MartintheMopMan Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 our Basketball traditions come from a winning time and thus thoughts of winning. Football needs a new identity all together. Never had anything to fall back on. Need to form traditions now. This'll be it for me because I don't want to take this thread way off the rails. But, with traditions there are pretty much two main ways to form them right? You can have some really good experiences and want to hold onto them and recreate them or you can just do something and keep doing it. Our basketball traditions are from the first category and we think it makes them more special, maybe it does. Ohio State has some from both categories, things like the Senior Tackle are just cool ideas a coach thought up. That applies outside of sports too. If you go to Christmas in Naples one year and have a great time, you might decide to make Christmas in Naples a family tradition. But, you might also decide to make Christmas at your Aunt Joy's farm a tradition because you chose to do it one year and then chose to keep doing it even if it isn't all that great. Anyway, you end up with two schools of thought and neither are wrong. Some people are traditionalists and would like to see the development of traditions to help form some kind of identity. And some people are modernists who prefer to have a team be able to react to changes in the times. I'm just a traditionalist about this stuff and would love to see some visible football traditions. And I said neither was wrong, but people who say we should put names on the back of our basketball jerseys are absolutely wrong. Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Author Posted November 7, 2015 Maybe the traditions are being built. Multiple helmets, a big rock, fireworks. Sounds like traditions in their infancy to me. mamasa, MartintheMopMan, Hovadipo and 2 others 5 Quote
Popular Post Parakeet Jones Posted November 7, 2015 Popular Post Posted November 7, 2015 My favorite IU football tradition is comiserating during games with the rest of you hooligans right here. Class of '66 Old Fart, LIHoosier, HoosierReb01 and 5 others 8 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Maybe the traditions are being built. Multiple helmets, a big rock, fireworks. Sounds like traditions in their infancy to me.Fair. Good way to think about it. Wait, if these helmets become traditions and I favor changing the traditions to a new tradition that would be based on a classic style that never became a tradition. Am I a traditional modernist or a modern traditionalist? RBB89 1 Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Author Posted November 7, 2015 I hope that fans show up! We're playing the #10 team in the nation! It's not a sexy matchup (ie Michigan, OSU, Nebraska, etc), but still, #10! C'mon fans!!!!!!! Make it loud in Memorial Stadium!!!!!!! HoosierReb01, Parakeet Jones and ThompsonHoosier 3 Quote
lucel15 Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Woke up with a happy face for 1:30 out here in AZ wish I could be home to watch this upset. Edited ALASKA HOOSIER 1 Quote
ALASKA HOOSIER Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 I think we should be called the Hooligan Hoosiers MartintheMopMan 1 Quote
JaybobHoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 WOHOOOOOO. I get to stay home and watch the game!!!!!!! LET'S GO HOOSIERS! mamasa, FortWayneHoosier and Naturalhoosier 3 Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Author Posted November 7, 2015 20 minutes to GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME TIME!!!! Quote
Bobman1 Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Let's Dig In Naturalhoosier and mamasa 2 Quote
JaybobHoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Come on Hoosiers, let's take down the undefeated Hawkeyes! mamasa 1 Quote
mamasa Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Psyched! Get to watch first half, then head over to IU hockey game! Just spent 4 hrs in the car to watch a 7 minute marching band performance, so a day of IU is much needed! Naturalhoosier 1 Quote
Naturalhoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Author Posted November 7, 2015 I might start a few minutes late, this NW/PSU game has been a goodie...so I want to finish. mamasa 1 Quote
JaybobHoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 I might start a few minutes late, this NW/PSU game has been a goodie...so I want to finish. Slacker!!! LETS GO HOOSIERS! Naturalhoosier 1 Quote
LIHoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Mike Patrick's back. Nick's must've made a killing last night. Quote
JaybobHoosier Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Here we go. Got my candy stripes on! Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 Here we go. Got my candy stripes on! I don't wear my candy stripes for football because I'm afraid it will make them unlucky. Quote
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