OT: The Great Rose Bowl Hoax

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December 7th, 2009 at 3:55 PM | i adamantly believe Ohio (Score:1)
Geaux_Blue
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i adamantly believe Ohio State will never do cards for any event for the sole reason that a B in Buckeye can be made into an S with about 20 cards.

December 7th, 2009 at 4:51 PM | As one poster pointed out: (Score:1)
Wide Open
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As one poster pointed out: They haven't even gotten to the point where they can spell the word "STATE".

Maybe they'll get to "BUCKEYES" by the year 2166, the milestone 163rd anniversary of their Fiesta Bowl win.

(Of course that would still be after the MMB teaches it to them.)

December 7th, 2009 at 3:57 PM | Here's my favorite (Score:1)
Eck Sentrik
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all the dude wanted was his rug back...

December 7th, 2009 at 4:02 PM | A follow up (Score:1)
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In addition to that great card-section prank, I believe they also managed to change the names of the teams on the electronic scoreboard (to Cal Tech and MIT) during the 1984 Rose Bowl.

December 7th, 2009 at 4:09 PM | Yes! (Score:1)
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I almost mentioned that as well. In 1984, Caltech students changed the scoreboard at halftime to show Caltech leading MIT, 36-9. MIT has also pulled its fair share of pranks. In 1982, MIT pulled the balloon prank at the Harvard-Yale game. Not as funny, but not bad. My favorite, some students put the triforce on top of one of the main buildings. Gotta love those engineers.

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December 7th, 2009 at 4:12 PM | not to be a know-it-all... (Score:1)
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but the fake-score was actually 38-9.

my cousin is a caltech alum, and he is very proud of their pranks.

some are scared of being misfits; I'm afraid of fitting in

December 7th, 2009 at 4:19 PM | Other Wonderful MIT Pranks (Score:1)
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Other wonderful MIT pranks include turning a building's lights into a Tetris game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKgLp6L55c

Turning that same dome into R2D2:

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/wilson_tim/iphone/artoo_in_killi...

They call me...Tater Salad

December 7th, 2009 at 4:33 PM | Caltech 38 - MIT 9 (Score:1)
michiganprof
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The wascally wapscallions from Caltech hacked into the scoreboard at the 1984 Rose bowl (UCLA-Illinois)and changed the score to "Caltech 38 - MIT 9". Impressive, though the original card-replacing hack is simply astonishing in its conception and execution. Lots of people can hack badly secured systems when nobody expects it.

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