The Silent Minority

What's wrong with calling them The Parliament?

Or if you want something a bit raunchy, the Hooters, or Hooter Nation, or something like that?

If you want something a lot raunchier, how the Great Horny Owls?

(05-17-2017 09:44 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 09:14 PM)Barrett Wrote:  Aww, thanks, Brookes. I do like The Blue Curtain. I think The Blue Curtain of Death is a bit too macabre, however. Just The Blue Curtain. While current students may not fully appreciate the name's origins, I don't see that as a problem. It's a name that can be explained if need be, but it is good on its own, in my opinion.

It's certainly got more tradition associated with it than the made-up canard of not graduating if you pass through the Sallyport after matriculation and before graduation day.

Damn, that is annoying! I don't know where it came from, or how it managed to take hold so strongly. It just sort of sprang up overnight and now we can't get rid of it. Yesterday I overheard a tour guide telling a group of high school students about it, perpetuating the myth.

(05-18-2017 09:24 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 09:44 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 09:14 PM)Barrett Wrote:  Aww, thanks, Brookes. I do like The Blue Curtain. I think The Blue Curtain of Death is a bit too macabre, however. Just The Blue Curtain. While current students may not fully appreciate the name's origins, I don't see that as a problem. It's a name that can be explained if need be, but it is good on its own, in my opinion.

It's certainly got more tradition associated with it than the made-up canard of not graduating if you pass through the Sallyport after matriculation and before graduation day.

Damn, that is annoying! I don't know where it came from, or how it managed to take hold so strongly. It just sort of sprang up overnight and now we can't get rid of it. Yesterday I overheard a tour guide telling a group of high school students about it, perpetuating the myth.

In my day (late '90s) the tradition was merely 'bad luck' for passing through as an undergrad. Didn't stop people from using the Sallyport as a beer golf hole - though some people did respect the tradition and walked around Lovett Hall after making their shot through.

(05-17-2017 09:36 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  All of this is predicated on actually having students at the games, no?

This does complicate the creative process - a slogan defining a foreboding environment for the visiting team, while not sounding completely silly when there are only a dozen bodies in the stands.

Heckle and Glide

(05-18-2017 10:08 AM)NoodleOwl Wrote:  

(05-18-2017 09:24 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 09:44 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 09:14 PM)Barrett Wrote:  Aww, thanks, Brookes. I do like The Blue Curtain. I think The Blue Curtain of Death is a bit too macabre, however. Just The Blue Curtain. While current students may not fully appreciate the name's origins, I don't see that as a problem. It's a name that can be explained if need be, but it is good on its own, in my opinion.

It's certainly got more tradition associated with it than the made-up canard of not graduating if you pass through the Sallyport after matriculation and before graduation day.

Damn, that is annoying! I don't know where it came from, or how it managed to take hold so strongly. It just sort of sprang up overnight and now we can't get rid of it. Yesterday I overheard a tour guide telling a group of high school students about it, perpetuating the myth.

In my day (late '90s) the tradition was merely 'bad luck' for passing through as an undergrad. Didn't stop people from using the Sallyport as a beer golf hole - though some people did respect the tradition and walked around Lovett Hall after making their shot through.

If Dr Lovett had not intended the arch to be a passageway, he wouldn't have had it built in the first place.

For awhile, HRS was "The Nest."

(05-17-2017 07:23 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  Cool wieners?

(05-17-2017 09:36 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  All of this is predicated on actually having students at the games, no?

(insert shrinkage joke here...)



Perhaps enthusiastic wieners ... excited wieners ... aroused wieners ???

(05-18-2017 11:22 PM)I45owl Wrote:  

(05-17-2017 07:23 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  Cool wieners?

(05-17-2017 09:36 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  All of this is predicated on actually having students at the games, no?

(insert shrinkage joke here...)



Perhaps enthusiastic wieners ... excited wieners ... aroused wieners ???

Ladies and Gentlemen I offer to you...
The Wiener Roost

Student equivalent of VIP boxes: partially soundproof study carrels.

If we name it Fondren, will more students show up?

The Study Hall Crew.

The Pelleteers.

The Swoop Group.

In all seriousness, the Parliament would be a good name for the student section. It's specific, proper and academic. It will allow for students to show up in powdered wigs and robes if they chose. Plus, it would give tv announcers for our games a bunch of puns to play with during the course of a game. Would go along as a great name with Tudor Fieldhouse.

But, according to this website, other monikers for a group of owls include the term "Congress".

https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/c...Questions#

(05-19-2017 12:28 PM)Pimpa Wrote:  In all seriousness, the Parliament would be a good name for the student section. It's specific, proper and academic. It will allow for students to show up in powdered wigs and robes if they chose. Plus, it would give tv announcers for our games a bunch of puns to play with during the course of a game. Would go along as a great name with Tudor Fieldhouse.

But, according to this website, other monikers for a group of owls include the term "Congress".

https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/c...Questions#

"Many species of owl are solitary, so seeing a flock or parliament of owls is a rare event indeed."

(05-19-2017 12:35 PM)JSA Wrote:  

(05-19-2017 12:28 PM)Pimpa Wrote:  In all seriousness, the Parliament would be a good name for the student section. It's specific, proper and academic. It will allow for students to show up in powdered wigs and robes if they chose. Plus, it would give tv announcers for our games a bunch of puns to play with during the course of a game. Would go along as a great name with Tudor Fieldhouse.

But, according to this website, other monikers for a group of owls include the term "Congress".

https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/c...Questions#

"Many species of owl are solitary, so seeing a flock or parliament of owls is a rare event indeed."

Now that's funny!

(05-19-2017 12:43 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(05-19-2017 12:35 PM)JSA Wrote:  

(05-19-2017 12:28 PM)Pimpa Wrote:  In all seriousness, the Parliament would be a good name for the student section. It's specific, proper and academic. It will allow for students to show up in powdered wigs and robes if they chose. Plus, it would give tv announcers for our games a bunch of puns to play with during the course of a game. Would go along as a great name with Tudor Fieldhouse.

But, according to this website, other monikers for a group of owls include the term "Congress".

https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/c...Questions#

"Many species of owl are solitary, so seeing a flock or parliament of owls is a rare event indeed."

Now that's funny!

Check ++

(05-19-2017 10:05 AM)Pimpa Wrote:  If we name it Fondren, will more students show up?

Yesssss!

(05-19-2017 11:12 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  The Study Hall Crew.

The Pelleteers.

The Swoop Group.

Or.. PelletTears depending on how the team is doing...

(05-19-2017 01:21 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(05-19-2017 11:12 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  The Study Hall Crew.

The Pelleteers.

The Swoop Group.

Or.. PelletTears depending on how the team is doing...

There is no crying in baseball.

(05-19-2017 04:09 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-19-2017 01:21 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(05-19-2017 11:12 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  The Study Hall Crew.

The Pelleteers.

The Swoop Group.

Or.. PelletTears depending on how the team is doing...

There is no crying in baseball.

Really? I thought it was based on a bawl.