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The cannon!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:48 pm
by BGSU33
I love when they fire that thing off after a BG score. Watching my mom jump out of her seat every time BG scored against Ball State was priceless! It only took her about six BG touchdowns to finally catch on as to when it was coming again!

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:31 pm
by 1987alum
I have to say that is the one thing that Noah didn't like about our trip to BG last year. He was relieved when he found out there would be no cannon at the MCB.
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:16 pm
by factman
OU's ROTC does the same thing........they haven't used much ammo this year!!!

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:49 pm
by BGSUfanatUT
they do it at the glass bowl as well. its one of the social frats that does it. its pretty small and jsut makes noice, no cool rings like our ROTC cannon leave.
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:36 pm
by Dayons_Den
Central Michigan also shoots a cannon.
Yeaaaa for Cannons.
CANNONS ROCK OUT
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:16 am
by Metz
BGSUfanatUT wrote:they do it at the glass bowl as well. its one of the social frats that does it. its pretty small and jsut makes noice, no cool rings like our ROTC cannon leave.
Those rings are tight! I'd love if they did a double shot where the get the ring and then a football or Falcon to fly through it

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:43 am
by BGSUfanatUT
how smooth would it be to train a real falcon to do that? Miami's entrance can eat my shorts!
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:50 am
by Lord_Byron
1987alum wrote:I have to say that is the one thing that Noah didn't like about our trip to BG last year. He was relieved when he found out there would be no cannon at the MCB.
The only thing the princess hated more than the cannon was the Sic-Sic guy in the pig mask.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:10 am
by Flipper
Flipperella hates the cannon and the busses that are parked by the visitors lockers. She's down with Fredie, Frieda and Sic Sic.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:17 am
by Metz
BGSUfanatUT wrote:how smooth would it be to train a real falcon to do that? Miami's entrance can eat my shorts!
That would be awesome. To have it do it's own screech would be cool too while it's flying through. We could mic it and get rid of the one they play now!!
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:04 pm
by Redwingtom
Flipper wrote:Flipperella hates the cannon and the busses that are parked by the visitors lockers. She's down with Fredie, Frieda and Sic Sic.
Speaking of those busses...from my vantage point at the BSU game which was obscured by the one tree on campus all I could read on the bus was "ILLINI SWALLOW" which I chuckled at

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:05 pm
by Redwingtom
factman wrote:OU's ROTC does the same thing........they haven't used much ammo this year!!!

Kind of funny though was that they still fired the cannon after their kicker missed the PAT after their defensive TD.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:44 pm
by Warthog
I read on ESPN a few weeks ago, I think it was Gene Wojochowski (sp? :shrug: ), was suggesteing the cannon thing should be banned from games. Is it a good idea having explosives used around so many people? I understand his point and for the most part agree. The cannon really doesn't add anything to the game experience, so for safety's sake, I would prefer it to go away as well.
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:47 pm
by CapitalFalcon
Warthog wrote:I read on ESPN a few weeks ago, I think it was Gene Wojochowski (sp? :shrug: ), was suggesteing the cannon thing should be banned from games. Is it a good idea having explosives used around so many people? I understand his point and for the most part agree. The cannon really doesn't add anything to the game experience, so for safety's sake, I would prefer it to go away as well.
Warthog, are you one of those people that wears a helmet on bike rides???

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:48 pm
by Warthog
MotownFalcon wrote:Warthog wrote:I read on ESPN a few weeks ago, I think it was Gene Wojochowski (sp? :shrug: ), was suggesteing the cannon thing should be banned from games. Is it a good idea having explosives used around so many people? I understand his point and for the most part agree. The cannon really doesn't add anything to the game experience, so for safety's sake, I would prefer it to go away as well.
Warthog, are you one of those people that wears a helmet on bike rides???

No, not me.
