Quote from: Little Giant 89 on January 27, 2025, 06:32:08 PMSad to report that former Wabash Athletic Director and Dean of Students, Tom Bambrey, passed away over the weekend.  Tom graduated from Wabash in 1968.  He was a three year letterman who ran track under fellow Wabash legend J. Owen Huntsman.  In his time serving the College he was instrumental in bringing Chris Creighton, Erik Raeburn, Brian Anderson and Clyde Morgan to the athletic department.  Tom is a member of the Wabash Athletics Hall of Fame.  He was also a regular contributor on this board under the moniker sigma one.

He will be deeply missed.

Some Little Giant.  I was a student-athlete during his transition from the Dean of Students Office to the Athletic Department, so he will forever be known as Dean Bambrey in my mind.  He was a master story teller:  his accounts of the stories of "Sap" Wilson and Operation Frijoles in particular were the best oral histories I have ever come across.  As you say Little Giant 89, he will be deeply missed.

Huge fan of the Gilbert hire! Anyone who has heard his story of his journey in life cannot help but be impressed and humbled. He brings a passion for building great Wabash men and competitive football team that is unmatched in my mind. I wonder what the day to day dynamics of the team will work with a "coach in waiting" situation though? No doubt Gilbert and Morel will work it out, just curious as to what it will look like.

I can't help but think; what was it like on the Greencastle campus after the various successful heist attempts?  I remember my sophomore year the group of Rhynies guarding the Bell fell asleep and a group of full Sphinx club members taught them a lesson by hiding the Bell behind some of the bushes next to the Chapel before waking them, inducing quite the panic.  It was Thursday morning and the mood prior to Monon Chapel on campus was incredibly morose.  When the Bell was brought into the Chapel it was quite a relief.

Quote from: Breckenridgebear on October 24, 2018, 03:41:09 PM
Also, this never gets old.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/31460010?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

Nor does this.  "Rex Off Colorado Red" is also a bit more creative than that touchdown celebration...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oII8XFKcJ1w

Really looking forward to Saturday!