Post by: SkinnyBenny on November 14, 2023, 07:12:25 AM
Happy birthday, you beautiful bastard. You look just as good today as you ever did.
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on November 14, 2023, 07:13:42 AM
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Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 07:55:30 AM
Post by: Pete on November 14, 2023, 08:00:48 AM
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 08:12:39 AM
I was there, and I openly wept along with everyone around me.
I was there too, Pete. Although this game is another example of my memory starting to fail me...I had remembered that game being cold ASF. Had a long sleeve tee shirt (white) on under my #50 Travis Ochs jersey (home purple) and it was not nearly enough but i didn't even care.
But as i'm watching this replay...the suns out, the green teeshirt guys that willie gives concussions to are wearing shorts, lots of the students are wearing huck the fuskers tee shirts and appear to be completely comfortable. But i was there. Sitting in the SEZ and had a straight on view to Darnell McDonald catching the go-ahead TD and in person it looked like he was even more wide open than he looked on TV.
And i'll tell you something else i was torn that day b/c i wasn't sure whether to wear my travis ochs jersey or my michael bishop jersey b/c the ochs jersey would crease really awkwardly between the 5 and the 0 thus making it kind of ill fitting, (obvs not a problem with a single 7 centered in the front) but i had willie the wildcat's autograph on the ochs jersey and not the bishop jersey so i decided to sacrifice vanity for the betterment of the team and, well, you know what the final score was that day...
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on November 14, 2023, 08:19:43 AM
Edit: cannot believe that was 25 years ago.
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 08:20:43 AM
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on November 14, 2023, 08:23:01 AM
entirely possible i am conflating this game with '97 CU (also a momentous occasion, we hadn't beaten those dweebs in a hot minute) and i thought i was going to die from coldness. And no i'm not conflating with the '00 victory over NUBB at home b/c i didn't go to that game b/c it was homecoming (high school) and i was not about to pass on the chance to awkwardly slow dance with a girl a couple of times.i don't remember it being that cold.
Post by: Spaces on November 14, 2023, 08:26:08 AM
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 08:26:21 AM
entirely possible i am conflating this game with '97 CU (also a momentous occasion, we hadn't beaten those dweebs in a hot minute) and i thought i was going to die from coldness. And no i'm not conflating with the '00 victory over NUBB at home b/c i didn't go to that game b/c it was homecoming (high school) and i was not about to pass on the chance to awkwardly slow dance with a girl a couple of times.i don't remember it being that cold.
i attribute this to my faulty memory. I was a very tough boy who didn't mind the cold (still don't). But the CU game the year before was very, very cold.
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on November 14, 2023, 08:31:01 AM
That CU game was very cold. I was still in HS and my cool older cousins got me tickets to sit in the student section with them. Very fun game.entirely possible i am conflating this game with '97 CU (also a momentous occasion, we hadn't beaten those dweebs in a hot minute) and i thought i was going to die from coldness. And no i'm not conflating with the '00 victory over NUBB at home b/c i didn't go to that game b/c it was homecoming (high school) and i was not about to pass on the chance to awkwardly slow dance with a girl a couple of times.i don't remember it being that cold.
i attribute this to my faulty memory. I was a very tough boy who didn't mind the cold (still don't). But the CU game the year before was very, very cold.
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 08:35:25 AM
Post by: MakeItRain on November 14, 2023, 08:36:31 AM
I was there, and I openly wept along with everyone around me.
I was there too, Pete. Although this game is another example of my memory starting to fail me...I had remembered that game being cold ASF. Had a long sleeve tee shirt (white) on under my #50 Travis Ochs jersey (home purple) and it was not nearly enough but i didn't even care.
But as i'm watching this replay...the suns out, the green teeshirt guys that willie gives concussions to are wearing shorts, lots of the students are wearing huck the fuskers tee shirts and appear to be completely comfortable. But i was there. Sitting in the SEZ and had a straight on view to Darnell McDonald catching the go-ahead TD and in person it looked like he was even more wide open than he looked on TV.
And i'll tell you something else i was torn that day b/c i wasn't sure whether to wear my travis ochs jersey or my michael bishop jersey b/c the ochs jersey would crease really awkwardly between the 5 and the 0 thus making it kind of ill fitting, (obvs not a problem with a single 7 centered in the front) but i had willie the wildcat's autograph on the ochs jersey and not the bishop jersey so i decided to sacrifice vanity for the betterment of the team and, well, you know what the final score was that day...
Your memory is just fine. College Gameday started off pretty chilly. The jackass Nebraska band, for some reason, came in towards the end of the show and just started playing, even though there were no Nebraska fans there. Students were trying to get to that band when the show ended. At kickoff, 2:30, it was sunny and about 60 degrees. At the end of the game, the sun was down and it was around 50. No one was worried about the relative chilly weather then because we were turnt. I do remember ESPN moved their set to the top of the hill on the northeast corner of the stadium. After we took the goalposts down, they were doing player interviews from there and it was straight cold, at that point.
I couldn't go to Aggieville that night because the rec opened from 7-10 that night and I had to close :curse: I went down at like 11 and couldn't get in anywhere so I just went home, basically Aggieville, on Bluemont right across from Arby's, and just had an impromptu party instead.
Also the three panel flag visible on the field stormings and goal post teardown, is me(
Post by: MakeItRain on November 14, 2023, 08:38:23 AM
"So from Osawatomie to Ottawa, from Leawood to Liberty – this may be a day the Kansas State faithful never forget"
The Keith Jackson opening, and closing, to this game will forever be burned in my memory, simply amazing.I still have my VHS recording of this game and a VCR to watch it on.
Post by: yoga-like_abana on November 14, 2023, 08:41:36 AM
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Post by: WildcatNkilt on November 14, 2023, 09:59:54 AM
Post by: Fedor on November 14, 2023, 10:11:36 AM
That game was way closer than it should have been. 5 turnovers including a fumble on the 1. :lol:They had a scoop and score that would have been overturned by replay as well. :shakesfist:
Post by: DaBigTrain on November 14, 2023, 10:20:34 AM
Post by: konofo on November 14, 2023, 10:25:34 AM
What a great game! I was 10 but I remember it vividly. :emawkid: :emawkid: :emawkid:It's wild, I was there (sober, even), but I don't remember much of it at all.
kono
Post by: IPA4Me on November 14, 2023, 10:29:57 AM
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 10:59:14 AM
I got to read the score and write-up on the submarine somewhere under the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. Was rocking my KSU Willie Wildcat mug on duty in the Engine Room.
bet that day it was extra satisfying rippin a dart back aft near the screw
Post by: IPA4Me on November 14, 2023, 11:01:06 AM
No smoking in the ER. Smoke Pit was forward under the galley next to the Diesel Generator.I got to read the score and write-up on the submarine somewhere under the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. Was rocking my KSU Willie Wildcat mug on duty in the Engine Room.
bet that day it was extra satisfying rippin a dart back aft near the screw
It was a glorious day to enjoy that heater before going aft for watch.
Post by: KITNfury on November 14, 2023, 11:36:32 AM
- I didn't have season tix as a frosh, sat in south endings. High stepped across entire field before clock expired.
- someone stepped on my new doc martens and left a perma dent in the toe :(
- was hanging by my arms on the indestructible goalpost and someone started pulling on my legs/pants. Bout showed my all my bits to everyone but let go in time.
- got embarrassingly drunk afterwards
Post by: Spaces on November 14, 2023, 03:29:34 PM
Never II :love:
Post by: cfbandyman on November 14, 2023, 03:43:05 PM
What a great game! I was 10 but I remember it vividly. :emawkid: :emawkid: :emawkid:
We're the same age :surprised:
I don't remember the game though, I was not a qhatz fan yet (didn't go to a game or know much until I went to a game in 2000)
Post by: DaBigTrain on November 14, 2023, 05:19:20 PM
What a great game! I was 10 but I remember it vividly. :emawkid: :emawkid: :emawkid:
We're the same age :surprised:
I don't remember the game though, I was not a qhatz fan yet (didn't go to a game or know much until I went to a game in 2000)
:surprised:
Post by: ben ji on November 14, 2023, 05:26:46 PM
"So from Osawatomie to Ottawa, from Leawood to Liberty – this may be a day the Kansas State faithful never forget"
The Keith Jackson opening, and closing, to this game will forever be burned in my memory, simply amazing.I still have my VHS recording of this game and a VCR to watch it on.
"And good night..from the happiest place on earth......Manhattan Kansas" Keith Jackson was the absolute best.
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on November 14, 2023, 07:17:42 PM
"So from Osawatomie to Ottawa, from Leawood to Liberty – this may be a day the Kansas State faithful never forget"
The Keith Jackson opening, and closing, to this game will forever be burned in my memory, simply amazing.I still have my VHS recording of this game and a VCR to watch it on.
"And good night..from the happiest place on earth......Manhattan Kansas" Keith Jackson was the absolute best.
Benji, look, there’s no doubt Keith was an all-timer, but if we want to just be objective, he had a pretty sloppy call that day. Called us the Jayhawks not once but twice, got confused on the play call several times, mixed up a metaphor or two, and didn’t give us even one of his signature Whoa Nelly!’s
I will say for the pre-determined lines, like the Osawatamie to Ottawa one, he absolutely stuck the landing, no notes.
Post by: nicname on November 14, 2023, 10:21:06 PM
Got me grounded for a month. Worth every second.
Post by: PurpleOil on November 15, 2023, 08:31:16 AM
What a great game! I was 10 but I remember it vividly. :emawkid: :emawkid: :emawkid:
We're the same age :surprised:
I don't remember the game though, I was not a qhatz fan yet (didn't go to a game or know much until I went to a game in 2000)
Looks like we're the same age as well! I went with my father to a friend's house for a watch party. I distinctly remember how tense everything was for that final drive. I also remember the voices of the men who were all like "crap, that's a facemask. Wait... Did they not call it!?!? THEY DIDN'T THROW A FLAG!!! THAT'S BALLGAME!!!"
:ksu: :ksu: :ksu:
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Post by: pissclams on November 16, 2023, 07:00:16 PM
I've always been aliveand that is what a lot of people like about you
Post by: Pete on November 17, 2023, 03:42:20 PM
YepI've always been aliveand that is what a lot of people like about you
Post by: SkinnyBenny on December 05, 2023, 06:41:47 AM
Now it’s the sad one
Post by: michigancat on December 05, 2023, 06:47:49 AM
:(What the F is wrong with you
Now it’s the sad one
Post by: SkinnyBenny on December 06, 2023, 12:57:33 PM
HAPPY 20TH!!!
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Happy 20th!!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKyTmXMVS0)
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