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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: MUeng on February 15, 2009, 09:05:23 PM

Title: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: MUeng on February 15, 2009, 09:05:23 PM
Anybody on campus have a spare al mcquire statue from the game they are willing to sell? 
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: reinko on February 15, 2009, 09:07:24 PM
I imagine they will end up in the bookstore for sale if you can't find one.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: 🏀 on February 15, 2009, 09:54:27 PM
I must say, one the best giveaways ever.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: Gwaki on February 15, 2009, 09:54:44 PM
I got one
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: mosarsour on February 15, 2009, 10:00:08 PM
Quote from: marqptm on February 15, 2009, 09:54:27 PM
I must say, one the best giveaways ever.

+1...If you need one, I saw some on Ebay for $10. I'd bought another one for my older brother.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: mu_hilltopper on February 15, 2009, 10:08:37 PM
What was the deal with people walking around with 4+ of them?   As we left the BC, I saw at least a dozen people carrying stacks of them, not just a couple, but 3-4-5-6 of them.

Hard to believe people were giving them up, as indeed, that's probably one of the best giveaways ever.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: muwarrior87 on February 15, 2009, 10:53:48 PM
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on February 15, 2009, 10:08:37 PM
What was the deal with people walking around with 4+ of them?   As we left the BC, I saw at least a dozen people carrying stacks of them, not just a couple, but 3-4-5-6 of them.

Hard to believe people were giving them up, as indeed, that's probably one of the best giveaways ever.

There were an absolute TON left in the student section at the end of the game. I made out with a few extras but they are all accounted for.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: Buzz4Prez on February 15, 2009, 11:32:31 PM
When we walked into the game we all got one, plus when we got to our seats we there was one in every seat, so we each got away with 2. Then my girlfriend didn't want hers so I got 4.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: OregonWarrior on February 16, 2009, 11:21:37 AM
I'd love to get my hands on one of these. Any idea where some more might be hiding or can someone hook up a fellow MU alum who lives too far away to have been at the game?
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: mu_hilltopper on February 16, 2009, 11:35:58 AM
That's really odd that there were statues on seats .. they were handing them out at the door .. why would they do both?  Very strange.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: Ready2Fly on February 16, 2009, 11:45:59 AM
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on February 16, 2009, 11:35:58 AM
That's really odd that there were statues on seats .. they were handing them out at the door .. why would they do both?  Very strange.

They asked everyone at the door: Are you sitting in the student section?  If you said yes, they didn't give you one and told you it would be at your seat.  I noticed the person handing them out next to my line wasn't asking the question, so I'm guessing a lot of students got two.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: VegasWarrior77 on February 16, 2009, 11:59:25 AM
There are twenty statues for sale on eBay.  What a surprise?
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: bma725 on February 16, 2009, 12:00:38 PM
Quote from: mu77vegas on February 16, 2009, 11:59:25 AM
There are twenty statues for sale on eBay.  What a surprise?

Given how many were left by drunk fans all over downtown Milwaukee, there will likely be a lot more in the coming days.

Great giveaway, great looking statue, but an 8:00 Saturday game is the wrong time for it.
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: Buzz4Prez on February 16, 2009, 09:00:53 PM
I never got asked while walking in...

The reason they put them in the student section seats is because the students wait outside and then rush in, so they don't bother handing them out to the students at that time. They just put them on all the seats and the students get them when they get to a seat.

Another reason why there was a ton left is because all the people wearing the pink shirts left halfway through the 2nd half and a lot of them left behind there statues. I know the BC staff made a huge pile of them in one row, there had to be atleast 10-20 left behind
Title: Re: Al Mcguire statue
Post by: DonCornholeone on February 17, 2009, 12:15:33 AM
Yeah, we bounced around Water Street after the game, and abandoned statues were a common sight in every bar.  Sitting on shelves, on tables, I saw one in a bathroom stall...
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