Joe, You've got the right ideas, dude! I'm going to nominate you for membership in The Shrine.
Slef E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Goodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] DONUT TAUNT!! > I'll second that! Political correctness is for the greenie weenie fags on > the left coast. > Joe > "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." > - Jimi Hendrix > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamie Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:44 AM > Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] DONUT TAUNT!! > > > > FARK POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!! > > HEY arbrun, WE JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT OF YOU!!!! > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > http://www.al.com/sportsflash/regional/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j9325_BC_AL--RammerJammer&&sports&statesports > > > > > > Million Dollar Band to quit playing "Rammer Jammer" > > > during games > > > > > > The Associated Press > > > 9/11/03 1:54 AM > > > > > > TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- "Rammer Jammer," a popular > > > cheer at University of Alabama football games that's > > > seen by some people as an example of poor > > > sportsmanship, can't be played during games any > > > more, the UA Athletics Department ruled. > > > > > > The department has instructed the Million Dollar > > > Band to hold off on playing the cheer until after a > > > victory. > > > > > > "What we have asked is that they not play it before > > > the end of a game," said Larry White, sports > > > information director. "This is in the spirit of > > > sportsmanship and a ruling by the Southeastern > > > Conference trying to tone things down." > > > > > > The cheer, which is about 25 years old, has been > > > criticized because of its perceived use of > > > inappropriate language. > > > > > > The line, "We just beat the hell out of you!" is > > > seen by some as overly aggressive and arrogant, said > > > Brian Murphy, president of Yell Crew, a student > > > spirit organization. > > > > > > SEC athletics directors approved a news statement on > > > sportsmanship last month. It reads, in part, "It is > > > the responsibility of each member institution to > > > establish policies for sportsmanship and ethical > > > conduct in intercollegiate athletics consistent with > > > the educational mission and goals of the > > > institution." > > > > > > The cheer was banned in 1994 in response to an NCAA > > > plea for member schools to quell the taunting and > > > fighting that had occurred during games the previous > > > season. The athletics department reinstated the > > > cheer in 1996. > > > > > > The phrase "Rammer Jammer" referred to the name of a > > > student humor magazine from the 1920s. [...] > > > > > > kurt > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics > > > Discussion List > > > > > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > > > > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your > > > subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > > > > > > ===== > > I'm Loud, Lazy, And Unorganized - BUT I'M FUN > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
