TN ruining SC's Introduction

#76
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nash101 said:
No problem with the team coming out before or during our entrance -- just not coming out and running thru the band like bama did
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Agreed, I think that is the difference between acceptable and trashy. Maybe the "band dad" could comment; also someone who knows if there is a set time or a designated person who tells the team to enter the stadium.
 
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#77
#77
For real? Seriously? Are some of you on here just trollin' or are you really comparing our team's entrance onto the field at SC to what a hand full of Bama players and coaches did at Neyland?

What I saw in the SC video: an army of Storm Troopers run out of the locker room, follow the EDGE of the field down the back of the endzone, around the corner and down the sideline to their gametime position. Yes, they were led by a guy waving our Power-T orange flag. Yes, the band cranked up Rocky Top eventually. I had no problem with Bama's flag bearers or the buck fifty band playing while we opened the T.

What I personally witnessed at Neyland: some punk bama player almost to the hash mark high-stepping about 15 yards away from the colors being retired. Classless. An assistant coach arguing with an assistant band director who was trying to direct said player off of the field to his sideline where he belonged. Classless. A group of QB's and WR's step onto the field into the Pride formation and begin throwing passes just inches from the heads of our flag squad. Classless.

Some of you need to find the edge and step off. What we did at SC is done weekly in middle school, high school, and college. It's not disrespectful or classless. Visiting teams take the field while the home crowd is still celebrating in anticipation of their team. The boos rain down. It's all part of the fun. And it's nowhere near classless.

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Aerie Vol said:
For real? Seriously? Are some of you on here just trollin' or are you really comparing our team's entrance onto the field at SC to what a hand full of Bama players and coaches did at Neyland?

What I saw in the SC video: an army of Storm Troopers run out of the locker room, follow the EDGE of the field down the back of the endzone, around the corner and down the sideline to their gametime position. Yes, they were led by a guy waving our Power-T orange flag. Yes, the band cranked up Rocky Top eventually. I had no problem with Bama's flag bearers or the buck fifty band playing while we opened the T.

What I personally witnessed at Neyland: some punk bama player almost to the hash mark high-stepping about 15 yards away from the colors being retired. Classless. An assistant coach arguing with an assistant band director who was trying to direct said player off of the field to his sideline where he belonged. Classless. A group of QB's and WR's step onto the field into the Pride formation and begin throwing passes just inches from the heads of our flag squad. Classless.

Some of you need to find the edge and step off. What we did at SC is done weekly in middle school, high school, and college. It's not disrespectful or classless. Visiting teams take the field while the home crowd is still celebrating in anticipation of their team. The boos rain down. It's all part of the fun. And it's nowhere near classless.

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Excellent. :clap:
 
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#79
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Backwards K said:
The song is from a B grade movie from the 70s,
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Yeah... pretty sure 2001 won an Oscar or two.

Also, pretty sure Strauss wrote that music before the Cocks had a football program.

Primarily, I think those flatland punks got a lot of nerve stealing See See Rider from Tennessee's most famous son.
 
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Their pregame song is named Also sprach Zarathustra, which was used as the theme song for the movie, "2001 A Space Odyssey." When I was in HS band before I was in POTS, we played the song just to play it. But to play it for a pregame for an SEC football team? It's like they are saying, "We couldn't think of anything for our crummy band to play so we decided to pipe in music for pregame." Also, the fight song is "Step to the Rear." Again, they just took some random song and have tried to make it a tradition. That's as bad as NC State stealing the Army song, Caissons Go Rolling Along, for its fight song. Just no originality.
 
#81
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Backwards K said:
The song is from a B grade movie from the 70s, the smoke comes from fire extinguishers and the mascot is a man in a chicken costume wearing tights!!

Nothing screams tradition like that. Plus, their fight song is a show tune from the 60s!!
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Are you referring to 2001: a space odyssey?? came out in 1968 and was a movie that I believe had one of the biggest budgets at that time. Your post is F- grade
 
#82
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If i remember correctly, I heard from some coaches the reason the away team comes out about the same time the home team is to prevent booing and more harsher things.
 
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apkvol said:
Their pregame song is named Also sprach Zarathustra, which was used as the theme song for the movie, "2001 A Space Odyssey." When I was in HS band before I was in POTS, we played the song just to play it. But to play it for a pregame for an SEC football team? It's like they are saying, "We couldn't think of anything for our crummy band to play so we decided to pipe in music for pregame." Also, the fight song is "Step to the Rear." Again, they just took some random song and have tried to make it a tradition. That's as bad as NC State stealing the Army song, Caissons Go Rolling Along, for its fight song. Just no originality.
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Really? Wave white flags and play a song titled "Step to the Rear" as part of a football tradition? Now I'm really confused.
 
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Backwards K said:
I'm just ashamed that there are so many Star Trek fans who root for the Vols. 2001 was a sorry movie and only someone who wears a pocket protector every day would think differently:rock: And the idiot who tired to compare Rocky Top to that song should have his Vol fan card revoked.

I stand by earlier statments about the mascot being a man wearing tights in a chicken costume and the fight song is a show tune from the 60s.

Also, most people are familiar with the song from 2001: A Space Odyssey because Ric Flair used it as his intro....WOOOOOOOOOOO
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I've seen no clearer demonstration of idiot than what you have managed here from your screen name to confusing Star Trek and Space Odyssey which is laughable.
 
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uberVol said:
B grade movie? Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the best if not the best film of all time. And it's from the sixties. Yes, Elvis bastardized it and SC's use is atrocious, but c'mon, I'm guessing you're more of a 300 or Pure County kind of guy? I'm mostly a lurker, but I could not stand for this!
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Absolutely this! 2001 is a classic, one of the best sci-fi films ever made. SC really doesn't deserve to be able to use it, and they are just another example of how that song is overplayed on things much less epic than the movie.
 
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Aerie Vol said:
For real? Seriously? Are some of you on here just trollin' or are you really comparing our team's entrance onto the field at SC to what a hand full of Bama players and coaches did at Neyland?

What I saw in the SC video: an army of Storm Troopers run out of the locker room, follow the EDGE of the field down the back of the endzone, around the corner and down the sideline to their gametime position. Yes, they were led by a guy waving our Power-T orange flag. Yes, the band cranked up Rocky Top eventually. I had no problem with Bama's flag bearers or the buck fifty band playing while we opened the T.

What I personally witnessed at Neyland: some punk bama player almost to the hash mark high-stepping about 15 yards away from the colors being retired. Classless. An assistant coach arguing with an assistant band director who was trying to direct said player off of the field to his sideline where he belonged. Classless. A group of QB's and WR's step onto the field into the Pride formation and begin throwing passes just inches from the heads of our flag squad. Classless.

Some of you need to find the edge and step off. What we did at SC is done weekly in middle school, high school, and college. It's not disrespectful or classless. Visiting teams take the field while the home crowd is still celebrating in anticipation of their team. The boos rain down. It's all part of the fun. And it's nowhere near classless.

AV
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Well said.
 
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#88
#88
Just to repeat what has been posted, but frequently ignored: in televised games, the network dictates when the visiting team comes out. All the home team has to do is come out sooner.

As with everything else in sports these days, TV calls the shots.
 
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17Vols said:
USCs intro smacks of saturday morning cartoons
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Huh? Are you referring to the unveiling of a guy in a chicken suit from behind a red vinyl shower curtain, accompanied by a canned version of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"?:eek:lol:
Ric Flair is jealous.
 
#91
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ukvols said:
South Carolina's introduction was taking way too long.
I was there, and it looked like our people were trying to be patient and respectful and finally decided to heck with it. We did run across the end zone and around to our sideline. It's not as if we ran through their spirit squad.

Their band marched towards their entrance like ours does. Then, they played a video. Then, they had a celebrity get the crowd into a Game---Cocks cheer. Then, they finally played 2001 Odyssey. Then, they took the field.

I believe we do play one video before taking the field, after the band marches over. They basically played two videos and inserted a celebrity-led cheer. It all looked good. It just took too long.

I actually started taping with my phone after the first video started playing. It was another four minutes before the teams were out. It felt like much longer.
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Apparently, Bama thought the same thing about the Vols pregame. That didn't stop the idiots and morons from jumping on here to whine and complain about how disrespectful it was. The double standard is alive and well among the hypocrites.

Interesting how people worry about certain "disrespectful" acts and not others such as common decency. Stop being such emotional twits and start using some logic and common sense.
 
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UTFootballFan said:
Apparently, Bama thought the same thing about the Vols pregame. That didn't stop the idiots and morons from jumping on here to whine and complain about how disrespectful it was. The double standard is alive and well among the hypocrites.

Interesting how people worry about certain "disrespectful" acts and not others such as common decency. Stop being such emotional twits and start using some logic and common sense.
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Yeah, our players did the same thing that bama did.
 
#93
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UTFootballFan said:
Apparently, Bama thought the same thing about the Vols pregame. That didn't stop the idiots and morons from jumping on here to whine and complain about how disrespectful it was. The double standard is alive and well among the hypocrites.

Interesting how people worry about certain "disrespectful" acts and not others such as common decency. Stop being such emotional twits and start using some logic and common sense.
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"Logic and common sense." LOL.

I ask you - how many Volunteer football players approached within 15 yards and high-stepped when the colors were being retired at SC? Zero, in case you weren't paying attention.

How many football players entered the SC band formation while they were still on the field? Zero.

It's not "whining" when you state the Bama players and coaches demonstrated classlessness. Wow, that's actually a word, apparently. Buy anyway, I'd be the first to step on here and complain about my beloved Vols if they had treated the SC band and colors the way Bama treated ours.

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aboles922 said:
Why don't you come to Chattanooga and take my pocket protector out of my star trek loving, UT watching pocket?
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Do you keep a #2 pencil in your protector or do you just have ink pens?

Sorry to upset so many Sci-Fi geeks with my comments. My goal was to make fun of South Carolina's entrance which I think is a comic book entrance. Didn't know so many of you were so protective of your sci-fi icons and your pocket protectors.

I promise I will rent the movie again soon and watch it in the basement of my Mom's house in y'all's honor.
 
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Aerie Vol said:
"Logic and common sense." LOL.

I ask you - how many Volunteer football players approached within 15 yards and high-stepped when the colors were being retired at SC? Zero, in case you weren't paying attention.

How many football players entered the SC band formation while they were still on the field? Zero.

It's not "whining" when you state the Bama players and coaches demonstrated classlessness. Wow, that's actually a word, apparently. Buy anyway, I'd be the first to step on here and complain about my beloved Vols if they had treated the SC band and colors the way Bama treated ours.

AV
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So, you are going with the our wrong isn't as egregious as theirs argument? Did the band not strike up and play while the SC band was on the field playing? The players did make their entrance while the SC band was still performing their pregame whatever you want to call it.

My problem isn't with what either team did. My problem is with the double standard exhibited by the emotional twits that only see things one way. I also think it ridiculous people try to justify something based on their lack of approval of another team's traditions.

There are many college kids on this forum that come across as if they are still in elementary school. Guess it's OK cause they are just drunk college kids.
 
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UTFootballFan said:
So, you are going with the our wrong isn't as egregious as theirs argument? Did the band not struck up and play why the SC band was on the field playing? The players did make their entrance while the SC band was still performing their pregame whatever you want to call it.

My problem isn't with what either team did. My problem is with the double standard exhibited by the emotional twits that only see things one way.
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Ahhh...you'll get over it...or you won't... Doesn't really matter.
 
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UTFootballFan said:
So, you are going with the our wrong isn't as egregious as theirs argument? Did the band not strike up and play while the SC band was on the field playing? The players did make their entrance while the SC band was still performing their pregame whatever you want to call it.

My problem isn't with what either team did. My problem is with the double standard exhibited by the emotional twits that only see things one way. I also think it ridiculous people try to justify something based on their lack of approval of another team's traditions.

There are many college kids on this forum that come across as if they are still in elementary school. Guess it's OK cause they are just drunk college kids.
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I'm going with the "we didn't do anything wrong and bama did" argument. It's not a double standard. I don't care that bama's band played when their team ran out and I likewise don't care that the Pride played while SC was still on the field playing. My problem was never with the bama team running out while we were playing, and I've clearly stated what they did that I have a problem with. Please find similar evidence against the Vols at SC.

There is no double standard and I've already stated I'd be the first to condemn my own team if we disrespected their band or colors the way bama did to us.

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#98
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OrangeMagic said:
Grade B movie? ....now your screen name makes perfect sense. I love Rocky Top but it is a country song, our mascot is in a dog suit. half a dozen one, six the other...

I love ours because it's ours
I hate theirs because it's theirs
but there's not a lot of difference in them....
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Grade B movie lost me as well. 2001 won an Oscar and is on just about every top 20 list for American films. Kubrick didn't make B movies. Back to football.
 
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Backwards K said:
I'm just ashamed that there are so many Star Trek fans who root for the Vols. 2001 was a sorry movie and only someone who wears a pocket protector every day would think differently:rock: And the idiot who tired to compare Rocky Top to that song should have his Vol fan card revoked.

I stand by earlier statments about the mascot being a man wearing tights in a chicken costume and the fight song is a show tune from the 60s.

Also, most people are familiar with the song from 2001: A Space Odyssey because Ric Flair used it as his intro....WOOOOOOOOOOO
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I forgot the Nature Boy used it. Nice.
 
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#100
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Backwards K said:
Also, most people are familiar with the song from 2001: A Space Odyssey because Ric Flair used it as his intro....WOOOOOOOOOOO
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Bingo. It's sad when your team's intro can never measure up to this:

Ric Flair Entrance Video - YouTube

Of course to be the man you've gotta beat the man. And the Gamecocks can't ever seem to beat the man.
 
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