WEATHER ALERT--PANIC!!!

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:35 pm

smupony94 wrote:That's SMT's job

Oh, I thought he was officially in charge of derailing threads into panic.

SMT is the love child of Mitch and Junior.

Mitch McConnell · Post by **Mitch McConnell** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:47 pm

2ndandlong wrote:
smupony94 wrote:That's SMT's job

Oh, I thought he was officially in charge of derailing threads into panic.

SMT is the love child of Mitch and Junior.

Well, Junior did all the work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZYNA6qUNTE

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:04 pm

legitimate panic thread

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:06 pm

Floyd is a pig?

GiddyUp · Post by **GiddyUp** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:27 pm

if it indeed gusts up to 40mph, this is a valid panic. This offense doesn't work in wind.

Mestengo · Post by **Mestengo** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:29 pm

Ohh my god the grass is slippy too we don't have a chance

Mitch McConnell · Post by **Mitch McConnell** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:35 pm

smupony94 wrote:Floyd is a pig?

Floyd of Rosedale is the name of a bronze pig trophy that is awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Universities of Iowa and Minnesota. It is one of several traveling trophies in college football.

The 1934 football game between Iowa and Minnesota had been filled with controversy over the treatment of Iowa star halfback Ozzie Simmons. Simmons was also one of the few black football players of that era, and several rough hits by the Gophers on Simmons forced him to leave the game multiple times in Minnesota’s 48-12 victory. "What it amounted to was that they were piling on - late hits," Simmons recalled. "I had bruised ribs...they came at me with knees high, and some of it was pretty obvious."

The following year, Coach Bernie Bierman’s Gophers were 5-0, and Coach Ossie Solem’s Hawkeyes were 4-0-1. Before the 1935 Iowa-Minnesota contest in Iowa City, Bierman received a flood of threatening letters from Iowa fans. He requested and received special police protection for the team when it detrained in Iowa a couple days before the contest.

The day before the game, Iowa Governor Clyde Herring told reporters, "If the officials stand for any rough tactics like Minnesota used last year, I'm sure the crowd won't." Herring’s message was clear. "What he was saying was, ‘If you treat Ozzie like you treated him last year, we’re coming out of the stands,’" Simmons said.

The news quickly reached Minnesota. Coach Bierman threatened to break off athletic relations. Minnesota Attorney General Harry Peterson practically accused the Iowa governor of thuggery. "Your remark that the crowd at the Iowa-Minnesota game will not stand for any rough tactics is calculated to incite a riot," said Peterson. "It is a breach of your duty as governor, and evidences an unsportsmanlike, cowardly and contemptible frame of mind."

To lighten the mood, Minnesota Governor Floyd Olson sent a telegram to Governor Herring on game-day morning, which read, "Minnesota folks are excited about your statement about the Iowa crowd lynching the Minnesota football team. I have assured them that you are a law abiding gentleman only trying to get our goat...I will bet you a Minnesota prize hog against an Iowa prize hog that Minnesota wins."

The Iowa governor accepted, and word of the bet reached Iowa City as the crowd gathered at the stadium. Things calmed down and the game was untroubled. Minnesota won 13-6, and Iowa star Ozzie Simmons played an injury-free game. Afterwards, the Minnesota players went out of their way to compliment Simmons, and Simmons praised the Gophers for their clean, hard-fought play. Minnesota went on to win their second straight national championship.

Governor Herring obtained an award-winning prize pig which had been donated by Allen Loomis, the owner of Rosedale Farms near Fort Dodge, Iowa. Dubbed Floyd after Minnesota Governor Olson, the pig was the brother of BlueBoy from Will Rogers' movie State Fair. A few days later, Governor Herring collected "Floyd of Rosedale" and personally walked him into Governor Olson’s carpeted office.

Iowa social crusader Virgil Case swore out a criminal warrant in Des Moines against Governor Herring, alleging that the bet violated Iowa gambling laws. Herring jokingly stated that he had retained Governor Olson as his attorney, who argued that it was not a true bet because Herring did not have a chance of winning it. However, an assistant Iowa attorney general convinced a judge to dismiss on jurisdictional grounds because the bet had been made in Minnesota and Iowa City, beyond the local court's jurisdiction. Case also argued that the governors were guilty of violating federal gambling laws because the pig had been placed into interstate commerce when Herring made good on the bet, but the U.S. Attorneys declined to prosecute. President Franklin Roosevelt's former son-in-law, Curtis Dall, who attended the 1935 game as a guest of the governors, suggested that they name the pig "New Deal." Herring vetoed that proposal.

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:01 pm

Now that is a Mitch post!

Statler · Post by **Statler** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:04 pm

2ndandlong wrote:Now that is a Mitch post!

aka bigtenpony aka General Patton

Insane_Pony_Posse · Post by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:13 pm

smustatesmen wrote:it's gonna be hell for some of the older fans comb-overs.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:29 pm

Statler wrote:
2ndandlong wrote:Now that is a Mitch post!

aka bigtenpony aka General Patton

forgot he changed his name so often

smustatesmen · Post by **smustatesmen** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:34 pm

Insane_Pony_Posse wrote:
smustatesmen wrote:it's gonna be hell for some of the older fans comb-overs.

Dang. I thought I had burned all those pictures.

ALEX LIFESON · Post by **ALEX LIFESON** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:25 am

Mestengo · Post by **Mestengo** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:29 am

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:00 pm

any change in the forecast?