SMUPhil wrote:Diamond Girl, you didnt answer Spaz's question. Where did you hear that? about the band and peruna not going?
Didn't know you were allowed to laugh while your head was stuck up JJ's backside, Varsity Shart. I heard that when you do that, it gives him the hiccups.
I doubt Peruna would be able to make the trip. Whenever Georgia went to the Oahu Bowl in 2000 UGA VI was unable to make the trip due to Hawaii's quarantine laws. I assume that this same problem would be encountered with Peruna.
HazzardCoStang wrote:I doubt Peruna would be able to make the trip. Whenever Georgia went to the Oahu Bowl in 2000 UGA VI was unable to make the trip due to Hawaii's quarantine laws. I assume that this same problem would be encountered with Peruna.
I assume that the geldings would face the same issue as well?
HazzardCoStang wrote:I doubt Peruna would be able to make the trip. Whenever Georgia went to the Oahu Bowl in 2000 UGA VI was unable to make the trip due to Hawaii's quarantine laws. I assume that this same problem would be encountered with Peruna.
I assume that the geldings would face the same issue as well?
SMUPhil wrote:Diamond Girl, you didnt answer Spaz's question. Where did you hear that? Not about the horses, but about the band and peruna not going?
Bleeding Red+Blue, in 2000, I remember sitting home watching the Hawaii game on satellite, and wishing they'd sent the band, and then being extremely jealous when I saw our cheer team on the sidelines. I think they spent a week out there...
The school only sent the band to Rice that year, about 30 of us paid out of our own pockets to drive down and have a little 'pep band' at the Houston game, and 4 of us drove all night in a Honda Civic to the NC State game.
As of 11/24, the band is not going unless outsides supporter raise the money just like the 2001 inauguration. This goes against tradition set since 1935 when the band went to the Rose Bowl.
HazzardCoStang wrote:I doubt Peruna would be able to make the trip. Whenever Georgia went to the Oahu Bowl in 2000 UGA VI was unable to make the trip due to Hawaii's quarantine laws. I assume that this same problem would be encountered with Peruna.
First of all: Yes, I think the band should go. Yes, I think Peruna should go (if it can be done legally and without endangering his health or the safety of anyone on the plane). I honestly don't care if the geldings go or not. Doesn't affect me one little bit.
But all this talk of "tradition" strikes me as a little disingenuous. How long does it take something to become "tradition"? Most people on this board point to the Boulevard party before games as tradition. I graduated in 1991. We didn't do it then. So it's a *new* tradition. OK, so how long do you do something before it becomes *official* tradition?
By contrast, how long without doing something before it becomes *not* a tradition anymore? We have not been to a bowl in 25 years. I would argue we have NO bowl traditions. It's been too long. It is up to the team; the university administration, faculty, and students; and yes, us, the fans to come up with a new tradition.
The only consistent tradition for the past 25 years across our major athletic endeavors has been one of losing. I, for one, am hoping that is one that is about to change.
If (and I doubt this, I think that donors will be found) the band does not make the trip, it will be a terrible shame. But can we please drop the "tradition" argument as a reason why they should go? They should go because it's the right thing to do. They should go because that is (generally) what a "Top 25" program would do. But not because of "tradition." We don't have any bowl traditions.
ender3 wrote:I'm going to get roasted... but here goes.
First of all: Yes, I think the band should go. Yes, I think Peruna should go (if it can be done legally and without endangering his health or the safety of anyone on the plane). I honestly don't care if the geldings go or not. Doesn't affect me one little bit.
But all this talk of "tradition" strikes me as a little disingenuous. How long does it take something to become "tradition"? Most people on this board point to the Boulevard party before games as tradition. I graduated in 1991. We didn't do it then. So it's a *new* tradition. OK, so how long do you do something before it becomes *official* tradition?
By contrast, how long without doing something before it becomes *not* a tradition anymore? We have not been to a bowl in 25 years. I would argue we have NO bowl traditions. It's been too long. It is up to the team; the university administration, faculty, and students; and yes, us, the fans to come up with a new tradition.
The only consistent tradition for the past 25 years across our major athletic endeavors has been one of losing. I, for one, and hoping that is one that is about to change.
If (and I doubt this, I think that donors will be found) the band does not make the trip, it will be a terrible shame. But can we please drop the "tradition" argument as a reason why they should go? They should go because it's the right thing to do. They should go because that is (generally) what a "Top 25" program would do. But not because of "tradition." We don't have any bowl traditions.
