Hello Everybody! It is that time of year again. Did you miss me?
(Updated after reading the article more closely)
Heads up - New SportsCenter "On the Road" for college football coverage
How do we get the ESPN guys to do this for the Monon Bell game? Since DePauw is hosting this year, your ESPN-connected alumni should be able to help get us into the discussion. Depending on how our games with Witt go, this game could be for all the marbles, or at least a spot in the playoffs.
http://d3football.com/notables/2015/09/sportscenter-coming-to-johnnie-tommie-game (http://d3football.com/notables/2015/09/sportscenter-coming-to-johnnie-tommie-game)
Hokie, this has been something both schools have lobbied for forever. It almost happened a few years back -- we keep pushing, and I encourage everyone to chime in if they have contacts, or just by pushing out social media messages.
On this day 70 years ago (9/22/1945), they played a game in our great series - http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/19929/
Quote from: 1837Tigers on September 22, 2015, 06:52:01 AM
Hokie, this has been something both schools have lobbied for forever. It almost happened a few years back -- we keep pushing, and I encourage everyone to chime in if they have contacts, or just by pushing out social media messages.
On this day 70 years ago (9/22/1945), they played a game in our great series - http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/19929/
I know that the collective alumni have lobbied for Game Day to come to the Bell game. This is something new. They now have a "pre Game Day" team that is being deployed to secondary sites. Called "SportsCenter on the Road", it looks like they do a Friday night remote and a Saturday morning 6 to 8 AM (prior to Game Day) remote. At least this is how I read the article.
Getting the actual Game Day guys to the Monon Bell game in November is a pipe dream but this may be something to pursue.
I'm happy to report I've been able to save (w/ a graphic arts assist from Don Amidon, the kingpin of the Crawfordsville mafia) another piece of the rivalry's history: http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/31871/
Quote from: Wabash Hokie on September 23, 2015, 02:25:24 PM
Getting the actual Game Day guys to the Monon Bell game in November is a pipe dream but this may be something to pursue.
Well. . . . they did do amherst williams a few years ago. Of course - i'm sure being a <2 hour drive from Bristol didn't hurt.
Major +k to 1837tigers for your great work on putting this together.
Quote from: 1837Tigers on September 22, 2015, 06:52:01 AM
Hokie, this has been something both schools have lobbied for forever. It almost happened a few years back -- we keep pushing, and I encourage everyone to chime in if they have contacts, or just by pushing out social media messages.
On this day 70 years ago (9/22/1945), they played a game in our great series - http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/19929/
I am sure with a combined effort we could at least get on the radar. It is amazing what an actual letter can accomplish.
Ticket sales info is up for Wabash (http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2015/9/30/FB_0930153005.aspx?path=football)and DePauw (http://www.depauwtigers.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20150902gf4lmt).
http://espn.go.com/espn/customercare/
http://espn.go.com/espn/customercare/tvindex
Might as well send out a few emails and try to get this ball rolling.
Game on. If both teams hold serve against Denison (the best team remaining on each other's schedule) the Bell game is going to be for all the marbles. Glad to see that Lynch has brought the program back. This makes for an even better story line for the ESPN "On the Road" Folks.
The 1912 game in the series was played on this date (Oct. 12) --
http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/21769/
10/13/1911 - a tie http://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/21785/
A Toast to Monon
Join alumni, parents and friends in celebrating a great tradition of DePauw.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
7-9 p.m.
Indiana Landmarks Center, Cook Theater
1201 Central Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Featuring remarks from President Casey and Head Football Coach Bill Lynch.
Emcee Nicole Pence Becker '06, morning anchor, CBS4/WTTV.
Heavy hors d'oeuvres and cocktails provided.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgifsec.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FGIF%2F2014%2F06%2Fill-pass-gif.gif%3Fgs%3Da&hash=931f4a8a09d50e46043cf25a7ea3c4caa1b72a61)
http://gateway.depauw.edu/s/1489/index.aspx?sid=1489&gid=1&pgid=1906&cid=3422&ecid=3422&crid=0&calpgid=13&calcid=664 (http://gateway.depauw.edu/s/1489/index.aspx?sid=1489&gid=1&pgid=1906&cid=3422&ecid=3422&crid=0&calpgid=13&calcid=664)
Official DePauw tailgate registration.
Music and Tigers and Slop... oh my.....
Try cracking a beer open in that camp.... no thanks. They will probably have guard towers at each corner.
Quote from: bashbrother on October 14, 2015, 05:49:56 PM
Music and Tigers and Slop... oh my.....
Try cracking a beer open in that camp.... no thanks. They will probably have guard towers at each corner.
"includes . . . beer and bloody marys."
Apparently reading and comprehension are still electives at that Crawfordsdingle Technical and Vocational College.
"A toast to Monon" - what the hell is that??? Why do the Dannies call it "Monon?"
It's the Monon Bell...
Funny you guys bailed on the annual Stag event. Lame ass actually.
WAF
Quote from: BashBacker#16 on October 14, 2015, 07:57:16 PM
"A toast to Monon" - what the hell is that??? Why do the Dannies call it "Monon?"
It's the Monon Bell...
Funny you guys bailed on the annual Stag event. Lame ass actually.
WAF
The "Monon Bell" is the trophy awarded to the victor of the annual college football match-up between DePauw University and Dabash Vocational School of Pond Maintenance. The trophy, "The Monon Bell", was added as an award to the winner of the match-up in 1932. As we know from the song, the match-up has been played, "Since eighteen-ninety they have played the last game ev'ry fall." To call the game "Monon Bell" would disregard those games played prior to 1932. To say to someone, "Happy Monon Bell" makes no sense, unless they were referring to the Trophy. Monon is appropriate.
Here we go with the "Stag" nonsense again. The "Stag" only drew interest from those Neanderthals still living in their mother's basement in the middle west part of Indiana, who had nothing better to do on a Friday night, and who lack a significant component of being able to socialize with or accept as equal a little over one half of the human race. Yes, a "Stag" party is an all male party. At Dabash, women occupy positions either of superiority or inferiority, not equality. At DePauw, everyone is welcome (even Caveboyzz). No one is excluded. Women are peers.
Your "Stag" party is an antiquated relic where women are excluded. Plus, who wants to hear a bunch of recycled Ohio State-Michigan/Minnesota–Wisconsin jokes with DePauw and Dabash substituted where needed. LAME. No thank you.
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on October 15, 2015, 11:40:36 AM
Your "Stag" party is an antiquated relic where women are excluded. Plus, who wants to hear a bunch of recycled Ohio State-Michigan/Minnesota–Wisconsin jokes with DePauw and Dabash substituted where needed. LAME. No thank you.
That's really just a weak excuse for why your half of rivalry withdrew from the event. You can make it a gender equality issue and pretend to take some kind of imaginary social high road if you want, but it's really a football (in)equality issue. DePauw has been so embarrassing in this game for long enough that they just didn't want to show up and pretend to have a conversation about how this year is going to be different (it won't be).
You all can turn a dudes' night out into an affront on civil rights if you want (it isn't), but we all know why you really stopped going to the event. 32-19, 47-0, 45-7, 23-0, 38-21, 27-3. That's why.
Quote from: wally_wabash on October 15, 2015, 11:54:13 AM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on October 15, 2015, 11:40:36 AM
Your "Stag" party is an antiquated relic where women are excluded. Plus, who wants to hear a bunch of recycled Ohio State-Michigan/Minnesota–Wisconsin jokes with DePauw and Dabash substituted where needed. LAME. No thank you.
That's really just a weak excuse for why your half of rivalry withdrew from the event. You can make it a gender equality issue and pretend to take some kind of imaginary social high road if you want, but it's really a football (in)equality issue. DePauw has been so embarrassing in this game for long enough that they just didn't want to show up and pretend to have a conversation about how this year is going to be different (it won't be).
You all can turn a dudes' night out into an affront on civil rights if you want (it isn't), but we all know why you really stopped going to the event. 32-19, 47-0, 45-7, 23-0, 38-21, 27-3. That's why.
https://youtu.be/92KFhrIrgyY (https://youtu.be/92KFhrIrgyY)
It's more complicated than the recent scores. Part of the problem is that the current DePauw AD could not attend. And then another part is that a DPU alumnus made a disparaging public remark at the event about, well, something sensitive, and the DPU president (who is now the new president at Colgate), it is reported, withdrew support. At least, that is what I've been told. I hold the distinction of having been presented the "Spirit of the Monon Bell" award, proud of it. But let's not get carried away, on either side, about that Stag event and reasons why it ended.
There are far more important reasons for us to snipe at one another. WAF.
Bbear: the weakness of your argument would have either been laughed out of a classroom at Wabash or been greeted with embarrassed silence. By the way, the Stag dinner was on Thursday, not Friday. And women at Wabash are treated with as much, or more, respect as women at DePauw, or anywhere else for that matter. But I expect you won't believe that, or will make a disparaging comment to the contrary. Maybe it's altitude sickness with you, or a Rocky Mountain High. Same old, same old, year after year.
Quote from: sigma one on October 15, 2015, 09:39:57 PM
Bbear: the weakness of your argument would have either been laughed out of a classroom at Wabash or been greeted with embarrassed silence.
There are classrooms at Dabsah? Wow, times are a changing.
Congratulations on the award. I am sure you deserve it.
Thursday, Friday, Monday, I don't care. Were women allowed to attend the "Stag"? It is not within the spirit of a coed University if you prevent over 1/2 of your population from attending. I am sure the "women at Wabash (sp?)" feel respected when they can teach you, clean up after you and feed you, but can't go to class with you.
Thank you for expressing concern about my well-being, but I am doing just great. We breathe the freshest air and drink the cleanest water out here. It is always a natural Rocky Mountain High. And at altitude, all the bad stuff tends to fall to those below you. As the saying goes "^&*$ rolls down hill." How does your water taste?
5 more weeks.
Colorado Monon Bell Classic Events:
Cheer on the DePauw Tigers as they take on the Wabash Little Giants during the 122nd Monon Bell Classic on Saturday, November 14th.
The game will be broadcast live by AXS TV and alumni in your area will be gathering to support the Tigers at:
Brooklyn's
901 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
11 a.m. MST
DePauw University gratefully acknowledges Jack Campbell '68, Jessica Dixon '06 and Mark Rinehart '03 for hosting this event.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Monon Bowl at TBD
Saturday, November 14
Flag Football at Veteran's Park
211 E. Iowa Avenue
Denver, CO 80210
8 a.m. MST
Registration and a list of attendees can be found at gateway.depauw.edu/denvermonon. A cash bar will be available at the telecast party.
Vendetta's Restaurant & Pizza Bar
291 Bridge Street
Vail, CO 81658
11 a.m. MST
DePauw University gratefully acknowledges Ben Hohman '83 for hosting this event.
A limited number of Monon Bell pint glasses are available for the first to register for a telecast party. You can also register by emailing the Office of Alumni Engagement at alumnioffice@depauw.edu or calling 877-658-2586.
From Oct. 16, 1943 - one of my favorite 'Monon Memories' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuPfuIlTBq0
A coupla games played on Oct. 20 in years past-
1894: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9AbA_Rifdw
1913: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EN9_ZcgXR8
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Dear Football Alumni and Friends:
Our trip to Ohio this weekend ended with a BANG! as the field goal sailed through the uprights with 2.5 seconds left on the clock to give us a 31-29 victory over Denison. The win brings our record to 7-1 on the season and 6-1 in NCAC play.
This week we split on our four team metrics:
We won average starting field position by 9 yards.
We had one turnover and forced zero.
We had 2 less explosives plays.
We converted 21% more of our possession (3rd & 4th down) down opportunities.
Offensively, we totaled 436 yards of offense with 308 yards coming through the air and 128 yards on the ground. Junior QB Matt Hunt was 24-36 through the air for 2 touchdowns and added 75 yards on the ground. Sophomore RB Jack Gruber had 44 yards on the ground with a touchdown. Freshman WR Andy Hunt had 10 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. Senior WR Connor Jeffers hauled in 5 catches for 61 yards and a touchdown. We were 50% converting possession downs over the course of the game and totaled 23 first downs.
Defensively, we allowed just 71 yards rushing and totaled 4 sacks. Senior LB Phil Ganser led the team with 13 total tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Junior CB Cody Baker added 10 tackles and Junior LB Will Longthorne tallied 9 tackles. Sophomore DT Chris Hawk, Sophomore DE Joel Kauth, and Freshman DE Nate Orrison each recorded at least 1 sack on the day.
We had a great day on special teams this week. Senior P Paul Simon punted just 3 times for a 38 yard average and a long of 52 yards. Junior K Marko Adams kicked 7 times with a 60-yard average and had 2 touchbacks. Marko was also 3 for 4 on field goals for the day, knocking through kicks from 49, 36, and the game winner from 42 yards out. Marko's 49 yarder was the longest by a DePauw player since Tom Downham's 54-yard school record in 1987.
This Saturday we return to the friendly confines of Blackstock stadium to take on the Oberlin College Yeoman. Oberlin is 3-5 on the season and is a much-improved team from last year. This will be another important North Coast Athletic Conference contest. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST.
It is also our Senior Day, where will be honoring the following players and their families before the game:
Kody Bontreger (Middlebury, IN) – Offensive Line, Captain
Joe Buckley (Oak Forest, IL) – Running Back
Matt Costakis (Indianapolis, IN) – Wide Receiver
Adam Folta (West Lafayette, IN) – Defensive Back
Dan Furman (Fort Wayne, IN) – Defensive Line
Amen Galley (West Lafayette, IN) – Running Back
Phil Ganser (Elmhurst, IL) – Linebacker
Hamm Hooper (St. Louis, MO) – Defensive Back
Michael Hornak (Indianapolis, IN) – Linebacker
AJ Houk (Fort Wayne, IN) – Wide Receiver
Connor Jeffers (Batesville, IN) – Wide Receiver
Tyler Leising (Oldenburg, IN) – Tight End
Hunter Logan (Greencastle, IN) – Offensive Line
Billy McClamroch (Indianapolis, IN) – Wide Receiver
Jake Miller (Evanston, IL) – Running Back
Michael Mitsch (Indianapolis, IN) – Defensive Line, Captain
Taylor Shellman (Indianapolis, IN) – Offensive Line
Paul Simon (Chesterfield, MO) – Defensive Back / Punter
Ray Webb (Walton, KY) – Defensive Back
We hope to see you at Blackstock for this great NCAC matchup and to help us celebrate this great senior class. As always, attached is a link to the DePauw 2015-16 Football Schedule.
TIGER PRIDE.................BEAT WABASH!!!
Bill Lynch
Look, I'm glad DePauw doesn't stink, but truthfully if you're doing cartwheels over beating Denison on a last second field goal, then you're probably not ready.
Baby steps though. Good job.
I don't know, that optional weight training and non-required conditioning program at Debauch looks like its working for them. Just ask their starting QB, Matt Hunt. He said they did a whole 10 jumping jacks yesterday and it was the toughest workout of his life.....
GO WABASH...KILL DPU!!!!
Bear, Been a while since I have been on here. I assume you and the boys are attending this year? Wife and I will be there. Should be there Friday eve. Looking forward to it.
Been looking back at the record books to see when the last time the bell game included more than a bell - that is a conference championship on the line. First things first, remember that AQs didn't come into play until the 1999 season. Before that we had a 16 team tournament with no guaranteed bids and an insane amount of politics.
Before then, DePauw and Wabash both played in the ICAC (the precursor to the HCAC - the conference simply changed names to drop the specific reference to the state of Indiana once Rose Hulman and DePauw left and the addition of Ohio schools Bluffton, Mt St Joseph and Wilmington). DePauw's last season in the ICAC was 1997. Wabash's in 2000.
A piece or the entire portion of the ICAC championship was on the line for the bell games in 1996 and 1991. 1991 was a true winner-take-all showdown where the bell and sole possession of the conference championship went to Wabash. In 1996 - in a mirror reflection of 2015, a Wabash win would have made both the tigers and little giants conference co-champions. Alas - DePauw retook the bell and sole possession of the conference crown.
The ICACs record book (http://static.psbin.com/z/t/rmomtkornh4jvt/FB_Annual_Results.pdf) opens in 1989. I want to say Wabash played as an independent before that - but don't have any records. Certainly no conference championship records are noted in the Wabash football media guide before 1989.
So this bell game is only the third conference championship game, the first in nineteen years, and the first with an automatic ticket to the postseason on the line.
Back in the late 60/s and early to mid 70's, Wabash and DePauw were both members of the ICC, Indiana Collegiate Conference. The ICC consisted of Butler, Evansville, Valparaiso, St. Joseph, University of Indianapolis (Indiana Central back then), Wabash and DePauw. Wabash, DePauw and St. Joe usually fought not to be at the bottom of the conference. The last year we were in the ICC was for the 1975 season, when Wabash dropped out and became a part of the newly formed Division III. For the next few years, we played Butler, U of I, St. Joe and Valpo, eventually dropping them off the schedule as we started playing more D-3 competition. In the 1976 we lost three games...one to Butler, one to University of Indianapolis and one to Albion, who went undefeated and won the MIAA. The next year, the Stagg Bowl year, we defeated St. Joe and Valpo during the season. So thankful those days of only 8 teams going to the playoffs is over as it was all politics, who you knew and who you could get to vote for you. I don't think we would have gone to the playoffs in '77 if anyone over than Frank Navarro had been our coach. He had coached at Columbia had a lot of eastern connections.
Quote from: Fripp52 on November 08, 2015, 11:43:01 AM
Bear, Been a while since I have been on here. I assume you and the boys are attending this year? Wife and I will be there. Should be there Friday eve. Looking forward to it.
I hope to see you this weekend. You know where to find us.
"Because the history of contentiousness between the Wabash and DePauw fans, we separate everything."
- Stevie Baker-Watson
Any logistical information posted about what county Wabash fans are allowed to tailgate in this year? Or is the DePauw athletic department not sharing that information because it might be too "contentious" and needs to be kept separate?
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 11:29:09 AM
Any logistical information posted about what county Wabash fans are allowed to tailgate in this year? Or is the DePauw athletic department not sharing that information because it might be too "contentious" and needs to be kept separate?
If some in the DePauw administration had their way - I'm sure this would be it. (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Putnam+County+Jail/39.6392894,-86.8675297/@39.6366693,-86.8687618,3201m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x33ec8687e0b84ad!2m2!1d-86.8546842!2d39.6334782!1m0!3e2)
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 11:35:02 AM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 11:29:09 AM
Any logistical information posted about what county Wabash fans are allowed to tailgate in this year? Or is the DePauw athletic department not sharing that information because it might be too "contentious" and needs to be kept separate?
If some in the DePauw administration had their way - I'm sure this would be it. (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Putnam+County+Jail/39.6392894,-86.8675297/@39.6366693,-86.8687618,3201m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x33ec8687e0b84ad!2m2!1d-86.8546842!2d39.6334782!1m0!3e2)
"Wabash will be tailgating by the intramural fields. The distance from the field is not intentional; however, it keeps the possibility of potential vandalism associated with the game at a low risk."
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 11:51:35 AM
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 11:35:02 AM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 11:29:09 AM
Any logistical information posted about what county Wabash fans are allowed to tailgate in this year? Or is the DePauw athletic department not sharing that information because it might be too "contentious" and needs to be kept separate?
If some in the DePauw administration had their way - I'm sure this would be it. (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Putnam+County+Jail/39.6392894,-86.8675297/@39.6366693,-86.8687618,3201m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x33ec8687e0b84ad!2m2!1d-86.8546842!2d39.6334782!1m0!3e2)
"Wabash will be tailgating by the intramural fields. The distance from the field is not intentional; however, it keeps the possibility of potential vandalism associated with the game at a low risk."
Do you have a link to some kind of official release?
Does that mean the distance from the field is "unintentional"? What !? Does that mean it was accidental? What!? If I recall, and I do because I was there for the discussions, there did not seem to be significant problems when Wabash and DPU tailgaters shared the large parking lot where DPU has now constructed new playing fields. So why not just say something like--
"With the loss of the large parking lot to the south of the stadium, we have done the best we can and provided Wabash fans with a suitable place to tailgate." That's intentional. Just the DPU administration being the, uh, DPU administration and raising the spector of vandalism and contentiousness while unsuccessfully explaining its decisions. Paranoia runs deep.
Quote from: sigma one on November 09, 2015, 12:36:11 PM
So why not just say something like--
"With the loss of the large parking lot to the south of the stadium, we have done the best we can and provided Wabash fans with a suitable place to tailgate." That's intentional. Just the DPU administration being the, uh, DPU administration and raising the spector of vandalism and contentiousness while unsuccessfully explaining its decisions. Paranoia runs deep.
Losing 6 straight runs deeper ;) how dare we.
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 11:51:35 AM
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 11:35:02 AM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 11:29:09 AM
Any logistical information posted about what county Wabash fans are allowed to tailgate in this year? Or is the DePauw athletic department not sharing that information because it might be too "contentious" and needs to be kept separate?
If some in the DePauw administration had their way - I'm sure this would be it. (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Putnam+County+Jail/39.6392894,-86.8675297/@39.6366693,-86.8687618,3201m/am=t/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x33ec8687e0b84ad!2m2!1d-86.8546842!2d39.6334782!1m0!3e2)
"Wabash will be tailgating by the intramural fields. The distance from the field is not intentional; however, it keeps the possibility of potential vandalism associated with the game at a low risk."
Where are the intramural fields?
Quote from: sigma one on November 09, 2015, 12:36:11 PM
Does that mean the distance from the field is "unintentional"? What !? Does that mean it was accidental? What!? If I recall, and I do because I was there for the discussions, there did not seem to be significant problems when Wabash and DPU tailgaters shared the large parking lot where DPU has now constructed new playing fields. So why not just say something like--
"With the loss of the large parking lot to the south of the stadium, we have done the best we can and provided Wabash fans with a suitable place to tailgate." That's intentional. Just the DPU administration being the, uh, DPU administration and raising the spector of vandalism and contentiousness while unsuccessfully explaining its decisions. Paranoia runs deep.
Although I disagree with it, the number of red Ws painted around campus would justify the vandalism basis for keeping the boyzz in one area.
As always, please come visit our tailgate, we are inclusive of everyone.
Aw man, I honestly thought the Bear was making up quotes here, but no. Those are actually things said by their AD and written by their journos. (http://www.thedepauw.com/news/view.php/1014064/Get-there-early-and-be-prepared-Monon-pr)
It's really unfortunate that the rhetoric from the people in charge down there insists on perpetuating an overly hostile context around this game that hasn't really existed for 15 years.
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 02:08:20 PM
Aw man, I honestly thought the Bear was making up quotes here, but no. Those are actually things said by their AD and written by their journos. (http://www.thedepauw.com/news/view.php/1014064/Get-there-early-and-be-prepared-Monon-pr)
It's really unfortunate that the rhetoric from the people in charge down there insists on perpetuating an overly hostile context around this game that hasn't really existed for 15 years.
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Within Blackstock Stadium, crowd control fences are riddled throughout as well as the additional 650 seats."650 extra seats? Really? Didn't blackstock get renovated not that long ago and that is the best they can do?
The 1979 CBS Sunday Morning feature on the bell game. Hadn't seen this in a while. Remember Joe O'Rourke showing a video of this in speech class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgnsfsoFzE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgnsfsoFzE)
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 02:23:39 PM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 02:08:20 PM
Aw man, I honestly thought the Bear was making up quotes here, but no. Those are actually things said by their AD and written by their journos. (http://www.thedepauw.com/news/view.php/1014064/Get-there-early-and-be-prepared-Monon-pr)
It's really unfortunate that the rhetoric from the people in charge down there insists on perpetuating an overly hostile context around this game that hasn't really existed for 15 years.
"Within Blackstock Stadium, crowd control fences are riddled throughout as well as the additional 650 seats."
650 extra seats? Really? Didn't blackstock get renovated not that long ago and that is the best they can do?
Thought that was weird, also. That has to be a misprint. I think the new and "improved" Blackstock Stadium holds 3,000. So what's the typo here? Could be 6500 extra, but that sounds like more people than they usually let in- 8000 is about their max, give or take a couple hundred. So I don't know what it's supposed to be, but 650 can't be right. Gonna need a bigger boat than that.
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 02:35:37 PM
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 02:23:39 PM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 09, 2015, 02:08:20 PM
Aw man, I honestly thought the Bear was making up quotes here, but no. Those are actually things said by their AD and written by their journos. (http://www.thedepauw.com/news/view.php/1014064/Get-there-early-and-be-prepared-Monon-pr)
It's really unfortunate that the rhetoric from the people in charge down there insists on perpetuating an overly hostile context around this game that hasn't really existed for 15 years.
"Within Blackstock Stadium, crowd control fences are riddled throughout as well as the additional 650 seats."
650 extra seats? Really? Didn't blackstock get renovated not that long ago and that is the best they can do?
Thought that was weird, also. That has to be a misprint. I think the new and "improved" Blackstock Stadium holds 3,000. So what's the typo here? Could be 6500 extra, but that sounds like more people than they usually let in- 8000 is about their max, give or take a couple hundred. So I don't know what it's supposed to be, but 650 can't be right. Gonna need a bigger boat than that.
The published capacity on their D3 football page is 4000. The DPU website (
[size=78%]http://www.depauwtigers.com/facilities/Blackstock_Stadium (http://www.depauwtigers.com/facilities/Blackstock_Stadium)[/size]) lists capacity at 3000 for the home stands. My guess is that there is a "zero" missing from the 650. Total seating for around 9000 to 10000 would be about right.
My understanding based on previous comments on this board is that the Dannies don't sell SRO tix - in theory there is a seat for each ticket they provide to Wabash.
The NCAA attendance info sheet lists their capacity as 3350.
I remember the old days when fans of both teams would meet during the game behind the endzones to exchange pleasantries. That 1979 game many of us sat in the West stands. Thank God Dave Kennedy returned that KO. Wabash O had been doing nothing till then. Some local Greendingle kid stole my hat. I couldn't do anything about it because I was in the West stands and I already spent time in the Putnam County Hoosegow the year before, and Dean Moore said "Every Wabash man is entitled to one run in with the law" so I had used up my quota.
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 02:29:15 PM
The 1979 CBS Sunday Morning feature on the bell game. Hadn't seen this in a while. Remember Joe O'Rourke showing a video of this in speech class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgnsfsoFzE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgnsfsoFzE)
Classic.
Kudos to DPU for the Monon Bell section of their football site. The Monon Memories for every year of the rivalry is really good stuff. Great to look back and remember...both the good and the not so much.
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 03:19:43 PM
I remember the old days when fans of both teams would meet during the game behind the endzones to exchange pleasantries. That 1979 game many of us sat in the West stands. Thank God Dave Kennedy returned that KO. Wabash O had been doing nothing till then. Some local Greendingle kid stole my hat. I couldn't do anything about it because I was in the West stands and I already spent time in the Putnam County Hoosegow the year before, and Dean Moore said "Every Wabash man is entitled to one run in with the law" so I had used up my quota.
Wisdom.
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
It's nice that you have video memories so you can remember what the Bell looks like.
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
It's nice that you have video memories so you can remember what the Bell looks like.
When I was at DePauw, we never lost one. I know exactly what it looks like.
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:34:02 PM
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
It's nice that you have video memories so you can remember what the Bell looks like.
When I was at DePauw, we never lost one. I know exactly what it looks like.
You must be old. lol
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:38:29 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:34:02 PM
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
It's nice that you have video memories so you can remember what the Bell looks like.
When I was at DePauw, we never lost one. I know exactly what it looks like.
You must be old. lol
And you never learned to show respect for your elders . . . Typical caveboy.
Monon Bell game with both teams ranked achievement unlocked.
DePauw squeaks in at #25 in the AFCA poll. (http://afca.com/article/article.php?id=2704) Wabash moves up to #7.
Fun clip from a more recent vintage. DePauw is allergic to touchdowns.
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CTYwOwTUkAEOmAD.mp4
https://youtu.be/hez_nEBiXzg (https://youtu.be/hez_nEBiXzg)
Tyler Kelley
https://youtu.be/t1gbKJXZEhk (https://youtu.be/t1gbKJXZEhk)
Ryan McGuffey
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2015, 05:28:11 PM
Monon Bell game with both teams ranked achievement unlocked.
DePauw squeaks in at #25 in the AFCA poll. (http://afca.com/article/article.php?id=2704) Wabash moves up to #7.
Come back when they get ranked in a real poll.
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 05:14:34 PM
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:38:29 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:34:02 PM
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
It's nice that you have video memories so you can remember what the Bell looks like.
When I was at DePauw, we never lost one. I know exactly what it looks like.
You must be old. lol
And you never learned to show respect for your elders . . . Typical caveboy.
You need to get thicker skin, son. Or find a better team.
Quote from: WAF78 on November 09, 2015, 03:38:06 PM
Kudos to DPU for the Monon Bell section of their football site. The Monon Memories for every year of the rivalry is really good stuff. Great to look back and remember...both the good and the not so much.
Thanks, WAF. It started with my thinking I'd make a dozen or so -- well...
They're all collected here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7132D62E7C8E99EE and appear (1890 through 2008) on the '08 DVD.
That CBS Sunday Morning clip from '79 was recorded by me over Thanksgiving break on a Betamax I bought with summer earnings. Little did I know I'd someday be working at DePauw and working to archive the series.
This just in - the AXS promo for Sat's game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeCSqtW5Gc0
We have a good thing here, guys.
Have to hand it to the graphics folks there at AXS. They managed to create a shot of DePauw walking off the field with the Monon Bell, which hasn't actually happened in the HD era.
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 10, 2015, 10:28:42 AM
Have to hand it to the graphics folks there at AXS. They managed to create a shot of DePauw walking off the field with the Monon Bell, which hasn't actually happened in the HD era.
They should have used this one . . .
https://youtu.be/ZUeuZxjCOJs (https://youtu.be/ZUeuZxjCOJs)
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 11:49:14 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 05:14:34 PM
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:38:29 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:34:02 PM
Quote from: BayernFan on November 09, 2015, 04:26:41 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 09, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010)
Classic.
It's nice that you have video memories so you can remember what the Bell looks like.
When I was at DePauw, we never lost one. I know exactly what it looks like.
You must be old. lol
And you never learned to show respect for your elders . . . Typical caveboy.
You need to get thicker skin, son. Or find a better team.
Why are you so concerned about my skin Buffalo Bill?
https://youtu.be/W-ac87-6n3I (https://youtu.be/W-ac87-6n3I)
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 10, 2015, 10:28:42 AM
Have to hand it to the graphics folks there at AXS. They managed to create a shot of DePauw walking off the field with the Monon Bell, which hasn't actually happened in the HD era.
Wally, you must have been late to the party. The "HD era" began in 2003, as far as this series is concerned. The 2007 & 2008 games, which you apparently watched on a Trinitron tube TV, were indeed HD DePauw victories. :)
Quote from: 1837Tigers on November 10, 2015, 11:36:29 AM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 10, 2015, 10:28:42 AM
Have to hand it to the graphics folks there at AXS. They managed to create a shot of DePauw walking off the field with the Monon Bell, which hasn't actually happened in the HD era.
Wally, you must have been late to the party. The "HD era" began in 2003, as far as this series is concerned. The 2007 & 2008 games, which you apparently watched on a Trinitron tube TV, were indeed HD DePauw victories. :)
Always so serious. I am curious though what kind of favors DePauw had to call in with AXS to get a shot of them winning in that spot? $100K investment and 30% of DVD profits?
Anyway, back to the 19th repost of McGuffey's stupid grenade video. Because God knows that's not run its course yet.
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 10, 2015, 01:18:40 PM
Quote from: 1837Tigers on November 10, 2015, 11:36:29 AM
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 10, 2015, 10:28:42 AM
Have to hand it to the graphics folks there at AXS. They managed to create a shot of DePauw walking off the field with the Monon Bell, which hasn't actually happened in the HD era.
Wally, you must have been late to the party. The "HD era" began in 2003, as far as this series is concerned. The 2007 & 2008 games, which you apparently watched on a Trinitron tube TV, were indeed HD DePauw victories. :)
Always so serious. I am curious though what kind of favors DePauw had to call in with AXS to get a shot of them winning in that spot? $100K investment and 30% of DVD profits?
Anyway, back to the 19th repost of McGuffey's stupid grenade video. Because God knows that's not run its course yet.
https://youtu.be/t1gbKJXZEhk (https://youtu.be/t1gbKJXZEhk) This is still my favorite McGuffey.
But you are right that the Grenade hasn't run its course yet. https://vimeo.com/31460010 (https://vimeo.com/31460010) It just never gets old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9b_-31wwtE
Bear is right - it just never gets old!
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 10, 2015, 01:18:40 PM
Anyway, back to the 19th repost of McGuffey's stupid grenade video. Because God knows that's not run its course yet.
I don't know- maybe the bear is going to post it seven times in honor of the seven touchdowns DePauw scored in the last six bell games.
This just in - video of daGash preparing for this weekend.
https://youtu.be/LPg3K-sAd20 (https://youtu.be/LPg3K-sAd20)
This never gets old either:
Quote from: wabndy on November 09, 2014, 12:17:43 PM
The lesson this Sunday comes from good book of Peebles:
"For three transgressions of the Dannies and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, says Wallace of the Wabash. Because they have coveted their neighbors' bell, they shall never possess the Bell, and it shall remain in stronger hands than theirs all the days of their lives, and they shall hear its sounds ringing in their ears, and they shall lust after it, but they shall be forever frustrated. Becuase they have defaced their neighbors' campus, they shall fall before Stan Parrish and his mighty men, and they shall be powerless before the run, before the pass, and before the field goal, and they shall see many points on the scoreboard, but non shall be theirs, and they shall hear many cheers, but none shall praise them.Because they have broken their neighbors' windows, their own conceit will be broken. And because they have stolen their neighbors' banner, their tiger's tail will be cut in pieces. And, because they have dared to oppose the sons of Wabash in open combat, they shall be cut off out of the land of the living, and their name shall perish from the face of the earth.
But with the sons of Wabash it is not so. The sons of Wabash will possess the goals of the Dannies, and the mighty men of Parrish will trample the faces of the Dannies in the mud, and the hosts of Wabash call their team blessed. And even even the Dannies will remember that giants trod once again upon the earth that day.And the sons of Wabash will possess the women of the Dannies, and will bear them triumphantly away from Greencastle to a fair land to the north, a land flowing with beer, yea with much fine beer and with other pleasures that gladden the hearts of men, and there they shall dwell securely and in happiness all the days of their lives. And the sons of Wabash shall leave the shadow of their own vines, and their own fig trees, only once a year, as they travel triumphantly to and from Phoenix City, and as they pass a brown spot on the Indiana earth, they will say, that once was the Dannies."
Thus speaketh Yahweh.
2189
(52,536 Hours.... 3,152,160 Minutes ;) )
That will be how many glorious consecutive days the Monon Bell will have been ringing in Crawfordsville by game time on Saturday.
Here are a few things to give you a little perspective on just how long that has been:
1. Current Depauw Seniors were Freshman in High School the last time DPU won a Bell Game
2. George Bush handed the keys to the White House over in 2009.
3. Avatar was the largest movie of the year.
4. Walter Cronkite and Michael Jackson were still with us.
5. Apple launched the I-Phone 3G
6. Facebook killed Myspace
7. Twitter went mainstream
8. a gallon of gas cost an average of $2.14 nationwide
9. The Los Angelas Lakers won the NBA Title
10. The New York Yankees won the World Series
11. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl
12. 2009 marked the 1 year anniversary of the end of ZIMA (Could this be why DPU stopped winning?)
..... You get my point..... It has been a long a%$ time...
A little ironic that the 2009 Monon Bell Game was held on Nov. 14th.....
Here is to the next 365 days...
Ding... Ding!
as always....good to hop on and see exactly what I expected.....I never forget how much I despise Wabash, especially this week. DePauw Never Quits.
Quote from: bashbrother on November 10, 2015, 03:35:32 PM
12. 2009 marked the 1 year anniversary of the end of ZIMA (Could this be why DPU stopped winning?)
..
Shut your mouth when you talk to me about ZIMA.
I miss those days https://youtu.be/yUcq9_IsnXM (https://youtu.be/yUcq9_IsnXM)
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdigiday.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F05%2Fgatsby.gif&hash=50bb362b1e4042cde6d6a78cdfa24b5c65acf8a0)
Dear Football Alumni and Friends:
Our Senior day game ended with a big win vs. Oberlin. The final score ended with a 53-0 DePauw Tiger victory. It was a great full team win and our seniors had some great performances in all three phases of the game. The win brings our overall record to 8-1 and 7-1 in NCAC play.
We won three of our four team metrics:
We won average starting field position by 13 yards.
There were no turnovers in the game.
We had 8 more explosives plays.
We converted 50% more of our possession (3rd & 4th down) down opportunities.
Offensively, we had 598 total yards of offense with 290 yards coming in the air and 308 yards on the ground. We totaled 32 first downs for the game and converted 77% of our 3rd down opportunities. Junior QB Matt Hunt was 14-17 for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, and added 61 yards on the ground. Junior RB Jason Kirchhoff led all rushers with 86 yards and 3 touchdowns. Sophomore QB Jake Lasky and Freshman RB Ramon Lopez each added a touchdown on the ground. Senior TE Tyler Leising had 5 catches for 115 yards and 2 touchdowns. Junior WR Ian Good added a touchdown catch.
Defensively, we gave up just 55 yards rushing and held them to just 29% on possession downs. Senior LB Phil Ganser led the defense with 6 total tackes and 1.5 tackles for loss. Junior LB Tommy Gray added 5 total tackles. Freshman DE Nate Orrison had the lone sack of the day. Junior LB Will Longthorne added a tackle for loss and Junior DE Kevin Kiyosaki had .5 a tackle for loss.
Our special teams did a great job of helping us to win the starting field position battle. Senior P Paul Simon punted one for 58 yards. Junior K Marko Adams kicked off 9 times, averaging 62 yards a kick with 2 touchbacks. Marko also made five extra points on the day. Senior FB Jake Miller did a great job on kickoff coverage and ended the day with 4 tackles.
This Saturday we square off in the 122nd Monon Bell Classic versus Wabash College. Kickoff is set for 1:07 p.m. Eastern Time. The game will determine the champion of the NCAC conference and the conference representative in the 2015 Division 3 National Playoffs. Tickets are still available for purchase on the DePauw football webpage. We hope to have an electric crowd on Saturday to cheer our athletes on and help us keep the Bell in Greencastle.
As always, Attached is a link to the DePauw 2015-16 Football Schedule.
TIGER PRIDE.................BEAT WABASH!!!
Bill Lynch
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 11, 2015, 03:46:04 PM
This Saturday we square off in the 122nd Monon Bell Classic versus Wabash College. Kickoff is set for 1:07 p.m. Eastern Time. The game will determine the champion of the NCAC conference and the conference representative in the 2015 Division 3 National Playoffs. Tickets are still available for purchase on the DePauw football webpage. We hope to have an electric crowd on Saturday to cheer our athletes on and help us keep the Bell in Greencastle.
Bill Lynch
Hmmm, don't believe there is anything in Greencastle for DePauw to try to keep . . .
Quote from: Schwami on November 11, 2015, 04:23:26 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 11, 2015, 03:46:04 PM
This Saturday we square off in the 122nd Monon Bell Classic versus Wabash College. Kickoff is set for 1:07 p.m. Eastern Time. The game will determine the champion of the NCAC conference and the conference representative in the 2015 Division 3 National Playoffs. Tickets are still available for purchase on the DePauw football webpage. We hope to have an electric crowd on Saturday to cheer our athletes on and help us keep the Bell in Greencastle.
Bill Lynch
Hmmm, don't believe there is anything in Greencastle for DePauw to try to keep . . .
Can't find anyone strong enough to carry it down to Greencastle for the game? I can pick it up if you want. We usually stop at that truck stop you call Crawfordsdingle to say hello to all the Wally moms at Touch of Class before heading to Grand Olde DePauw.
The fact that Depauw still has tickets left, at their place, sitting at 8-1, for a chance to win the league championship, IS SO DAMN LAME.
Coach Lynch...."hope the crowd is electric" - bahahahahaha - can you imagine ER saying/asking that? It's not necessary EVER for Wabash, it just happens.
One more thing I need to share... In a group text message discussing the game this weekend, I love this text - it sums it up for the Dannies: It's not close dude. And I promise that any Depauw fan that isn't there to get drunk and snapchat is going to see those two teams on the field pregame and go "oh $hit, we're F&%#'ed."
WAF
Quote from: BashBacker#16 on November 12, 2015, 10:56:39 AM
The fact that Depauw still has tickets left, at their place, sitting at 8-1, for a chance to win the league championship, IS SO DAMN LAME.
Coach Lynch...."hope the crowd is electric" - bahahahahaha - can you imagine ER saying/asking that? It's not necessary EVER for Wabash, it just happens.
One more thing I need to share... In a group text message discussing the game this weekend, I love this text - it sums it up for the Dannies: It's not close dude. And I promise that any Depauw fan that isn't there to get drunk and snapchat is going to see those two teams on the field pregame and go "oh $hit, we're F&%#'ed."
WAF
http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2015/11/12/FB_1112152339.aspx (http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2015/11/12/FB_1112152339.aspx)
The fact that daGash still has tickets left, sitting at 9-0, with a total student body of 900, for a chance to win the league championship outright, IS SO DAMN LAME.
I can imagine ER asking Valpo if the position is still open if things go south this weekend.
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 12, 2015, 12:28:27 PM
for a chance to win the league championship,
We won that last week. You see - we actually managed to beat Ohio Wesleyan this year.
Leaving early tomorrow from the great State of Colorado for the annual trip out East. It is hard to believe that this is the 19th Consecutive.
Anyone else have a streak going? Where is everyone traveling from?
As always, stop by our tailgate I will buy you a beer, even if I hate you.
Safe travels.
20 straight for me. Man, time flies.
Quote from: wally_wabash on November 12, 2015, 08:13:14 PM
20 straight for me. Man, time flies.
It just occurred to me that this is no longer an interregional game. I should move this board into the North Region like the Cortaca conversation is in the East. :)
Quote from: Schwami on November 11, 2015, 04:23:26 PM
Quote from: Breckenridgebear on November 11, 2015, 03:46:04 PM
This Saturday we square off in the 122nd Monon Bell Classic versus Wabash College. Kickoff is set for 1:07 p.m. Eastern Time. The game will determine the champion of the NCAC conference and the conference representative in the 2015 Division 3 National Playoffs. Tickets are still available for purchase on the DePauw football webpage. We hope to have an electric crowd on Saturday to cheer our athletes on and help us keep the Bell in Greencastle.
Bill Lynch
Hmmm, don't believe there is anything in Greencastle for DePauw to try to keep . . .
Uhhh - don't believe there is anything in Greencastle
worth keeping... well, except for a Debauch zucchini patch ;)
Safe travels and healthy outcomes for all Monon Bell participants (on and off the pitch) this week - including the new Tigers. WAF - DNQS
Never gets old.... This Rivalry is Special and Needs to be Celebrated!
https://youtu.be/8_v80P_f9d8 (https://youtu.be/8_v80P_f9d8)
Ding... Ding.
Paul Maguire talked with ESPN Rochester this evening - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwRmjEQLiU
1837...Great Interview with Maguire. Lot's of love given to the Monon Bell and I loved the Wabash guys giving him a free TWR. (Wabash guys will know what that means)
Let's have a great game today without permanent injury to anyone and....Go Wabash. Wabash Always Fights!
;D :o ::) LOL