Students Taking College Football Too Far

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<p>I saw that and had the same reaction as you. I initially laughed at the audacity of it. But, I have to admit, I would probably be pretty mad if my team was the butt of the joke.</p>

<p>I also would probably have to admit a grudging respect for the planning and enactment of the prank.</p>

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<p>From the Rice.edu website:

Yeah. I’d say the admin knows about them.</p>

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<p>I loved the “Go Darby” story, but the kid should have spelled out “We Stink” to avoid using a vulgar word my kids are NOT allowed to say. (I’m a stickler for polite language.) </p>

<p>Didn’t see the MOB performances, but it sounds as if they mock the school they are playing. That can get dicey if they are sanctioned by the university. I am familiar with the Stanford/ND stuff. I think the bit on “These Irish — Why Do They Fight?” is hysterical. But mocking the potato famine is akin to mocking the Holocasut or the Bataan Death March. Just outrageously bad taste.</p>

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<p>SS, when you take as many swings as they do , you are bound to miss a few.</p>

<p>And as to the most famous of instances in Rice MOB history I’m sure their wings were clipped after the furor and apologies, but they are still around aren’t they? Like “banned” organizations at colleges that the admin knows full well are still active in the student body . It’s easy to stop. Institute a death penalty (expulsion) and enforce it a couple of times. Chilling effect? You’ll have them afraid to hold hands and they’ll all be singing cumbaya and wearing button-downs. ( And just to show I can leap tall buildings, too : Wouldn’t be none of that speaking up in class stuff, neither. And the trains would run on time.;))</p>

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<p>Hey, I’m all for fun and good natured ribbing but the minute any group actually takes the field for a scheduled performance I figure they need to keep it in check. It’s a fine line and I would expect it to be pushed…but not by much.</p>

<p>For the kid with the cards…that’s pretty darn amusing. Maybe he wants to put it on his college ap for Rice :)</p>

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<p>I’m sure some will object, but they made my college time more fun and my school was the target of many of their barbs. Go MOB.</p>

<p>The OSU kids were taunting by wearing their football jerseys through the frat’s backyard. Rice was taunting the Ag’s. It happens. I’ve done it. At Oklahoma. On their campus. As an adult…-ish person. ;)</p>

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<p>You folks from Texas make me miss Ann Richards and Ross Perot. (“That old dog won’t hunt” wasn’t agism was it?)</p>

<p>Charges were filed. <a href=“http://live.psu.edu/story/27048[/url]”>http://live.psu.edu/story/27048&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Some days? On this board? I think it just might be (at least in the minds of some. ;))</p>

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<p>hahahah…and I thought the food service trucks were bringing in food to calm the masses…</p>

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<p>And now let’s hear it (read it) from the archives of Rice MOB itself - <a href=“http://mob.rice.edu/history/scripts/1973/1973-Nov17__TX-A&M.shtml?1973[/url]”>http://mob.rice.edu/history/scripts/1973/1973-Nov17__TX-A&M.shtml?1973&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Remember Zindler? This was the Houston TV reporter who shut down the Aggies’ favorite spot - The Chicken Ranch from Best Little Whorehouse. I had forgotten that part of the story. Funny stuff.</p>

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<p>DH played in the Mar-vin Zindler golf tournament in Houston in 1985. I have photo of DH, Marvin and the Rockets coach (can’t for life of me remember his name–Bill ?)</p>

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<p>Bill Fitch?</p>

<p>I miss old MAAAR VIN Zindler EYE WITNESS NEWS!!</p>

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<p>YES!! It is Fitch. Thank you. </p>

<p>No one could scare a company into giving away the farm like MZ.</p>

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<p>No one could scare a company into giving away the farm like MZ.</p>

<p>The “bully pulpit” definition has Zindler’s photo beside it.;)</p>

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<p>Sliiiiime In The Ice Machine ;)</p>

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<p>Actually the phrases just came to me–first ones I thought of. Now if you don’t think I’s say it to anyone’s face, well, the words I used to the TSA idiot today after they wanted to throw out all our liquids etc because they were in the wrong size baggie–the same size I have used many times before–well, I’m probably lucky to be home tonight and not in some holding tank at the airport. I’m all for security but a little reason would help. I never saw my wife string so many four letter words together. It was a thing of beauty. </p>

<p>But Virginia was beautiful and the Blue Ridge has great color right now so it was a good trip anyway.</p>

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<p>Reading the BlugGray sky blog, I came across these pland for Notre Dame’s band to get revenge this weekend for the Stanford band’s mocking of the Potato Famine:

Oh, and some other stuff about burning Elway in effigy.</p>

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<p>OSU alum here. As I mentioned previously, the OSU students “assaulted” were also PIKES and had been at the PSU PIKE house the evening before. I suspect that they(the OSU students) took the in beer incident all in good stride and were far more likely to return to share a few brewskies than press charges.</p>

<p>Cur, I do disagree that wearing of your colleges jeirsy in a form of taunting, even if venturing into “enemy” territory. Jerseys with verbal taunts-ah that is another matter.</p>

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<p>Well, I wouldn’t let my 11 year old son wear his Devils jersey to the Ranger game this week. The Rangers were playing the Islanders, and it could have been seen as a taunt by a fan who had imbibed a bit too much. Not worth the trouble…</p>

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<p>^My D’s bf is a Rangers fan (we still like him anyway), and he wears his Rangers jersey to Devils games with her in her Devils jersey–'course, he is not 11!</p>

<p>And we all know what the favorite chant at a Devils games is, whether or not we are playing the RAngers…;)</p>