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December 7th, 2012 at 12:45 AM
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O.T: Silent Night

One night every December, students at tiny Taylor University pack the school's gymnasium and participate in a phenomenon that's completely out of place in modern sports: silence.

The fans in the standing-room-only crowd are as loud as a library for as long as it takes Taylor's basketball team to score 10 points. But once that happens, there's no shushing them. As soon as Taylor hits double digits, the students erupt into bedlam, and they don't stop screaming and dancing until it's time for the post-game Christmas party on campus.

Friday's racket known as "Silent Night"—the game ends with a student singalong of the Christmas carol—is very, very quietly a tradition unlike any other.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732464010457816345399549999...

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December 7th, 2012 at 12:53 AM | I kind of like (Score:4 Normal)
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That tradition, went to Taylor for 1.5 years and they didn't do that back then. Too bad just about every other thing about Taylor University blows.

Oh how I hate ohio state...

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December 7th, 2012 at 6:41 AM | Apparently it Doesn't 'Blow' (Score:1)
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since they pledge chasity, no homo stuff, etc.   kidding aside, great tradition, good for them, and after seeing that and the USU insert that was added, would be fun to see Michigan develop our own tradition that is as tightly wrapped as one of those.

Quiverfull

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December 7th, 2012 at 10:33 AM | It is a cool tradition (Score:3 Normal)
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I went to Indiana Wesleyan for my undergrad (Taylor's main rival), but we never played them while this was going on unfortunatley. Went to every game against them whether it was home or away. Would have been cool to see it in person

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December 7th, 2012 at 12:54 AM | That would make me very (Score:4 Normal)
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That would make me very nervous as a player.  So much pressure to score quickly.

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December 7th, 2012 at 12:54 AM | I like it (Score:5 Normal)
bluewings
Joined: 11/17/2010
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Also the school that has moses part the red sea is good too

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December 7th, 2012 at 12:55 AM | These are the types of (Score:5 Normal)
IPFW_Wolverines
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These are the types of traditions that college sports should be about.

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

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December 7th, 2012 at 1:06 AM | My wife (Score:5 Normal)
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Graduated from there. It's always funny to watch it because the other team usually has no idea whats going on. The look on their face is priceless.

So hot.  Milk was a bad choice.

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December 7th, 2012 at 1:21 AM | That is nothing short of (Score:1)
gotohail
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That is nothing short of awesome. Things like this make the college experience so special and really is what sets it apart from professional sports!



The Michigan difference...

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December 7th, 2012 at 1:31 AM | Cute (Score:2 Normal)
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This is sorta like a mass Vipassana mediatation.  

 

 

 

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December 7th, 2012 at 1:38 AM | That is exactly what I was (Score:1)
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That is exactly what I was thinking.

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December 7th, 2012 at 1:54 AM | If we are appreciating other (Score:5 Normal)
ak47
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If we are appreciating other fans traditions, utah state has the best college basketball fans I can find, just awesome.

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

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December 7th, 2012 at 7:17 AM | The "Winning Team/Losing (Score:2)
snarling wolverine
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The "Winning Team/Losing Team" chant is my all-time favorite.  It's the perfect college chant.

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December 7th, 2012 at 11:06 AM | Yes that is amazing... I love (Score:2 Normal)
gotohail
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Yes that is amazing... I love stuff like that.

The Michigan difference...

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December 7th, 2012 at 2:01 AM | Fantastic (Score:2 Normal)
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I want to hang out in a room full of 2000 people eating cookies and making gingerbread houses!

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
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December 7th, 2012 at 2:19 AM | If Taylor University was (Score:-1 Trolling)
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If Taylor University was relevant at all, this would be awesome.

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December 7th, 2012 at 7:00 AM | I disagree (Score:5 Normal)
WeCheerThemAgain
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It's still awesome.

"I recently heard from fans and friends that Michigan will be great again one day.   In my opinion, Michigan never stopped being great."  --Zac Ciullo

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December 7th, 2012 at 12:02 PM | If a guy (Score:1)
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On UAB for example does a 1080 dunk, it's really not impressive.



/s

Bo' Money Bo' Problems

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December 7th, 2012 at 2:24 AM | We had this tradition at (Score:5 Normal)
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We had this tradition at basketball for like the entire Amaker era. Except we set it at 80 points.

(Blogger alias: "Misopogon") This team is under construction. We thank you for your patience.

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December 7th, 2012 at 6:46 AM | Sweet Story (Score:4 Normal)
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Every place and group has its own traditions. I remember seeing the rock at Washtenaw and Hill painted and repainted, a Michigan tradition. Ohio has swimming in the Oval before the MIchigan game. As a student, I remember students being passed up the Michigan stands, a tradition that has since been outlawed, from my understanding. (I don't think passing up students would work anymore anyway, because from the pictures I've seen posted here at mgoblog, the student section is no longer crowded during games. Apparently football games aren't as popular at Michigan as they once were.)

At any rate, I'm glad the Taylor students have something like this to celebrate the end of the term and enjoy some fun and craziness. Those are the kind of things that make for great memories. I remember all the alumni who would come to Ann Arbor on game days. You could see, as they looked around and walked around, the remembrance and reliving of a time long past. Now I am in that position myself, and I'm thankful for good memories of dorm and fraternity game day traditions. Good times, good traditions, and good memories.

"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi

 

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December 7th, 2012 at 6:51 AM | students (Score:3 Normal)
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Any story on student basketball fans that doesn't involve Dick Vitale and the DUKIES (!!!) is OK with me.

"500 channels and nothing but cats."

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December 7th, 2012 at 7:13 AM | This is very cool.  It'd be (Score:2)
snarling wolverine
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This is very cool.  It'd be fun for the Maize Rage to try that once.  Then again, we should probably come up with our own thing.

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December 7th, 2012 at 8:58 AM | We could do the opposite and (Score:3 Normal)
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be really loud until we hit double-digits, then silent for the remainder of the game!



/worst idea ever

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December 7th, 2012 at 9:27 AM | I grew up about an hour from (Score:2)
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I grew up about an hour from Taylor. I had no idea this university, let alone the tradition, existed.

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December 7th, 2012 at 10:06 AM | Wow... (Score:1)
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...I'm surprised the entire student body can pull off the silent act.  You'd think there would be at least one asshole who would shout out something lewd about halfway through that would send everybody into giggles.

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