Paper Lion

Godsgirlerific · Post by **Godsgirlerific** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:32 pm

My dad just showed me a few clips from the 1968 movie "Paper Lion," about the Detroit Lions' football camp. There is a scene where the veteran players make each of the new recruits stand up on a chair and sing his fight song, and one of the guys sang Ay Zig!! What's really neat about that is that the guy who sang it actually was a BG football player- Mike Weger, DB.

I can't remember if it was in this forum or the marching band forum, but a while back there was a question as to whether it is "fight for BGSU" or "win for BGSU." Well, Weger sang "fight," and I'm inclined to go with a 37-year-old movie (besides the fact that fight just sounds better than win, anyway).

Later on in the movie, a bunch of the guys are drunkenly stumbling home, and they do an entertainingly effective job of turning Ay Zig into a drinking song- with one revision: "roll along, you mangy warriors!!"

After I saw it, I immediately thought of you guys.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:46 pm

You need to read this forum more often Jackie...we've talked about that movie many times!

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:20 pm

Crazy, I've yet to see it mentioned before, but I'll go with the Behemoth.

BleedOrange · Post by **BleedOrange** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:25 pm

Metz wrote:You need to read this forum more often Jackie...we've talked about that movie many times!

Metz, some of us actually have lives you know, and can't make it out here any more than 5 times per day.

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:00 am

Just to show that Mike is not making it up. Here goes:

http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB2/v ... paper+lion

http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB2/v ... paper+lion

http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB2/v ... paper+lion

Godsgirlerific · Post by **Godsgirlerific** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:21 pm

I don't think anyone said Metz was making it up. But obviously there was at least one AZZer besides me who didn't know about the movie yet (or at least hadn't seen a post about it), so my post is justified.

And really, you've got to spend a few hours a day in the football forum alone to read ALL the topics and ALL the replies. Now, I adore BG football, but I have other things to do!! I've barely kept up with the band forum this summer, and that has a slightly smaller audience than the football forum.

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:32 pm

There is an easy way to combat that problem - instead of surfing individual forums, click on the "View Posts Since Last Visit" link and it will open everything you've missed... It's easier to browse.

CapitalFalcon · Post by **CapitalFalcon** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:32 pm

Any body remember what weekend we play Michigan this year?

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:43 pm

CapitalFalcon wrote:Any body remember what weekend we play Michigan this year?

September 31st.

rc_ziggy84 · Post by **rc_ziggy84** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:21 pm

TG1996 wrote:
CapitalFalcon wrote:Any body remember what weekend we play Michigan this year?
September 31st.

That's my birthday!

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