Flag Planting Trend: Should IU go to…

[IUT.]

Many of us harbor fears of coming up short, for whatever reason. My son-in-law was recently awarded his PhD in Clinical Psychology from IU. He went to the Bucket Game. Does this sound like someone you’d like to talk to, not just about the game, extraordinary one that it was, but also rooting out demons of your past, real or imagined? You’ll never walk alone.

My erections never “come up short” but it sounds like you’re battling some demons.

God speed, Mighty Mouse!

 

[IUT.]

I see you're relatively new here and this may be your first time reading an Abraxis post.

I was moderating the basketball board from 1998 until 2016. I know exactly who he is.

This is clearly your first time reading one of my posts.

 

[iubhounds]

I was moderating the basketball board from 1998 until 2016. I know exactly who he is.

This is clearly your first time reading one of my posts.

Okay Hooky, your turn .... nothing like a squabble ... and one reason I spend most of my time on X ... 😂

 

[outside shooter]

I was all for stopping the trend of tearing down the goalposts. That was dangerous, as fans were getting badly hurt. It also destroyed property and was surely expensive to replace.

Sticking a flag in the ground, though? Seems less important and way more harmless. Bottom line: If you don't want it to happen, then play better.

 

[jsenleo]

Since flag planting has suddenly become such a controversial issue, the NCAA could negate this “problem” by standardizing the procedure for this post game event. Whichever team wins gets the honor of positioning their school flag in center field, a flag provided by the NCAA on a spring-loaded pole not to exceed 6’ skyward. Only one player, designated by the winning team’s captain the night before, can plant it for a photo opportunity. During this new college football ritual of victory (CFRoV) opposing team players or anyone else who might cause a problem are required to stand no closer than the hash marks until a Canvas bag is seen passing one (you). Flag must be unplanted within five seconds of official’s airhorn notice. Flag to be quickly folded and tucked within a heavy Canvas bag so not to give notice, the unbeknownst flag whisked away in look of beady eyes. The eyes of losers, feelings wounded and still lingering, longer than allowed.

There, no problem, void of information-starved drama scenes. It’s normal where we are, the point on the path of Nature’s way. It’s some of the oldest instincts we all have in common, bonding us in tribe, Fellow Man.

Folks, (it is okay I call you folk, isn’t it?) it’s not rocket science, but a common sense solution to a social phenomenon being seen in college football’s recent rivalry games.

That said, in the OSU/UM (or is it UM/OSU?) game, all I saw was some chest-bump posturing reminiscent of that seen throughout the evolution of life. It’s not like they were going to hurt anyone. It was a post game attempt of oneupmanship. In losing on their home turf, the OSU players were humiliated and weren’t going to let that humiliation continue without dishing back good-old DNA chest bumps. Some of those swings I saw them taking wouldn’t even qualify for the WWE circuit where “Too unrealistic”, is sometimes heard at open tryouts.

Watching the posturing displays of two rivals reminded me of the ape scene at the start of 2001…2001: A Space Odyssey, I must add. It’s all real primal stuff still today, perfectly normal for this stage of life’s evolution. Remember, it’s not just about us, so slow down and take a derp breath. Control it if you must, but ultimately it controls you. It’s in the inner sanctum, the fabric of your soul, there so we understand the battles, the hurts within our souls today.

Somewhere in there a point was to be made. You only get out of it what you put into it? Perhaps, but less certain without checking ancient rulings stuck in the Cosmic Annals of Entropy. “The winds of change, down-winded” one might stop from saying. Sometimes, things just roll in place for you as a centering of bliss, this focus on The Rock. Good things happen to good life forms. To the longtime sufferers of IU football, we have ascended to great heights along tortuous paths and slippery afoot. This “King of the Hill” started long before humans ever came around.

What a way to end this season, at home with a 66-0 win for the Bucket. That game will live with the eternity of light, solar-powered, of course. In the meantime, I choose to enjoy this sense of Hoosier Pride for as long as I can, this erectness of feathered posture, puffing out of pride, boys just being boys! Get over your fears and there will be no fears, these figments of your imagination, the reality we create.

That's some deeeep shit there, dude..... Did you smoke about a half a pound while you were writing this?.... All I know is, I want whatever your smokin'... 😁

 

[RegionHoosiers]

Act like you've been there. UM won 4 straight. It should feel routine by now.

For PU - if anything IU should be more irritated PU hurt their SOS, which isn't helping for the playoffs

 

[abraxis]

That's some deeeep shit there, dude..... Did you smoke about a half a pound while you were writing this?.... All I know is, I want whatever your smokin'... 😁

Think of it as a cosmic stretch of the imagination entangled in a quantum force field. It's there for your interpretation.

 

[abraxis]

My erections never “come up short” but it sounds like you’re battling some demons.

God speed, Mighty Mouse!

Well, now that YOUR demons have been conquered and purged, may you always stand proud, ready to spring back into action at the slightest hint of provocation. Mighty Mouse is on the way!

 

[red hornet]

Think of it as a cosmic stretch of the imagination entangled in a quantum force field. It's there for your interpretation.

Now that's a space-time dimension, lol

 

[IUT.]

Okay Hooky, your turn .... nothing like a squabble ... and one reason I spend most of my time on X ... 😂

LOL. Yeah because things are so civil over there. Out of curiosity, how does our squabble affect you?

 

[jsenleo]

Think of it as a cosmic stretch of the imagination entangled in a quantum force field. It's there for your interpretation.

You've been hanging out at that taco stand at the end of the cosmos again, haven't you....

 

[iubhounds]

LOL. Yeah because things are so civil over there. Out of curiosity, how does our squabble affect you?

It doesn't. It was just a joke. I don't see other fanbases on forums argue amongst themselves like Indiana fans. You are right "civil over there" .. Ha .. it's all out war with SEC fans.

 

[h20pls]

I agree, especially if the players did something like that. But I’d be ok with it if a group of students did it as a prank, even if it was the other way around. It would bring back more of the amateur college vibe rather than the new pro thing going on.

One year the Wabash kids used some sort of agent (bleach, gasoline, something) to draw a very large W on the DePauw football field....they did this one evening prior to the game...it was amusing to most spectators...but DePauw took it out on the Wabash team on the field that year...must have been 81 or 82...

 

[abraxis]

You've been hanging out at that taco stand at the end of the cosmos again, haven't you....

…where their queso dip is laced with jimson weed and extra chips break free.