Dan Mullen speech

patdog

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I think the way it is setup we are doomed for failure and I find fault with our administration for not seeing that fact up front and trying to do something about it
Actually they DID do something about it. It was a done deal that cowbells would be illegal and there would be fines THIS season, and Stricklin pulled a miracle out of his *** and gave us a chance to keep our cowbells forever.

I would have a real problem with our administration switching to metal detectors, putting police in the stadium to take up the bells or issuing any sort of crackdown
Do you honestly think our AD would do something like this if he weren't FORCED to by the SEC?

I don't think this was handled appropriately and when I have to get frisked or wanded at the game I would have a problem with it and I would speak out.
Then don't ring a cowbell when you're not supposed to and encourage everyone you know to do the same. If enough people follow the rules, you'll never be frisked or wanded at the gate by security looking for cowbells.

If getting to keep the bells means living with the current rules I don't see that as a win.
Given the only two options available (keeping the bells with the current rules or losing them for real), this is as close to a win as we're going to get. I don't like it either. But it really doesn't matter what you, me, or any other MSU fan thinks about it. That's the situation we're in. And given those two choices, you'd have to be a 17ing idiot to choose to lose the bells for real.

Stricklin said it best when he said that we'l find out how much MSU fans love their cowbells in these next two games. If you love them, follow the damn rules. It's that simple. Because that is the only way we'll keep them. Unfortunatly, I'm afraid fishwater was right. Our fanbase is too 17ing stupid to keep the cowbells.
 

dawgstudent

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Unfortunatly, I'm afraid fishwater was right. Our fanbase is too 17ing stupid to keep the cowbells.
I just think it's an impossible rule to follow. We can all say show some restraint but if you have a cowbell in your hand and you have a late game situation - people are going to ring it.
 

ckDOG

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I forgot about an important part. Pat downs will detect flasks of whiskey well before a metal detector would. Therefore, I choose wands. I just hope whoever is in charge of the wanding gets good at it very quickly.
 

UpTheMiddlex3Punt

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Make it funny, but show how it is serious.<div>
</div><div>"Please refrain from using your cowbell until Captain Bully has turned on the 'Ring em' sign"</div><div>"In case of a touchdown, your cowbell can be used as a celebration device"</div><div>"Once the coach has called a timeout, you are free to ring your cowbell"</div><div>
</div><div>Have a flight attendant in a maroon outfit giving the instructions and make it look like bleachers on an airplane.</div>