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enough with thunder sticks....time for something new

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:02 am
by MACMAN
but by new I mean old. Cow Bells!!!!!!!!!! which were popular years ago at hockey games, and well....in austria for skiing.. :)

imagine the sound of several thousand cow bells rining in the Doyt!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:11 am
by MACMAN
http://www.bell-outlet.com/cowbells.htm?source=goadd
worth every penny.......8 bucks come on folks lets make some real nosie!!!!

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:12 am
by It's the Journey...
That would drown out our TERRIBLE announcer :wink: But we would have some idiots who would ring the things while we were on offence and ruin that whole thing. Some people's stupid children...

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:17 am
by Rightupinthere
Cow bells seem too high school to me. What's next? Air horns and plastic trumpets?

I don't even care for the thundersticks, to be honest.


How about firearms? Now we're talkin'!

Toledo?

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:21 am
by jmillerbg
Looks like Toledo had these made at one point.

http://www.bell-outlet.com/customkybell.htm


I am by no means an NCAA regulation guru, but I am not sure you are allowed to have these at games.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:22 am
by 1987alum
Image

Yes, indeed!

BTW, here's how to get White ones, which would look VERY nice with some orange "customization" ...

http://www.bell-outlet.com/whitebell.htm

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:24 am
by TG1996
Cowbells are/were Mississippi State's thing.

And, as was mentioned, I'm not so sure you're allowed to have them (per NCAA rules) either.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:48 am
by 1987alum
TG1996 wrote:Cowbells are/were Mississippi State's thing.

And, as was mentioned, I'm not so sure you're allowed to have them (per NCAA rules) either.
From what I gather, NIU and UT fans are still using them. I hadn't heard that the NCAA banned them and that would seem odd. I mean, why is it OK to have 20,000 pairs of thunderstix and no cowbells?

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:51 am
by Jacobs4Heisman

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:53 am
by Dayons_Den
Cowbells are the Columbus Clippers thing.

Yes Miss State is rather upset about a new SEC rule outlawing cow bells at games.

Thunderstix are kind of old but they are cheap, easy to carry/hand out and they are damn loud.

MACMAN- cowbells would be about as embarrassing as your grammer [sic]

see this thread: http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB2/v ... 12&start=0

:wink:

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:55 am
by 1987alum
Thanks for the link. For those not interested in clicking & reading, it says the SEC banned bells. That makes me wonder if this is done at the conference level.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:02 am
by transfer2BGSU
Last year TU fans were encouraging one another to putting about 20 pennies (cheap b@$t@rd$) in 20 oz soda bottles for the TU-BGSU game

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:03 am
by Schadenfreude
1987alum wrote:
Thanks for the link. For those not interested in clicking & reading, it says the SEC banned bells. That makes me wonder if this is done at the conference level.
I think it is done at the conference level -- and if I had to guess, I would guess there is no MAC rule.

After all, our stadiums aren't that big.

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:04 am
by 1987alum
transfer2BGSU wrote:Last year TU fans were encouraging one another to putting about 20 pennies (cheap b@$t@rd$) in 20 oz soda bottles for the TU-BGSU game
It's louder when you use an Altoids box. :D

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:19 am
by Flipper
transfer2BGSU wrote:Last year TU fans were encouraging one another to putting about 20 pennies (cheap b@$t@rd$) in 20 oz soda bottles for the TU-BGSU game
The plan failed because they forgot to tell the UT students to remove the soda before inserting the pennies.