Hmmm.....ok, I'll bite. What is The Shrine? Joe "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] DONUT TAUNT!!
> 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 ______________________________________________________ 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
