IDEA: bring red balloons to the IU game UPDATE: Never mind!

Submitted by caup on

When M wins we all blow up our red balloon and pop it.  See what I did there? 

Fun, clever,and easy to sneak in.  A great way to say...

F-U, Crean.

UPDATE: Never mind, the Huskers just popped IU's bubble tonight.

mGrowOld

March 5th, 2014 at 3:23 PM ^

I'm 54 and worked in sales & marketing my adult life so I know my way around a bad idea.  I've had them - sold them - been told to implement them and gotten yelled at and even fired when I was unable to successfully execute them.

Take it from an expert -this is a bad idea.

caup

March 5th, 2014 at 3:41 PM ^

this is something that would fly back in the 70's or 80's but would get overreacted to nowadays.

Maybe just inflate the balloons and let the air back out of them?

The sound of a thousand ballons deflating all at the same time (bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh....) would be an aswesome, hilarious sound.  And way less dicey than "pop pop pop..."

I just can't stand Tom Crean. 

buddhafrog

March 5th, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^

Can you tell us why it is such a bad idea?

I think the tweek of popping throughout the game would be hillarious.

IU missed jumper {pop}

Stauskas 3 {pop}

Morgan offensive rebound {pop}

That would be pretty funny.  However, I feel that ushers would try to put an end to it pretty soon, yes?

SurfsUpBlue

March 5th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^

I vaguely remember liking that song as a kid.  I also remember one side of the single being in English and one side in German, which sucked.  I thought I had long ago burned through those brain cells.  Now, I'll be having flashbacks at 3:00 am.  The horror!

jmblue

March 5th, 2014 at 3:34 PM ^

Unfortunately, 99% of the viewing audience won't get the joke.  They'll think you're an IU fan.

Just stick to maize and blue.

 

Bodogblog

March 5th, 2014 at 3:49 PM ^

Loved the idea someone else had of the student section serenading Stauskas with "Oh Canada"

EDIT: idea from Naked Bootlegger in the Stauskas Effect diary post

PizzaHaus

March 5th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^

Well the Maize Rage isn't allowed to pick a "scrub of the game" anymore on their info cards, because apparently that violates sportsmanship regulations.

Imagine how much something like this would hurt Indiana's feelings - how could you be so cruel?

JimBobTressel

March 5th, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species1. To this end, I hold M&M duels.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world. Greens are set aside in a Brandy Snifter, both in homage to rockers of old2, and for small amounts of self indulgence3 as the championship is underway.

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3×5 card reading, “Please use this M&M for breeding purposes.”

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this “grant money.” I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.

There can be only one.

ChiBlueBoy

March 5th, 2014 at 4:21 PM ^

This is how I met my first wife4. Her head was misshapen in a manner that I had not anticipated being advantageous to the species, but I was surprised and taken aback by its robustness. My subsequent wife has a rounder head and, to my knowledge, it does not contain a peanut, but it has proven superior.

Please make sure your envelopes are sufficiently padded.