick a favorite, a framed text message from legendary late UT baseball coach Augie Garrido, who led the Longhorns to two national championships, is one of the most meaningful to him.

In the text, Garrido said “Scott- You are a new definition of the word loyal. Thank you for who you are and your lifelong commitment to Longhorn baseball.”

Wilson said he has no plan to break his baseball streak or to stop going to other UT sporting events. After all, he’s got a title to defend.

“I’ve probably been to more (UT games) than anybody, ever,” Wilson said. “And I’m not an athlete at all, but I’m competitive enough where I ain’t gonna let anybody catch me either.”