Man, I don’t know the full history, but I’ve seen those around Houston since the late 80’s, at least, and it was definitely a thing in Houston rap music in the 90s.
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I loved it.
Like many of the proponents of the entrance on here have said, it’s who we are. It’s H-Town, Southside, 3rd Ward culture.
Also, I submit if the answer to the question, “Would UT or TAMU do this?” is a strong “No”, then we should absolutely do it.
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Gee, I did not think it desirable for a university to aspire to have “ghetto culture.” I would think that the reason for many students who come from those kinds of environments, do so to get out of it and improve their lots in life.
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Who said anything about “ghetto culture”, besides you? I do read it quite often from non-UH fans. 3rd Ward is who we are, can’t run from it. Our 3rd Ward Defense was called “3rd Ward Defense”, not “Ghetto Defense”.
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Still Tippin, by Mike Jones, one of the songs about slabs and swanga or 44s is from 2004! It has been adopted as a City of Houston anthem, here it is on an official Astros jersey. The Astros, Rockets and Texans have brought all this slab culture nostalgia up we are just ridding the wave.
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That’s pretty much the general consensus of most everyone not on this board.
If driving around a beautifully restored vintage car is “ghetto culture”, then America is a ghetto.
Having pride in your ride is not just a “ghetto” trait.
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I think some of the “ghetto culture” comments are missing an important distinction. The fact that the slabs were developed in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods doesn’t make the aesthetic itself inherently “ghetto.” It makes it Houstonian.
You can recognize something as part of your city’s cultural heritage without endorsing every behavior or social circumstance associated with the people who created it. I sometime wear a cowboy hat to the rodeo, but it doesn’t mean I’m pretending to be a 19th-century cattle driver. A slab at a Houston football game doesn’t mean we’re endorsing everything associated with the neighborhoods where slab culture originated.
I wouldn’t own a slab myself. It’s not really my style. But I like seeing one celebrated because it’s a genuinely homegrown Houston cultural expression. I think we should be confident enough in our city to celebrate the things that actually came from here, even when they don’t conform to some sanitized idea of what “respectable” culture is supposed to look like. Plus it makes the away fans a little uncomfortable 
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Bringing Shasta on to the field in the 60’s was always something to look forward to, but times change.
Y’all act like this was the first time we embraced Houston culture lol
Our old head coach wore a “grill” after the Peach Bowl.
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I’ll have to disagree about this song.
Personally, I was a bigger fan of this one. Maybe because it came out right when I was getting admitted, lol
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I like that one! The Keenum days. “Me and Paul Wall, the perfect match like Pat and Keenum”
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I was at the Texans game a couple weeks ago and noticed that they copied that “HOUSTON” slogan.
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My only critique of the slab entrance is it should have popped trunk with either a neon script COOGS or a neon Cougar Paw…
That is all.
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Good observation.
The top was dropped, but the trunk didn’t pop.
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It’s not. I was a Frontiersmen. Go Coogs!
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Can you explain why you think this falls under “ghetto culture”?
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