This topic came up in a recent conversation. Some friends said they want to reseat because of nearby fans with odd or obnoxious routines, which led to funny stories. I thought this would be a great offseason thread...and made me wonder if I annoy others? ;D
When at home watching MU by myself in a room, I actually find myself talking or yelling at the screen. This amuses my housemembers to no end. I am told this is not an uncommon male behavior.
This carries over to games where I have been working to tone down this bizarre behavior. I am told I now grunt to myself instead which is more annoying. Certain friends and I also tend to do play by play and color commentary which I imaging is annoying. I am actually quiet when I do this but I think that makes it more noticed. I have seen some funny stuff as well.
I have lucky shirts, but there is a protocol. First, I try to match the game jersey of the day. Blue is preferred, gold only for UW or gold out games.
Lastly, over the years, my one daughter has only attended one loss, the FSU game at Disney which MU gave away. The kid has an incredible record home or away, something like over 50-1. My other daughter makes the Piano Man's record look good.
PTM punches the clown in the crapper at maders before every home game.
I have to get BC nachos every game.
ZFB watches games in his mother's living room wearing only boxer briefs and a wife beater. His mom times the delivery of a turkey pot pie (Swanson's) from out of the oven and onto his TV tray at the under-4 timeout of the first half. He pees into an empty can of Tab cola and catches up on episodes of Gossip Girl during halftime.
Not sure this qualifies in the annoying category, but in my senior year oh so long ago, one of my roommates and I were seated FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON in front of 2 acquaintances (good guys otherwise) who we named the "epiglottis brothers." They would spend most of the game screaming and flapping their epiglotti at the other team, bad play by MU and, mostly, the refs. Made the games difficult to enjoy until a couple of games in we just made their obnoxiousness our thing and laughed our arses off at them.
4ever tries to make it through every game without having to change his adult incontinence product.
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on June 20, 2012, 10:16:26 PM
PTM punches the clown in the crapper at maders before every home game.
Home and away games.
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on June 20, 2012, 10:16:26 PM
PTM punches the clown in the crapper at maders before every home game.
What is Tom Crean doing in the crapper at Maders?
Quote from: Skitch on June 20, 2012, 11:21:14 PM
What is Tom Crean doing in the crapper at Maders?
"Recruiting," obviously.
Always rock the Marquette gear at work on game days. I end up shushing people around me at home. And with thin leads or deficits in the waning minutes, I can't sit down so I pace. I also hop on Scoop during TV timeouts. If viewing by ESPN3, I tend to stay away from the forums, Twitter, etc. due to delay.
Also, offer extra credit to my students if they can tell me the box score, if MU won, and the top MU scorer the next day.
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on June 20, 2012, 10:17:14 PM
I have to get BC nachos every game.
Where do you stop on the way back to Madison for the porcelain Hiroshima thing?
Quote from: Skitch on June 20, 2012, 11:21:14 PM
What is Tom Crean doing in the crapper at Maders?
Playin' pocket pool.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on June 21, 2012, 04:47:34 AM
Where do you stop on the way back to Madison for the porcelain Hiroshima thing?
Guts of steel, my brother.
I always find myself on MUScoop defending Vander Blue. I have no idea what I will do starting in 2014.
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on June 21, 2012, 02:20:48 AM
Always rock the Marquette gear at work on game days. I end up shushing people around me at home. And with thin leads or deficits in the waning minutes, I can't sit down so I pace. I also hop on Scoop during TV timeouts. If viewing by ESPN3, I tend to stay away from the forums, Twitter, etc. due to delay.
Also, offer extra credit to my students if they can tell me the box score, if MU won, and the top MU scorer the next day.
Have you tried the NFPD (Nebraska Football point differential) that Accounting Professor Bob Yahr used. He would add the points that Nebraska won onto everyone's exam. MBPD?
While watching games at home my wife can irritate me. She does not like close games. We would be watching a game that is a 1 or 2 point game for with two minutes to go. I would get up and start pacing around the living room. She would rollover on the coach and go to sleep leaving me to suffer by myself through the last two minutes. Then she wake up and ask who won? >:(
Live: try to get to one or two games a year since I don't live in Milwaukee. Saw the buzzer beater by Louisville, OT loss to Syracuse, OT loss to ND. Some tough memories.
On TV: I get really quiet, irritable and fidgety. My wife hates it.
When I'm at the BC .. I do game commentary out loud .. Junior passes to Jae for THREEEEEEE.
I get drunk. Then I hoot and holler.
Same if I'm in the BC or watching it on TV somewhere.
I make running commentary throughout pretty much the entire game when at the BC. I cheer loudly when MU makes a great play, and boo the refs boisterously when I disagree with a call. I'm sure that at times I'm probably obnoxious to those around me, especially since my wife and I are in the 400 section and nobody on the court can hear us. Also, if Jim Burr is calling a game I just b%tch about his ineptitude before the game even starts.
I've felt less guilty about it now that we have seats right in front of the railing so I'm not shouting into someone's ears.
In the old days, some of us Scoopers would hop online and talk to dudes flaunting pistols and money during games. Might need to revisit that website this season.
I pace for much of the games.
Quote from: mugrad2006 on June 21, 2012, 10:50:11 AM
I make running commentary throughout pretty much the entire game when at the BC. I cheer loudly when MU makes a great play, and boo the refs boisterously when I disagree with a call. I'm sure that at times I'm probably obnoxious to those around me, especially since my wife and I are in the 400 section and nobody on the court can hear us. Also, if Jim Burr is calling a game I just b%tch about his ineptitude before the game even starts.
I've felt less guilty about it now that we have seats right in front of the railing so I'm not shouting into someone's ears.
That's just doing a public service to those around you who may not be aware of his crappiness. I think all scoopers should do the same.
Quote from: Bocephys on June 21, 2012, 11:10:13 AM
That's just doing a public service to those around you who may not be aware of his crappiness. I think all scoopers should do the same.
My wife and I were reseated this past year, and the couple that sat behind us are probably in their late 50's. The first game that Burr reffed I starting complaining right away to my wife that we were screwed cuz he was there. The guy behind me immediately jumped in, talking about how Burr sucked back when HE started watching games 30 years ago.
Quote from: bilsu on June 21, 2012, 08:12:23 AM
While watching games at home my wife can irritate me. She does not like close games. We be watching a game that is a 1 or 2 point game for with two minutes to go. I would get up and start pacing around the living room. She would rollover on the coach and go to sleep leaving me to suffer by myself through the last two minutes. Then she wake up and ask who won? >:(
I take it you have a mixed marriage. Gotta stick with your own kind.
At the BC, I do lots of stuff that most of the other geezer alums don't:
-sing the Alma Mater
-join in on the fight song
-cheer for Al, Doc, and Dwyane, and boo TC during the history montage
-jump up and down after exciting plays
-participate in the cheers
-chant, "Hey, you suck!" and point to the visiting bench during "Rock and Roll, Part One".
-ridicule the cheerleaders for not being able to get a T-shirt into the upper bowl, even with the cannon
-curse at The Chicken for never giving the free Palermo's Pizza to my row.
Watching games at home, I have to change seating locations to stop MU's bad runs. It's really just to get me moving to relieve the pressure.
Interestingly, my wife and each of my daughter's separately went through the same thought pattern in their lives thinking this was 1) funny, 2) strange, 3) pathetic. I am both concerned and proud that my youngest daughter was able to progress so quickly through this process. Proud that she is able to view things critically but concerned that she thinks her father is pathetic (at least on this topic).
When watching road games on TV I always wear MU gear anyway. I sit on the futon or on the floor so I can focus on the TV without seeing anyone else in the room. I tend to slam the floor on bad plays or missed calls which I can do without hurting myself or making too loud a noise. I will go into the adjacent office to get on MUScoop during commercials or at half if we are behind. Misery needs company.
We fly the Marquette flag on gameday. I wear a lucky shirt for the games, but will stop wearing it when it suffers a loss and then switch to a new shirt. We also watch almost every game on tape delay, but that's mostly out of convenience.
Finally, I think superstitions are terribly stupid but cannot help myself.
Quote from: warriorchick on June 21, 2012, 12:02:19 PM
At the BC, I do lots of stuff that most of the other geezer alums don't:
-curse at The Chicken for never giving the free Palermo's Pizza to my row.
PM Tall Titan before the opener and ask what row he is sitting in....guaranteed winner ;)
If I'm at work during a gameday, I wear one of my gameday ties that I got from the Spirit Shop. If I'm not working that day...any MU gear with my MU sneakers from NikeID.com.
Quote from: Warrior's Path on June 21, 2012, 01:21:00 PM
Finally, I think superstitions are terribly stupid but cannot help myself.
+1
I'm always disappointed in myself when I don't wear a shirt just because MU lost last time I wore it. It doesn't make any sense... but what if it actually *is* the shirt's fault?
Quote from: Skatastrophy on June 21, 2012, 01:55:08 PM
+1
I'm always disappointed in myself when I don't wear a shirt just because MU lost last time I wore it. It doesn't make any sense... but what if it actually *is* the shirt's fault?
Agreed. There's less than a 0.0000000000000000001% chance it actually is the shirt's fault, but why risk it?
I'm extremely superstitious when it comes to clothing I wear to sporting events. In '03 I wore the same shirt, pants, shoes and probably even underwear to every game. Washed between games, of course (most of the time...)
I went to several road games during my time at MU and their record was really bad. Among the worst losses were the 02 NCAA first round in St Louis and the CUSA tournament in Louisville in 03. That was the last MU road game I went to. The rest of that season turned out OK. I am quite ashamed to admit that I stayed on campus when pretty much all of my friends went to Indy and Minneapolis for the games that season. It was worth the sacrifice, I suppose.
I still don't travel to games.
Quote from: MDMU04 on June 21, 2012, 02:40:42 PM
I still don't travel to games.
I speak for all of us when I say "thank you".
I assume Ners and Gooses new routine will be watching for looks of contempt flashed from Buzz to LW and then reporting back here "see we are right, Buzz is still pissed at LW"
Quote from: madtownwarrior on June 21, 2012, 02:49:16 PM
I assume Ners and Gooses new routine will be watching for looks of contempt flashed from Buzz to LW and then reporting back here "see we are right, Buzz is still pissed at LW"
Starting with Buzz's BBQ on Wednesday...
We will need a full report on how Buzz and Larry related with each other and whether it was sincere or fake.
EDIT: Sorry for the threadjack...I couldn't resist.
We should get a dunk tank this year.
Oh, and i've burned articles of clothing in a fire pit once after a horrendous game. Yeah, it got bad for a time in the mid 00's.
Only a select few people I will watch a game with on tv. My wife is constantly trying to have a "party" for a big road game, drives me insane but I don't like having to explain everything to people and have them walk in front of the tv or otherwise take my focus away from the game. Plus I tend to jump and yell at the game a lot so people don't need to see that.
Also apparently whatever I do when watching road games scares my 80 pounds dog because he will hide outside the whole game and only come back in when the game is over.
I also suffer from superstition that is crap. If they win, tshirt gets worn again until they lose. I have tshirts in my closet I won't wear because they are really bad luck, see FF03 and the Jerry Smith game, but I can't throw them out because their bad luck will become permanent.
I used to yell. Loudly. A lot. Loud cheering when I could. Yelled at the refs when I thought they missed a call or made a bad call. I once had a cute little girl, sitting directly in front of me, turn around and ask me to tone it down as I was hurting her ears. Simultaneously precious and embarrassing. ::)
My wife is the one who yells at the TV during road games.
During the last 5 minutes of a close, significant game, I start playing with my kids toys... during the @UCONN game two years ago I spent nearly the entire second half figuring out where and at what angle to place my hands in order to ricochet the balls in my son's Playskool Busy Ball Popper back into the tray without having to move.
I also have the MU soundtrack ready to go in the event of a hot timeout on the road... everything except Cotton Eye Joe --- can't stand that song. Our kids love jumping around to Thunderstruck before tipoff at home, but won't even get out of their seats at the BC unless we hold them.
Like the Tupí Tribe of South America, we practice exocannibalism before every big game. Nothing prepares better for victory than consuming your enemy, possessing their strength, their vitality, their very soul.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupinamba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocannibalism
Among the notable things we've eaten just before game time:
-3 Musketeers Bars (Xavier)
-Oranges (Syracuse)
-Badger Meatloaf (Bucky)
-Shamrock Shakes (Golder Domers)
-Shots of Baileys
-Steak (USF)
You cats are all too traditional and a bunch of old farts. My wife and I have wild monkey sex if we're leading at halftime and twice during Buzz' postgame show with Homer and Mac.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on June 21, 2012, 06:23:02 PM
You cats are all too traditional and a bunch of old farts. My wife and I have wild monkey sex if we're leading at halftime and twice during Buzz' postgame show with Homer and Mac.
Well now I'm just embarrassed. I always assumed you were like 100 or something. I was about to suggest to rocky some kind of avatar badge for you.
4ever
Thanks for the visual. Going to give halftime leads a different perspective moving forward.
Same shirt and gym shorts until the team loses then they get washed or rotated.
AZWarrior
Great story and know the feeling.
Our dog is our good luck charm. If we're doing well we don't bother him so he'll keep laying in the same position. If we're not doing well we call him to come sit by us and tell him we need some mojo from him. My wife thinks my boys and I are more than a little strange.
No real traditions at the BC besides drinking heavily at the Brat house. If watching at home I have to turn the TV off and have a beer in the kitchen if we go down by 10 or more, love watching but the stress of the BE road games is tough. Back in the mid-80's had a dog named DJ named after Dwayne Johnson and his tail went between his legs when I cursed DJ for a bad play, new dog is named Max hopefully no name conflicts going forward although he still gets upset when I swear and throw the remote, etc.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on June 21, 2012, 06:23:02 PM
You cats are all too traditional and a bunch of old farts. My wife and I have wild monkey sex if we're leading at halftime and twice during Buzz' postgame show with Homer and Mac.
Holy crap! And I've been headed out to the BC concession stand for a beer thinking that halftime entertainment wasn't worth it!
BRAT STOP!
Quote from: Spaniel with a Short Tail on June 21, 2012, 08:34:02 PM
BRAT STOP!
Visited the Brat Stop once about 10-15 years ago and witnessed someone being murdered in the parking lot so I kind of consider that place bad luck and haven't been back.
Had a patty melt there that I really enjoyed though.
A murder in the parking lot would put a damper on any place but he brats are pretty good.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on June 21, 2012, 06:23:02 PM
You cats are all too traditional and a bunch of old farts. My wife and I have wild monkey sex if we're leading at halftime and twice during Buzz' postgame show with Homer and Mac.
so you're saying you're non-traditional?
2 seconds to the hole and can't shoot it deep?
File this one under annoying
Our dog sits and relentlessly stares at us during every Marquette game, making that whimpering/upset noise that dogs do when they want to go outside or eat. Except that we try putting him outside (doesn't want that) or making sure he has been fed (he has). If we lock him in his room or where his food is, the dog knocks against the door or barks to get out. But he only does this during Marquette games... not other TV shows... not other sporting events. He even does it during games like Texas Southern.
Ever had anything stare at you and whine for an hour and a half? I hate that dog during Marquette games, especially the tense ones.
Quote from: Warrior's Path on June 22, 2012, 10:00:57 AM
File this one under annoying
Our dog sits and relentlessly stares at us during every Marquette game, making that whimpering/upset noise that dogs do when they want to go outside or eat. Except that we try putting him outside (doesn't want that) or making sure he has been fed (he has). If we lock him in his room or where his food is, the dog knocks against the door or barks to get out. But he only does this during Marquette games... not other TV shows... not other sporting events. He even does it during games like Texas Southern.
Ever had anything stare at you and whine for an hour and a half? I hate that dog during Marquette games, especially the tense ones.
Poor doggie. It's probably that he knows you are excited/stressed/anxious/upset and he is responding to it.
I had a neighbor who had a black lab. All he had to do is go up to her and say her name in a disappointed-sounding voice and she would start crying, even though she had no clue what was wrong.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on June 21, 2012, 06:23:02 PM
You cats are all too traditional and a bunch of old farts. My wife and I have wild monkey sex if we're leading at halftime and twice during Buzz' postgame show with Homer and Mac.
Who does she spend halftime with if we're losing?
Quote from: drewm88 on June 22, 2012, 10:18:52 AM
Who does she spend halftime with if we're losing?
Rick Pitino.
It sounds like we should have a rummage sale with all of the unlucky Marquette gear the superstitious people have retired.
When watching games on tv and if we get down by 10+ points I change the channel for like 5 seconds and then change it right back to the game. My wife must think I am having a nervous breakdown.
Quote from: MarquetteDano on June 23, 2012, 01:44:19 PM
When watching games on tv and if we get down by 10+ points I change the channel for like 5 seconds and then change it right back to the game. My wife must think I am having a nervous breakdown.
Not me. I don't feel like we have a chance in a game until we get down by 10+ points.
We have a system in the pepband. 8-)
Made basket - high five
Dunk - double high five
Three-pointer - make half of a three goggle and swipe your three fingers against someone else's
(the term is called 'threeing' someone)
Made Free throw - one fist pound
Two Free Throws - double fist pound
Rare three free throws in a row - double fist pound to explosion
Shot Clock Violation - gunshot to wristwatch to tsa pat-down
Blocked shot - throw back your head and wiggle your shoulders
But yeah, I yell constantly at home games. When I watch the game at home I always stand and talk to the players through the screen like a brainchild, especially if junior is having one of his turnover frenzy games. Love my golden Eagles!
Quote from: MUtbone on June 23, 2012, 02:18:09 PM
We have a system in the pepband. 8-)
Made basket - high five
Dunk - double high five
Three-pointer - make half of a three goggle and swipe your three fingers against someone else's
(the term is called 'threeing' someone)
Made Free throw - one fist pound
Two Free Throws - double fist pound
Rare three free throws in a row - double fist pound to explosion
Shot Clock Violation - gunshot to wristwatch to tsa pat-down
Blocked shot - throw back your head and wiggle your shoulders
But yeah, I yell constantly at home games. When I watch the game at home I always stand and talk to the players through the screen like a brainchild, especially if junior is having one of his turnover frenzy games. Love my golden Eagles!
If combined with a fish face, you are doing the "cubillan"
Quote from: Jay Bee on June 23, 2012, 02:10:24 PM
Not me. I don't feel like we have a chance in a game until we get down by 10+ points.
Last season, we weren't hitting on all cylinders till we were down by 20.
Quote from: 4everwarriors on June 21, 2012, 06:23:02 PM
You cats are all too traditional and a bunch of old farts. My wife and I have wild monkey sex if we're leading at halftime and twice during Buzz' postgame show with Homer and Mac.
I was going to be clever and post an image from Googling "wild monkey sex" but I regret even doing so.
:-[
Quote from: Warrior's Path on June 22, 2012, 10:00:57 AM
File this one under annoying
Ever had anything stare at you and whine for an hour and a half?
No, but Rocky has. It was chico.
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on June 20, 2012, 10:17:14 PM
I have to get BC nachos every game.
not really considered a food group although the jalopenos are a vegie
Quote from: mu03eng on June 21, 2012, 04:01:38 PM
Also apparently whatever I do when watching road games scares my 80 pounds dog because he will hide outside the whole game and only come back in when the game is over.
Similarly, neither of my dogs (almost 300 lbs total) will stay in the room with me for more than the first few minutes.
I am prone to temper tantrums if my wife asks me a question at the wrong time during a game or, god forbid, has the temerity to ask me to reach something in a cabinet or something.
Quote from: AZWarrior on June 21, 2012, 04:40:37 PM
I used to yell. Loudly. A lot. Loud cheering when I could. Yelled at the refs when I thought they missed a call or made a bad call. I once had a cute little girl, sitting directly in front of me, turn around and ask me to tone it down as I was hurting her ears. Simultaneously precious and embarrassing. ::)
Were you the f..ker that was screaming f bombs in front of kids during most of the entire first half of the NC game in Newark?
Quote from: Knight Commission on June 25, 2012, 02:20:14 PM
Were you the f..ker that was screaming f bombs in front of kids during most of the entire first half of the NC game in Newark?
Who wasn't dropping f bombs that game? Kids included.
Quote from: Stone Cold on June 25, 2012, 02:28:08 PM
Who wasn't dropping f bombs that game? Kids included.
Really. After all, it's Newark... if you don't drop an f-bomb once every ten minutes you'll get your a$$ kicked. Kids included.
1) On televised games, I yell so loud that my wife and children leave the room. Especially when one of our players looks like he's still in high school.
2) At the Bradley Center, I always look for THE Banner dating to 1977.
3) When they play the "Remember the Titans" video, I cheer Al and boo TV Tommy for the way he left Marquette.
4) I say a short prayer to the great Jesuit in the sky (no, not Father Raynor) that there will NEVER again be a game like last year's Vanderbilt home game or 1978's Miami of Ohio tournament game!