Thanks FMB

It's the Journey... · Post by **It's the Journey...** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:30 pm

I agree and it is one that coaches should be pressured to continue for many years into the future. Here at Illinois State, where I am living now, the team comes over to the band at the end of the game and sings, yes sings the fight song through once and then the band plays the second time. After that everyone there sings the alma mater. It is a chilling experience. We can have that here if we really want it.

SaxyGirl85 · Post by **SaxyGirl85** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:00 am

that would be amazing...i can only imagine.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:26 am

Post game tradition.

It's been around a loooooooong, time my young ones. Pull up a piece of floor whilst Uncle Mark tells you about "the way it was".

Post game, every game. First to the west, Forward Foreskins. East, visiting fight song and a selection from the halftime show. Back to the west, a selection or two from the halftime show. Finally, to the East, with Chief conducting, a march. People did stick around for the postgame show because there was an announcement regarding the show.

If we had a visiting band or a local high school band, they were welcomed onto the field and we would trade off fight songs and either both end in playing the march or the march wasn't played at all.

The FB players going over to the band didn't start until '94, I believe. Blackney and the band had GREAT - and I mean GREAT - rapport. His record doesn't speak volumes, but I will always hold that man in a positive light.

So now you knoooooow the REST of the story. Good DAY!

FliccGirl · Post by **FliccGirl** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:30 am

Wait a second thought.... how does that coincide with the band having marched postgame in 1999, as stated earlier in this thread? *confused* lol

Godsgirlerific · Post by **Godsgirlerific** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:25 pm

goofyeuph wrote:Normally at this point Dr. Toney would play at least something from halftime, if not the entire show, from the stands. For some reason I remember doing this regularly through the '03 season.

But Hu-To wasn't there for the '03 season. That was Dr. Hayward's first year. Did you mean the '02 season?

FliccGirl · Post by **FliccGirl** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:11 pm

Godsgirlerific wrote:
goofyeuph wrote:Normally at this point Dr. Toney would play at least something from halftime, if not the entire show, from the stands. For some reason I remember doing this regularly through the '03 season.
But Hu-To wasn't there for the '03 season. That was Dr. Hayward's first year. Did you mean the '02 season?

And I only remember playing halftime music after the game, for the first home game. After that I'm pretty sure it was usually just FF, AZZ, Alma Mater, and Beer Barrel.

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:09 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:Post game tradition.

"Forward Foreskins."

So now you knoooooow the REST of the story. Good DAY!

I've listened to a lot of Paul Harvey in my day on WGN Radio in Chicago, and don't ever recall him talking about that song.... Haha, I love that tune, but don't exactly think that the lyrics should be repeated here.

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:16 pm

Shakeatailfeather04 wrote:Just because the players don't sing the words doesn't mean that they don't know them. Also, Urban did plenty to make himself look good during his time here, he didn't need to start that tradition to do that.
Sorry to keep harping on it, but I really love that tradition. I love it even more now that I'm an alum.

I'm the same age as Red, and I have to agree. After watching our team in 8 games that season, 7 of which were losses, we were more than thrilled when Urban showed up and all of a sudden we had a 9-3 season. Unless you were here for the tail end of the Blackney Regime, you just wouldn't understand how pitiful that team was in 2000.

I think that the way he deceived the public about staying around was bad, along with not talking with his team personally when he left. However, I cannot fault him for leaving. He got a VERY large pay raise for going to Utah, probably a pretty nice bonus for getting his team to a BCS game, and an even bigger pay raise when he went to Florida. Football is a business like anything else, and if you tell me one person who would turn down a huge pay raise, better job, and better location, and I'll bake you a cookie.

Ohiogal · Post by **Ohiogal** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:35 pm

The 'one person' would be "Toledo Tom". he will die at toledo. the man won't leave, no matter what!

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:00 pm

Wait? You mean to tell me that there are better locations to live than Toledo, OH? Blasphemy.

OK, #1. I am joking, and will be out of OH by the time the new year rolls around.

#2. Good point. That man, can't, and won't leave for anything. Now about that cookie...

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:12 pm

Shakeatailfeather04 wrote:Just because the players don't sing the words doesn't mean that they don't know them.

But when you are friends with a lot of the team and they tell you they have never had to learn the words, it's a pretty good sign...

Ohiogal · Post by **Ohiogal** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:18 am

As for the players not knowing the words... I went to the women's football dinner a couple weeks ago and aske d the players to sing Ay Zig. They couldn't. Mrs. Brandon and I had to sing them the words. I think that's why they lost...

Ohiogal · Post by **Ohiogal** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:31 am

And BGMaggot... I like chocolate chip, thank you very much!

Godsgirlerific · Post by **Godsgirlerific** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:12 am

Ohiogal wrote:As for the players not knowing the words... I went to the women's football dinner a couple weeks ago and aske d the players to sing Ay Zig. They couldn't. Mrs. Brandon and I had to sing them the words. I think that's why they lost...

They don't know the words to Ay Zig????

HOW is that possible??

I mean, while it's not cool, I can at least fathom that they might not know the words to the Alma Mater. If I weren't in band, choir or TBS, then I might not know the words myself. But Ay Zig?? Seriously!!

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:42 pm

Ohiogal wrote:And BGMaggot... I like chocolate chip, thank you very much!

Does this work?

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