New Penn State Tradition
by BSD on Sep 3, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
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Purdue has the World's Largest Drum...We have the World's Largest Cowbell.
So apparently somebody was digging through an old closet somewhere in the Lasch Building this summer and found the original Victory Bell that used to stand in Beaver Stadium years ago. So they dusted it off and mounted it right next to the entrance to the tunnel where the players enter and exit the field. I always thought it was corny how they "rang the victory bell" after a win by blaring a bell sound over the public address system. Now after a win the players and captains will ring this bell to celebrate the victory.
Let's just hope it goes better than this.
texas tech bell ringer (via nambomb)
And I'm calling it right now. Any stupid freshman who thinks he's going to be cool and ring that bell before the game is over jinxes the entire season. Pummel him accordingly.
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An opposing team ringing your bell would probably one up
Michigan State’s flag plant at Notre Dame that got them all up in a tizzy.
we must defend this house
Order your copy of "We Are Penn State" The offseason is long. So is this magazine.
This is awesome.
I like neat things like this.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
It's really swell
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
This join' is the bizzomb!
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
It's pretty keen
I just hope that rascal Eddie Haskell doesn’t try to ring it.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
golly gee... this thing is a dandy
Junny totally beat me to the bee’s knees :(
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 4, 2009 3:57 AM EDT up reply actions
This is, simultaneously,
the bee’s knees AND the cat’s pajamas.
by Jeff Junstrom on Sep 3, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
That's really close to the seats
I like the concept, but they’ll have to assign a security guard just to the bell.
For some reason, as a child, I always assumed that there was an actual bell somewhere and they just held a mic up to it. This assumption persisted into adulthood. So, is this new bell the one actually donated by the class of whatever or was their class gift a synthesized noise?
No
They had a neon bell on top of the scoreboard similar to what you see in the Phillies stadium with the Liberty bell.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 3, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel old.
I was at the game when the bell was dedicated and remember the lion having to climb the stairs in the south endzone to ring the bell atop the scoreboard.
Settle it on the field!
my dad and his cronies
hated the electronic victory bell – and because i’m a natural born follower, i did as well – but I gotta say, I missed it during the dark years.
In the rain after the ’04 MSU game, finally heard that stupid thing.
I nearly cried.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Tell the truth now
How many people didn’t even know we ring the victory bell because you leave early to beat the traffic and you’re usually skipping down 322 around Tussy Mountain right about time the game is over?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 3, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I stay as long as I can in the games
I don’t puss out because it’s too cold and leave, and I’ve never left early as far as I can remember to beat the traffic, when I was at the branch campus and my dad and I would go up for games, we usually took the “let’s wait a few hours, maybe go downtown grab some dinner (usually at Hooters) and watch some other games, and let the traffic die down”.
Save it for the "casual fan" letter...
"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."
-Tony Hunt
I feel the need....
the need for more cowbell!
COME TO TEXAS TECH
Where our men are blind and have hairy palms.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Don't worry
The horse cops will mace anyone who comes within 50 feet of that bell.
http://www.happyhourvalley.com/
by Tim Aydin on Sep 3, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
+1
For ‘horse cops will mace’
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Yeah, that's impressive, ya know, considering the lack of fingers.
Not to mention fitting in the uniform.
by Screen Name 20 on Sep 3, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
They’d better make sure Stanley Pringle doesn’t get near the bell…
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 2:21 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
That's how I roll ma'am
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
by psu on Sep 3, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
chill, not roll
Get it right
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
ding, ding, dinggggg!
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 3, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
That dude is just such a tool
Not as bad as these guys tho:
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 3, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Classic photo
It’s like they cloned Jimmy Clausen five times and had everyone get tans.
http://www.happyhourvalley.com/
by Tim Aydin on Sep 3, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I was wrong
+1
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I was gonna say it's the Jimmy Clausen fanclub but you guys are too quick
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Is the Emu Clausen joke a little too obvious?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
+1
I thought it was “that punk from Cali” too at first
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 3, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It gets worse...
if you’re not familiar with this site, beware. This is, like, Jimmy Clausen and Matt Barkely’s favorite place on the interweb.
by Jeff Junstrom on Sep 3, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey Wxman, you out there?
Isn’t this picture from D’Jai’s on any summer night??
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
oh good lord... that picture is so freaking bad
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 4, 2009 4:00 AM EDT up reply actions
This is a cool idea
It looks like its up high enough so we don’t get the Tex Tech Bell Ringer image. I love the traditions of PSU, and this sounds like a cool one to start (even though they’ve always “rung” the bell after wins).
Bell Ringer?
Just watched Oregon’s RB Blount Punch a Boise State player in the jaw after the player said something to him
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