Quote from: Bash-Dad #84 on November 13, 2009, 02:46:37 PM
I can't believe that kickoff for the 116th  playing of The Monon Bell Classic football game is in just over 22 hours and no one has posted at all today!

It is supposed to be mid 60's, mostly sunny and dry. What a day for a football game and no one is talking....

I've been too nervous to type....

Quote from: gil68 on November 13, 2009, 10:25:35 AM

Quote from: Sturdybeggar on November 13, 2009, 10:16:51 AM

Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 12, 2009, 05:53:27 PM

Quote from: Sturdybeggar on November 12, 2009, 03:12:39 PM
Thanks for the reprint of that SI article, BashDad. I was spending my junior year in Scotland in '93, and my parents sent me a copy of the article, which is how I learned of the game's outcome that year. (These were the dark, pre-internet days, Bear. Alas with no internet, I had to spend all my time wooing women that year - quite successfully, I might add; dating all those DePauw women had been good practice). It thrilled me to no end to read it!

Dasturdybegger, I don't know if dating Scottish women is something to brag about . . .

Well at the risk of being accused of plagiarism: Yawn....

Scottish, English, Irish, French, Spanish, Italian, Israeli....Shall I continue...?

Anyway, the real competition is on the field tomorrow.

As we can see from this board, the competition never stops!

Don't ya just love it?!

Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 12, 2009, 05:53:27 PM

Quote from: Sturdybeggar on November 12, 2009, 03:12:39 PM
Thanks for the reprint of that SI article, BashDad. I was spending my junior year in Scotland in '93, and my parents sent me a copy of the article, which is how I learned of the game's outcome that year. (These were the dark, pre-internet days, Bear. Alas with no internet, I had to spend all my time wooing women that year - quite successfully, I might add; dating all those DePauw women had been good practice). It thrilled me to no end to read it!

Dasturdybegger, I don't know if dating Scottish women is something to brag about . . .

Well at the risk of being accused of plagiarism: Yawn....

Scottish, English, Irish, French, Spanish, Italian, Israeli....Shall I continue...?

Anyway, the real competition is on the field tomorrow.

Thanks for the reprint of that SI article, BashDad. I was spending my junior year in Scotland in '93, and my parents sent me a copy of the article, which is how I learned of the game's outcome that year. (These were the dark, pre-internet days, Bear. Alas with no internet, I had to spend all my time wooing women that year - quite successfully, I might add; dating all those DePauw women had been good practice). It thrilled me to no end to read it!

Quote from: Danny Boy on November 11, 2009, 04:15:45 PM

Bold implication for an alum of Crawfordsville Community College, an institution which showcases homoerotic cheerleaders wearing candy stripes.

Oh, ouch, another "homo" joke. Boy, those never get old...yawn....

Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 11, 2009, 12:47:20 PM

I honestly think the more restrictive they are during Monon, the more problems they create.   

Spoken like a true libertarian. That's the first thing you've said that makes any sense, Bear! 

Quote from: Wes Anderson on November 10, 2009, 02:49:53 PM
I have seen Wabash play twice this year, actually.

And, BB, please, at your nearest convenience, feel free to explain me, in no uncertain terms, what exactly has changed from last year to this year?  Why are you so much better?  Why is DePauw so much worse that you just erase a 22 point snoozer from the ledger?  I have my own theories on that, but since I'm apparently the idiot here, I'll let you enlighten me.

What's changed is the calendar. Last year doesn't matter. Hell, last week doesn't matter. It's the Bell Game....Kind of like a box of chocolates: you never know what you'll get.

Quote from: Wes Anderson on November 10, 2009, 02:29:17 PM

Quote from: BashBacker#16 on November 10, 2009, 01:54:32 PM
Our LB's are scary, big, and can all run to the ball. 

Unfortunately, your corners aren't.  Your LB's won't run to the ball when #1 and #9 are 15 yards behind them.

This is what worries me the most.

Speaking of "nasty," this board is getting there. It's only Tuesday, gentlemen. We have 4 more days to go!

Quote from: BashBacker#16 on November 10, 2009, 10:12:01 AM
Where's Coach Walker?

Yeah, what the hell happened there? Not concerned, just curious where y'all are hiding him and why.

As for statistics and who won the game after a year when the score was a 30.5 point spread under the first blue moon (that's a 13th full moon in a 12-month cycle, DeBear, just so you don't have to go look it up in your 20-year-old Encyclopedia Britannica) after the autumnal equinox....Anybody who's been around this rivalry more than 5 minutes has to know that it counts for nothing. As Raider asked a few days ago: What are the intangibles? It's all intangible. That's what makes it such a great rivalry and so utterly unpredictable.

Quote from: littlegiant66 on November 09, 2009, 02:36:28 PM

I'm making all of my classes at school watch the ballad!!!!  

Can you make them watch the game? THAT would be educational! 

I love this week!

Hey, look at that: a spark of creativity! I knew you had it in you, DeBear!

Ah man, this is all great reading. I have to say, though, I'd rather be an honest secretary (executive assistant, thank you very much) than a plagiarizing Danny (even self-plagiarizing, which is perhaps the worst sort.) C'mon...creativity two years in a row too much for you, Bear?). As they say: cheaters never prosper.

The color is scarlet, by the way.

Wow, and it's only Monday....

God Almighty, how does any Wabash (or the occasional DPU) fan get anything done at the office today?! Nobody here has an inkling of the importance of this game, so I feel like I'm about to burst wanting someone to chew the fat with over the match-up! I can't wait to get to the telecast party tomorrow. (Anyone else in the Philadelphia area going to Conshohocken?). Only wish I could make the trip back to dear old Wabash!

Come on, LGs! Bring it home!

WAF!!

I think it's entirely a waste of time to speculate as to the outcome of the Bell game on Saturday. As anyone who has followed the series well knows, the first nine games of the season can be thrown out the window. However, I think the key to a Wabash win will be a good running game: keep the DPU O off the field.

Let's go Wabash!