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College Football 2013 |Week 4| #KARMA
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ahh what the hell
perfectchaos007
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So Boomer Sooner will lack some bass this weekend?
Affeinvasion
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I read this post about Heisman voting/punditry that struck a chord with me. See if you can guess who QB 1 and QB 2 are...
I'd be OK with the entire OU band not showing up ever, personally.
That stolen Ivy League drinking song atrocity they call a "fight song" should be banned.
I'm hearing that there might be more suspensions coming in as well. I guess a few guys got bored during the bye week and went down to Vegas. I'm pretty sure it's a team rule that you can't gamble, even if that's all that they did. The season could go south real quick.
Now, now, lets not trash bands playing drinking songs. The Iowa Band literally plays one and it's great!
Could have sworn they play it for more than just victories, though. Thought I remember them playing it after scores when we played them in the Alamo Bowl.
I wish Arkansas's band directors would go on strike because they don't like the band. There are high school bands that put a better product on the field. I'm pretty sure our AD told A&M not to bring their band because they didn't want the fans to see how awful ours is in comparison.
EDIT: Also, Mark Richt has lost control of OU's tuba section.
NU fans are super super super nice. I mean, sure you get upset and such, but I remember even during the years when Texas was beating Nebraska all the time and that meant something (Oh god, how can we return to those Halcyon years of the late 90s early 2000s) your fans were generally very agreeable.
Bo is just a jackass. He throws temper tantrums all the time. I remember he and his brother were screaming at Texas on the podium when we won the title Colt's last season. He is a great defensive mind, but I think his attitude toward life is very much "get angry, blame everyone around me".
I'd kick Bo to the curb. It's one thing to put up with a jerk when you are contending for national titles year in year out. It's another to put up with a jerk to be above average to good.
So what you are saying is we saw a top 10 matchup in week 1 vs the Aggies and have another coming up the first weekend in October against the mighty Cyclones
WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS!
I'm not hating on Iowa's stolen drinking song, just OU's.
And it's undeniably horrible. It's basically a jingle that gets stuck in your head, and they also play it approximately 500 times per game.
Aggy's band is an interesting case.
What they do isn't exactly difficult (speaking as a former band member), but it's undeniably an impressive spectacle. A lot of band geeks hate their band though, mainly because they've been putting work in on a new and complex Latin Jazz show each week while Aggy shows up, does the same thing every week, and gets a standing ovation every time.
On a semi-related note, our band got a standing ovation last week during the end of "Hey Jude," which was pretty cool and unexpected. The Cowboy Marching Band definitely seems to have improved since I was there.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
yeah, you were our kryptonite much like Kansas State was yours.
if Bo was fielding defenses like 2009/2010 still, I'd be willing to put up with it. Some of the most fun I've had watching Nebraska football was watching that defense valiantly keep us in (and win) games despite an utterly inept offense.
so you've nailed it... you get a lot more leeway when you're winning big. Start slipping, and things like this end up hurting you
Schmitty
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Yeah, I'm sure we have.
Like I said, I can actually respect what Aggy does without liking them.
Their freshman band members were also required to steal something from the opposing team's band as part of their initiation, so we really had to watch our shit when they were in town.
Ah, band memories. The worst kind.
Makes sense. Tebow won it in the shittiest season for his team record-wise.
Heisman winners since 2000:
2000 Chris Weinke - Lost in the title game, not bad
2001 Eric Crouch - Ditto
2002 Carson Palmer - Won the Orange Bowl, finished #4, good season
2003 Jason White - Lost in the CCG, lost in the NCG they shouldn't have been in
2004 Matt Leinart -
2005
2006 Troy Smith - Lost in the NCG
2007 Tim Tebow - Finished 9-4, lost in a bowl to a (lol)B1G team
2008 Sam Bradford - Lost in NCG
2009 Mark Ingram, Jr. - Won MNC
2010 Cam Newton - Won MNC
2011 Robert Griffin III - Finished 10-3 after winning the Alamo Bowl
2012 Johnny Manziel - Finished #5, won Cotton Bowl
Only 5 ended their season with a win, only two of those won the MNC, only one other one won a BCS game.
You kind of answered your own question.... the reason normal band shows generally do not get a response is because of the music they choose imo. They typically choose songs that are musically diverse because they are music majors (soft, loud, fast and slow) and not necessarily right for a football show. The Aggie Band only does military marches which are pretty much only loud and fast paced. The African American bands have figured this out too and generally play loud and fast paced music. Its all about energy and music that actually works for a halftime football show. Compliment it with the unique marching and that is why they get standing ovations.
It also does not help that they choose music that only appeals to the older part of the crowd (because the band directors are generally older and choose music they like). It's not a coincidence that when they go younger or choose music like video game themes that appeal to a wider audience they get a better response.
I am curious what is the story behind that.... somebody on texags (so take it with a mountain of salt) said they are doing some kind of miss souiee thing and told our band not to come. Is that a yearly thing or is it just another false rumor?
ConfusingJazz
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You should have given them a kick in the groin to take home.
I generally agree, except for the part about the Aggy band and HBCU bands being similar. They couldn't be more different.
Aggy: slow tempo military songs with angular formations and sharp turns.
HBCU: fast R&B/rap/soul renditions with lots of stationary sets (but lots of dancing).
The Grambling band did a Michael Jackson tribute show in Stillwater a few seasons back and it was glorious. I'd like to see the Aggy band attempt "P.Y.T."
I know, right?ConfusingJazz said:
That's tubad.
I understand that Oklahoma was founded by people stealing, but maybe they should broaden the horizons of what it means to be Oklahoman.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
Taylor Martinez doesn't practice, in a walking boot and street clothes.
So I guess he really wasn't even close to 100% for most of the UCLA game
So I guess he really wasn't even close to 100% for most of the UCLA game
perfectchaos007
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Or drinking a coca-cola that wasn't caffeine free.
He'll still be starting and his status will be "just fine" even though it's painfully obvious something is wrong. Hopefully we get Kellog or Armstong to play most of the game as turf toe can be very persistent...
Vols on the docket this weekend. Can my Gators bounce back? Is Tennessee's defense bad enough to allow our shitty QB to not completely sink our ship again? We've already lost to one unranked team this year. I'm not so confident we have this one in the bag. Fuck you Driskel. You've ruined the season already, and we've only played 2 games. PEACE.
PEACE.
For those of you just joining us...
Let's find out.Vols on the docket this weekend. Can my Gatas bounce back? Is Tennessee's defense bad enough to allow our shitty QB to not completely sink our ship again? We've already lost to one unranked team this year. I'm not so confident we have this one in the bag. Fuck you Driskel. You've ruined the season already, and we've only played 2 games.
team rules is more serious than honor code? didnt you kick off a basketball player in the middle of march madness for honor code?
Crazy when a 300 yard game and 4 TD's is "managed well"
But, in the new form of 7 on 7 taking place in SEC games, it's to be expected.Right under the busPutting aside my subjectivity, I think the new crop of Bama fans have actually been fairly well behaved, especially when compared to the new Gata fans like pxleyes.
Edit: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's that time of the week: http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2013/9/...horns-badgers-nebraska-cornhuskers-mack-brown
Edit the second:
:jnc The guy on the left lacking the coordination to join his buddies makes the .gif.
Yep. BYU doesn't screw around. Big game or not, it doesn't matter. There's no Les Milesing your way out of tough situations.
I didn't think the Northwestern fans had a significant reputation one way or the other.
We're playing piped in music at Rutgers, because our band sucks that much.
Okay good. I thought I had imagined things there for a moment.
Huh?
bucknuticus
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He's a heat fan, this front running thing is nothing new for him.
The Lost Ogle is an OKC local blog that's pretty popular, but it's unfortunately marred by dumb grammatical and spelling errors.
It really is.
Heck, America was founded on stealing.
UGA has North Texas this week, but probably installing a few things already for LSU. Yesterday in practice they were apparently working on the.. triple option? I guess trying to give Chavis at LSU something else to prepare for?
Getting your defense ready for Georgia Tech a tad early this year, aren't you?
I don't think we really need to get ready for them at this point. I think more than likely that they'll never use this, or that it'll be a one trick play thing this year. Hicks has emerged as a legit running threat so with him and Gurley in the backfield, it could be worth a look. The issue is that for it to be a triple option the QB has to be a valid running option. Murray can run, but with him being a senior, that's just not smart. Maybe they'll run it in garbage time with a backup QB. Or, maybe they'll run Christian Lemay out there and have him run it for a series. He'd be perfect for it.
Looks like Tech flipped a second Kansas State commit earlier this week; Safety Connor Wilson joins OL Robert Castaneda who we took from them a few months ago. That makes the second player from Argyle high school that we've got a commitment from this year, and there's a third target we have at the school - LB Sam Sizelove, who currently happens to be committed to......
Kansas State. :jnc
We traded them those those beads fair and square!
Kansas State. :jnc
We traded them those those beads fair and square!
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