I can't tell you how much I loathe the stand for defense. It's awkward, annoying, non-emotional, and just seems way too forced. The crowd will stand when something great happens. You're basically telling fans to stand from fight song, the national anthem, through starting lineups and then you're in it for the long haul until the opposing team scores. It only makes sense if Ohio goes up something like 15-0 or 20-0, which never happens. Can the idea.
It was forced from Day 1 if I recall. Wasn't it something Groce wanted out of nowhere one game? I remember the pre-Lou PA announcer (forget his name now) having to plug it a TON for anyone to get it for the remainder of that first season they did it (it was a midseason addition, pretty sure)
The only thing dumber was doing the freeze on 18:04 thing in the O Zone any time beyond the one time for someone's class project.
I have no problem with built in things like that, but something a little more creative/comes off as less forced could be a good idea. Creativity has never been a strong suit of ours, though.