WISCONSIN Hockey Vol. XXIV - Craziest Season Of All Time

[burd]

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I know I don't belong here, for a couple of reasons. First, you guys have your rubber chicken thing going, which most of us fans just don't relate to. Second, you are the Red Menace, and when I was in grade school they trained us to hide under our desks to be safe from the Red Menace. Some people have told me since then that those scary times were about someone else, but that's a bunch of kumbaya bullshat. It was you guys, and as far as I'm concerned the waterbottle fight got stopped just in time to save your sorry arses. But it happened, and we still have to deal with you.

But here's what makes me feel kinda warm inside. This nasty but tasty thing we Siouxers have going with you guys will only get better. We Nodaks have always seen ourselves as the little guy. That helped us hate you fancy-pants, bigshot, bomb-your-math-building, street-where-you-can't-even-drive, sail boating pansies. But now, see, it's not only that: it's our small school, salt-of-the-earth, hope-your-daughter-meets-a-boy-there conference against MegaSchool got-your-own-TV channel, Rose Bowl hoping, LOOK AT ME, empire!!! Plus, you've all got more than one Panera Bread.

Before, the Red Menace just stood in our way to the Big Mac. Now, you give us a reason to stand for something, and the hate will be working on two levels. We will be David to your Goliath in two ways--school and conference, and making Goliath cry for mommie twice a year will be even sweeter.

So, you see, if you guys can get your shat together, it will be even better.

But not before you take 3 from Jan.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

SHHHH! You guys hear that?

It's like a gnat representing an insignificant species of gnat buzzing around our collective ear.


Don't worry. I'm sure it will fade into obscurity along with its species soon enough.

 

[Wisko McBadgerton]

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Just so happens I speak gnat. Let me translate for you Gurt:

 

[burd]

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SHHHH! You guys hear that?

It's like an gnat representing an insignificant species of gnat buzzing around our collective ear.


Don't worry. I'm sure it will fade into obscurity along with its species soon enough.

Barry standing on his balcony straining to hear Kohl Center cheers on a cool winter night.

 

[TJbadgerfan]

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I know I don't belong here, for a couple of reasons. First, you guys have your rubber chicken thing going, which most of us fans just don't relate to. Second, you are the Red Menace, and when I was in grade school they trained us to hide under our desks to be safe from the Red Menace. Some people have told me since then that those scary times were about someone else, but that's a bunch of kumbaya bullshat. It was you guys, and as far as I'm concerned the waterbottle fight got stopped just in time to save your sorry arses. But it happened, and we still have to deal with you.

But here's what makes me feel kinda warm inside. This nasty but tasty thing we Siouxers have going with you guys will only get better. We Nodaks have always seen ourselves as the little guy. That helped us hate you fancy-pants, bigshot, bomb-your-math-building, street-where-you-can't-even-drive, sail boating pansies. But now, see, it's not only that: it's our small school, salt-of-the-earth, hope-your-daughter-meets-a-boy-there conference against MegaSchool got-your-own-TV channel, Rose Bowl hoping, LOOK AT ME, empire!!! Plus, you've all got more than one Panera Bread.

Before, the Red Menace just stood in our way to the Big Mac. Now, you give us a reason to stand for something, and the hate will be working on two levels. We will be David to your Goliath in two ways--school and conference, and making Goliath cry for mommie twice a year will be even sweeter.

So, you see, if you guys can get your shat together, it will be even better.

But not before you take 3 from Jan.

If you're not RED you're dead!

 

[Wisko McBadgerton]

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It's gonna be ok burdy. We promise to still play with you for a couple of years before your program finally fades away. Time passes. Things change. It's the way of the world.

After that, you and Ally baa baa will sit together behind the trailer on the old stack of pallets you call 'the back porch' (vs. the stack in the front) hoof in hand, watching the sun set over the cracked windshield of rusted out '74 Dodge Dart on cement blocks and you'll think back to the glory days, back when you got to play in the big sandbox. Memories burdy, memories... They're like gold. (Or in your case think perhaps of ...a quart of Malt liquor.)

Anyway, you'll go on reminiscing about the old days when your program was relevant. (The grand kids won't believe you of course, but no matter, it's likely they won't be able to tie their shoes at 26 either.) And while waiting for the latest batch of household cleaning products to cook up, you'll talk about all the players you had and who got arrested for which offenses and how many times. And then.... and then... Well, lets face it. That will take up the whole night. But still, it won't be so bad. Kind of nice for you I'd imagine.




Btw- I did give you 2 extra points for "bomb-your-math-building"

 

[Badger Booster]

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$7 tickets, a free shuttle bus from Union South, sanctioned beer sales and a team with a shot at a league title. How are those student tickets not sold out yet?

 

[burd]

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It's gonna be ok burdy. We promise to still play with you for a couple of years before your program finally fades away. Time passes. Things change. It's the way of the world.

After that, you and Ally baa baa will sit together behind the trailer on the old stack of pallets you call 'the back porch' (vs. the stack in the front) hoof in hand, watching the sun set over the cracked windshield of rusted out '74 Dodge Dart on cement blocks and you'll think back to the glory days, back when you got to play in the big sandbox. Memories burdy, memories... They're like gold. (Or in your case think perhaps of ...a quart of Malt liquor.)

Anyway, you'll go on reminiscing about the old days when your program was relevant. (The grand kids won't believe you of course, but no matter, it's likely they won't be able to tie their shoes at 26 either.) And while waiting for the latest batch of household cleaning products to cook up, you'll talk about all the players you had and who got arrested for which offenses and how many times. And then.... and then... Well, lets face it. That will take up the whole night. But still, it won't be so bad. Kind of nice for you I'd imagine.




Btw- I did give you 2 extra points for "bomb-your-math-building"

sigh

Spooky how you just nailed the sunset part.

 

[WiscDC]

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$7 tickets, a free shuttle bus from Union South, sanctioned beer sales and a team with a shot at a league title. How are those student tickets not sold out yet?

Because they only began to mention anything about this to the students within the last week and a half, except for one email back in October allowing us to buy through UWBadgers.com. Also, none of these things are mentioned in the emails. Now they've been sending many emails, but they don't even mention that a conference title is on the line. Honestly, I believe it partly comes from the athletic department only focusing on football in the summer. They have to generate the buzz for their teams, because on campus, we're not really exposed to the same stuff ordinary locals are. Also, you have to scroll down in these emails. I know that sounds silly, but the way WiscMail is set up, it's easy to ignore stuff. I didn't even know there were shuttles until after several emails were sent. I looked back and sure enough, it the free buses mentioned in all of them.

Here's what the emails look like -

Then there's some legal mumbo jumbo below. Notice there is not one mention of what's on the line. There isn't one mention of the ticket prices. To a casual student fan, it just looks like "oh, I have to go out to this off-campus site and pay an amount of money for a couple of random games."

To the very casual student fans, football games and basketball games against top-ranked opponents are the only big "events." All other events are just extra things. It's kind of sad how out-of-the-loop a lot of students are. (And yes, I'm talking about those who are sports fans.) I can only imagine what it was like at this point in the season back in the '80s.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Notice anything different about the emails that I'm getting?

 

[WiscDC]

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Notice anything different about the emails that I'm getting?

I saw it! The faded background image behind the text, logos, and Schulze(?) is different!

 

[Gurtholfin]

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I saw it! The faded background image behind the text, logos, and Schulze(?) is different!

Yeah, either those things or BEER.


They totally shat the bed with this and now are trying to entice us with beer. Hilarious.

 

[Timothy A]

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R. Smith wasn't coming here even if they had the room.

C. Smith.....

 

[Badger Booster]

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Yeah, either those things or BEER.


They totally shat the bed with this and now are trying to entice us with beer. Hilarious.

Yeah, I'm curious how many other times an official UW promotional piece has mentioned alcohol as a selling point.

They are learning the hard way that now that men's hockey is not the premier team on campus, UW marketing is going to have to get more creative on selling the whole experience.

 

[Gandalf the Red]

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Barry standing on his balcony straining to hear Kohl Center cheers on a cool winter night.

Better than standing on your balcony watching the Red River rise and sweep your house away in Grand Forks. About that time a year again.

 

[TUSCHWI]

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Yeah, either those things or BEER.

They totally shat the bed with this and now are trying to entice us with beer. Hilarious.

Your post just made burst out laughing. You couldn't have described the mismanagement of this series any better. And NOW...NOW they're trying to lure us with beer. What a bunch of *****s. I remember when they caved and decided to sell beer at the KC downstairs to Blue Line Club members...lasted only a few seasons before they took that away. And now this. Pathetic.

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Your post just made burst out laughing. You couldn't have described the mismanagement of this series any better. And NOW...NOW they're trying to lure us with beer. What a bunch of *****s. I remember when they caved and decided to sell beer at the KC downstairs to Blue Line Club members...lasted only a few seasons before they took that away. And now this. Pathetic.

I was a member of the BLC at that time for just that reason. Esser's Best!

I'm not sure that the BLC even exists anymore.


They took it away because new weight rooms and academic facilities for athletes went into that space.

 

[WiscDC]

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They totally shat the bed with this and now are trying to entice us with beer. Hilarious.

I wish they would have enticed everyone with low ticket prices, as an apology to the already disgruntled fans for said $h!+ting of the bed. The first rule/goal of marketing is to keep the customer satisfied. It does a lot of good for everyone, because it keeps them coming back.

 

[bucky15]

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I was a member of the BLC at that time for just that reason. Esser's Best!

I'm not sure that the BLC even exists anymore.


They took it away because new weight rooms and academic facilities for athletes went into that space.

I can not find anything on the internet about UW BLC. It is like it never even existed. I am happy to see the beer garden is open, I got student tickets for 12 bucks for tonight. I did find the recent e-mail you recd quite funny as well.

 

[The Hallucination]

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They totally shat the bed with this and now are trying to entice us with beer. Hilarious.

HAH, yes! Those marketing emails **** me off every time I get one, because it is not an awesome throwback event, it's a we-caved-to-the-WIAA-and-let-high-schoolers-use-our-building event that they're trying to pretend is awesome with marketing. Do you think I'm that stupid, Athletic Department? I like a GOOD beer before/after the game, and at arenas that sell it I'll sometimes enjoy one during, but I am SO not excited to have a bunch of people leave with a few minutes left in the period to go chug ****ty beer in the basement only to be late for the start of the next period.

That said, they'll probably get a few walk up ticket sales. We've decided to go, but counted on it not selling out so we can walk up and (hopefully?) avoid the Ticketmaster fees.