118th Monon Bell Classic

[Breckenridgebear]

But at the same time, Dewally-Dabash, I won my four bells. I never lost to you low-lifes. I can keep my head up knowing that no matter how bad the current Depauw team gets beat, the guys I played with never lost to you boyzzz. Can you say the same?

So it's all about you and what you did?  118 years of this game and the only thing you really care about is you.  Good to know.  I'm glad we're finally getting to the bottom of what you're all about.  You don't get what this rivalry is about.  Not even close.

Daewally-Dedouche,

I answered your question Dawaly, what else do you want? The loss sucked. It hurt to watch. It hurt to be a present for the whole experience. But at the same time, unless they give me a call and want me to play, or I suddenly become a Depauw coach, there is little I can do to impact the game. I do my best to support the program as an alum living over a 1000 miles away.

I won 4 Bells, dude. I was a member of a football team for 4 years that did everything to make sure Debash never won. I now travel across the country every year, and live in an RV for this game. I light up the D3 boards for months about this game. I have never missed a Monon Bell Game since I was a freshman. I don't own any Pink or red clothing. I think I know what this rivalry is all about. Not knowing you, you are probably one of those Technical School of Coy Pond Maintenance grads who lives in Indy and makes the game "when you can".

What else do you want? You want me to break down the game and provide my own opinions as to what went wrong? You want lists? Do you want me to tell you were are undersized, undercoached, and killed ourselves with turnovers?   

I do know that when you ask how it is going to feel when "Dedash kicks your teeth in again next year" I can honestly say, I don't know because I never lost. I can just say it sucks to be the team who lost, and that I feel for that team as a fan, but I can't ever know how it feels to have lost to the caveboyzzz.

And yes, I won 4 Bells.

http://youtu.be/ZUeuZxjCOJs

BOOM!!! 

[wally_wabash]

And yet all you can do is sit there and call us names.  That's all you can do because for some reason something in your juvenile mentals you honestly believe that that garbage is "part of the rivalry."  You just don't get it and you just keep embarrassing yourself.  The things that sustain this rivalry are competitiveness and RESPECT.  Back in the late 90s, which is obviously when you were around, we lost track of those things (especially the respect) and it almost cost us all the game.  10-12 years removed from being a college kid maybe it's time to grow up, hold yourself to a higher standard, and start showing the rivalry some respect.  The conversation that we can have here about our game can be so much better than it was...but not without some respect. 

[smedindy]

This game did almost end because of the crap that went on. I'm so happy that it didn't.

There is mutual respect. Heck, we had fun with the Dannies at our party in South Florida. Bear, it's a rivalry, and a heated one, but that doesn't mean we can't come together for some good times and break bread and share stories.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Breckenridgebear,

As a neutral outsider, might I suggest that you might start coming off a bit better if you change "I won 4 Bells" to "We won 4 Bells."  Just sayin'.

[Ryan Tipps]

... Not knowing you, you are probably one of those Technical School of Coy Pond Maintenance grads who lives in Indy and makes the game "when you can".

"Coy" ponds?

[smedindy]

... Not knowing you, you are probably one of those Technical School of Coy Pond Maintenance grads who lives in Indy and makes the game "when you can".

"Coy" ponds?

Doug Coy ponds?

[sigma one]

Congrats, Bear.  You will always have those four games.  And I am not being condescending.  Alas,  the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.  Fact is DePauw has to find a way to rebuild.  By the way, and this from a huge Wabash fan: I sat in Blackstock last Saturday after the first quarter and thought how nice it was to have the game in hand, and how boring, knowing that the Tigers had no gas in the tank and the only unkown was going to be the final score and who the Little Giiants would draw for the playoffs. I even tried to convince myself that it was because DPU lost its best QB's.  But, no, there's more than that. And, you know, I don't care much for the word hate when it is applied to rivalries, even intense rivalries. It's a powerful and dangerous verb. I concede, however, that some few need the word if only to attempt to demean. I really hope it's used to stimulate the conversation. Doubtful. If not, I feel sorry about those who think a game and school rivalry can be diminished to that word. Choose your own vocabulary though; it's a free country and all that.  There's always next year!

[Silence.Dogood]

Congrats, Bear.  You will always have those four games.  And I am not being condescending.  Alas,  the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.  Fact is DePauw has to find a way to rebuild.  By the way, and this from a huge Wabash fan: I sat in Blackstock last Saturday after the first quarter and thought how nice it was to have the game in hand, and how boring, knowing that the Tigers had no gas in the tank and the only unkown was going to be the final score and who the Little Giiants would draw for the playoffs. I even tried to convince myself that it was because DPU lost its best QB's.  But, no, there's more than that. And, you know, I don't care much for the word hate when it is applied to rivalries, even intense rivalries. It's a powerful and dangerous verb. I concede, however, that some few need the word if only to attempt to demean. I really hope it's used to stimulate the conversation. Doubtful. If not, I feel sorry about those who think a game and school rivalry can be diminished to that word. Choose your own vocabulary though; it's a free country and all that.  There's always next year!

With that, I heartily suggest that we throw dirt on this one.  Onward and upward and back to the NCAC boards.  I can wait 8 or 9 months before the Bear comes out of hibernation and opens up the 119th Monon Bell Classic and off we go again in anticipation of a 4-peat.

[Breckenridgebear]

And yet all you can do is sit there and call us names.  That's all you can do because for some reason something in your juvenile mentals you honestly believe that that garbage is "part of the rivalry."  You just don't get it and you just keep embarrassing yourself.  The things that sustain this rivalry are competitiveness and RESPECT.  Back in the late 90s, which is obviously when you were around, we lost track of those things (especially the respect) and it almost cost us all the game.  10-12 years removed from being a college kid maybe it's time to grow up, hold yourself to a higher standard, and start showing the rivalry some respect.  The conversation that we can have here about our game can be so much better than it was...but not without some respect.

Dewally. Look back at the boards. Read the posts from your boyzz of Debash. Is "competitiveness and RESPECT" calling me a pedophile? How about threats of violence? Read my post at 502. A corresponding post on the NCAC thread says, if "Breck dares show at your tailgate ... lay one on him for me.  I will gather the resources and lawyers to take care of the aftermath." I offered to attend any Debash tailgate and talk to anyone who wanted to meet me. No offers, just threats.

This game did almost end because of the crap that went on. I'm so happy that it didn't.
There is mutual respect. Heck, we had fun with the Dannies at our party in South Florida. Bear, it's a rivalry, and a heated one, but that doesn't mean we can't come together for some good times and break bread and share stories.

See above, smedindy.

I also had a few debash boyzz at my tailgate this past weekend. Two current students who are great guys. They had no problem coming by, having a beer, and talking the same crap you read on this board. More than can be said about all these posters who have been "showing the rivalry some respect".

Breckenridgebear,

As a neutral outsider, might I suggest that you might start coming off a bit better if you change "I won 4 Bells" to "We won 4 Bells."  Just sayin'.

Thanks Mr. Ypsi. My team won four bells. I was a member of the team, so technically speaking I was a member of four Monon Bell winning teams.

With that, I heartily suggest that we throw dirt on this one.  Onward and upward and back to the NCAC boards.  I can wait 8 or 9 months before the Bear comes out of hibernation and opens up the 119th Monon Bell Classic and off we go again in anticipation of a 4-peat.

Don't worry, I will be around for awhile.

[smedindy]

I don't paint all Dannies with a broad bush, respect means the same. One idiot doesn't mean we all don't show DPU respect.

[wally_wabash]

And yet all you can do is sit there and call us names.  That's all you can do because for some reason something in your juvenile mentals you honestly believe that that garbage is "part of the rivalry."  You just don't get it and you just keep embarrassing yourself.  The things that sustain this rivalry are competitiveness and RESPECT.  Back in the late 90s, which is obviously when you were around, we lost track of those things (especially the respect) and it almost cost us all the game.  10-12 years removed from being a college kid maybe it's time to grow up, hold yourself to a higher standard, and start showing the rivalry some respect.  The conversation that we can have here about our game can be so much better than it was...but not without some respect.

Dewally. Look back at the boards. Read the posts from your boyzz of Debash. Is "competitiveness and RESPECT" calling me a pedophile? How about threats of violence? Read my post at 502. A corresponding post on the NCAC thread says, if "Breck dares show at your tailgate ... lay one on him for me.  I will gather the resources and lawyers to take care of the aftermath." I offered to attend any Debash tailgate and talk to anyone who wanted to meet me. No offers, just threats.

I don't condone any of that.  But here's the thing...you'll notice that nobody else got singled out.  Just you.  If you're not in this forum for 10 weeks before the game provoking and offending, that stuff never ever happens.  It's exactly that kind of who-can-lgo-lower one-upsmanship that helps lead the rivalry into the places it went in the late 90s and we don't ever need to go back there.  Again, I'm not condoning some of those posts, but I can understand where they came from.  You can only offend people over and over and over before somebody somewhere is going to get pissed off to the point where, right or wrong, they say something back.  You brought it on yourself, dude. 

My suggestion to you, and I say in this in all seriousness....next year, get yourself out here a day or two earlier.  I'm sure you can get the extra day if you ask daddy nicely.  Get out here a couple of days earlier, get out of your RV, stop pounding Natty Lights with your boys for one night, put on a coat and tie and go to the Monon Stag in Indy.  Sit there and listen to the presidents speak and roast, listen to the Spirit of the Monon Award presenters and recipients speak and roast.  Listen and learn how this rivalry, and the back and forth ribbing that goes along with it, doesn't have to be so hateful and offensive and lowbrow.  There's a mutual respect in that room and it's that mutual respect that will sustain the rivalry for decades to come.   

[Ralph Lee Wilson]

Check out the first half of this article from The Paper of Montgomery County...
http://www.journalreview.com/sports/article_9401ac4a-10d5-11e1-b729-001cc4c002e0.html