It used to be really loud before. Now it sounds like a cap pistol. I used to enjoy feeling the vibration from the blast when it would shoot. Maybe it has rust built up inside since it did not get fired much last year.
What's up with the cannon in the end zone?
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It used to be really loud before. Now it sounds like a cap pistol. I used to enjoy feeling the vibration from the blast when it would shoot. Maybe it has rust built up inside since it did not get fired much last year.
They would put the thing in the N endzone and point it at the visitors and use a real (40mm?) blank. I heard that they gave some poor guy a heart attack with the thing, so they moved it to the south end and pointed it north so it wouldn't echo off the seal club and started using a 10ga blank that fit into a special breach adapter.
when that thing was actually in the endzone. You could feel the concussion when they fired it. I always heard that they had to move it when the NCAA got all fired up about artificial noisemakers in the stadium. It was never the same after that.
In the current economy, there's no sense in wasting money on that. Yeah, I wish it was louder too. But if that's an area where we can cut back and save, then I won't *****.
Gunpowder is expensive? OK, so get the AD to buy them some. The old cannon was awesome. It would freaking blow you away and make the entire stadium shake. IT is a Scott Field tradition. We don't have many. I say keep it. I say bring in something that would make a terrorist scared. MSU is traditionally a military school in it's roots. I think it's a great way to honor those roots. Now we have some ***** pistol that wouldn't scare my rat terrier. It would be more effective if we had the ROTC fart in unision. And maybe more appropriate during the Croom era.
And to the blue hairs that get heart attacks while the cannon is being fired- Yeah, your heart attack couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that you've been guzzling cheeseburgers and fried chicken your entire lives. I would also be willing to bet that the guy who had a heart attack was also probably overweight at the very least and the walk from the car to the stadium was also probably the most cardio the guy had gotten that year. But yeah, it was definately the cannon. IF you can not handle the cannon, the scoreboard noise, guess what? You probably don't need to be at a football game. Just like you shouldn't get on a roller coaster. "But...but...I bought a ticket and have been going for years...it's my right to go to a game and not have my ears hurt." Yeah, well I've been going for years and I also bought a ticket and have to put up with you bitching about my freedom of speech when I say that people like Blake McAdams suck. And it infinges on my enjoyment of the game when I can't make fun of them because they deserve it and you hit me in the back with an umbrella. And as a Chrisitan, I have watched you rock the verse and take them out of context, thus blasphemying the name of Jesus, my Savior. But, I put up with it. If you're going to go to a football game, there are certain things that you have to be willing to put up with. That includes things like loud niose and people being pissed off because your team looks like ***, whether you want to admit/or believe it or not, and in my case putting up with ignorant people that have no clue about football and are OK with coddling players that have no business at Delta State or even pass, punt, kick contest, much less an SEC team. But I'm willing to make that sacrifice, and besides I know that even the Ninja can't/won't kill you off despite my e-mails. Blue hairs, you have to make the decision to make the sacrifices or stay at home. And if you decide to go, remember, it's an MSU football game, NOT a (insert name of blue hair) football game.
And to the blue hairs that get heart attacks while the cannon is being fired- Yeah, your heart attack couldn't possibly have to do with the fact that you've been guzzling cheeseburgers and fried chicken your entire lives. I would also be willing to bet that the guy who had a heart attack was also probably overweight at the very least and the walk from the car to the stadium was also probably the most cardio the guy had gotten that year. But yeah, it was definately the cannon. IF you can not handle the cannon, the scoreboard noise, guess what? You probably don't need to be at a football game. Just like you shouldn't get on a roller coaster. "But...but...I bought a ticket and have been going for years...it's my right to go to a game and not have my ears hurt." Yeah, well I've been going for years and I also bought a ticket and have to put up with you bitching about my freedom of speech when I say that people like Blake McAdams suck. And it infinges on my enjoyment of the game when I can't make fun of them because they deserve it and you hit me in the back with an umbrella. And as a Chrisitan, I have watched you rock the verse and take them out of context, thus blasphemying the name of Jesus, my Savior. But, I put up with it. If you're going to go to a football game, there are certain things that you have to be willing to put up with. That includes things like loud niose and people being pissed off because your team looks like ***, whether you want to admit/or believe it or not, and in my case putting up with ignorant people that have no clue about football and are OK with coddling players that have no business at Delta State or even pass, punt, kick contest, much less an SEC team. But I'm willing to make that sacrifice, and besides I know that even the Ninja can't/won't kill you off despite my e-mails. Blue hairs, you have to make the decision to make the sacrifices or stay at home. And if you decide to go, remember, it's an MSU football game, NOT a (insert name of blue hair) football game.
I actually laughed so hard I spit sweet tea on my screen. If you can accomplish that, I saw SCREW the cannon and do THAT instead! We would win the hearts of every 12 year old boy in the state. One or two might actually turn into football players in HS.Todd4State said:
AROB44 said:
1. I know. If you're able to go to the game and not complain about the things that I talked about, I'm not talking to you. They know who they are though.
2. I've often wondered that myself when the people behind me are rocking the verse. I don't know why they do it either.
to use this year. However, I would rather have nothing than something I can't hear. Who has the picture of the guy whacking that bell? I vote 'no' on that also.
I cringe when I hear that thing after a score, even though I wish I had been hearing more of it the last 5 years.
that I think I saw here. I think it actually refers to people on Genespage that say stuff to people like "shut up or I'm going to kick your ***" in a post and then in their sig line they'll have a Bible verse. So, I was using it a little bit out of context.