Bucknell shirts flying off shelves of Bucknell Bookstore - Page 6

teedubya · 03-24-2005, 02:50 AM

Yesterday on 810, they interviewed "Bucknell Betty" who has worked in the Bucknell bookstore for over 15 years. Apparently, Bucknell t-shirts are flying out the door in thousands.

with over 90%, she said... shipping to Missouri.

I dont care who you are, that shit is funny. [Not the KU loss, but the MUrons spending mad dollars on smaque.]

|Zach| · 03-24-2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

it appears that MU fans actually enjoy seeing KU lose more than they enjoy seeing MU win.

No way dude.

Eleazar · 03-24-2005, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

That is true.

I guess the thing that I find really ignorant is that it appears that MU fans actually enjoy seeing KU lose more than they enjoy seeing MU win. I just don't get that. I guess when your team is successful, everyone likes to kick them when they get that rare opportunity.

It's not that rare, it comes around every March like clockwork

Nah, I enjoy seeing MU win a lot more, it's just a much less frequent occurance in recent years. Liking seeing KU lose doesn't make me like seeing MU win any less.

KingPriest2 · 03-24-2005, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I'll counter with that, by saying there is much more parity in the NFL than there is in CBB. Just about every team expects the playoffs. There are 10 times more teams in CBB, and not as much parity.

If MU failed to make the postseason as expected, why do so many people want Quin Snyder gone? After all, you guys didn't expect to make the postseason..?

They did make the postseason.

**Saulbadguy** · 03-24-2005, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KingPriest2

They did make the postseason.

Coulda fooled me. Most MU fans i've talked to on here expect the NCAA tournament every year.

Raiderhater · 03-24-2005, 12:23 PM

Cripple Fight!

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Originally Posted by ZachKC

I didn't say it was talking shit...

Again...my only point is that its funny and makes you guys look stupid that when your team is up to act like we are irrelvent yet love to make fun of us when you take your lumps.

It is like saying you are way to good to get on some ugly chick yet you make that booty call when you are having a bad stint with the ladies.

Nice analogy. I like that.

KingPriest2 · 03-24-2005, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Coulda fooled me. Most MU fans i've talked to on here expect the NCAA tournament every year.

But they did not expect it this year

Eleazar · 03-24-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Coulda fooled me. Most MU fans i've talked to on here expect the NCAA tournament every year.

I would agree with that, if you mean that I consider no tournament appearance to be unacceptable.

I can't reasonably "expect" that we'll be there for a few years, though.

**Saulbadguy** · 03-24-2005, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by KingPriest2

But they did not expect it this year

So Quin has done his job then, huh? No reason to get upset about not making the tournament.

**Bearcat** · 03-24-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

Ok, I'll remember to remind you of that anytime you mention a word about MU losing to a school besides Kansas.

Since parity has taken over the NFL and college basketball, I'm not really for the "hahaha, you lost to [team]" ...so, okay.

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So why the hell is that different than buying a $10 shirt? The billboard as I remember pointed to their mediocre finishes in the conference, of which Kansas usually only contributes one loss, two at most. That's smack through other schools.

I already agreed they were funny for the same reason

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If enjoying watching your rival lose makes you some kind of bad sports fan, then I am guilty.

I've actually mentioned this quite a bit on this board... IMO, it sucks to be reduced to rooting against other teams. (I'm not talking about a regular season game... of course people have an interest in who wins or loses those games..... I'm talking about when your team isn't in the playoffs and you're reduced to rooting against other teams). Sure, I do it, because it makes watching games between two team I don't root for a better experience... because I can get into it. That said, it still sucks, because I'd rather see my team playing than watching someone else's team.

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The shirt is a joke. Of course when you are the butt of a joke you don't find it as funny as the rest of us do. And this is why the joke is so amusing, because of the tantrums it illicits from the teary-eyed Jayhawk fans. Perhaps I should have ordered a case or two of blue and red pacifiers to go with it

Again, there's no anger. There's no tears. We've already lost to Bucknell. You're not going to make it worse.

By all means though, keep believing that you wasting your money on a tshirt is causing Kansas fans pain. It makes it funnier for us.

KingPriest2 · 03-24-2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

So Quin has done his job then, huh? No reason to get upset about not making the tournament.

He lost 3 starters last year and had a young team this year. He did the best he could have done. Am I saying I am happy about this year? No I wish they made the NCAA. But you have to look at the team they had.

Last year they should have made it but with the Clemons saga going on and then Paige Sports it drains your team.

I know it is not the big dance but they did make the NIT.

**Saulbadguy** · 03-24-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KingPriest2

Last year they should have made it but with the Clemons saga going on and then Paige Sports it drains your team.

Erm...the Paige Sports thing happened this year.

**Lzen** · 03-24-2005, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KingPriest2

He lost 3 starters last year and had a young team this year. He did the best he could have done. Am I saying I am happy about this year? No I wish they made the NCAA. But you have to look at the team they had.

Last year they should have made it but with the Clemons saga going on and then Paige Sports it drains your team.

I know it is not the big dance but they did make the NIT.

Big deal. We can pull out plenty of excuses for KU this year, as well. Face it, neither team lived up to expectations. Therefore, both seasons were failure. Of course, Mizzou's was a much bigger failure.

|Zach| · 03-24-2005, 12:46 PM

To be ok with and try to tell me that its ok that the University of Missouri did not make the NCAA tourn is foolish.

redbrian · 03-24-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Since parity has taken over the NFL and college basketball, I'm not really for the "hahaha, you lost to [team]" ...so, okay.

I already agreed they were funny for the same reason

I've actually mentioned this quite a bit on this board... IMO, it sucks to be reduced to rooting against other teams. (I'm not talking about a regular season game... of course people have an interest in who wins or loses those games..... I'm talking about when your team isn't in the playoffs and you're reduced to rooting against other teams). Sure, I do it, because it makes watching games between two team I don't root for a better experience... because I can get into it. That said, it still sucks, because I'd rather see my team playing than watching someone else's team.

Again, there's no anger. There's no tears. We've already lost to Bucknell. You're not going to make it worse.

By all means though, keep believing that you wasting your money on a tshirt is causing Kansas fans pain. It makes it funnier for us.

For something that does not bother you, you sure are squawking a lot about it.

Now as far as being reduced to rooting against a rival, you are comparing apples and oranges.

Even when teams I support have winning seasons I still enjoy seeing a hated rival lose and lose in a way that is extremely humiliating (such as being beaten by a team from a conference which has never won a NCAA Tournament game, and has only five scholarship players who do not have scholarships for athletics but for academics, which means not only did they beat you at basketball they could whip KU’s butt’s in the classroom as well).

One does not negate the other.

KingPriest2 · 03-24-2005, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

Big deal. We can pull out plenty of excuses for KU this year, as well. Face it, neither team lived up to expectations. Therefore, both seasons were failure. Of course, Mizzou's was a much bigger failure.

Wrong. MU was not expected to do anything this year. And yet they did.

KU was expected to win it all and yet they bail out it the first round.

SO of course KU is the much bigger failure.

MU did live up to their expectations and exceeded it. KU failed.

Last year MU yeah they failed. But the expectations were higher for KU this year then MU last year so Of course KU was the bigger failure.

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