115th Monon Bell Classic

[Danimal814]

Don't knock Crystal Pepsi, that stuff was really good.

[Li'l Giant]

1837Tigers--- +k

Don't knock Crystal Pepsi, that stuff was really good.

You kidding me? There are probably salt domes in East Texas that are filled with that crap that Pepsi couldn't sell.

[Breckenridgebear]

Hello my beloved DePauw Men and repugnant Da'Bash Caveboyzz.  Guess who is back for some more pre-monon fun?

[Breckenridgebear]

ChiefChiefChief - Where are you coming from for the game? I am making my journey from Denver later tonight .

[Li'l Giant]

Hello my beloved DePauw Men

And you were casting aspersions on our heterosexuality? The only thing missing from that greeting was the jazz hands.

Me thinkest thou doth protest too much.

[Breckenridgebear]

Li'l Giant -

Something you caveboyzz have not learned is that you can hold another man in high regard and respect, i.e. beloved, without actually "loving" him.

I have no idea what jazz hands are, so I have nothing for you on that.

[Li'l Giant]

Something you caveboyzz have not learned is that you can hold another man in high regard and respect, i.e. beloved, without actually "loving" him.

If you are mature enough to recognize that, can you knock the gay stuff off?

[DPULefty22]

Something you caveboyzz have not learned is that you can hold another man in high regard and respect, i.e. beloved, without actually "loving" him.

If you are mature enough to recognize that, can you knock the gay stuff off?

This coming from somebody who will gleefully tell a DePauw grad that they 'swallow' on a regular basis. Hypocrisy - so easy, even a Caveman can do it.

[wally_wabash]

This coming from somebody who will gleefully tell a DePauw grad that they 'swallow' on a regular basis.

In fairness, DePauw's swallowing is not limited to graduates.  The swallowing is most certainly applicable to undergrads and pretty much anybody else with ties to the university as well as graduates. 

[BayernFan]

My first Bell Game was my freshman year in 1978.  I have not missed one since.  Wabash is 15-13-2 since then.  After I attend the 31st straight (yes I said STRAIGHT... vbg) Bell Game this weekend, I will have attended 27% of all the Wabash/DPU games ever played.

As the years go by, it sometimes just kills me to think back on all the stuff that I've seen.  It all got kicked off for me a month before my first Bell Game when I was tossed into the Putnam County Jail for trying to steal a DPU sign with my pledge brothers.  I've "hated" Dannies ever since.  vbg.

The fights, the heists, the great plays (Dave Kennedy's KO TD in '79, the stop the DPU guy made in the endzone in '83,  Dave Kogan's single mindedness in getting the Bell back in '91, Casper in '01, Havercamp and Pynie last year), the great games (Wabash's pasting of DPU in '82 to go undefeated,  Wabash's upset win in '85 that kept DPU from the playoffs, Coach Nick not saving a timout after Wabash's epic come from behind win in '86, the Centennial game, the -94 game in which each team started with a KO TD return, the '02 game that sent Wabash on to eventual champ Mt Union....).

I have sat (or stood) through all kinds of weather, from warm sunny days in the low 80s to frigid temps in the teens amidst ice and snow.....

I have seen each team dominate for stretches at a time.... only to wind up essentially even anyway.

I have seen the crowd and the atmosphere change over time....... it started very loose and dangerous.  No need for an advance ticket.  No security fencing.  So many Wabash fans showed up for the '79 game that many of us sat on the DPU side at Blackstock.  Of course, the fights on the endzone track were an annual occurence, and part of the game's charm.

Of course, as trial lawyers and insurance companies took over more and more of all our daily lives, security fencing and the like has steadily advanced.  To this day, I chuckle every year when I overhear a surprised Wabash alum bemoan the fact that he needs a ticket to get into the game... and that they are all sold out!!!.

Both teams, I think, have ridden the trajectory that has taken all of D3 football up a few nothes.  Both left Indiana based conferences to take up residence in tougher conferences with national exposure.... DPU to the South, and Wabash to Ohio and PA.

Money has flowed to both programs during the era, and the goal of each program has changed............ not only to win the Bell, but to go much farther than that.

This is all the product of what I call teh ESPNization of college football.  College football is fast becoming our national pasttime........  with the internet and satellite coverage and ESPN...... D3 and Wabash and DPU are going along for the ride.

10,000 + sellouts are the norm now.

The game itself is bigger than it ever was.... and commands national attention now.   It has been broadcast nationwide for about 10 years.

This year, as has been the pattern the last few years..... both teams are very good, obviously.  Both programs have much to offer good HS talent in the way of scholarship, athletics, life-long connections and networks, a fine brand, and the opportunity to play the best in D3 over 4 seasons.

Yup..... I've seen it all...... and I have no doubt that in the next 31 years, I will see even more.  And I can't wait.

My prediction is that although we all hear about throwing out the records for this game, I don't think that will hold true this year.

Wabash has been absolutely blowing away the competition.  (Avg score of 46-12).  Wabash has a lot to atone for given last year's result.  DPU is very good, but got blown out on the road vs. #4 Millsaps.

Wabash will do the same to DPU this Saturday.  No prisoners, and no doubt by halftime.

Wabash 52
DePauw 17

[Breckenridgebear]

Li'lest Giant-

You are assuming a lot from my posts. I merely make references to Da'Bashes lack of women, how you are awkward around women, how there is not a chance any attractive women with half a brain would ever want to spend time at Da'Bash, and how an outside observer would believe that you enjoy the comfort of being around other men.

What you boyzz do behind closed doors is your own business.

[DPULefty22]

Wabash 52
DePauw 17

Great post, even coming from a Wally. And I'll take the points if that's the spread you're offering, thanks.

[Breckenridgebear]

Based upon bayernfan's post, I was wondering who else was making a trip back for Monon and who else has consecutive game streaks?

I have been at every Monon Bell Classic since 1997 (This will be my Twelfth)
This will be my fifth time traveling from Denver.
I traveled to three games from Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

[D3_DPUFan]

Wabash has been absolutely blowing away the competition.

Given the discussion on this thread, a poor choice of words, don't you think? 

[Joe Wally]

Bayern,
I hope you're right, but I can't see that point spread.  These teams are too evenly matched for a blow out of that proportion.