A good & fair quote from Kill to Marcus Fuller regarding Citrus Bowl invite & fans

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Schnauzer said:
I had planned to go as soon as the Gophers made it to a bowl game of Citrus/Outback caliber. But, the donation price raise/expansion took all the wind out of those sails for me. I now have to make tough choices related to my season tickets and bowl budget will have to move to season ticket budget.
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golden boy said:
A lot has been said about Kill staying put so long as we give him everything he needs to win right here. Most people quite rightly deduce that we need to upgrade facilities in order to keep up in the arms race. But it also means support. For years we've written off relatively light bowl crowds as being due to playing in lower-tier bowls in unappealing locations. For sure El Paso and Houston are not what we envision for winter/holiday getaways. There will be no excuses this year. We have a NYD bowl against an SEC division champion, in Florida, in a city surrounded by tourist infrastructure and large airports. It's time for us to put up or shut up as fans. Road trip, bus, FF miles, suck it up and pay, fly to Atlanta, whatever. This is an extraordinary opportunity, now that the squad has shown us something, to show them that we really were a sleeping giant.
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Damn! I feel like I should do some push-ups or run through a wall now!
 

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BarnBoy said:
Damn! I feel like I should do some push-ups or run through a wall now!
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golden boy said:
Those 3 all explicitly name the school mascot rather than a word which rhymes with a generic word for "cheer". That was easy.

Anyway Mizzou folks the short answer is we just say it so don't ask why.

Excuse me for getting on topic here, but Jerry Kill is right. We asked him for a NYD bowl, we asked him for a Florida bowl. We as fans are out of excuses. Attend the bowl.
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Woooooooo pig sooey!
 

Again, obvious tie-in to their mascot. Why do this? Even if one other school somewhere also has a non-nonsensical cheer with no real point it doesn't make it make sense all of a sudden.
 



golden boy said:
Again, obvious tie-in to their mascot. Why do this? Even if one other school somewhere also has a non-nonsensical cheer with no real point it doesn't make it make sense all of a sudden.
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We get it, you're not a fan of Ski-U-Mah but it's uniquely ours and it's a nice rallying cry. Who cares if other fans don't understand it, how many people outside of Georgetown actually know what a Hoya means?
 

War Eagle. No reference to the mascot, or even the school. Just a saying from a long time ago that stuck
 




golden boy said:
Again, obvious tie-in to their mascot. Why do this? Even if one other school somewhere also has a non-nonsensical cheer with no real point it doesn't make it make sense all of a sudden.
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Because tradition, basically. Boola Boola (no connection to Yale or the Bulldogs), Oskee Wow Wow or Oski Wow Wow, depending on the school (neither of which have much to do with Illini or Golden Bears), Ski-U-Mah ... all pretty much non-nonsensical cheers that have been around for ages upon ages.
 


golden boy said:
Those 3 all explicitly name the school mascot rather than a word which rhymes with a generic word for "cheer". That was easy.

Anyway Mizzou folks the short answer is we just say it so don't ask why.

Excuse me for getting on topic here, but Jerry Kill is right. We asked him for a NYD bowl, we asked him for a Florida bowl. We as fans are out of excuses. Attend the bowl.
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U of M created cheer leading.
 

Great to see sections selling out already. Would be interesting to know how many seats from our allocation are in each section. With declining attendance in a lot of bowls and smaller team allocations I don't know what constitutes a good number anymore but whatever it is hopefully we get there so that we can shake the negative stigma that is attached to our fan base about not traveling to bowl games.

Jealous of any of you that are able to attend this year.
 



golden boy said:
Very true, but this one stands out because not only do the opponents have no idea how it even relates to the state/U, but most home fans don't either.
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For some reason the U athletics/band/cheer seemed to abandon Ski U Mah (like 10-15 years ago). I feel like it's making a comeback in recent years and getting more popular again.
 



Unregistered User said:
And it beats the **** out of Go Big Gold. Which sucks, but hey, I can understand it so let's dumb-down everything.
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This post suggests that Ski-U-Mah is clever. We disagree there.

It also suggests that a cheer or slogan which makes sense is dumbed down. We also disagree there.
 



I like it how we're fighting over if SKI-U-MAH is a worthy...what are we fighting over again?? :confused:
 

Twinsfan007 said:
I like it how we're fighting over if SKI-U-MAH is a worthy...what are we fighting over again?? :confused:
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That is easy! We want to see how dumb we can get here at the GopherHole? The bar is set high but I know we can do better (or is it worse?). This post is certified as Dr.Don acceptable.
 

Please kill this thread

Ski U Mah! Attend a battle of the bands a the bowl game. You'll find meaning in this battle cry.
 

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