Fargo 100-vehicle accident

[mango4]

Re: Fargo 100-vehicle accident

If you guys drove where you play football it'd be no problem. Except you'd have some homer announcer blaring at you every so often: "that's another....... MILE!!!!!"

Or "How about that North Dakota DRIVING?!?!"

[JackJD]

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I try very hard to ignore the very bad high school announcer (or, if you wish, the twin brother of the Minnesota Gopher's announcer) so I can't quote exactly what the guy says but before each kickoff, but it's something like this: "Up on your feet for the kickoff, THE MARCH IS ON!!" Seems to me he says something like that irresptective of which team is kicking off.

So, to continue with the paraphrasing: ...as people got in their cars that day, they were distracted by the guy blaring on the car radio: Buckle your seatbelts, THE DRIVE TO VALLEY CITY IS ON!!

[Jacked_Up]

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Technically, it was a road game. If it had played out in Vermillion, it wouldn't have even counted.

[RabbitinTea]

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JackJD brings up an interesting point. When I attend the games in Fargo, I often wonder how the "March is on" regardless of whether the Bison are kicking off or receiving the kickoff. What exactly is the "March" and why is it "on" for both teams? Something I've always pondered...

[jackrabbit1979]

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If only they could do all their driving INSIDE in a climate controlled environment too...

[filbert]

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JackJD brings up an interesting point. When I attend the games in Fargo, I often wonder how the "March is on" regardless of whether the Bison are kicking off or receiving the kickoff. What exactly is the "March" and why is it "on" for both teams? Something I've always pondered...

Perhaps they're actually saying "Come On March, come sooner!" i.e. looking forward to spring, but in some odd N.D.-specific word order.

[NoVaJack]

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Perhaps they're actually saying "Come On March, come sooner!" i.e. looking forward to spring, but in some odd N.D.-specific word order.

My thoughts exactly. Although if you are in the Dome March is exactly the same as October.

[Prairiehaas]

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Something tells me you guys have too much time on your hands during this holiday

[Hammersmith]

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JackJD brings up an interesting point. When I attend the games in Fargo, I often wonder how the "March is on" regardless of whether the Bison are kicking off or receiving the kickoff. What exactly is the "March" and why is it "on" for both teams? Something I've always pondered...

March to the championship. It goes back to one of the championships during the run in the 80's. After one of the championship years when they were preseason favorites for the following season, someone came up with "the march is on" to show that the goal was another championship. Somehow, it got tagged onto every kickoff. I think it probably wasn't so overused at the beginning, but I don't know exactly how it got to it's current state. Personally, I've come to hate it, but I wouldn't mind it if it were only used for the first kickoff of the game or, better yet, the first kickoff of the season. If you were reading BV during and after the Robert Morris game, you'd see that the vast majority of the board liked that our PA guy was muzzled. We're also sick of the overuse of "that's another Bison first down," "the march is on," and whatever his third down shtick is.

[JackJD]

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Hammersmith...you're no fun! You're too honest, thoughtful and practical.

Serious: A lot of the Bison fans that I know are very frustrated with the Fargo Dome's PA announcer. One had suggested to me that he's part of the reason the fans are not spontaneous: they're waiting for instructions.

[tjbison]

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March to the championship. It goes back to one of the championships during the run in the 80's. After one of the championship years when they were preseason favorites for the following season, someone came up with "the march is on" to show that the goal was another championship. Somehow, it got tagged onto every kickoff. I think it probably wasn't so overused at the beginning, but I don't know exactly how it got to it's current state. Personally, I've come to hate it, but I wouldn't mind it if it were only used for the first kickoff of the game or, better yet, the first kickoff of the season. If you were reading BV during and after the Robert Morris game, you'd see that the vast majority of the board liked that our PA guy was muzzled. We're also sick of the overuse of "that's another Bison first down," "the march is on," and whatever his third down shtick is.

I don't care about the first down thing, most schools you go to have some sort of saying/song for a first down. Montana St done a very similar Bobcat First Down cheer, but yeah the kickoff crap is dumb.

[NoVaJack]

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I don't care about the first down thing, most schools you go to have some sort of saying/song for a first down. Montana St done a very similar Bobcat First Down cheer, but yeah the kickoff crap is dumb.

Public address announcers should not be cheerleaders. But that ethic got thrown out a long time ago. High school announcers can be the worst. Some see themselves as John Madden in waiting.

[JackJD]

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I don't care about the first down thing, most schools you go to have some sort of saying/song for a first down. Montana St done a very similar Bobcat First Down cheer, but yeah the kickoff crap is dumb.

I agree that a lot of schools do something on first downs but the PA guy acting as a cheerleader is the exception. SDSU's band does a first down thing. I think its great when the cheerleaders, the band, a group of adult fans or a group of students painted in their school colors hanging on the railing lead some cheers. But the guy with the microphone?

Actually I have generally liked the atmosphere in the FargoDome but the PA guy really detracts. Perhaps visiting teams should be thankful the doofus has the mic because I could see that crowd getting really noisy if they weren't waiting to be told when to be noisy.

The dumbest PA guy may be the Gophers PA guy who tends to add "rah" at the end of certain cheers. Usually he just says it in a calm, plain voice. It makes me laugh.

[JackJD]

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By the way: has anyone ever heard criticism of SDSU's PA announcer? I haven't.

[Nidaros]

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I don't care about the first down thing, most schools you go to have some sort of saying/song for a first down. Montana St done a very similar Bobcat First Down cheer, but yeah the kickoff crap is dumb.

Yes even at SDSU, with the band joining in a little tune that goes like this ," I like it, I like it, whewww" and in the meantime you kind of twirl your hands in a round fashion. Not a good description, but I noticed the ladies seem to like that little chant, which I kind think : DUMB