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Memphis Grizzlies game....this should cheer everyone up!
I realize I may be late to the party on this, and I apologize if its already been posted, but I just saw it on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=you...pp=desktop

Somebody get this kid on the Owls basketball team!

Did we beat MSU in all of the pregame festivity competitions? I know we won the Xbox competition. Anything else?
01-02-2014 02:49 PM
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(01-02-2014 02:49 PM)tramile12 Wrote:  I realize I may be late to the party on this, and I apologize if its already been posted, but I just saw it on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=you...pp=desktop

Somebody get this kid on the Owls basketball team!

Did we beat MSU in all of the pregame festivity competitions? I know we won the Xbox competition. Anything else?

I believe MSU won the rib eating contest. There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.
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(01-02-2014 03:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 02:49 PM)tramile12 Wrote:  I realize I may be late to the party on this, and I apologize if its already been posted, but I just saw it on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=you...pp=desktop

Somebody get this kid on the Owls basketball team!

Did we beat MSU in all of the pregame festivity competitions? I know we won the Xbox competition. Anything else?

I believe MSU won the rib eating contest. There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.

By the size of their O/D lines, I believe it.
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(01-02-2014 03:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.

Ugh -- that pep rally was terribly lame. If the word "rally" implies some degree of exhorted participation by the attendees, it was barely a rally at all. It consisted of an absolutely awful (and over-amplified) set of pop solos by a local announcer; nanosecond remarks by Coach Bailiff, Taylor McHargue (who was pretty clever), and a former State QB from the late 1980s (who was less so); and then alternating 1-2 minute performances by each school's band/cheerleaders in which the audience stood and watched while the bands played. There was virtually no cheering by the fans themselves. In Mississippi State's case, that is partly because they don't seem to have much in the way of school cheers or songs -- they seem to just ring those cowbells. (One of their excuses for a school cheer was "Who let the dogs out?" -- really?). In Rice's case, we have a few catchy songs (e.g. "Old Gray Bonnet") and cheers (e.g., the chant after the Fight Song), but, as we all know, our fans are psychologically incapable of actually vocalizing such things in public; instead, they just stared slack-jawed and clapped with breathless fear to be taking so much risk.

Almost from the moment the "pep rally" started we were counting down the painful minutes til it ended.
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(01-02-2014 03:41 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.

Ugh -- that pep rally was terribly lame. If the word "rally" implies some degree of exhorted participation by the attendees, it was barely a rally at all. It consisted of an absolutely awful (and over-amplified) set of pop solos by a local announcer; nanosecond remarks by Coach Bailiff, Taylor McHargue (who was pretty clever), and a former State QB from the late 1980s (who was less so); and then alternating 1-2 minute performances by each school's band/cheerleaders in which the audience stood and watched while the bands played. There was virtually no cheering by the fans themselves. In Mississippi State's case, that is partly because they don't seem to have much in the way of school cheers or songs -- they seem to just ring those cowbells. (One of their excuses for a school cheer was "Who let the dogs out?" -- really?). In Rice's case, we have a few catchy songs (e.g. "Old Gray Bonnet") and cheers (e.g., the chant after the Fight Song), but, as we all know, our fans are psychologically incapable of actually vocalizing such things in public; instead, they just stared slack-jawed and clapped with breathless fear to be taking so much risk.

Almost from the moment the "pep rally" started we were counting down the painful minutes til it ended.


So, minus the cowbells, I'm going with, WE WON THE PEP RALLY!
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(01-02-2014 03:44 PM)tramile12 Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:41 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.

Ugh -- that pep rally was terribly lame. If the word "rally" implies some degree of exhorted participation by the attendees, it was barely a rally at all. It consisted of an absolutely awful (and over-amplified) set of pop solos by a local announcer; nanosecond remarks by Coach Bailiff, Taylor McHargue (who was pretty clever), and a former State QB from the late 1980s (who was less so); and then alternating 1-2 minute performances by each school's band/cheerleaders in which the audience stood and watched while the bands played. There was virtually no cheering by the fans themselves. In Mississippi State's case, that is partly because they don't seem to have much in the way of school cheers or songs -- they seem to just ring those cowbells. (One of their excuses for a school cheer was "Who let the dogs out?" -- really?). In Rice's case, we have a few catchy songs (e.g. "Old Gray Bonnet") and cheers (e.g., the chant after the Fight Song), but, as we all know, our fans are psychologically incapable of actually vocalizing such things in public; instead, they just stared slack-jawed and clapped with breathless fear to be taking so much risk.

Almost from the moment the "pep rally" started we were counting down the painful minutes til it ended.


So, minus the cowbells, I'm going with, WE WON THE PEP RALLY!
The competitions are in this video.


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(01-02-2014 04:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:44 PM)tramile12 Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:41 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.

Ugh -- that pep rally was terribly lame. If the word "rally" implies some degree of exhorted participation by the attendees, it was barely a rally at all. It consisted of an absolutely awful (and over-amplified) set of pop solos by a local announcer; nanosecond remarks by Coach Bailiff, Taylor McHargue (who was pretty clever), and a former State QB from the late 1980s (who was less so); and then alternating 1-2 minute performances by each school's band/cheerleaders in which the audience stood and watched while the bands played. There was virtually no cheering by the fans themselves. In Mississippi State's case, that is partly because they don't seem to have much in the way of school cheers or songs -- they seem to just ring those cowbells. (One of their excuses for a school cheer was "Who let the dogs out?" -- really?). In Rice's case, we have a few catchy songs (e.g. "Old Gray Bonnet") and cheers (e.g., the chant after the Fight Song), but, as we all know, our fans are psychologically incapable of actually vocalizing such things in public; instead, they just stared slack-jawed and clapped with breathless fear to be taking so much risk.

Almost from the moment the "pep rally" started we were counting down the painful minutes til it ended.


So, minus the cowbells, I'm going with, WE WON THE PEP RALLY!
The competitions are in this video.



Thanks for the link. Clearly we won the singing contest, and it looked like the eating contest too....guess they were trying to keep it even. Well, the 3 pt competition broke the tie, so we win!
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(01-02-2014 03:41 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  
(01-02-2014 03:13 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  There was a singing contest but it was declared a draw.

Ugh -- that pep rally was terribly lame. If the word "rally" implies some degree of exhorted participation by the attendees, it was barely a rally at all. It consisted of an absolutely awful (and over-amplified) set of pop solos by a local announcer; nanosecond remarks by Coach Bailiff, Taylor McHargue (who was pretty clever), and a former State QB from the late 1980s (who was less so); and then alternating 1-2 minute performances by each school's band/cheerleaders in which the audience stood and watched while the bands played. There was virtually no cheering by the fans themselves. In Mississippi State's case, that is partly because they don't seem to have much in the way of school cheers or songs -- they seem to just ring those cowbells. (One of their excuses for a school cheer was "Who let the dogs out?" -- really?). In Rice's case, we have a few catchy songs (e.g. "Old Gray Bonnet") and cheers (e.g., the chant after the Fight Song), but, as we all know, our fans are psychologically incapable of actually vocalizing such things in public; instead, they just stared slack-jawed and clapped with breathless fear to be taking so much risk.

Almost from the moment the "pep rally" started we were counting down the painful minutes til it ended.

That was one of the worst mashups ever, with the most poorly-amped speakers I've ever heard. That said, the whole experience was worth it for getting to see all the MSU fans' faces as the MOB suddenly started singing 'Stay' to them in a falsetto. Nobody ever expects that. It's great.
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(01-02-2014 06:56 PM)Klobasnek Wrote:  That was one of the worst mashups ever, with the most poorly-amped speakers I've ever heard.

Yes indeed. And the band at the pre-game party the next day, while good, was also overly amplified. Perhaps everyone in Memphis is determined to prove that their amps go to 11?

(01-02-2014 06:56 PM)Klobasnek Wrote:  That said, the whole experience was worth it for getting to see all the MSU fans' faces as the MOB suddenly started singing 'Stay' to them in a falsetto. Nobody ever expects that. It's great.
That was pretty cool.
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