New Penn State Tradition

by BSD on Sep 3, 2009 2:00 PM EDT in Fun Stuff Comment 50 comments

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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Does Minnesota get it if we lose to them?

by Cairo on Sep 3, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by cpm126 on Sep 3, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we must defend this house

Order your copy of "We Are Penn State" The offseason is long. So is this magazine.

by Kevin HD on Sep 3, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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."

by Roland86 on Sep 3, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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

by jtothep on Sep 3, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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

by NJ lion on Sep 3, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

This is, simultaneously,

the bee’s knees AND the cat’s pajamas.

by PSUJunny05 on Sep 3, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Babies.. before we're done here..

y’all be wearing gold-plated ~~diapers~~ MNC trophies.

by Aaron PSU on Sep 3, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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?

by cpm126 on Sep 3, 2009 2:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is the actual original bell donated by a former class.

by Laaaaazzz on Sep 3, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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!

by PSUncle1981 on Sep 3, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by PSUgirl on Sep 3, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

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”.

by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs