118th Monon Bell Classic

[smedindy]

Wes,

Despite you being a Dannie, I feel for you on Saturday. What happens if you call in sick or dead?

[DPU3619]

I'm well aware that anything can happen.  I do believe DePauw can win on Saturday.  I've said that many times over, comrade.  If Wabash can't move it, then DePauw will have a shot late.  I do believe that.  We have the argument every single year here about how good Wabash's offense is, but most years (not 2010, 2003, or 2002) this defense holds Wabash to lower than their season average.  Some years it's a fraction of what they normally score.  It has shown that it doesn't matter who Wabash's coach is, who DePauw's coach is, nor who any of the players are.  It's POSSIBLE.

smed, my boss is at the point that she circles this date just like I do.  We're also in the November ratings book, so I don't get to take days off period.  I'll take what I can get.  In '08 I couldn't even get out of work.  Horrible one to miss, too.

[smedindy]

I feel for ya, bud. I was early on in my job at the consulting firm, and our monthly Saturday client review fell on the same day as the Whitewater game. After attending every home game but one since 1984 and working the stats crew and being the PA guy from 1986 until I moved to MN in mid-2007, I couldn't make the game that was 'in the neighborhood'. (OK, 5 1/2 hours away, but still...)

Maybe Operation Football can chopper you in!

[Schwami]

Not anything can happen, but . . .

How does DPU improve on last year's performance (95 yards of offense, 11 yards rushing) with this year's team?  I had forgotten just how bad those numbers were.  Those numbers (like 47-0) are not likely to be repeated . . . nor is Wabash's 498 yards of offense in last year's game (although I am OK if the LG's proves me wrong!).

Wabash 27 - DPU 7

[Breckenridgebear]

http://www.wabash.edu/news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=9257

"My experience is that the undefeated team has little to no chance in winning this game," Wabash Coach Erik Raeburn.

"This will be my fourth Bell game; twice there has been a 9-0 team, and twice they have lost. Our guys know that with the intensity of the rivalry that you throw out the records and that is the big cliché, but it has held true and that's why this rivalry is so good: it's been so even." Wabash Coach Erik Raeburn.

Apparently Coach Raeburn seems to be on the same page as me, while the Debash posters are not.

"It's the Bell Game. Throw out the records and throw out tendencies." Howard W. Hewitt   

http://youtu.be/ZUeuZxjCOJs

BOOM!!!!!

[wally_wabash]

I can assure you that Coach Raeburn isn't anywhere near the same page you're on.  He's not even in the same book.  Your "page", in general, is peurile, offensive, and embarrassing. 

So what's the coach of a team supposed to say?  "Yeah, this is a pretty wicked mismatch.  Should be a cakewalk.  Really, we just hope nobody gets hurt because we have a real football team to play next weekend."  Of course not.  His job is to keep everybody's eyes on the prize, take nothing for granted, and all of that good stuff. 

There's an important thing to keep in mind here.  The 9-0 teams that have been beaten recently...Wabash 2007, Wabash 2008, DePauw 2010...they weren't beaten by bad teams.  The teams that won those games were good teams.  2011 DePauw is adequate defensively and positively deficient offensively.  2011 DePauw is probably the worst team that this series has seen since 1995.  The gap between the two teams is bigger than it has been in a long, long time.  Can DePauw win on Saturday?  Sure they can.  Is it likely?  Wouldn't appear so.  It would be the biggest upset in the series since I've started watching it in 1996 for sure. 

You guys find a quarterback yet, or are you holding a raffle before kickoff?  Holder of gold ticket number 2,439 congratulations! 

[bashbrother]

There are some things that even history can't overcome.

[bashbrother]

Depauw's Starting QB has been announced for the Bell Game.  Little Timmy Schneider, the Pride of Deer Meadow Primary School, has been called up to lead the Tigers.

[Breckenridgebear]

I can assure you that Coach Raeburn isn't anywhere near the same page you're on.  He's not even in the same book.  Your "page", in general, is peurile, offensive, and embarrassing. 

So what's the coach of a team supposed to say?  "Yeah, this is a pretty wicked mismatch.  Should be a cakewalk.  Really, we just hope nobody gets hurt because we have a real football team to play next weekend."  Of course not.  His job is to keep everybody's eyes on the prize, take nothing for granted, and all of that good stuff. 

There's an important thing to keep in mind here.  The 9-0 teams that have been beaten recently...Wabash 2007, Wabash 2008, DePauw 2010...they weren't beaten by bad teams.  The teams that won those games were good teams.  2011 DePauw is adequate defensively and positively deficient offensively.  2011 DePauw is probably the worst team that this series has seen since 1995.  The gap between the two teams is bigger than it has been in a long, long time.  Can DePauw win on Saturday?  Sure they can.  Is it likely?  Wouldn't appear so.  It would be the biggest upset in the series since I've started watching it in 1996 for sure. 

You guys find a quarterback yet, or are you holding a raffle before kickoff?  Holder of gold ticket number 2,439 congratulations!

Yap, Yap, Yap, Yap, Yap.

Old Dabash

From the hills of Montgomery County to the streets of Crawfordstucky, Or anywhere a dawally is blowing;
From the gloomy shadiness of a dabash boyzz cave, To the guiding light of Putnam County;
There's a name not known and a color not cheered, and nowhere found glowing
And the tears will rise to our longing eyes, As we wish to float on as a future Greencastle townie.
When the day is done and the Depauw sun Is painting in tiger glory
Across the skies with gorgeous dyes, That balck and gold Color we love so well,
We love to sit and not do sh*t, And praise we don't know what in song and story,
We love to shout as if anyone cares, A good old Dabash yell.

REFRAIN
Our Prayers are never answered, Our voices and hearts feebly combine
To sing thy praise of DePauw ways which Shall bring a glimpse of hope before us.
When Technical School days are past, As long as our miserable life shall last,
Our greatest joy besides being a caveboy will be to shout the chorus.

CHORUS
Dear Old Dabash, thy seditious boyzz shall always continue to loath thee,
And o'er thy bland halls, the pink flag shall modestly flash;
Long in our hearts we'll bear the poor choice of attending thee,
But long shall we sing thy praises, to Old DePauw.

[wally_wabash]

I can assure you that Coach Raeburn isn't anywhere near the same page you're on.  He's not even in the same book.  Your "page", in general, is peurile, offensive, and embarrassing. 

So what's the coach of a team supposed to say?  "Yeah, this is a pretty wicked mismatch.  Should be a cakewalk.  Really, we just hope nobody gets hurt because we have a real football team to play next weekend."  Of course not.  His job is to keep everybody's eyes on the prize, take nothing for granted, and all of that good stuff. 

There's an important thing to keep in mind here.  The 9-0 teams that have been beaten recently...Wabash 2007, Wabash 2008, DePauw 2010...they weren't beaten by bad teams.  The teams that won those games were good teams.  2011 DePauw is adequate defensively and positively deficient offensively.  2011 DePauw is probably the worst team that this series has seen since 1995.  The gap between the two teams is bigger than it has been in a long, long time.  Can DePauw win on Saturday?  Sure they can.  Is it likely?  Wouldn't appear so.  It would be the biggest upset in the series since I've started watching it in 1996 for sure. 

You guys find a quarterback yet, or are you holding a raffle before kickoff?  Holder of gold ticket number 2,439 congratulations!

Yap, Yap, Yap, Yap, Yap.

Solid retort.  You're such a joke. 

[bashbrother]

I don't think I have seen an O-line that averaged 248 lbs since I was in High School..... even then, it was hard to find.

But you will beat us with your speed....right?   (Picture below was shot during a recent Tiger game at Austin...The Tiger's escaped with a close victory... and then celebrated with a Pizza Party at Snappy Tomatoes)

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[wallyworld12]

A weather report that paraphrases Kenny Rice from last year's Bell Game: "Flurries in Crawfordsville!"

[gobash]

"It's the Bell Game. Throw out the records and throw out tendencies." Howard W. Hewitt   

We'll throw out our record, if you promise to throw out your tendencies.  Mostly the ones toward young boys.

[wally_wabash]

Hey, what do you guys think is greater: The number of yards gained by DePauw's offense on Saturday or the weight of their starting left tackle (215)? 

[gobash]

Breck

There is a difference between well thought out expressions of support with a little humor, truth, and expectation/desire added ... and trash talk.  There is also a difference between Trash ... and trash talk.  I suggest that you sir need to reflect upon this.  I suspect I would like most, if not all, of the other "4 Bell" winners group.  We may have different expectation/desires for the outcome this year and each year but not expressed with vitriol, vindictiveness, and spite directed personally.

nuf said.

Seriously, it's like he was trained how to post messages on YouTube.