OT: This is why I love college football
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
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:00 AM ^
Gah! Waves of chills. Growing up in the sticks makes that one just a little more special. What an atomosphere!
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:05 AM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:08 AM ^
Heard if Michigan-Michigan State will be at night? I have seen some rumors on Twitter.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 AM ^
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/dave-brandon-says-michigan-f… says no night game, but who knows
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:35 AM ^
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October 3rd, 2012 at 4:15 AM ^
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 ^
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October 3rd, 2012 at 10:59 AM ^
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. No other sport captures passion like college football.
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:22 AM ^
Gorgeous' brother with lunch box at 0:26? Love the video.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 AM ^
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 ^
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.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:31 AM ^
then again we're younger than you...
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:06 AM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:02 AM ^
how old do you people think i am!?
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 AM ^
unless you got married before you were 17, you're not younger than me.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:47 AM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^
i know it's not literally on the coast, yes.
October 3rd, 2012 at 6:48 AM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^
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.
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:47 AM ^
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 ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:31 AM ^
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 ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:26 PM ^
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 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?
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:32 PM ^
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.
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 AM ^
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.
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:32 AM ^
But I'm with Jon06. Nouveau riche program with piped-in tradition can get off my lawn.
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:02 AM ^
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October 3rd, 2012 at 5:18 AM ^
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 ^
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October 3rd, 2012 at 7:10 AM ^
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...
October 3rd, 2012 at 7:35 AM ^
that really is a fantastic scene, do they do that at the end of every home game?
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:09 AM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:13 AM ^
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.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:15 AM ^
I don't get it. Then again, our student section yells "you suck" soo... yeah.
October 3rd, 2012 at 8:15 AM ^
1000 better reasons to love college football
meh
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:08 AM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 AM ^
the more convinced i become that there are direct links between this tradition and a certain josh groban incident.
<ducking>
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:21 AM ^
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 family reunion to check out the girls.
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM ^
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.