Look... we have to get fined, okay? How else are the masses going to learn? What good did the threats do? If you're going to implement a strategy for 55,000 people to follow, it's best to approach it like teaching a child. Sometimes, you just have to let them learn for themselves. Now that we've touched the hot stove and burned our bank accounts for thousands of dollars, fans will be more inclined to "Ring Responsibly" from here on out.<div>
</div><div>To say the fines could have been avoided is naive. We're talking about nearly a century of tradition. It's just who we are.</div><div>
</div><div>To say we should've just listened to Slive's threats is cowardly. F*ck that guy. I'm still of the opinion that laying down and agreeing to this **** the SEC laid out for us was a trap, and is still completely unfair.</div><div>
</div><div>Regardless, it looks like our administration (who I believe in) and our head coach (who I definitely believe in) are going to follow the Cowbell Compromise as best they can. And that's ok.</div><div>
</div><div>But since we're all apparent retards, here's my suggestion for resolution... Instead of a campaign designed to tell people when and how to ring their bells, let's just make this simple. No website, no videos, no ********. None of that stuff has worked. Just get a group of architecture/engineer students to build a giant cowbell-shaped stoplight. Yes, I'm serious. Put that sucker in the stadium where everyone can see it. Assign one guy who knows all the details of the compromise to operate the light... AND THERE YA GO.</div><div>
</div><div>Green means ring. Yellow means settle. Red means put you're f*cking bell down and yell. That way there is no discussion of what's right and wrong in the stands. The light won't lie. All this stupid bickering can stop and we can put our fine money towards a new football facility and expansion.</div><div>
</div><div>The end.</div>
</div><div>To say the fines could have been avoided is naive. We're talking about nearly a century of tradition. It's just who we are.</div><div>
</div><div>To say we should've just listened to Slive's threats is cowardly. F*ck that guy. I'm still of the opinion that laying down and agreeing to this **** the SEC laid out for us was a trap, and is still completely unfair.</div><div>
</div><div>Regardless, it looks like our administration (who I believe in) and our head coach (who I definitely believe in) are going to follow the Cowbell Compromise as best they can. And that's ok.</div><div>
</div><div>But since we're all apparent retards, here's my suggestion for resolution... Instead of a campaign designed to tell people when and how to ring their bells, let's just make this simple. No website, no videos, no ********. None of that stuff has worked. Just get a group of architecture/engineer students to build a giant cowbell-shaped stoplight. Yes, I'm serious. Put that sucker in the stadium where everyone can see it. Assign one guy who knows all the details of the compromise to operate the light... AND THERE YA GO.</div><div>
</div><div>Green means ring. Yellow means settle. Red means put you're f*cking bell down and yell. That way there is no discussion of what's right and wrong in the stands. The light won't lie. All this stupid bickering can stop and we can put our fine money towards a new football facility and expansion.</div><div>
</div><div>The end.</div>