LSAClassOf2000

October 5th, 2014 at 1:08 PM ^

It's quite possibly, although if the traffic wasn't bad on I-287, I would think they could have even made it to Perth Amboy by now. The big question is this - how to get them across the Kill Van Kull and into Bayonne once they get across Staten Island? Perhaps the scrapyard makes more sense after all. 

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BlueDragon

October 5th, 2014 at 1:05 PM ^

They didn't really tear down the goalposts for beating a 2-4 Michigan team did they?

This is worse than ultimate frisbee where everyone treats my team like we're six Mario Manninghams and gloats proportionally.

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SWPro

October 5th, 2014 at 4:37 PM ^

Not to be snarky but why do people hate so much when fans rush the field?

 

We got a lot of hate in 2011 when we beat OSU but it was a win that sealed up a BCS spot and the first win over the big rival in a number of years.

 

This was their first Big Ten win and came against a program that at least has a national name.

 

If they want to be excited let them have their moment.

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jabberwock

October 5th, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^

after an uninspiring win against an uninspiring opponent my drunken dorm floor and I charged the field (along with a couple hundred other semi-confused but energetic fans) and tore down 1 set of goal posts.  We dragged it 2 miles back to the dorm and had it duct-taped to our wall for a week before the campus police removed it.  /coolstorybro

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Bando Calrissian

October 5th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^

I think back to one night in 2005 after Michigan nearly beat Illinois when there was a giant stack of ripped-up Michigan Stadium bleachers sitting outside the stadium. Like a few other enterprising folks, I grabbed a 6-foot section and started walking briskly, taking every side street and back alley in a foot of snow from Crisler to East Quad.

The next morning, the Daily crime notes described a rash of seat-related arrests, because the Athletic Department apparently didn't see the discarded, half-broken bleachers as trash. I hid that bleacher under my bed, and snuck it back to my parents' house under the cover of night for fear of being arrested. 

There's a way of handling this kind of stuff, and Ole Miss knows how to do it right. Hope those kids enjoy their souveniers.

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True Blue Grit

October 5th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^

It's an 8 seat piece that they removed when the seats were replaced.  My neighbor got it for me by just driving in there some morning (when all the construction was going on).  It's worth saving.  If you pull up the fiberglass cover, you can see the original redwood bench.  I plan to build it into a rec room some day soon.  I never understood why the AD didn't sell those off as a fundraiser.  

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Bando Calrissian

October 5th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^

This also seems obligatory:

 

I mean, how Minnesota is it that an opposing team's fans could rush the field, tear down the goalposts, and run them up the stairs and out of the dome?

Also see: Northwestern "laking the posts."

 

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wolpherine2000

October 5th, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^

On one hand

  • Sad.  As noted, their opponent was a 2-3 team and an underdog.
  • Tearing down the goal posts used to mean something

On the other hand:

  • This is their first win in the B1G.
  • Last year, their only win over a decent team was Arkansas.  In September.
  • Their last good season was in 2006.  That was a long time ago.  Like Lloyd Carr Rose Bowl long ago.
  • Their students are behind the program, even after some seriously bad PR involving coaches and the AD.

 

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