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Church Basement Talk

Seriously, I just have to get something out of my system for some reason. Here goes nothing.....

Due to Cornfed's Garrison Keillor moment, things have gotten a little wacky on WRNL lately, especially the comment sections. Has this been due to the uptick in the spirits of Cyclone Nation? I think so, because as soon as we finished off football season, there was a period of mourning, then suddenly, Hoiball cheered us up. B71lGNsIgAEXe-w.0.jpg_large

Seriously, panties be droppin'

Does this mean we have turned into KU and become a basketball school? Hell no, you stop that talk right now, I'm serious. I'll come out there and beat your ass, because we used to have some decent football teams, made some bowl games, and tailgating is second to none (ok, maybe there's one out there somewhere, but really, have you ever tailgated in Lincoln? They seriously think they know how to tailgate, husker_tailgate_2011.0.jpg cbd815aa63972a60b22f59b734db2604.0.jpg

because hey, we're GBR and 'skers, and whatever else shit they think of to make themselves feel better that they have a semi-pro team. In reality, Trice is setup for tailgating as priority number one, and it's only going to get better with 10k more people to fill the SEZ).

Damn, where was I? Oh yea, better days ahead. So anyway, not just a basketball school. Cyclone Alley, (yes I'm going to refer to Cyclone Nation as Cyclone Alley from now on, because every other effing college has a "nation," so we should stand out and do our own thing ya know? Damn, sidetracked again.....)

Cyclone Alley has tasted, over the past couple decades, a nice uptick in sports. Sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly. But either way, I think we no longer like to think of ourselves as the cool little bro's of dirty bird nation from IC. We used to brag that we new how to party better (still do cause it's true), smarter (I'd agree, especially in the Business, Ag, and Engineers, AHF!) and were just overall the cool school that did it's own thing and kept the secret for those who wanted to take a chance on Ames.

Today's news from the school of more football suspension produced some rather Debbie Downer style commenting (i use that term loosely, because even I was posting pictures of rockets exploding, tires were burning, pure anarchy.)

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No more I say! Nay, the hour is upon thee, thine winds of change are coming, they're coming round the bend, we're gonna see the sunshine since I don't know when......

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....shit, more sidetrack.

But sir, how do I accomplish this? I am but one man (or wo-man)........fuck-now-how-do-i-eat-it.0.jpg

Kinda feels like this????

Don't fucking hide your pride for one thing. Get rid of those stupid family stickers on the back of your minivan, man up and get a big ass cardinal truck with gold pinstriping and run that shit all over DSM and IC. I have my alumni plate on mine and it is awesome. Attend gamewatches, wear your t-shirt, yell Go Cyclones in Walmart when you see another one sporting their pride. Iowans have never been much for flash and money and buying championships (ahem, TEXAS, BAMA, Auburn, FSU, USC, Fla, OSU.....it keeps going on and on, trust me). But you know what we do have? PRIDE. MUTHA-EFFIN' PRIDE.

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It came out of us in one glorious day, the day we took a bunch of kids to mighty Lincoln, and said, "no more!" We will not stand idly by while you run amok throughout the village raping and pillaging! We will not go quietly into the night! (love that scene in ID4, you know, the one where he's motivating the pilots to save earth from the stupid aliens. k51vDI0.0.gif

Damn, giving me goosebumps. Oh shit, sidetrack...)

So maybe we weren't quite ready and prepared to play with the big doggies in football. So be it. We've circled back, healed our wounds, (almost, we'll see how next season goes....and with today's events, maybe I should save this post for next year), hopefully we've learned from our mistakes, and we go at it again. Let someone else be the whipping boy for a change. I think something big is coming, and you either recognize, repent, and be saved, or you take your ass to IC and start wearing black with the other pretentious D-bags and fairweather fans. (I really just like bashing on them, it's fun. Granted, I might say kudos if they're going up for a Nat'l Championship someday, but, nahhhh, just kidding.)

Anywho, I just had to ramble, because I'm hungry for a charlie boy or something. (seriously people, dry ice, styrofoam, Miles Inn in Sewer City. I will love you. I've actually thought about moving home from Phoenix, AZ for the food and Cyclone sports, but gosh darnit, I love this freaking weather down here.)2914.0.jpg

Charlie Boy, aka Tavern, aka Maid Rite, aka loose meat. Just don't call it a Sloppy Joe

Back to the story. I'm really fucking pissed actually. I ended my schooling during Cheesedick's reign of tyranny and horseshit, and I feel bad for the kids that are going through this again. Ain't nothing like going to a bowl game on Christmas break when your sick and tired of being at your family's house.

So do what you can, keep faith, keep the pressure on the AD and coaches. Let them know that it only takes 300 Spartans to stop the Persians, and if we had 300 men to stop the Big12 football teams that would be great.

I actually have one request for all. Looks like CPR has one more chance. Give him 100%. I'm just as guilty as everyone else today of throwing up pics of tire fires and explosions and calling for a clean house. But then I remembered, during the game threads we all collectively decided to give him one year and that's it. No more, no less.

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One Chance! To go back and do it all over again. Would you?

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