118th Monon Bell Classic

wally_wabash · October 14, 2011, 04:12:55 PM

Quote from: Danny Boy on October 14, 2011, 03:30:44 PM
If the tables were turned (and maybe they will be next year)...

I damn near spit out my drink when I read that. Good stuff. Because all signs indicate that Wabash may very well go straight into the tank next year. How epic is DePauw's tank job from 2010 to 2011? There seriously can't be many instances in d3football.com era where a team that hosted a playoff game one year showed up the next year and stunk out loud the way your Tigers do. This could be historic. Let's get somebody on this.

Y'all are going to bring the worst team (on either side) this rivalry has seen since, geez, probably 1995 (yes, it was DPU). Chew on that for a while.

Breckenridgebear · October 14, 2011, 05:19:22 PM

Wow wally_dabash! It sounds like you have never lost at anything, and like you WIN every day. We know that is not the truth. Let us recap where you lost in life:

1. Birth.
2. The day you realized that Morgan and Pat were your parents.
3. Each and evey day in Pre-school, elementary, middle, and high school.
4. The day you chose to attend Dabash Technical Institute of Animal Husbandry.
5. The day you received your degree from Dabash in Interpretive Dance with a minor in Wedding DJ Technician Studies.
6. The day you meet Alex and settled down.
7. Every day you wake up.

The point is wally_dabash, you and all your boyzz can be happy about your amazing football team, but the fact of the matter is they are one and done every year once they get into the playoffs. It must be so exciting for you to know you will be in the playoffs this year and get blown out by some team who is making it to the playoffs for the first time. Up and down years make Depauw a team to watch. Consistant one and done makes Dabash another team's dream for the first round of the playoffs.

The Men of Depauw might not have the best record, but at least they have the determination to improve on what they got. They could not win another game, but you can guarantee they will be up for the Bell. Can you say the same for your caveboyzzzz, or are they looking forward to getting smoked by the Western New England Golden Bears?

wally_wabash · October 14, 2011, 05:36:47 PM

It's the same old tired playbook with you guys. You can't talk about the game, you can't come up with anything even remotely original, so you go right back to the same old tired, offensive, reprehensible schtick.

Regarding the playoffs, you're just dead wrong about Wabash being one and done. In fact, your club has gone one and out in the playoffs (twice) more than Wabash has (once). Wabash has suffered some lopsided defeats in the playoffs, sure. It happened in 2002 to national champion Mount Union, who actually had larger MOVs over their semifinal and final opponents than they did Wabash. It happened in 2007, also in the regional final btw, to Whitewater, also a national champion. It happened in 2008 vs. Wheaton, who went on to win the north region that year. The one time Wabash did lose in the first round was in 2009, which was a double OT game at the CCIW champion. Hardly an embarrassment.

Breckenridgebear · October 14, 2011, 05:48:03 PM

Can't talk about the game? What do you think I was doing dabash? Try to keep up here. Depauw will be up for the Bell. With each loss, the Bell game means more and more to Depauw. With each win Dabash looks forward to getting waxed in the playoffs. No matter what the record, it will be a good game.

cave2bens · October 14, 2011, 06:37:48 PM

No worries about only 2800 allocations - predict approximately 4500 sudden vacancies on the home side of Blackstock zucchini stand and cow pasture by halftime. Lottery slots for on-campus, Biggest Loser auditions may be a more entertaining venue for feline fans by mid-afternoon.

DePauw to Hell-2011, Again No Bell

QuoteNo matter what the record, it will be a good game

Yes Sir, 'Boar, and in agreement right up until last year when DPU's "Team for the Ages" and fans QUIT in front of 11,000 spectators and a national TV audience. Rather than engaging in inane banter, perhaps refocused vitriol and your polished prose aimed at your own might be appropriate? Cups - not just for Zima or Bud Light. Think I'd be more concerned about your match on the Cumberland Plateau this weekend - Sewanee giving points to mighty DePauw? Hiram or Kenyon next year? Please say it isn't so... $:-\$

smedindy · October 14, 2011, 11:09:03 PM

Danny fans will have to stop in Fincastle on the way back from C'ville. It's hard to drive with that many tears in your eyes.

wally_wabash · October 15, 2011, 04:45:12 PM

42 days and counting since DePauw won a football game. Zero offensive touchdowns today. You guys keep telling yourself that they'll figure something out before 11/12.

Danny Boy · October 15, 2011, 10:53:23 PM

Quote from: wally_wabash on October 14, 2011, 04:12:55 PM
Quote from: Danny Boy on October 14, 2011, 03:30:44 PM
If the tables were turned (and maybe they will be next year)...

Y'all are going to bring the worst team (on either side) this rivalry has seen since, geez, probably 1995 (yes, it was DPU). Chew on that for a while.

I acknowledge this observation, and it might even be accurate considering the 30-7 loss today. But you forgot to mention that the next year was the beginning of DePauw's most recent 5 year run. You're only as good as your last back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back Bell victory.

Wabash Hokie · October 17, 2011, 05:09:26 PM

I acknowledge this observation, and it might even be accurate considering the 30-7 loss today. But you forgot to mention that the next year was the beginning of DePauw's most recent 5 year run. You're only as good as your last back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back Bell victory.
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Danny Boy - you just may have called our shot for us. Wabash is on a two-year roll and another two wins is not unlikely (2011 is going to be a beat down of biblical proportions and 2012 looks to be another reload year for Wabash). That brings us to the fall of 2013 on a four year winning streak and ready to take the 5th. By then DePauw will have had another coach or two on the ride called the Head Coach Carousel with a roster full of players recruited during this stellar 2 - 7 season (if you are lucky).

FYI - The record is seven straight wins, held by Wabash.

Danny Boy · October 17, 2011, 07:48:33 PM

Quote from: Wabash Hokie on October 17, 2011, 05:09:26 PM
I acknowledge this observation, and it might even be accurate considering the 30-7 loss today. But you forgot to mention that the next year was the beginning of DePauw's most recent 5 year run. You're only as good as your last back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back Bell victory.

Danny Boy - you just may have called our shot for us. Wabash is on a two-year roll and another two wins is not unlikely (2011 is going to be a beat down of biblical proportions and 2012 looks to be another reload year for Wabash). That brings us to the fall of 2013 on a four year winning streak and ready to take the 5th. By then DePauw will have had another coach or two on the ride called the Head Coach Carousel with a roster full of players recruited during this stellar 2 - 7 season (if you are lucky).

FYI - The record is seven straight wins, held by Wabash.
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Apparently the point of my previous posting flew right past you. I'll concede that Wabash will be the favorite by game time, but I wouldn't start ordering your commemorative dynasty tampons just yet. Talk to me after a modern-era class of wallies enters your storied boys' home with the Bell waiting and manages to protect it all 4 years. Wally world hasn't had 5 consecutive wins since '54 unless you count ties, which I don't. If you like counting ties, then I guess DPU holds the consecutive bell record with 10. As '95/'96 proves, the script can flip rather abruptly. In a rivalry game, I'd rather play against a cocky 9-0 team than losing team with something to prove.

Breckenridgebear · October 18, 2011, 02:14:29 PM

You are right Danny Boy, them Caveboyzz know all about cocky.

Breckenridgebear · October 18, 2011, 02:14:45 PM

http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=27740

1837Tigers · October 18, 2011, 07:39:01 PM

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Yes Sir, 'Boar, and in agreement right up until last year when DPU's "Team for the Ages" and fans QUIT in front of 11,000 spectators and a national TV audience. Rather than engaging in inane banter, perhaps refocused vitriol and your polished prose aimed at your own might be appropriate? Cups - not just for Zima or Bud Light. Think I'd be more concerned about your match on the Cumberland Plateau this weekend - Sewanee giving points to mighty DePauw? Hiram or Kenyon next year? Please say it isn't so... $:-\$

Your memory is apparently shaky. The same thing happened in 2008 at your place -- the W fans bolted early having seen enough of the slaughter. Maybe you guys are closet Zima lovers?

Ryan Tipps · October 18, 2011, 09:29:42 PM

Quote from: 1837Tigers on October 18, 2011, 07:39:01 PM
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Yes Sir, 'Boar, and in agreement right up until last year when DPU's "Team for the Ages" and fans QUIT in front of 11,000 spectators and a national TV audience. ...

Your memory is apparently shaky. The same thing happened in 2008 at your place -- the W fans bolted early having seen enough of the slaughter. Maybe you guys are closet Zima lovers?

Maybe there are differing opinions of what it means to have "bolted," but even down by 23 points late in the third quarter of the 2008 game, the stands look pretty packed to me.

smedindy · October 18, 2011, 10:05:44 PM

All I know is that Southside Liquors better have their hidden stockpile of Zima chilled and ready to go for the long drive south. I think any cops that pull you over in Parkersburg will laugh at the sight of open containers of said beverage.