Re: The 59th Annual Beanpot Tournament
While we're mocking chants, two BU cheers this year have struck me as terribly dumb: 'Sunday school' and 'not from Boston' (in response to BC's band playing 'Shipping up to Boston').
With regards to 'Sunday school' I'd like to point out that as BU is claiming 1839 as it's founding date (on it's seal and the big granite welcome sign on Comm Ave) and not 1869 (when it was chartered as BU). Sadly in 1839 it was founded as "The Newbury Biblical Institute", in Newbury, VT. In 1847 it was renamed "Methodist General Biblical Institute" and then later moved to Boston in 1867 and renamed itself (again!) as "Boston Theological Institute" - finally in 1869 it was given a state charter as "Boston University." I may not know much about religion, but with names involving such words as "Biblical"/"Theological"/"Methodist" it sounds like BU was more of a 'Sunday school' than BC ever was.
Once the history of BU is spelled out their "not from Boston" cheer becomes a joke in itself. BC was founded in South Boston, and while the current academic quad is located in Newton, all athletic buildings and a significant number of dorms are located in Brighton. So when BU fans are sitting in Conte (which is located 20 feet inside the Boston city line) and cheering that we're not 'from Boston', they only make themselves look foolish and unaware of their own school's history.
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Originally posted by Thiessen'sBetter
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With regards to 'Sunday school' I'd like to point out that as BU is claiming 1839 as it's founding date (on it's seal and the big granite welcome sign on Comm Ave) and not 1869 (when it was chartered as BU). Sadly in 1839 it was founded as "The Newbury Biblical Institute", in Newbury, VT. In 1847 it was renamed "Methodist General Biblical Institute" and then later moved to Boston in 1867 and renamed itself (again!) as "Boston Theological Institute" - finally in 1869 it was given a state charter as "Boston University." I may not know much about religion, but with names involving such words as "Biblical"/"Theological"/"Methodist" it sounds like BU was more of a 'Sunday school' than BC ever was.
Once the history of BU is spelled out their "not from Boston" cheer becomes a joke in itself. BC was founded in South Boston, and while the current academic quad is located in Newton, all athletic buildings and a significant number of dorms are located in Brighton. So when BU fans are sitting in Conte (which is located 20 feet inside the Boston city line) and cheering that we're not 'from Boston', they only make themselves look foolish and unaware of their own school's history.
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