Big cowbell fail

[Maroon13]

The pre game started off great ..... Gabe Jackson was the celebrity cowbell ringer. The. Cowbell wasn't swinging properly on its pendulum. However Gabe wanted it to work.

This fine piece of engineering fell off its stand and crashed below him. Thank goodness nobody was hurt.

What a comical omen for the game.

 

[kired]

What a 17in embarrassment for an engineering school, dinky a$$ piece of ****

If they’re going to keep rolling that thing out let someone who knows what they’re doing design a frame for it.

 

[dorndawg]

What a 17in embarrassment for an engineering school, dinky a$$ piece of ****

If they’re going to keep rolling that thing out let someone who knows what they’re doing design a frame for it.

Sounds like we paid a lot of hard-earned money for a real clunker. That's kind of our thing these days.

 

[Shmuley]

Please tell me there’s video of this.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

The bell is on small pneumatic rubber tires with no locking mechanism and then placed on a platform (barely larger than the bell itself) 2-3 feet high. A first grader should have saw the potential disaster.

 

[RopeDawg]

Bump. Video?

 

[Maroon13]

Bump. Video?

Pretty much, Jackson began pushing the handle to make the cowbell swing. It wasn't swinging. I guess it had the brake on.... then he pushed it harder and harder and the thing rolled off the 2ft box (or what it was on) and fell over.

 

[gtowndawg]

We really are a clown school sometimes. What was hilarious was everyone in the upper deck running to the end to look over to see the aftermath. Like watching a car wreck.

 

[ToxicTimberDawg]

Please tell me there’s video of this.

I do not have video but I took this pic from east upper deck right after the fall (fail).

 

[patdog]

I do not have video but I took this pic from east upper deck right after the fall (fail).View attachment 650707

The whole night summed up in one picture.

 

[ToxicTimberDawg]

The whole night summed up in one picture.

I actually told the folks sitting by me that this was embarrassing and kinda mirrored the direction of the program, in general. Little did I know what would follow for the 2 quarters we stayed, and the rest of the game.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I do not have video but I took this pic from east upper deck right after the fall (fail).View attachment 650707

Right as it hit the ground fog rolled out of the top of the handle, it was awesome.

 

[ToxicTimberDawg]

Right as it hit the ground fog rolled out of the top of the handle, it was awesome.

I saw that but I wasn't sure what it was ha. The look on Gabe Jackson's face once it tipped and he knew it was going over- that was funny .

 

[MagicDawg]

It was embarrassing to see -- larger than life on two giant screens. Absolutely foreshadowed the game.

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Time for Bully Bell to step up. Or Battle Bell, or whoever. You want to be the "official cowbell of Mississippi State fans", here's your chance.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I saw that but I wasn't sure what it was ha. The look on Gabe Jackson's face once it tipped and he knew it was going over- that was funny .

Ole' Gabe was riding that thing so hard, I thought it was going to come apart!

 

[HumpDawgy]

New tradition.....Drop the Bell!!!!

 

[willi13]

It looks like it was made with an erector set

 

[ToxicTimberDawg]

Time for Bully Bell to step up. Or Battle Bell, or whoever. You want to be the "official cowbell of Mississippi State fans", here's your chance.

Speaking of - I might be in the market for a new cowbell. I'm family with battle bell. I've seen the Bully Bell in all of the shops. Is it good quality or cheap clacker like the ones I've seen prevalent in stores over the last couple decades?

 

[Dawgzilla2]

Speaking of - I might be in the market for a new cowbell. I'm family with battle bell. I've seen the Bully Bell in all of the shops. Is it good quality or cheap clacker like the ones I've seen prevalent in stores over the last couple decades?

I'm a fan of Bully Bells, and I'm definitely biased. Bully Bells are good quality, although the lead clapper has been known to break off after a good hard ringing (I cannot apologize enough to that old lady in Austin, TX). Marc Anthony hand welds the handles on in his garage in Starkville -- he's been featured on ESPN a couple times.

 

[Darryl Steight]

I do not have video but I took this pic from east upper deck right after the fall (fail).View attachment 650707

I don't envy @aTotal360 - it will be a difficult decision going forward deciding whether to post this or the fog machine entrance photo**

 

[411dawg]

Pre game has been awful this year. It blows my mind how something doesn't function each week. First game, one of the 50 yard line firework's boxes didn't work. This week, a flamethrower didn't work and the cowbell disaster. Not to mention all of the horrible Showtime crap.

 

[ETK99]

I'll take the heat- That big cowbell looks stupid! It looks like it's going to come apart every week. We half-assed something else there. Appreciate the thought, the effort was trash.

 

[aTotal360]

I don't envy @aTotal360 - it will be a difficult decision going forward deciding whether to post this or the fog machine entrance photo**

Decisions will have to be made.

 

[jkpz28]

He was yanking the **** out of that handle trying to ring it fast, lol. All the smoke exploding out of it as it crashed was pretty amazing. Gabe just had too much relentless effort.

 

[FormerBully]

I do not have video but I took this pic from east upper deck right after the fall (fail).View attachment 650707

This picture is a great example of what we are right now.