Video from Saturdays WVU-Baylor game. Country Roads.
The tradition and pagentry make this the greatest game in all the land.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-lrLfPqWU&feature=youtu.be
I don't think they changed Les at all actually
OT: This is why I love college football
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:48 AM
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OT: This is why I love college football
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 AM | 
epic
epic
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:05 AM |
That is what I call pride
That is what I call pride
Not a Mountaineer or fan in any way but that is amazing. Great song too.
We hate Michigan State. We don't like Penn State too. We don't care for Minnesota, Wisconsin or Notre Dame but we all hate O-S-U.
Michigan Blue 2008 block M hockey jersey still for sale for 50.00. FREE S/H
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:08 AM |
Has anyone
Has anyone
Heard if Michigan-Michigan State will be at night? I have seen some rumors on Twitter.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 AM |
last thing i knew was this
last thing i knew was this
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/dave-brandon-says-michigan-fo... says no night game, but who knows
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:35 AM |
Where on...
Where on...
Twitter?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:42 AM |
I can with...
I can with...
Almost certainty say that this is false... There's no way Brady hoke has a real twitter account that is brady_hoke4real... Idk if the guy even has twitter he doesn't even wear a headset during games. Jk sorry to interrupt the thread. I just had to clear that off my chest.
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:15 AM |
rumorz
rumorz
Nobody thinks @brady_hoke4real is actually Hoke. @mgoblog follows him, so there's that. Still, it's probably best to take the tweet as an increase in probability from 0 to .02.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:07 AM |
Rothstein has said "he would
Rothstein has said "he would
Rothstein has said "he would be shocked" if it was, and he's pretty connected on these things
If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:38 AM |
You
You
Don't announce a night game 2 weeks before it's going to happen. That shit takes a lot of planning.
"Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football" -- John Heisman
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:59 AM |
Won't happen
Won't happen
I can't imagine there not being a shitstorm of protests from the neighborhood surrounding the stadium. MSU fans would ruin night games forever. Everyone would have to take their couches inside, and the stench of stale beer and urine would hang over Pauline and surrounding streets for a week.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:22 AM |
This is great. Thanks for
This is great. Thanks for
This is great. No other sport captures passion like college football.
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:22 AM |
Gorgeous' brother with lunch box at 0:26?
Gorgeous' brother with lunch box at 0:26?
Gorgeous' brother with lunch box at 0:26? Love the video.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:21 AM |
reminds me of the Irish fans in Euro 2012
reminds me of the Irish fans in Euro 2012
God bless em!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNBFqTtzTI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
We hate Michigan State. We don't like Penn State too. We don't care for Minnesota, Wisconsin or Notre Dame but we all hate O-S-U.
Michigan Blue 2008 block M hockey jersey still for sale for 50.00. FREE S/H
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 AM |
It really is amazing that the
It really is amazing that the
It really is amazing that the athletic performance of kids can produce so much emotion in normal adults.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:31 AM |
i'm almost speechless
i'm almost speechless
but i have to say that the most amazing thing about this is that the OP and the commenters so far appear to be serious.
i'm probably just being an ass, but when i think of the "pageantry and tradition" of college football, i think of the rose bowl, schembechler vs hayes, etc. i definitely don't think of a bunch of east coast hillbillies singing a john denver song while a pretend cowboy walks around the field.
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:31 AM |
then again we're younger than
then again we're younger than
then again we're younger than you...
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:06 AM |
Yeah
Yeah
A lot younger. That video was awesome! It is always cool to see a stadium unite. John Denver and WVU is just cool as heck. Thanks for sharing!
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:02 AM |
you're also not a lot younger than me
you're also not a lot younger than me
how old do you people think i am!?
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 AM |
unless you got married before
unless you got married before
unless you got married before you were 17, you're not younger than me.
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:47 AM |
ummm
ummm
you do realize that WVa is not on the coast, right?
"True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise - the other, loyalty." — Yost
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:15 AM |
i know it's not literally on
i know it's not literally on
i know it's not literally on the coast, yes.
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:48 AM |
yep your right
yep your right
you are just a ass. get over yourself,there are a lot of great traditions thru out the country. just because they are not ones you think of doesn't mean they suck. travel and expand your mind.
Vice.com
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:15 AM |
"travel and expand your mind"
"travel and expand your mind"
i've been to west virginia multiple times, and i can confidently say that large parts of it are a preposterous comic strip come to life. for example, the second time i was there, on a work assignment for a summer job, i was going to retrieve something from a machine shop, which was run by two men and one woman, all of whose first names rhymed, and two of whom were missing teeth. the last thing is not rare in west virginia. also, the first thing i saw when i entered the state on that trip was a teenage girl in shorts and a bikini top sitting in the back of a pickup truck watching a bull fuck a cow in the middle of a field.
so i wonder: what exactly did you think i'd learn if i went there? i mean, it's a gorgeous, gorgeous state, but it's full of hillbillies. no lie.
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:47 AM |
You're taking a lot of heat
You're taking a lot of heat
You're taking a lot of heat Jon06, but I happen to agree with you. Maybe it's because I despise country, but this video does not even come close to capturing what I love about college football. In fact, I had to turn it off after 5 seconds.
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:13 AM |
The OP has nailed it
The OP has nailed it
and you guys are nitpicking because you have an anti-West Virginia / country bias. Maybe not Oregon, but many, many schools have traditions rolling back decades. The West Virginia example hear probably draws as high a percentage of tears as the band taking the field and the team touching the banner at Michigan Stadium.
The Georgia posts over the past week, and my own experiences at UNC games (Duke and NC State don't have a traditional feel), and friends who went to Va Tech and Clemson ... well it is fun to get out and experience the college football experience over the bland corporate NFL. (The NFL died for me when the Redskins left RFK for some field in Maryland.)
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:31 AM |
So you're telling me that
So you're telling me that
So you're telling me that since I don't share your personal taste my opinion is invalid? Give me a break. Look, I get what you guys are saying. You wouldn't see something like that in any other sport (at least not in the US). That's what makes CFB special. All I'm saying is that that particular 'tradition' doesn't do it for me. I find singing John Denver akin to singing Sweet Caroline during football games. I'm just not a fan of it.
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:24 PM |
I agree, but maybe we're just
I agree, but maybe we're just
I agree, but maybe we're just not drunk enough. If Michigan Stadium served alcohol like West Virginia does maybe country roads would just kinda happen.
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:26 PM |
Eh - I am no West Virginia or country music fan
Eh - I am no West Virginia or country music fan
but I can appreciate that other people have traditions important to them, and that is a big part of why college football is special. This was precisely the OP's point - not the West Virigina / Country Road part.
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:29 AM |
i'm not anti-country
i'm not anti-country
i am kind of anti-WV, although it's not bias since i formed my view of WV by going there, per my earlier comment.
georgia is a storied SEC program full of pageantry and tradition. they claim 5 national titles and 2 heisman trophy winners, including herschel walker. WV, which claims no national titles and whose best heisman candidate came in third behind a RB from Indiana, is not exactly a comparable program, no matter how many times they win the Big East. i mean, i'm sure it's fun, but it's john denver. come on.
are you guys going to post a video of people singing a Bon Jovi song next week and call it a tear jerker? ten years from now, when spartan stadium is rocking to the sound of 75 thousand syphilis survivors singing a nickelback song, are we going to have to marvel at videos of it, talking about how great the pageantry and tradition of college football is?
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:32 PM |
I love college football. They claim 5 national titles.
I love college football. They claim 5 national titles.
Two are pretty well undisputed, and a third (1946) they have a claim that since Notre Dame tied ND was just getting their usual preferential treatment. But the fact they claim 1927 with a straight face where they were ranked 8th and had a loss when there were no less than 3 undefeated teams that year would only be ridiculously laughable if it wasn't totally eclipsed by 1968 where #1 beat #2 in a bowl game, and Georgia LOST the Sugar Bowl 16-2 to Arkansas. I mean, really, there are arguable years, but no matter what poll you found that put you number 1, that's just showing no shame.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM |
Agreed. I don't understand
Agreed. I don't understand
Agreed. I don't understand what is so "epic" about a bunch of hillbillies singing a song. Is it because they all know the words?
There is a lot that is special about college football, but this isn't it.
c/o 2008
GO BLUE!
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:32 AM |
Nice video
Nice video
But I'm with Jon06. Nouveau riche program with piped-in tradition can get off my lawn.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:02 AM |
I understand what you are saying...
I understand what you are saying...
but everyone can't have the exact same tradition as us. The cool thing is that everyone is different. Look at Purdue, they dress up in costumes for games. To us this is weird but it is their thing.
Go Blue!
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:42 AM |
That is pretty sweet!
That is pretty sweet!
I love the color coordination. That's the one thing we are missing at the Big House. Our "Maize Outs" don't look one tenth as good.
Go Blue!
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:18 AM |
You've got a point there. It
You've got a point there. It
You've got a point there. It would be easier to train 200 cats to perform M Fanfare than to get everyone in the Big House to wear maize.
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:06 AM |
Yea that is the most
Yea that is the most
Yea that is the most impressive thing to me, color coordination by section. Very nice.
I poop excellence
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:57 AM |
I always joked that even when
I always joked that even when
I always joked that even when RR was here he would come home each day, slowly lumber up to his study, lock the door, close the blinds, curl up under his desk with a bottle of Jack and cry himself to sleep listening to that song.
Somewhere in Arizona, he may still do this.
(Not an RR hijack, just a joke I think of when I hear that song)
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:10 AM |
I understand the cynicism,
I understand the cynicism,
I understand the cynicism, but West Virginians have adopted that song (done by a skinny little hippie), and I've found myself far too late at night closing a bar singing it with a bunch of former strangers...
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rockinroll...
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:35 AM |
that really is a fantastic
that really is a fantastic
that really is a fantastic scene, do they do that at the end of every home game?
"What" ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in What?
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:09 AM |
Just got the same chills I
Just got the same chills I
Just got the same chills I get when we sing "In the Big House"!
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:13 AM |
Ironically
Ironically
Ironically the only person who doesn't seem to be enjoying the sing along with John Denver: Geno Smith. OTOH - he was most certainly gassed after passing for over 1/3 mile and 8 TDs.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:15 AM |
I don't get it. Then again,
I don't get it. Then again,
I don't get it. Then again, our student section yells "you suck" soo... yeah.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:15 AM |
there are about
there are about
1000 better reasons to love college football
meh
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:08 AM |
You all are missing the
You all are missing the
You all are missing the point... The reason why this is college football is because its what college football is all about! Each school is their own entity with all of their traditions, chants, history, and legends and this why its so fun to watch college football. If it weren't for the unique fanbases and the unbelievable amount of pride the players had in their school, it would be a much different landscape - more boring. I love it when other schools do things like this because this is what builds pride in their school
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 AM |
the more i think about it
the more i think about it
the more convinced i become that there are direct links between this tradition and a certain josh groban incident.
<ducking>
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:21 AM |
Awesome
Awesome
An almost flawless spectacle and I was completely riveted... until PBR Alfalfa started chiming in at the end. Nevertheless, great post.
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:22 AM |
Makes me want to go to the
Makes me want to go to the
Makes me want to go to the family reunion to check out the girls.
Yes I got him a gift. He had a kidney stone. You piss a rock through your pecker, you deserve more than just a pat on the fucking back.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 PM |
Wow
Wow
Wow, i had chills as well
Hail! to the Victors Valiant Hail!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM |
Morgantown has that small
Morgantown has that small
Morgantown has that small town feel to it and that's what the song is about. As someone who is a country music fan and grew up in a small town, I think it's pretty cool.
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
Gah! Waves of chills. Growing up in the sticks makes that one just a little more special. What an atomosphere!
Here's the call, MICHIGAN WINS!!!