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I don’t know if the survey is messed up, but did anyone else list your rivals and then get a bunch of questions on your thoughts on San Jose State’s fan base?

Unusually stupid stuff like running goalposts through opponent's bus window prior to a trip down the mountain in 30 degree weather and stomping on their post-game pizzas fuels rivalries.

GS did that? That's just too much.
Funniest rival stunt I've ever seen was in high school, a rival high school dumped 2 truckloads of horse manure at our main entrance. The dry heaving of folks removing that massive pile was epic. Other than that, there's no real reason to be an ass about it. No pun intended. If you're going to do something, it should be something good-natured and not so one sided with stupidity.

(12-18-2020 01:48 PM)stingingeagle Wrote:  GS did that? That's just too much.

LOL, nah son. We used our goal posts as a battering ram against your school bus. I know the pizza thing is canon, but I don't remember seeing any food stomped on. I was in the group walking behind the rioters (lol) with the goal posts and watched it all unfold.

(12-18-2020 01:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 01:48 PM)stingingeagle Wrote:  GS did that? That's just too much.

LOL, nah son. We used our goal posts as a battering ram against your school bus. I know the pizza thing is canon, but I don't remember seeing any food stomped on. I was in the group walking behind the rioters (lol) with the goal posts and watched it all unfold.

Oh yeah, that rings a bell. Dang man my memories of certain events have faded a lot over the years! I don't remember the pizza. The goalposts I do.

Taunting "Paulson North" banner then losing 3 years in a row

(12-18-2020 02:19 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  Taunting "Paulson North" banner then losing 3 years in a row

+2

(12-18-2020 01:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 01:48 PM)stingingeagle Wrote:  GS did that? That's just too much.

LOL, nah son. We used our goal posts as a battering ram against your school bus. I know the pizza thing is canon, but I don't remember seeing any food stomped on. I was in the group walking behind the rioters (lol) with the goal posts and watched it all unfold.

Pizza stomp did happen, during my tenure working with the GS team as a student manager, 1999-2003

(12-18-2020 02:57 PM)GS99-00 Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 01:49 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(12-18-2020 01:48 PM)stingingeagle Wrote:  GS did that? That's just too much.

LOL, nah son. We used our goal posts as a battering ram against your school bus. I know the pizza thing is canon, but I don't remember seeing any food stomped on. I was in the group walking behind the rioters (lol) with the goal posts and watched it all unfold.

Pizza stomp did happen, during my tenure working with the GS team as a student manager, 1999-2003

Yeh I know it hapenned per my friends that stayed behind rather than march the goal posts to Duck Pond, but I just didn't see it. I would have been disappointed as a broke kid for the food waste.

(12-18-2020 03:04 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  Yeh I know it hapenned per my friends that stayed behind rather than march the goal posts to Duck Pond, but I just didn't see it. I would have been disappointed as a broke kid for the food waste.

Not only that but it's pizza. Between that and ramen noodles I don't think there were any affordable food groups then.

Our rivalry with UL is fueled by a lot of personal foul penalties...

(12-18-2020 11:15 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  I don’t know if the survey is messed up, but did anyone else list your rivals and then get a bunch of questions on your thoughts on San Jose State’s fan base?

Mine was about Iowa St. those were control questions to see how you felt against non rival schoolls, at least I assume that was the case.

(12-19-2020 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Our rivalry with UL is fueled by a lot of personal foul penalties...

Oh yeah....but y’all started it

(12-20-2020 10:28 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(12-19-2020 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Our rivalry with UL is fueled by a lot of personal foul penalties...

Oh yeah....but y’all started it

But all of that kinda pales in the rivalry now developed between UL and captain chapstick and his band of dirty beach chickens.

(12-20-2020 11:26 AM)FrankyP Wrote:  

(12-20-2020 10:28 AM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(12-19-2020 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Our rivalry with UL is fueled by a lot of personal foul penalties...

Oh yeah....but y’all started it

But all of that kinda pales in the rivalry now developed between UL and captain chapstick and his band of dirty beach chickens.

Keep thinking that dear. We got rid of our dead weight.

What fuels the Troy/South rivalry? Mostly the admins saying it's a rivalry, gullible fans, and a stupid, ugly belt.

(12-21-2020 11:58 PM)TrojansOneandAll Wrote:  What fuels the Troy/South rivalry? Mostly the admins saying it's a rivalry, gullible fans, and a stupid, ugly belt.

That sounds really familiar.

Arkansas state is our rival in this conference, I’d rather play McNeese then ULm