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(09-25-2019 08:20 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  

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(09-24-2019 09:15 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(09-24-2019 08:57 AM)cbank Wrote:  Closely followed by Ep IV: Revenge of the Food Trucks

Guys, it's a little off. Here is the list. I'm just playing mad libs over here.

Ep I: The Bobby Menace
Ep II: Attack of the Heinicke
Ep III: Revenge of the Realignment

Ep IV: A New Stadium
Ep V: The Bobby Strikes Back
Ep VI: Return of the Foodtrucks

Ep VII: The Realignment Awakens
Ep VIII: The Last Endzone
Ep IX: The Rise of Capacity

The Pre-Pre-Prequel: We Were a Basketball-Only School Before the Dark Times

The 'Narchs of the Old Hardwood.

Does this mean the 5-25 season was part of canon or part of legends? I'm so confused after Disney took over

The only thing I care about that horror of a season was we knocked off UVA and kept them out of the NCAA tourney. That right there still gets under the skin of my UVA buds!!!!!

http://www.odusports.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=211812528

OMG that is close to fans. Maybe it's just angle of the photo.

Article says the second firing will be at the end of the first half. Wonder why? Seems to make more sense to fire it to announce the beginning of the second half. That is what they used to do.

(09-25-2019 08:53 AM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  OMG that is close to fans. Maybe it's just angle of the photo.

If that is the spot, fans won't see much of it with the eastside sightlines. I just like the boom reaction when the visiting them runs out!

(09-25-2019 08:58 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  Article says the second firing will be at the end of the first half. Wonder why? Seems to make more sense to fire it to announce the beginning of the second half. That is what they used to do.

Isn't the light show at the end of halftime? That may be why?

(09-25-2019 08:36 AM)Punk Wrote:  http://www.odusports.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=211812528

Harry's article mentions he might be the one firing it on Saturday. Seems like a pretty cool thing each game to have a "dignitary/donor/donor prospect" fire the cannon. Ankerson can draw everyone's attention to it prior to firing- kind of a rah-rah thing. Seems easy enough....

For reference, those seats are for the Band right there. So depending on how it's all scheduled out, nobody could actually be sitting there at the moment of firing. If so, that's actually some really shrewd planning by the administration.

(09-25-2019 09:15 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 08:58 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  Article says the second firing will be at the end of the first half. Wonder why? Seems to make more sense to fire it to announce the beginning of the second half. That is what they used to do.

Isn't the light show at the end of halftime? That may be why?

That sounds right

(09-25-2019 09:52 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 09:15 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 08:58 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  Article says the second firing will be at the end of the first half. Wonder why? Seems to make more sense to fire it to announce the beginning of the second half. That is what they used to do.

Isn't the light show at the end of halftime? That may be why?

That sounds right

But the team doesn't run out during the light show, and the canon usually goes off when we come back on the field. I do like the idea of us ending the first half with a boom, in fact, we should end the game with a boom as well haha

I've always wanted them to point the barrel right at the opposing team. I know we can't, but.....

I think the second firing of the howitzer should be just before the start of the fourth quarter.

I actually think that's a fantastic idea. Ironic that you bring this up now right before we play ECU, because I love how they fly the No Quarter Flag at the beginning of the 4th quarter.

https://ecupirates.com/sports/2016/7/5/j...aspx?id=36

Sister went to ECU for undergrad and grad school so i'm very familiar with their traditions.

(09-25-2019 11:32 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 09:52 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 09:15 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 08:58 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  Article says the second firing will be at the end of the first half. Wonder why? Seems to make more sense to fire it to announce the beginning of the second half. That is what they used to do.

Isn't the light show at the end of halftime? That may be why?

That sounds right

But the team doesn't run out during the light show, and the canon usually goes off when we come back on the field. I do like the idea of us ending the first half with a boom, in fact, we should end the game with a boom as well haha

In that case, it is probably coordinated with a time when the band will not be in their seats right next to the cannon.

(09-25-2019 01:01 PM)joelwj Wrote:  I actually think that's a fantastic idea. Ironic that you bring this up now right before we play ECU, because I love how they fly the No Quarter Flag at the beginning of the 4th quarter.

https://ecupirates.com/sports/2016/7/5/j...aspx?id=36

Sister went to ECU for undergrad and grad school so i'm very familiar with their traditions.

With our recent 4th quarter mishaps I think we are in desperate need of a fourth-quarter tradition... The bell off the enterprise would be perfect but..... let's not re-open that wound

(09-25-2019 01:13 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 11:32 AM)MonGNARch Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 09:52 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 09:15 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(09-25-2019 08:58 AM)VB Monarch Wrote:  Article says the second firing will be at the end of the first half. Wonder why? Seems to make more sense to fire it to announce the beginning of the second half. That is what they used to do.

Isn't the light show at the end of halftime? That may be why?

That sounds right

But the team doesn't run out during the light show, and the canon usually goes off when we come back on the field. I do like the idea of us ending the first half with a boom, in fact, we should end the game with a boom as well haha

In that case, it is probably coordinated with a time when the band will not be in their seats right next to the cannon.

You're probably right, this year they go out of that side to get back to their seats so setting it off while they're trying to walk by may not be the best idea lol

They could easily find a 4th Quarter tradition using that square shaped HD board they spent all that money on. Create and put something up there that shows Big Blue in cartoon or even a real lion waking up!

Creativity ain't that hard. Hell, ECU has been hyping their crowd for years just by pulling a flag chain!

(09-24-2019 09:15 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

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(09-23-2019 02:17 PM)Grommet Wrote:  Ep III: Return Of The PortaJohn

Closely followed by Ep IV: Revenge of the Food Trucks

Guys, it's a little off. Here is the list. I'm just playing mad libs over here.

Ep I: The Bobby Menace
Ep II: Attack of the Heinicke
Ep III: Revenge of the Realignment

Ep IV: A New Stadium
Ep V: The Bobby Strikes Back
Ep VI: Return of the Foodtrucks

Ep VII: The Realignment Awakens
Ep VIII: The Last Endzone
Ep IX: The Rise of Capacity

Anyone know if the graphic lion head banners are in place yet? I think that's going to really take the look of the stadium to another level from the outside.

(09-26-2019 08:30 AM)monarx Wrote:  Anyone know if the graphic lion head banners are in place yet? I think that's going to really take the look of the stadium to another level from the outside.

They were not up as of 5pm today.

Not Stadium related but, the house SB Ballard was using as the office for the stadium build on the corner of 49th and Bluestone was torn down over the last few days.