TrueBlueDrew
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Traditions Around the Belt
Georgia Southern held its 69th Annual Watermelon Cutting today with new President Jaimie Hebert leading the ceremony. Since I don't know hardly anything about other Sun Belt schools traditions, I thought it'd be good off season banter to discuss some favorite traditions or Gameday traditions at your university. ANNDDDDD...go!
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CoastalAlum2011
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
This year Coastal started the tradition of winning national championships.
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07-08-2016 12:10 PM |
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TrueBlueAlum
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 12:10 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote: This year Coastal started the tradition of winning national championships.
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07-08-2016 12:37 PM |
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Scrotumus
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
The yellow buses and the Valley Song.
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07-08-2016 02:00 PM |
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NashvilleEagle
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TrueBlueAlum
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
Also, that Watermelon was a God send today. It was so hot.
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07-08-2016 02:11 PM |
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The4thOption
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
I propose we switch to this.
I support cutting as much RED as possible out of Statesboro!
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07-08-2016 02:28 PM |
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BariBlue
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
People rub the nose on our panther statue to bring good luck. So many people have rubbed it that the nose is a different color than the rest of the statue.
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07-08-2016 03:31 PM |
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Georgia_Power_Company
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Re: RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 03:31 PM)BariBlue Wrote: People rub the nose on our panther statue to bring good luck. So many people have rubbed it that the nose is a different color than the rest of the statue.
That just seems unsanitary!
But now that I think about it we take a dip in a drainage ditch so...carry on.
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07-08-2016 04:20 PM |
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LatahCounty
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
We're starting a new tradition of useless angry ranting followed by a short drive to Pullman to watch a school that gives a crap.
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2016 05:25 PM by LatahCounty.)
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07-08-2016 05:23 PM |
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chrisattsu
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 04:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote: (07-08-2016 03:31 PM)BariBlue Wrote: People rub the nose on our panther statue to bring good luck. So many people have rubbed it that the nose is a different color than the rest of the statue.
That just seems unsanitary!
But now that I think about it we take a dip in a drainage ditch so...carry on.
We have a similar tradition but it involves rubbing the underside of the Stallions statue
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07-08-2016 09:47 PM |
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SLewis
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
At App State there's a tradition* about rubbing the founder's bell for good luck on tests.
*Pretty sure the story about "generations of students" is a modern fabrication, but it makes for a good story and the tradition has seem to have stuck around.
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07-08-2016 10:31 PM |
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The4thOption
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 03:31 PM)BariBlue Wrote: People rub the nose on our panther statue to bring good luck. So many people have rubbed it that the nose is a different color than the rest of the statue.
There's a brown nosing joke in there somewhere......
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07-08-2016 10:54 PM |
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AppinVA
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 10:31 PM)SLewis Wrote: At App State there's a tradition* about rubbing the founder's bell for good luck on tests.
*Pretty sure the story about "generations of students" is a modern fabrication, but it makes for a good story and the tradition has seem to have stuck around.
I'll let AppManDG fill you in on the story about the Victory Bell as soon as he finishes throat-punching a pack of nuns, kicking a Boy Scout troop in the shins and telling a kindergarten class about Santa Claus... all because you had to post that.
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07-08-2016 11:27 PM |
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Michael in Raleigh
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 11:27 PM)AppinVA Wrote: (07-08-2016 10:31 PM)SLewis Wrote: At App State there's a tradition* about rubbing the founder's bell for good luck on tests.
*Pretty sure the story about "generations of students" is a modern fabrication, but it makes for a good story and the tradition has seem to have stuck around.
I'll let AppManDG fill you in on the story about the Victory Bell as soon as he finishes throat-punching a pack of nuns, kicking a Boy Scout troop in the shins and telling a kindergarten class about Santa Claus... all because you had to post that.
What the neck was that about? I had completely forgotten about that bell thing from when I was a student at App (ah, glory years of life; to be 18-21 again...).
BTW, this shot looks like it was in front of the library from when I was a student, when it was on Sanford Mall. Did they not move it to the new one? I've never paid that close attention on my all to rate visits back to Boone.
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07-09-2016 04:06 AM |
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GoAppsGo92
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2016 07:30 AM by GoAppsGo92.)
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07-09-2016 07:07 AM |
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 09:47 PM)chrisattsu Wrote: (07-08-2016 04:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote: (07-08-2016 03:31 PM)BariBlue Wrote: People rub the nose on our panther statue to bring good luck. So many people have rubbed it that the nose is a different color than the rest of the statue.
That just seems unsanitary!
But now that I think about it we take a dip in a drainage ditch so...carry on.
We have a similar tradition but it involves rubbing the underside of the Stallions statue
That's a cool statue....but the "tradition" just screams "sick joke" in there somewhere...
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07-09-2016 07:59 AM |
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-08-2016 09:47 PM)chrisattsu Wrote: (07-08-2016 04:20 PM)Georgia_Power_Company Wrote: (07-08-2016 03:31 PM)BariBlue Wrote: People rub the nose on our panther statue to bring good luck. So many people have rubbed it that the nose is a different color than the rest of the statue.
That just seems unsanitary!
But now that I think about it we take a dip in a drainage ditch so...carry on.
We have a similar tradition but it involves rubbing the underside of the Stallions statue
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07-09-2016 08:15 AM |
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ark30inf
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
We have a tradition of killing traditions.
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07-09-2016 08:48 AM |
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TrueBlueDrew
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RE: Traditions Around the Belt
(07-09-2016 08:48 AM)ark30inf Wrote: We have a tradition of killing traditions.
Someone started that tradition at GS in 2006 but was run out of the state of Georgia for it.
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07-09-2016 11:13 AM |
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