1st time there:
I was embarrassed for Bo after Buzz genuinely ran over to congratulate the 9 year old girl who killed the national anthem. Buzz was being Buzz and Bo was probably thinking " that hillbilly is trying to show me up in my own home.". Very awkward and forced reciprocation by Bo.
Prior to the game we went to Buckinghams bar right by the Kohl center. After waiting for a beer for 10 minutes and watching people next to me get beers, I asked the bartender who looked like Turtle + 150 lbs " Can I get a beer?" I was told "no". Keep in mind I wasn't doing anything to warrant discontent other than wearing yellow. Are you fing kidding me?
At halftime my 27 yo brother empties our flask into two large cokes in the stall. He exits the Stall and the 40 yo badger fan with a tucked in red tshirt and jeans with white high tops says to him, "is there booze in there? There better not be or I'm calling security.". I realize the players for UW look like they are from 1970, but maybe the fans are too. Pathetic! The sense of entitlement and arrogance is mind boggling. We laughed at this poor b@st&rd for a long time.
One final note, is there anything more embarassing than that UW student dance competition during a timeout.
Thats too bad about the poor service at a bar. No way that would happen at an MU bar/bar near the BC. I can't imagine what it would've been like AFTER the game. Sounds like you bumped into a real tool in the bathroom too; an MU fan would've posed the same question but rather would've called security if there WASN'T booze in the drink. ;D Good work though, way to represent.
I sat by Vander Blues 4th grade teacher.....And then it was my friend and myself as the only Marquette fans in section 305. First, 2 people in front of me moved because I was being "to loud for cheering for my team". I also had 2 guys that probably graduated from UW a couple years ago sitting behind me that were complete tools...I stood up when Jordan Taylor got his 4th foul and said "thats four baby"! When I did that, the two guys were like, " Im glad you can count to four. I have a real education from Madison.Marquette is just pure trash." Real classy right? I just laughed at him and when the WE ARE MARQUETTE chant went throughout the Kohl Center, i looked him straight in the eyes and smiled :)
With about two minutes left in the game, there was the play where we scored a basket and then when Taylor bumped into Crowder and it looked like the called a foul on Crowder, but it was an MU time out. I said "S***" as a reaction thinking they called a foul on Crowder for his fifth. This is the first and only time I swore all game. The lady in front of us turned around and told me to watch my language because there are kids around and she would get an usher if I swore again. At first I was like ok whatever, but then informed her that the student section isn't exactly G-rated. She responded by saying that those students get kicked out and she would get an usher. We just kind of dropped it.
I am guessing that she wouldn't have cared much if they were up 7 at that point instead of down 7, but I (along with the Badger fans that I told what happened) couldn't believe it. Otherwise, the Badger fans were pretty good around us and saw a lot of gold in the crowd. Nice venue, and even better since we won.
I was shocked at how silent a sellout crowd could actually be. Badger fans stood and cheered for a grand total of about 10 seconds in the second half. Then a timeout was called, and you would've thought there was a huge game of musical chairs going on as everyone in red scrambled for their seats. I was in the 5th row of sect 108, and myself and a few MU fans were literally the only ones cheering in our section.
Embarrassing performance by Badger fans. Although, after the game I was impressed by how civil UW fans were to me on State Street. Not one person said how fortunate UW was to get Gasser and not Blue. Prior to Saturday, I couldn't even go to a neighborhood party without hearing that nonsense.
I can still hear "We Are Marquette" ringing in my ears. Great effort by the MU-partisan crowd. Good times.
Quote from: 94Warrior on December 05, 2011, 12:06:16 AM
I was shocked at how silent a sellout crowd could actually be. Badger fans stood and cheered for a grand total of about 10 seconds in the second half. Then a timeout was called, and you would've thought there was a huge game of musical chairs going on as everyone in red scrambled for their seats. I was in the 5th row of sect 108, and myself and a few MU fans were literally the only ones cheering in our section.
Embarrassing performance by Badger fans. Although, after the game I was impressed by how civil UW fans were to me on State Street. Not one person said how fortunate UW was to get Gasser and not Blue. Prior to Saturday, I couldn't even go to a neighborhood party without hearing that nonsense.
I can still hear "We Are Marquette" ringing in my ears. Great effort by the MU-partisan crowd. Good times.
I still have chills from hearing that throughout the Kohl Center!!!! :)
This was my first MU-UW game at the Kohl center and the experience was great. I sat in section 222 with my wife, both decked out in MU colors. The Badger fans on each side of us were very nice and knew alot about the MU team, even the freshmen.
We went to the Nitty Gritty before and after the game and were treated well. After the game there were a couple of We Are Marquette chants in the bar the got some dirty looks from the Badger fans.
The We Are Marquette chants in the Kohl center were awesome!! All in all, I think the MU games at the Bradley center are a much better experience for the fans and players. The alternating introductions at the Kohl center alone tip it in favor of MU. The band was missing, which did not help.
Most of the Badger fans in our row left with about 45 seconds to go. They were very nice on the way out saying the better team won and good luck in the future.
My wife and I went to "The Stadium" bar after the game to join our fellow MU friends who had been there since two. We were the only ones wearing gold in a sea of red. We had no problems getting served by the waitress.
We cheered for MSU in the football game and an angry badger fan called us Norwestern rejects. I was a big fan of that insult. Hadn't heard that one before.
Quote from: LeftyWarrior on December 05, 2011, 06:20:58 AM
This was my first MU-UW game at the Kohl center and the experience was great. I sat in section 222 with my wife, both decked out in MU colors. The Badger fans on each side of us were very nice and knew alot about the MU team, even the freshmen.
We went to the Nitty Gritty before and after the game and were treated well. After the game there were a couple of We Are Marquette chants in the bar the got some dirty looks from the Badger fans.
The We Are Marquette chants in the Kohl center were awesome!! All in all, I think the MU games at the Bradley center are a much better experience for the fans and players. The alternating introductions at the Kohl center alone tip it in favor of MU. The band was missing, which did not help.
This mirrors my experience. I was decked out in my MU gear and in bars both before and after the game. Fans were great. Some good natured ribbing but that's about it. I sat in a sea of red and we all agreed that the refs sucked. I'm not real vocal during games so I didn't really say anything that would get people around me going.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on December 05, 2011, 06:31:02 AM
Most of the Badger fans in our row left with about 45 seconds to go. They were very nice on the way out saying the better team won and good luck in the future.
My wife and I went to "The Stadium" bar after the game to join our fellow MU friends who had been there since two. We were the only ones wearing gold in a sea of red. We had no problems getting served by the waitress.
We cheered for MSU in the football game and an angry badger fan called us Norwestern rejects. I was a big fan of that insult. Hadn't heard that one before.
For the bball game there were about 10 people in the bar. Being part of the "Northwestern Rejects" at the table, I decided to engage in a dialogue with the distraught badger fan. He seemed to be a sour apple out of the bunch as anyone else i talked to Saturday night was quite pleasant.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on December 05, 2011, 06:31:02 AM
We cheered for MSU in the football game and an angry badger fan called us Norwestern rejects. I was a big fan of that insult. Hadn't heard that one before.
No offense, but unless you are a MSU football fan, that is kind of a dickish thing to do. You just basically said that people were nice to you most of the day, and then you openly root for their football team to lose?
If you don't like UW, why root for their minor league football team?
This was my third MU game at the KC, second in seats in 227 where I'm now 2-0. I actually think the Badger fans were as civil as I would be to them in MKE. I don't think anybody "likes" having opposing fans sitting around them. That said the couple I talked to were knowledgeable and reasonable about their teams strength's and weaknesses.
One thing I was surprised about. With something like 30 seconds left and MU up by 5 or 6 the Badgers foul. As we go to the line 3/4 of the fans just get up and leave. Now I don't know about you but it is certainly possible for us to miss the free throw, them come down and hit a 3 and they have a fighting chance. I didn't feel like it was really in the bag until the ball went out of bounds with 8 seconds left. Just surprised they would give up like that.
Of course that last 30 seconds with mostly MU fans staying on gave us a chance to celebrate and the chants of "We are Marquette" were great. Great win, now lets follow it up with a win in NYC.
Went to the game with 1 MU fan and 2 UW fans.
There were a few idiots running their mouths - both nothing that we couldnt handle. Mind you, there were also a few MU fans that probably didn't put us in best light - per say. You're going to get it everywhere, so just expect it.
I got a bunch of texts saying how you could hear the "We Are Marquette" cheer at the end of the game LOUD AND CLEAR. That made me very happy....
....and so did the 30% of Badger fans that left with 1:30 left....what were they thinking?...They missed Todd's DUNK!! :)
Early on, I was cheering and the woman in front of me sort of turns and gives me a strange look. I told her I cheer for my team, but will not cheer against the other team. She smiled and said that she could not say the same thing. We were all good then!
The section I was in was better than past KC experiences. The fans did not cry and whine at every call or no call. My son had a different experience in the seats that he sat in, though. He texted me early in the 2nd half and asked "Badger fans cry a lot". After the game he said that people in his section whined and complained about MU's defense. They felt it was too physical. I laughed. I thought the Big 10 took pride in being physical. In fact, when bo cooled on Diener, wasn't it because he was not strong enough to handle the big, bad, physical Big 10? :D
Quote from: lawwarrior12 on December 05, 2011, 08:18:28 AM
If you don't like UW, why root for their minor league football team?
Rooting for, and openly rooting against, are two different things.
Quote from: 94Warrior on December 05, 2011, 12:06:16 AM
I was shocked at how silent a sellout crowd could actually be. Badger fans stood and cheered for a grand total of about 10 seconds in the second half. Then a timeout was called, and you would've thought there was a huge game of musical chairs going on as everyone in red scrambled for their seats. I was in the 5th row of sect 108, and myself and a few MU fans were literally the only ones cheering in our section.
Embarrassing performance by Badger fans. Although, after the game I was impressed by how civil UW fans were to me on State Street. Not one person said how fortunate UW was to get Gasser and not Blue. Prior to Saturday, I couldn't even go to a neighborhood party without hearing that nonsense.
I can still hear "We Are Marquette" ringing in my ears. Great effort by the MU-partisan crowd. Good times.
Was not at the game but just from watching it on TV, I was also shocked at how quiet the KC was for much of the afternoon. Even when Wisco made a run, it didn't seem all that loud. Maybe the loudest of the Bucky fans headed to Indy for the weekend...or maybe the fans realized that their team was simply outmanned.
The quoted post mentioned Gasser which reminded me: When did he become so whiny? Admittedly I didn't watch many UW games, but was he like that last season? He seemed beside himself at every call, no matter how blatantly obvious, that went against UW. I bet there were 4-5 times where he threw his arms up in the air with disgust after a whistle. I was surprised by that.
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on December 05, 2011, 08:45:13 AM
Was not at the game but just from watching it on TV, I was also shocked at how quiet the KC was for much of the afternoon. Even when Wisco made a run, it didn't seem all that loud. Maybe the loudest of the Bucky fans headed to Indy for the weekend...or maybe the fans realized that their team was simply outmanned.
The quoted post mentioned Gasser which reminded me: When did he become so whiny? Admittedly I didn't watch many UW games, but was he like that last season? He seemed beside himself at every call, no matter how blatantly obvious, that went against UW. I bet there were 4-5 times where he threw his arms up in the air with disgust after a whistle. I was surprised by that.
didn't you hear the announcers say teams take on the attributes of their coach? the apple doesn't fall to far from the bo-tree.
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on December 05, 2011, 08:45:13 AM
Was not at the game but just from watching it on TV, I was also shocked at how quiet the KC was for much of the afternoon. Even when Wisco made a run, it didn't seem all that loud. Maybe the loudest of the Bucky fans headed to Indy for the weekend...or maybe the fans realized that their team was simply outmanned.
The quoted post mentioned Gasser which reminded me: When did he become so whiny? Admittedly I didn't watch many UW games, but was he like that last season? He seemed beside himself at every call, no matter how blatantly obvious, that went against UW. I bet there were 4-5 times where he threw his arms up in the air with disgust after a whistle. I was surprised by that.
Taylor was the same. I attribute that in part on the fact that MU got in their heads a bit.
BTW, when JJ picked up that stupid hand check foul at half court, Buzz's reaction was priceless. He fell to the floor so loud that I could hear it on the other side of the KC.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on December 05, 2011, 08:53:48 AM
Taylor was the same. I attribute that in part on the fact that MU got in their heads a bit.
BTW, when JJ picked up that stupid hand check foul at half court, Buzz's reaction was priceless. He fell to the floor so loud that I could hear it on the other side of the KC.
Buzz was really PO'd on that call. I thought he was going to get a T. The Assistant Coaches did a good job of getting him out of there. Fortunately, the official did not see it when he was making his way to his throne, er, I mean, the scorers table.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on December 05, 2011, 08:05:47 AM
.. we all agreed that the refs sucked.
Says the ref (and rightly their defender)...wow though. Can we now agree that Hightower anticipates calls and is way past his prime? Some fun facts: Hightower has officiated three of the last four MU vs. UW games at the Kohl, and Driscoll has done the last three there. So much for the "random" assignment of refs. I assume the two schools stipulate one B1G, one BE and one from elsewhere in their contract.
It was my first trip to the Kohl and my first trip to Madison in general.
On the whole, I was pretty impressed. People were for the most part civil. We were in the last row of the upper deck in 327, which was nice because then we could stand whenever we wanted. Our group of 3 was then joined by three other MU fans sitting next to us. On the other side, two Badger fans, who for inexplicable reasons, left at half time.
As the We Are Marquette chants began ringing out loud and clear, on the way out, one old Badger lady snidely made a reference to football (whatever you need to feel better, lady.) said, "Well at least we have somewhere to go after this. You don't." My friend quickly retorted wishing them the best in the Capital One Bowl.
It was a pretty pathetic showing from the crowd. I've been to Valpo, UWM, SLU, and DePaul games that got louder than the Kohl Center on Saturday. It was pretty sad. To be fair, it's not like UW has a style of play that has you jumping out of your seat, and UW really didn't give them anything to cheer about as aside from a few dodgy runs in the second half, Marquette was in control for most of the game.
Just curious, but for those saying they were surprised how quiet the crowd was, was that your first time there? The Kohler Center crowd is never really loud, and Sat. was about normal.
A few thoughts from my day in Madison...
- MU's Defense reminded me a lot of how they played against Xavier last year. They continually forced the ball out past the perimeter and got the ball out of their guards hands. I commented to my buddies every time one of their forwards had the ball between the circles with 10 left on the shot clock. Not to brag, but I also said "first team to 60 wins", right before the game...
- Nice to see full court pressure to keep Jordan Taylor out of sync, he never could get going and often couldn't even initiate the offense due to the pressure. This might be the key to stopping UW, I hope they do well the rest of the way out, but if all you need to do is press Taylor and see if the other guys can beat you, then the Badgers may lose a lot of games this season.
- Todd Mayo has a nose for the rim. He just has that knack for getting shots to fall, and it never seems like he is working all that hard to get them.
- Winning on the road without a point guard? Not sure how I would feel about that if I was Junior... On the other hand, he was dressed and being very supportive, despite the suspension, seemed like he was doing everything he could to be a good cheerleader.
- 10-man rotations are tough to play against for 40 minutes, this is a really good, talented, deep team.
- Great to see DJO step up as a leader and take the tough shots in crunch time, especially with Jae struggling.
- UW must have scouted DJO's pump fake all week, very few times did anyone leave their feet and commit a foul, which usually happens 2-3 times per game.
- Awful officiating on both sides. Tim Hightower is very aware that he is on television. That charge on Blue was BS, but you could see it coming a mile away. My friend said it best, "the ref was just dying to make that call".
- A little disappointed with the Kohl Center crowd, I was expecting a bit more from the student section. Assuming they were all at the game in Indy, but still, the basketball IQ of the people sitting near me was almost non-existent. I heard a few people request a "challenge" or "review" on a few bad calls that went against UW.... Also, a large number of folks walked out with over a minute to go, I was shocked.
- Madison is a cool town and most the UW fans we encountered were gracious/clever. Had a few pitchers bought for us at more than one bar.
- Can we now put to bed any discussion of the Baby Blue's being cursed?
- Speaking of Blue, nice to see Vander giving it back to the student section on his way off the court. I'm sure he enjoyed the bus ride back to Milwaukee.
- the constant "We Are, Marquette" chants were outstanding. My parents were watching on TV and said they could hear it loud and clear...
- Great win, but it's still early in December, need to build on this and continue to roll through Dec... lots to look forward to with this team!
This was my first time going to the Kohl Hole for a game.
I sat in the lower level of the student section with a group of 7 (5 of us were MU fans and 2 were Badger fans). I was surprised with how little ribbing we received. Mostly just got a few expected, "look at these a$$holes" comments as we got to our seats. For the most part the Students werent bad and actually rather intelligent (although sometimes delusional) when it came to basketball speak. Many of them, in the second half, accepted the fact that MU was gonna win the game so there wasnt much coming out of their mouths except when they would all gang up on one MU fan and point and chant "a$$hole" at them. They picked out one sole MU fan in the row ahead of us, who was at the game with his Badger fan friend, and chanted at him. Other than that, they were rather civil.
I think that should the Badgers not have been playing in the B1? Championship game, my weekend- and that of many other MU fans in Madison- would have been completely different.
One other thing--- This was the second time in my life that I have been to a college basketball game 'on campus' and therefore dry... god it su#ks.
We had a great time and bought tickets in Section 102 for a reasonable price. The UW band not being there definitely changed the atmosphere. Love or hate the Badgers fan the band knows how to amp the joint up.
Kudo's to State Street Brats for great time before the game. MU-UW game would not be the same without Brat's.
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on December 05, 2011, 08:13:54 AM
No offense, but unless you are a MSU football fan, that is kind of a dickish thing to do. You just basically said that people were nice to you most of the day, and then you openly root for their football team to lose?
So I can't cheer for who I want to win the game? There are three Big Ten schools I actually like: Michigan State, Purdue, and Northwestern. So when one of those three is playing the Badgers I am going to cheer for them.
It's not like we went over to the guy's table and told him to s*ck it whenever MSU scored.
That is why I said "unless you are a MSU football fan." If you are a fan, cheer for whom you want to cheer for.
No problems at The Echo before or after -- maybe it's the older crowd, certainly no love for us, but enough respect. Only one instance of douchery, but I blame it on age, drunkeness and sour grapes. I was at the urinal and the dude looks over to me and says "unnatural carnal knowledge Marquette, how's your football team?" I laughed, said nothing and walked out. Other than that, a good time at the bars with a great waitress.
At the game, a whole different story. Scalped good tickets -- on free throw line, 2nd row, right behind the people on the court. Had our basket for the second half. Grumpy ass old fans just complaining the whole time about our hand-check fouls. I was part of a six-man MU crew in a sea of red; it was me, my buddy, then a murderer's row of four big-time MU donors. I know this because these are the guys that sit on our home court.
I waited until the second half to cheer like I wanted to. Mostly because I didn't want an usher coming over and check my "Diet Coke" and giving me the boot. But with my drink now long gone, it was go time. Every time Vander got near our side of the court, I would blurt out, "You're my boy Blue!" Badger fans on the court would getted pissed, glaring back at me. Blue would look over every time and start laughing, shaking his head. One time after a time out, I did it again and Blue hit Crowder on the shoulder and they looked over and started laughing. I'm sure it was "that dude is f'n crazy over there." A great, great afternoon and well worth the investment.
Hey guys, the next time a Badger asks how is your football team; tell them were undefeated.
Far be it from me to defend the Badger fans but it sounds like they were reasonable given the circumstances.
Hell last year I had one of our own fans be a dick to me at the game in the BC versus Wisconsin, so no one is immune
Quote from: mu03eng on December 05, 2011, 10:30:47 AM
Far be it from me to defend the Badger fans but it sounds like they were reasonable given the circumstances.
Hell last year I had one of our own fans be a dick to me at the game in the BC versus Wisconsin, so no one is immune
Agreed.
You never remember the nice, polite fans that leave you alone. You always remember the guy that was a jackass that was probably embarrassing his friends.
I am usually that jackass.
Quote from: 94Warrior on December 05, 2011, 12:06:16 AM
I was shocked at how silent a sellout crowd could actually be. Badger fans stood and cheered for a grand total of about 10 seconds in the second half. Then a timeout was called, and you would've thought there was a huge game of musical chairs going on as everyone in red scrambled for their seats. I was in the 5th row of sect 108, and myself and a few MU fans were literally the only ones cheering in our section.
Gasser and not Blue. Prior to Saturday, I couldn't even go to a neighborhood party without hearing that nonsense.
I can still hear "We Are Marquette" ringing in my ears. Great effort by the MU-partisan crowd. Good times.
Did you notice the loud the arena music got when the Badger fans could no longer drown out "We Are Marquette". Because they all took their balls and went home with about 3 minutes left.
As a person who has been to many Badgers games and MU at UW games. It hurt the Wisconsin fan base not having the band. The UW fans really feed off the band. The 11-0 run by Bucky in the second half, they played a club song and everyone was sitting down. If the band was there "On Wisconsin or the "Bud Song" would've been playing with 17.000 plus on their feet and clapping.
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on December 05, 2011, 08:58:05 AM
Says the ref (and rightly their defender)...wow though. Can we now agree that Hightower anticipates calls and is way past his prime? Some fun facts: Hightower has officiated three of the last four MU vs. UW games at the Kohl, and Driscoll has done the last three there. So much for the "random" assignment of refs. I assume the two schools stipulate one B1G, one BE and one from elsewhere in their contract.
incorrect ..in home and home series the home team gets refs from their conference/official coordiantor. hence...mu games at the KC will have BIG 10 refs. The coordinator sets up the refs...typically the biggest games get the top officials...for some starnge reason the Big 10 thinks Driscoll and Hightower are their best refs.
Quote from: Canadian Dimes on December 05, 2011, 10:42:56 AM
incorrect ..in home and home series the home team gets refs from their conference/official coordiantor. hence...mu games at the KC will have BIG 10 refs. The coordinator sets up the refs...typically the biggest games get the top officials...for some starnge reason the Big 10 thinks Driscoll and Hightower are their best refs.
Thanks...I thought Driscoll was only BE.
Quote from: Canadian Dimes on December 05, 2011, 10:42:56 AM
incorrect ..in home and home series the home team gets refs from their conference/official coordiantor. hence...mu games at the KC will have BIG 10 refs. The coordinator sets up the refs...typically the biggest games get the top officials...for some starnge reason the Big 10 thinks Driscoll and Hightower are their best refs.
I'm completely at a loss how Hightower, Driscoll, Burr, and Higgins have not been "retired". They are the only officials I know by sight and name and there is a reason for that. I shouldn't be able to predict with a 90% reliability what is going to happen in the game just by knowing who the officials are. My wife thought I was freaking Nostradamus when I told her before the game there were going to be a lot of screwed up charge/blocked calls and that the guy in the flat top is going to make controversial and random calls if he hasn't had enough camera time.
The proverbial icing on the cake...a picture with Wes Matthews outside the Kohl Center as he was getting picked up at the curb ;D
Quote from: Jblattner7 on December 05, 2011, 09:07:59 AM
- Awful officiating on both sides. Tim Hightower is very aware that he is on television. That charge on Blue was BS, but you could see it coming a mile away. My friend said it best, "the ref was just dying to make that call".
Consider he's an NFL runningback recovering from a torn ACL, I'd expect Tim Hightower to make some questionable calls reffing a college bball game ;)
Ed Hightower is the official.
Quote from: mu03eng on December 05, 2011, 10:30:47 AM
Far be it from me to defend the Badger fans but it sounds like they were reasonable given the circumstances.
Hell last year I had one of our own fans be a dick to me at the game in the BC versus Wisconsin, so no one is immune
Did you bring a Wisco fan into the student section? If so, I'm historically that dick. For me, people who bring opposing fans to the student section deserve way more crap than the opposing fans themselves.
On another note, keep it coming fellas. This is one of the better threads in a long time.
Sat in 313? I think, next to two Badger season ticket holders who said we would probably be the only people sitting in our seats all season. People were generally nice. I will say this, living in Madison, most (not all) fans are basketball neanderthals, especially compared to Marquette. I'm not trying to offend any one, they just care way more about football. Before the game on Saturday, these are the only MU basketball players known in Madison.
1. Vander Blue
2. Maymon
3. Wes Matthews
4. Dwyane Wade
That's it. Couldn't tell you who Novak, Diener, Lazar, Jimmy Butler, or Jerel is or was. Went to Cooper's Tavern after the game, just got some shaking heads from bartenders and fans.
Here's my response to the "How's your football team" tired old cliche:
" Marquette has not had a football team since 1962 but when they did my father played Division 1 football for them back in the 50s. When did YOUR father play football for Wisconsin? Oh, he didn't? Then shut the F**K up. BTW, we are at a BASKETBALL game so why are we talking about football anyways?"
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Quote from: hamtrak on December 05, 2011, 11:36:40 AM
Here's my response to the "How's your football team" tired old cliche:
" Marquette has not had a football team since 1962 but when they did my father played Division 1 football for them back in the 50s. When did YOUR father play football for Wisconsin? Oh, he didn't? Then shut the F**K up. BTW, we are at a BASKETBALL game so why are we talking about football anyways?"
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The old "my dad can beat up your dad" retort! Works every time.
My reply for the football comment is as follows:
Undefeated. Just like our basketball team.
Except this one is actually true! I mean, if your old man can actually beat the other guy's old man....go for it!
The rational and boring response of "resources of a small private Jesuit school blah blah blah" are ineffective in countering the blustery Bucky football put down. Using the fact that my father actually PLAYED D1 football for Marquette is a foolproof retort. In the unlikely event that Bucky Blowhard's dad also played football for Madison then you can steer the conversation down that road but most of the time Bucky Boy is gasping for air with a stupid look on his face as you tell him to shut the hell up.
Thanks, Dad!!
Quote from: MUBurrow on December 05, 2011, 11:14:15 AM
Did you bring a Wisco fan into the student section? If so, I'm historically that dick. For me, people who bring opposing fans to the student section deserve way more crap than the opposing fans themselves.
On another note, keep it coming fellas. This is one of the better threads in a long time.
Brought my wife, a wiscy grad, to our usual season ticket seats. The one game of the year she isn't cheering for MU. I was getting crap from some random douche burger near the end of the game on top of us losing the game.....really not a good time to say something and not have me go off on you.
And wow, how insecure are you that you can't stand people bringing opposing fans in. I figure its a good thing, gives everyone a target to heckle.
section 111 with 2 MU fans and 1 UW fan. Guy behind us was an obnoxious 60+ year old who kept screaming "get him off of him" when DWilson was guarding taylor. not very intelligent fans around us in any direction, just stupid ignorant comments all during and after the game.
was at the echo before the game and no problems at all, very good crowd - one of my favorite bars in Madison.
Buckinghams after the game - was good, bartenders were great (probably helps that my friends from Madison frequent the place on a regular basis and know the bartenders well) but everyone was more interested in the football game than giving us crap for our MU gear.
Wando's afterwards, by this time, had a little too much to drink. Got attacked leaving the bar alone trying to find my buddy, would really like to know what happened as I don't have much recollection of this happening.
Quote from: mu03eng on December 05, 2011, 12:36:43 PM
Brought my wife, a wiscy grad, to our usual season ticket seats. The one game of the year she isn't cheering for MU. I was getting crap from some random douche burger near the end of the game on top of us losing the game.....really not a good time to say something and not have me go off on you.
And wow, how insecure are you that you can't stand people bringing opposing fans in. I figure its a good thing, gives everyone a target to heckle.
Haha, I wouldn't have given you crap for just bringing in one girl with wisco stuff, but you really think hating when dbags bring their UW friends into the student section is a matter of insecurity? Maybe I'm misreading myself, but when people heckle a wisco fan in the student section, then his dbag buddy sits there with an MU shirt on and a sh!t eating grin on his face and starts the "Yeah! @$$hole! @$$hole!" at his friend, i think its pathetic. A student section is supposed to be a student section, with tickets for the students of that school. When an MU student uses one of the two wisco games he ever gets to work to bring red into the student section, then grins at the attention of the heckling or pretending he isn't worse than the wisco fan, i hate that crap.
Quote from: MUBurrow on December 05, 2011, 01:57:09 PM
Haha, I wouldn't have given you crap for just bringing in one girl with wisco stuff, but you really think hating when dbags bring their UW friends into the student section is a matter of insecurity? Maybe I'm misreading myself, but when people heckle a wisco fan in the student section, then his dbag buddy sits there with an MU shirt on and a sh!t eating grin on his face and starts the "Yeah! @$$hole! @$$hole!" at his friend, i think its pathetic. A student section is supposed to be a student section, with tickets for the students of that school. When an MU student uses one of the two wisco games he ever gets to work to bring red into the student section, then grins at the attention of the heckling or pretending he isn't worse than the wisco fan, i hate that crap.
I love debating, so I hate uniformity of thought, bring on different folks. Having said that, I would totally treat the student section different than everything else. I think the student is an idiot for trying to bring the UW fan in, but I don't know that I'd give the MU person any crap, they already know how stupid they are :P
Quote from: mu03eng on December 05, 2011, 03:44:00 PM
I love debating, so I hate uniformity of thought, bring on different folks. Having said that, I would totally treat the student section different than everything else. I think the student is an idiot for trying to bring the UW fan in, but I don't know that I'd give the MU person any crap, they already know how stupid they are :P
I think most people are completely ignorant of how stupid they are ;D
Quote from: ATL MU Warrior on December 05, 2011, 03:56:06 PM
I think most people are completely ignorant of how stupid they are ;D
Sadly this is not limited to student sections. At all.
The longer one lives, the more obvious this is:
Did anyone notice if either team had potential recruits as guests for the game?
Dekker was there for Wisconsin. They showed a glimpse of him after the game with a dead look on his face like, "What just happened?"
Quote from: Slim on December 05, 2011, 04:22:09 PM
Did anyone notice if either team had potential recruits as guests for the game?
Marquette cannot bring recruits to the game. It is on the road. A recruit can attend, but has to pay for the tickets.
Quote from: LancesOtherNut on December 05, 2011, 04:14:08 PM
Sadly this is not limited to student sections. At all.
As my dad always said, its better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Diamond Stone was there.
He'll also be attending quite a few MU games this year. ;)
Quote from: MUMac on December 05, 2011, 08:25:39 AM
In fact, when bo cooled on Diener, wasn't it because he was not strong enough to handle the big, bad, physical Big 10? :D
Bennett cooled on Diener, not Bo
Quote from: Hoopaloop on December 06, 2011, 10:05:01 AM
Bennett cooled on Diener, not Bo
Yep, my bad. Does not have any impact on the poing of the comment, though.
I was sitting in the student section with 3 other MU fans. Didn't receive much of a reaction to begin with, but it changed. Like you guys said, it was extremely quiet. The best thing that the Badger fans could do for a chant was, 'SUCKS!' after we started the 'defense' cheer. This only egged me on and continued. During free-throws for Bucky it was extremely quiet to the point where you could hear a pin drop. I used that as an opportunity to scream things... no obscenities, only funny chants. With the help of a alcohol I screamed with the others for the whole game. When Badger fans were at their loudest they would do their obscentity chants to which I replied, 'I thought Barry and Bielama told you guy's not to swear?' All playful fun, had an excellent time.
After the game I rushed onto the court, as Badger fans were exiting, to shake and greet the MU players. On the way down, as expected, I was shoved countless times to which Bucky fans said 'exits that way!' I just pointed at the scoreboard and laughed and continued on. Got onto the court and shook high-fived and shook hands with all of the team. An awesome experience seeing how juiced up they were after the big W. Vander was going crazy and looked extremely happy.
After that we saw Homer interviewing Wes Matthews, we waited for him to be done and talked to Wes for a minute and got a picture. I asked him when he was heading back to camp and he said, 'Ive actually got a flight to catch in an hour, so have to hurry up.' Got a pic and shook his hand and wished him luck on the upcoming season.
All in all an amazing time, probably one of my favorite sporting events in my life! We are Marquette!
Here's the pic with Wes.
Is Wes on the left or right?