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| So, in the matter of a few hours, Andy convinced me, then Douglas, then William to get a site on tumblr.com. It is based on an idea called "microblogging," which has to do with blogging flotsam and jetsam from time to time. You can post pictures, videos, quotes, chats, links, etc. It also has a "text" option that can be used for big blog posts. All in all, I feel I will use tumblr more than I will use Xanga anymore. Xanga has lost its appeal after 4 or so years on it.
Feel free to visit my tumblr site as often as you like. It will get updated pretty regularly.
http://pom5.tumblr.com/
--Owen
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| Despite a bit of a rocky opening to the season, the Bulldogs have shown up.
STATE: 38
Tulane: 17
STATE: 19
Auburn: 14
Not gonna lie, the Auburn game made my cry, laugh, cry some more, scream, jump up and down, laugh, and then be in disbelief. I love it!
Hail State!
--Owen
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God bless America.
--O
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| I have always wanted to write an article/post of this caliber, but I have never
really been able to. When I've tried, I would write one draft, click
"Submit" on Xanga, and then spend all night laying in bed thinking of
ways it could have been better.
An article ran in today's Reflector titled "Some miss out on what it truly means to be a Bulldog fan" [link].
I agree with this statement whole heartedly. A lot of people claim to
be Bulldog fans, but those same people can be seen leaving a football
game before half time. That makes me mad. It also makes me mad that
people don't cheer loudly on sing the fight song. As much as I hate to
admit it, the LSU fans were louder than we were, and they made up about
5% of the stadium. But, I digress.
The article also talks about how college football is different from any
other sport, which I also believe very fiercely. Things like marching
bands, on-field mascots, and our beloved cowbells make the atmosphere
at a college football game seriously contrast with the atmosphere of an
NFL game (strictly speculation, as I've never been to an NFL game). But
again, I digress.
A girl named Bailey Singletary wrote this
article, and I think the only way it could have been better was if it
was multiple pages long. She hits on some great points, so, Bulldog or
not, I think everyone needs to read the following article.
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If smelling tailgaters' food, seeing a sea of maroon and white and
hearing the clanking of cowbells in the Junction doesn't get you the
least bit excited, you probably aren't a Mississippi State football fan.
In
fact, if waking up on a Saturday morning to watch or go to a football
game is a chore for you, do me a favor and don't call yourself a fan of
college football.
Now, I know those aren't the only things that make up a good football fan, but I think it makes up a part of one.
For
about seven months out of the year, I look forward to the days I will
be in the Junction cheering for the Bulldogs with thousands of other
fans.
I don't think there is a sport that has better fans than college football.
There
are millions of people who live and breathe college football for almost
half a year. If there weren't something special about it, it wouldn't
be the most popular U.S. sport.
There aren't many, if any, other
sports in which fans eat pulled pork and drink hard liquor at 10 a.m.
because there is a game at noon and they are going to tailgate no
matter what.
And I think we can agree that there aren't any fans rowdier than those of college football.
I feel that NFL fans can't even compare to college football fans.
There is something different about fighting with your college's rival rather than your favorite NFL team's rival.
It doesn't matter how bad our team plays, I will defend them to an Ole Miss fan any day of the week.
I think it's something about seeing the colors and the mascot of the school from which you are getting an education.
For me, it's cheering for the school whose cheerleading uniform I wore when I was three years old, thanks to my dad.
And
for the alumni, I'm sure there isn't a better feeling than the one you
get when you see your alma mater's colors and hear the fight song
blared through speakers.
Some people might say that it's hard to be a good football fan when
your team doesn't win continuously, but I don't think it's about
winning or losing the games.
I think it's about the love of the sport. It's about seeing the players do all they can to make fans proud.
I
also think that a good football fan will stay as long as they can at a
game to show support for the players. I know it isn't easy to stay to
the end of the fourth quarter when we have zero points on the
scoreboard, and I know that Mississippi State isn't the best team in
the SEC.
But imagine what it's like for the players to look up
and realize that over half of the people they are playing football for
are giving up on them halfway into the first game of the season.
To
me, it's kind of like it was when we were kids playing little league
sports. Imagine that at your first game of the season, you caused a
point loss for the team and your parents left, disappointed, and never
came to another game.
For some reason, it seems like this is what it feels like for football players when fans leave.
I don't know who to blame for the mistakes we make, but I do know the players aren't any happier about it than we are.
However, I don't think it's about pointing fingers anymore. I think it's about supporting the players no matter what.
I
might not know who holds the record for the most tackles or
interceptions in a game, but you bet your bottom dollar I'll be at
every home game and every reasonably distanced away game that
Mississippi State has.
Even though I don't paint letters on my
chest and I don't spray paint my hair maroon like some people think
real fans should, I will stand in the pouring rain with my dress on,
cheering my heart out, hoping that maybe a prayer of victory will be
answered.
So, what do I think makes a good college football fan?
Personally
I'd say it's the hoarse voice you get from cheering on your team and
yelling at the refs for the bad calls you think they made, the
blistered palm you get from ringing your cowbell, the fights you put up
when someone tries to take that bell from you, the four hours you spend
tailgating and the pride you take in your team, knowing that even if
they didn't win, they sure as hell tried.
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Thanks, Bailey, for writing this article. And, as always...Hail State!
--Owen
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