Tradition vote on blackboard

[MonsterBullMCMXC]

Or-gan-ic.

[USoFlo]

I don't have a big problem with the cow bell idea. It is unique to college football and it kinda makes sense for our mascot.... it would definetly make us stand out from other universities on TV..... as for the rest....WTF? Don't we have a marketing program or a creative arts program that can help think of ideas better than "parking garage murals" and "rocky at graduation"??

[JTrue]

Parking garage murals? That's worse than a three back set on the goaline.

[theman123]

C seems like the obvious decision here.

[Woogie53]

Would the tsa allow cowbells?

It's not up the TSA, it's up at the AAC. Big East has a no-noise maker policy. Can't really say that it would be a "huge" generator of cash from merchandise sales, since they'd be pretty cheap to begin with. 40k cowbells wouldn't net much in royalty, but it would make for a better game atmosphere. 

[charsibb]

Rocky was at my graduation I am pretty sure. Circa 2011? Or has my memory deceived me?

Murals? In parking garage?

Tradition I would like to see is a "stampede" effect at games by everyone standing and drumming the back if the chair in front of them. I recall a lot of people doing this at WVU 2007 while shouting and it really adds to the noise.

 

This is why the chairbacks in the OCS need to be made of metal, and hollow at the bottom. Everyone can bring in drumsticks, and you've got 50,000 cowbells!!

[charsibb]

 

 

 

For new traditions to start in Fall 2013, there are 5 choices on an online ballot that we get to choose from, and get to vote for 3.

A. Cowbells [Kinda seems obvious, but will the American allow it? Big East didn't.]

B. more murals in parking garages [How is that a tradition?]

C. Throwback jersey game honoring past players [Not sure what this means. Do they want someone to wear a Matt Grothe #8 jersey? Or do they want our 1997 throwbacks with a ceremony at halftime to honor that team?]

D. Rocky at graduation [No. Just no.]

E. Adopt unofficial fight song. [Do they mean like Ohio State and Hang on Sloopy (something that evolved over years into a tradition)?]

Needless to say its pretty obvious A. C. E. will finish top 3.

If these are the five choices Student Government narrowed down to, that's a real shame.

C. means the team would play in throwback jerseys, and they would invite past players to be honored.

E. you're correct the example they used was "Rocky Top" at Tennessee.

 

 

I'm cool with playing in throwbacks uniforms. The wording just seemed strange. Although the first thing that came to mind was the Rays making fake retro 70s uniforms since they're about as old as we are.

 

As for the unofficial song, that's not something you can create. Rocky Top and Hang on Sloopy took years to be adopted by the fanbase as tradition. Its funny how they have an official competition to vote on an unofficial fight song.

 

 

If we're going with fake retro, this is a good example to follow...

 

[hm101]

Cowbells would be great. Golden Brahmans, right? The old Rocky used to wear one, by the way. hm101 approved. 

 

Also hm101 approved: unofficial fight song, as long as it's bulls on parade 

 

Throwback jerseys? Eh maybe. Too soon perhaps. 

 

As a side note, I know some of you hate the idea of voting on traditions, but the truth is, mascots and colors and traditions have been voted on before at bigger and older schools. The notion that this is just something we do is false. Many classic football programs held votes to decide similar matters. 

[ajusf16]

LOLWUT

[Hem]

Enough of the criticism. You negative Nancy's need to ease off.

I'm glad the student body cares enough to want to start new traditions here at our university. Have you seen the old USF football jerseys? There's a season ticket holder near us who always rocks one, and that think looks throwback and its awesome. Inviting past players would be great for our alumni base as well, have to show respect to those who got you where you are.

Cowbells are a cool idea. And they're LOUD. That'd be something that catches on real quick and would be known throughout the NCAA about us.

Fight song? I like the enthusiasm but I don't know if you can just do that. Hope we can come up with something clever if we do go this route.

They never said how many they'd end up adopting. Could be 1, could be 2, or all 3.