NCAA Football '11-'12

[Valmy]

Also why are ~half of them covered and saluting, and the other half not?

It may be that the ones in back are underneath the upper deck and so not "outdoors" and thus required (allowed) to cover.

These guys are reserve soldiers, though, correct?  They should be saluting the flag, then, covered or not.

Of course it was an indoor stadium...

But yes they are ROTC whatever status precisely that is.

[Barrister]

Are you supposed to "hate" your biggest rival?

I mean the Blue Bombers biggest rival is the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and while I wish the Riders would go 0-18 every single year, I don't hate them.  They're lovable in the way you love your inbred, retarded in-laws who live in the country.   

Well Arizona State are the biggest cheaters in the history of College sports which is really an amazing achievement.

But frankly I am just sorta disappointed.  Just like your Jets I always rooted for Arizona and hated on ASU because, you know, Berkut is a Languishite and I like talking sports and I thought we were friends and all.  Ah well.

I dunno - I guess I never thought of it that way.

Well - I guess I would smile if Wyoming won a game, and I did play a multi-year dynasty in an NCAA game as FAU because we had a couple Languishites who went there, but in general I like, or dislike, teams for my own reasons.

I totally respect why you'd be a Longhorn fan and, unlike Berkut, I generally wouldn't bad-mouth the team to your face, but they're really not the kind of team I would cheer for.

Except I will badmouth the Riders to Neil's face.  Riders suck and don't know how to count.

[grumbler]

Of course it was an indoor stadium...

But yes they are ROTC whatever status precisely that is.

I think covers are optional for army types indoors.  Weird A&M rules can apply.

But, still, Army regs say you salute the flag.  A&M cannot re-write army regs.  Unless that's not the flag being saluted, of course.

[grumbler]

Valmy, if it makes you feel any better (since I don't have a horse i the race), I root for the 'horns just because I think they are a great and classy program.  I'd be delighted if the vagaries of fortune meant that they landed in the B10.  I'd rather see them in the conference than any team in the country.

[Valmy]

Valmy, if it makes you feel any better (since I don't have a horse i the race), I root for the 'horns just because I think they are a great and classy program.  I'd be delighted if the vagaries of fortune meant that they landed in the B10.  I'd rather see them in the conference than any team in the country.

Thanks I feel the same way about Michigan.  I would prefer Texas remain in its regional conference with its traditional rivals but if they did have to leave the Big 10 would be at the top of the list.

[Eddie Teach]

You folks are reading a lot into a single image. Perhaps they had just raised the flag or whatever and some sections were slower to notice. It's been my experience at big sporting events that most people in the crowd start doing things like that when they notice the people around them doing it.

[Valmy]

Well - I guess I would smile if Wyoming won a game, and I did play a multi-year dynasty in an NCAA game as FAU because we had a couple Languishites who went there, but in general I like, or dislike, teams for my own reasons.

I totally respect why you'd be a Longhorn fan and, unlike Berkut, I generally wouldn't bad-mouth the team to your face, but they're really not the kind of team I would cheer for.

Except I will badmouth the Riders to Neil's face.  Riders suck and don't know how to count.

Hey I get that.  CdM also hates Texas and it is no big deal.  But Berkut goes full on troll mode.  I mean it is kinda fun but another part of me is like 'hey I made an effort man, come on now'.

Not sure what you mean by "they're really not the kind of team I would cheer for" but whatever.

[MadBurgerMaker]

It may be that the ones in back are underneath the upper deck and so not "outdoors" and thus required (allowed) to cover.

I was thinking it might be something like that at first, but I noticed some dudes in the back under the stands and in the dark (left side of the photo) who are covered and saluting.

They're also not necessarily ROTC students.  It's a different thing.  ROTC is mandatory for corps members for the first couple years, then voluntary after that.  Some (most?  I don't know the stats) of those people in that picture are just...playing army.

E:  Maybe that's what it is.  The ROTC students are saluting, the others aren't? 

[Eddie Teach]

Not sure what you mean by "they're really not the kind of team I would cheer for" but whatever.

They never punt on third down.

[Valmy]

You folks are reading a lot into a single image. Perhaps they had just raised the flag or whatever and some sections were slower to notice. It's been my experience at big sporting events that most people in the crowd start doing things like that when they notice the people around them doing it.

I was about to suggest maybe the other dudes had just not started saluting yet.  But notice the dates have their hands on their hearts as if they were singing the anthem and it just seems very much in the Aggie tradition to have a hazing-ish period before you get the right to salute the flag.

[Barrister]

Well - I guess I would smile if Wyoming won a game, and I did play a multi-year dynasty in an NCAA game as FAU because we had a couple Languishites who went there, but in general I like, or dislike, teams for my own reasons.

I totally respect why you'd be a Longhorn fan and, unlike Berkut, I generally wouldn't bad-mouth the team to your face, but they're really not the kind of team I would cheer for.

Except I will badmouth the Riders to Neil's face.  Riders suck and don't know how to count.

Hey I get that.  CdM also hates Texas and it is no big deal.  But Berkut goes full on troll mode.  I mean it is kinda fun but another part of me is like 'hey I made an effort man, come on now'.

Not sure what you mean by "they're really not the kind of team I would cheer for" but whatever.

No chapter of DU on campus for one.

[derspiess]

Of course it was an indoor stadium...

But yes they are ROTC whatever status precisely that is.

I think covers are optional for army types indoors.  Weird A&M rules can apply.

But, still, Army regs say you salute the flag.  A&M cannot re-write army regs.  Unless that's not the flag being saluted, of course.

IIRC not all their cadets are fully enrolled in ROTC, i.e. not on a track to earn a commission.  Not sure why they wouldn't have those guys saluting as well, but maybe that's another weird A&M thing.

edit: missed MiM's post 

[sbr]

I want to know who the #1 force of evil is.

*please be Ohio State*

I bet it is John Mackovic.

While not a terrible guess, Whackovic is not important enough to rate that level of Evil.

No, I am speaking of Notre Dame, of course.

WTF, so Oregon is only #3.

[grumbler]

Speaking of numbers, the polls ranking Michigan #11 and #12 are complete bullshit.  Michigan is on its way back, no doubt (there has been more progress between any three game this year than you saw in the three years RichRod was there), but they are still barely a top-25 team, if that.   I'd be hard-pressed to justify ranking them ahead of Illinois, for instance.  Ditto for MSU.

[Berkut]

Yeah, I could imagine the two don't like each other, what with going after the same core of bandwagon Texans and other assorted riff-raff.

Seriously?  You are lecturing me about bandwagoners?  I mean you are such a bandwagoner you hate Texas and Notre Dame more than your freaking rival.  You are the Tim of haterade.

You are incorrect. I hate ASU much more than Texas or Notre Dame. But ASU is little-e evil, a vile and scumridden school of low means and lower standards. They are deserving of all the contempt and derision they so certainly receive, but they are much too petty and inconsequential to be Truly Evil in the manner of Texas and Notre Dame.