Why do you hate the Idaho Vandals?
by Kevan Lee on Nov 9, 2009 11:49 AM PST
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With the Idaho Vandals coming into town for the first meaningful rivalry game in a long time, I thought it would be a good idea to get rivalry week started by bonding as Bronco fans under the homogenous umbrella of despising the Vandals.
Why do you hate Idaho? What memories stand out that epitomize the emotions of this rivalry? Got any good rivalry-related stories to share? I'll get things kicked off after the jump, and then I'm opening it up to anything and everything in the comments. Have at it. Enjoy. Go Broncos.
I'll let you readers hit on some of the more egregious Vandal transgressions of the past. Me? I only need to jump back to last year for my moment of Vandal disgust.
On the first play from scrimmage in last year's Bronco-Vandal game, Nathan Enderle threw a lazy pass to the sideline where Daniel Hardy caught it, was three-quarters tackled by a Boise defender, then jumped up and ran 81 yards to the end zone. The Vandal sideline went wild as if camouflage jorts just went on clearance at K-Mart. It was ridiculous. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that the camera shots of the Idaho players and coaches were their reactions to leaked footage of Larry the Cable Guy's Witless Protection 2. I feared that Robb Akey would have a heart attack and no one would notice because his coaching strategy wouldn't change that much.
The Vandals should have acted like they'd been there before, even if they didn't get back there all game long. Having a rival who celebrates first quarter touchdowns as if they cure cancerAIDS is embarrassing, depressing, and infuriating. The best remedy for this sort of behavior? Making sure Idaho doesn't even reach the end zone on Saturday.
Your turn: Why do you hate the Idaho Vandals? Let it out in the comments.
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take all of your witty Vandal slurs over to the sidebar. I’m in a t-shirt making mood for my kiddos for game day. xoxoxo
"After chasing sunsets, one of life's simple joys is playing with the boys." - Top Gun
First a confession
I used to root for the Vandals. Let me explain. I moved here in ’68 and started following the Broncos.I went to College of Idaho in ’70; we played the Broncos in ’70 and ’71. I rooted for Coyotes and never invested much one way or the other in the Vandal/Bronco rivalry. I continued at Boise State and graduated in ’78 and started law school at Idaho. I made it a point to root for Idaho ’cept when they played the Broncos.I moved back to Boise in ’81 and then things got progressively nastier culiminating in the 1990 Vandal/Bronco game the last one I attended and will ever attend. I sat with my in-laws, all Vandals in the Vandal section. I wished fervently that Blessing Bird, Saia Mesa. Ron Autele, Claude Tomasini and the rest of the Hawaiian/Samoan contingent had been with me.I had seen them nearly kill people for far less than I and witnessed and was (somewhat subjected to) I am still pissed to this day(Intern-remember my Houston Nutt rant? I never forget or forgive.)that experience chnaged me and lives with me now, here, as I type. Just one example, and a minor one, was the t-shirt that said Weber sucks Boise state swallows. Ironically a few of those people now have season tickets to the Broncos and at least one is a convert. No matter. I still hate them.“People, people who hate people…….”
tvmunson
I shall refrain...
This week is hard enough in my household. I shan’t be fanning the flames any more than they are going normally.
ps. the wife and I already had a slight “tiff” this past weekend… Ya know, it kinda takes the fun out of the rivalry…
I have attended every home Boise State football game since 1992.
FYI
For those of you who don’t know….
His wife is a Vandal.
Catch me on the BroncoNation Podcast!
by OBNUG Intern on Nov 9, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
ewwwww...
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
It's not as bad as it sounds... apart from one week a year...
I have attended every home Boise State football game since 1992.
by JasonHaberman on Nov 9, 2009 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
Keeping the flames unfanned is perfectly understandable
We know where you stand, JHabes. See you on the other side.
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
I just hope I survive...
I have attended every home Boise State football game since 1992.
by JasonHaberman on Nov 9, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
Wait,
you want us to list the reasons? Is that even possible?
As a fairly young BSU fan, I have the luxury of not having to deal with unwanted Vandal domination memories. But I don’t even have to go back as far as Kevan.
“I want to be the least popular individual with all the WAC administrators after we get done on Saturday,” Akey said, “because if we take care of business there’s not going to be a BCS bowl for Boise State and there won’t be any BCS money for the conference. It’s time to start a new (winning) streak,” Akey said. “And the beautiful thing about starting a new streak here is that it’s going to start a new streak with the rivalry as well. And that’s a streak that needs to get broken.”
I hate the Vandals because they are so darn hate-able. I grew up hating them, and I can’t think of a nice thing to say about them. Reading quotes from their head coach makes me want to vomit, and I can’t wait till Saturday when we pound them into the Blue.
Go Broncos! Blow out the Candles!
"Well, we'll just have to get to know each other a little better then. I like Ferris wheels, college football, and anything that goes more than 200 miles an hour."
My wife is a Vandal
but she remembers what happened when she took me to the 1990 game saying “oh it will be fun” and “everyone will be ok” and I nearly ended up breaking my arm off in someones mouth
tvmunson
Many reasons.
1. I was born in Boise. It’s a prerequisite.
2. I had an old boss who was an Idaho alum. Except the company he partially owned was (and still is) a large BSU booster.
He attends Bronco games.
He buys space for tailgating at the H-bowl and invites the company.
He wears Bronco regalia.
Except for deep down he’s a Vandal, through and through. He’s a TRAITOR.
3. I went to BSU from 97-00. The Vandals beat the Broncos in ’96 and ’98 (both times in Boise)
4. Ever talk to a Vandal about football? Their pompous when they really have no right to be.
5. It just plain feels good. Especially when they lose.
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
by Mikrino on Nov 9, 2009 12:14 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I know exactly what you mean Mikrino
my brother in law bought Bronco season tickets, roots for them, says all the right cliches. But then he hands me the U of I journal-thing where it lists U o I as having more National Merit Scholarship qualifiers than any schools in the northwest including Oregon State.where my son goes. Like I give an untonsilled horsehairf***. I wanted to tell him that the NMSQ is just a scam that raises $ soley and exclusively for the company that puts it together and the most Ivy Leagues no longer recognize it and a lot of the schools back east are considering it. But in the interests of intrafamily harmony I let that implied “Harvard on the Palouse” horseshit go although academically it aint even the best on the Palouse-Washington State is. And I hav emore news for him. You look at the quality of both existing PHD’s at Boise State and the candidates it receives and it no tonly matches U o fI but it exceeds it. Vandals havent changed their tune since the ‘70s; when we win we’re a jock school and when we dont we aint even that.But guess what. the engineering school here is 12th in th enation. We’re getting more and better grants. We’re getting better faculty, not just in social sciences and the smoke-tossing departments but in the real stuff, microbiolorgy, chemistry, physics. Idaho’s good too; there is a ton of talented PHds out there who would love to get on tenure track, teach ten hours a week, have weekends off and chase undergaduate tail until they cant lift the Vagra bottle(works for cougar phd’s too).
tvmunson
I wasn't
and I went to C of I, BSU and U of I. NMSQ is nice; but it aint Rhodes scholarship. There’s the IVIES, Stanford, and half dozen or so “name” universities, and the rest. Period. And of rmy money ALL of the accredited undergraduate institutions offer outstanding education. We still lead the world. Education is what you make it; you cant get it injected into to you. Buildiings, tradition, hell to a large extent faculty dont mean shit.
tvmunson
2 point conversion
All I need to do is remember the 2 point conversion back in 1998. We dominated the entire game and then lost on a tricky move by then head coach Chris Tormey. I’m still disgusted.
You stole my moment!
I still remember me and about 5 of my friends were poised ready to scale the fence, get over the barbed wire, past any security on the field, and tear down the goal posts.
Sadly, we never got our chance. I’ll never forgive the Vandals for that.
by MooreWalksOnWater on Nov 9, 2009 12:50 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Am I missing something?
The Vandals won the 1998 game on a gutsy call; Dirk Koetter said immediately after the run that they deserved to win. Our D captain should have gone offside(I think we were out of timeouts) when he saw they were going for 2. That’s what they’re there to do, win the game; if it’s going to mean anything they have to be trying with all they have. I hate them for stomping on our logo after beating us by 45 points or for a myriad of other classless Vandal bullsh**. But ‘98; they went for it, we didnt stop them. I remember in ’77 leading by nearly 30 points with almost no time left we onside kicked and then hit a field goal. That was not class. So its not entirely one-sided but Vandals still have that snide attitude because the kids there CAN get drunk everyday-they’re not supporting themselves or families while they get “educated”.
tvmunson
Not the feeling
That’s not the feeling that I got. We were the better team and we deserved to win. They made a desperation move and got lucky.
2 Point Conversion
For me it was not so much a gutsy call as it was questionable use of deception running a mass of substitutions on the field. Tormey is the sole reason the silly substitution is in place and enforced as it is today. Every time I see a substitution penalty called, it makes me think of Tormey and the Vandals and I get a little fired up.
"...east and west is the problem, north and south the solution."
Heartbreak in the south endzone
That 2 point conversion has fueled my fervor for Vandal losses ever since. I’ve always hated the Vandals as much as the next guy, but that single play added a whole mess of emotions to my previously ambiguous anger toward the black and gold.
Ken Pahlas
by kpahlas on Nov 9, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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i hate them cause i have friends who go there so they can get drunk every day..
they loved Boise St. until they went up there now they hate us..
i know they still have love for the Broncos somewhere insids
Last year in Moscow
My buddies and I scored some Vandal alumni seats, right in the center of it all. We went all out. Blue and orange wigs, face paint, horns, etc… Even before kickoff, we had some drunk vandal girl come up to us and call us out. She went on and on about how “all Boise State fans are bandwagoners” and U of I has better accidemics.
Doing our best to ignore her and pay attention to the pre-game warmups, tensions rose, and I don’t know if it was cause she was drunk or she couldn’t get her point accross, but she ended up slapping my buddy accross the face and pouted off back to her seat.
After our dominating win, we noticed that the same pissed off Vandal fan was being reprimended by the local police (reasons unknown)….. Justice Served. That is when I lost respect for the vandals.
*Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated*
they will never show us respect, even with our decade of dominance.
*Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated*
But yes, they are drunken slobs
I have been up to Moscow 3 times for games and had my car keyed, a beer bottle thrown at me (twice) in the parking lot, a coke poured on my dad’s bsu jacket, and they called my mom a “f***ing bronco whore,” at which point I was handcuffed for choking the kid. He decided not to press charges and I agreed not to murder him in front of his frat buddies. Also they yelled at an 8 year old from Lewiston for wearing his orange Pop Warner jersey, despite wearing a Vandal hat and being with his Vandal Alum parents. Good folks up there.
Obviously you're not a golfer...
not surprised
I wondeer what the local businesses think about all the $ they lose because of this plus youre tax dollars allow tha tmiserable f*** to leisurely enjooy his studies. I wish you would hav ecollapsed his trachea
tvmunson
Too many reasons to list...
My Vandal hatred was birthed in the basketball rivalry of the 80’s.
My football hatred is more geared toward two coaches – John L Smith and Chris Tormey. Both would run up the score on the Broncos when given the chance. Three events in the 90’s forever defined my hatred of the Vandals.
1. Sitting (and freezing) through the entire 62-16 beating in 1992, refusing to leave even after my friends left at the beginning of the 4th quarter.
2. The infamous “clicker” game at the Pavilion. With less than a minute left, Idaho seals the game and a Vandal player jumps on the scorer’s table to taunt the crowd. Hundreds of fans throw their free clickers and the game is called without running out the final seconds.
3. Tormey running up the score with a fake punt in ‘96 during Pokey Allen’s last game. After that game, I couldn’t even own anything that had black & gold in it.
The 1994 football game and the recent domination of the Vandals has healed a lot of wounds, but the healing will not be complete until BSU eclipses “the streak.” I look forward to the 2011 game with Kellen as a senior and putting an exclamation mark on the 13th straight Bronco victory in the series.
"...east and west is the problem, north and south the solution."
by MKingery on Nov 9, 2009 12:52 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
The Pokey Allen game is probably the gold standard in Vandal evilness
That was low. You don’t get your reputation back from that.
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
by Kevan Lee on Nov 9, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
As I referenced earlier, we had done something similar in ’77. This all goes back to the very first Bronco/vandal game.Vandals had had some success that year; apocryphally that had been mentioned in the “others” in the Top 25 because they had beat UTEP.Anyway they came down here all full of piss and vinegar and got stomped. Things generally went that way first few years Vandals won some close ones and we stomped. Adding fuel to the fire and changing the nature fo the debate was the controversy in ’74 when Boise was to beocme a universtiy. Law school ahdnt been built and there was talk fo a U of I-Boise system. This all got transferred into the game.Al Borges really bought into the Vandal hatred for a guy who had only been here a while. If he had gotten th ehead job in ’97 we would have never lsot to them. He hated them witness his goal post ride in ’94.
tvmunson
Totally agree. That was my first year at Boise St so I really had no idea what the rivalry was all about. After my buddy and I froze all 4 quarters in a nearly vacant student section, I vowed to never own ANYTHING black and gold and to HATE everything that is Vandal. I will never allow anything in my house that is black and gold. Finally, I will raise my children to hate those dirty, misguided, unkept, hair-farming, jack asses.
by MooreWalksOnWater on Nov 9, 2009 4:26 PM PST up reply actions
I listened to that game on my dad's AM pocket radio
He went to it with his boss. I was only like 9, but I was seven kinds of pissed.
We will be there Saturday
This former BSU student who transferred to UI to attend a better college with a better feel to it, doesn’t regret his decision in the least. In the two years that I was at Boise State, I don’t think that I made one friend outside of the girl that I took to Moscow to marry. I guess I should thank BSU for giving me my wife, and I do. I give my heart to Idaho for what they did for me. They made me into a good teacher, good coach, good sportswriter and great singer. I will always be a Vandal and love that fact that while we will probably lose to you, that our season has been respectable.
No more head hanging. No more excuses. No more looking back and getting jealous of other programs. Akey’s army is on the rise and the fact that you barely got past Louisiana Tech should give you pause. 31 points? I already put hundreds on that spread. What a no brainer. Go Vandals forever.
with all due respect
you made yourself into those things. The buildings, faculty, curricula and all the other trappings of the institution were no more than the backdrop to the education you continued there and, it is to be hoped, still continue.Education is not a vaccine administered at one time or place, its quality determined by its content, administrator, or the complex in which it is “received”. It is a process;you were and are the active component of that process. If you will please indulge me further may I humbly suggest that you do the University of Idaho no honor by ascribing to it powers it does not, and should not, claim. Boise State did not “give” you a wife nor did Idaho “give” you an education. Opportunity should not be confused with destiny.You are correct though in noting that four hours on a random Saturday afternoon affords little to the opportunity to follow one’s destiny. ESTO PERPETUA
tvmunson
the vandals are a 29 point dog. so much for respect. lol
by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 9, 2009 1:34 PM PST reply actions
i live in nevada it was wagered up to 30 points.
idaho covered their first 6 games. now they have dropped their last three. i see a serious azzkicking by boise state. 52 -17
by wolfmanshowlforever on Nov 9, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
What's not to hate?
Although the Vandal mascot bears a striking resemblance to their head coach, the mascot is far less comical in appearance.
TitoThanks for you kind words on the Minn Viking coach
that one wrote itself. Hill I had to think about.
tvmunson
vandals
have made it so bad In Moscow for this game people wont go .Way to help local businesses.
tvmunson
They are the Vandals...isn't that a good enough reason in itself
Can’t stand those arrogant pieces of monkey $hit up in the SNOT (School North Of Town)
I was at the ’96 game when the classless B@stards faked the punt and ran up the score on Pokey Allen. That is about par for the course for them.
Why I hate the vandals
Hate:
1. This whole season I’ve had to read “Suck it BJC, We Won! Go Vandals!” on all of my “friends” facebook status updates on Saturday afternoon. Yes, this is when they played New Mexico State and Northern Illinois. Like anyone from Boise cares if they won a game.
2. “We’re back!” …ha, like you ever around to begin with. You should go back to Division II.
3. “We have a law school” …Congrats, Aren’t you an undergrad majoring in communications?
4. The Kibbiedome is now the “Thunderdome” …oh, so you guys can sell out a 11,000 seat stadium? Impressive Moscow.
5. Robb Akey
AND: Why I Love the Vandals
1. They have better T-shirts than we do. for instance, I have heard this years T-shirt is “Donkey Punch” …Now that is enjoyable. If you dont catch on (old folks) I can fill you in.
2. They make really good door mats. It feels better to go to moscow and watch us run all over them then anywhere else.
3. They can throw a party, and without a lot of detail— the sorority girls makes it pretty “easy” to have fun.
4. They eat out of bowls. Who doesn’t love to eat out of a bowl?
5. They are next to Washington State, which is a pretty cool school.
by BustersBFF on Nov 9, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
what's the difference between a Vandal and vandalism?
One is the senseless destruction of somehting valuable and the other is a crime. You’re right about their mascot; I think they are confusing the Germanic tribe with the Vikings.
tvmunson
I'm glad I asked
I’d hate to have shown up the Vandal reception and asked for some Donkey Punch. I’ll ask my Vandal friends who i see wearing that if Larry Craig got hsi first one up there or down here (in both senses ). This is in keeping with their general level i e buck the froncos
tvmunson
Why?
There are way too many to list, but I will say the Streak and the Pokey Allen game.
Those too young to have experienced the Streak are very lucky.
I won’t be happy until we eclipse the streak and then swap them out of the WAC for Idaho State. Idaho needs to go back to the Big Sky and be the punchee for the Montana schools.
"I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass."
I feel hostility or animosity toward the Vandals because. . .
The Streak (part 1) – being reminded of it every year as the game approached.
The Streak (part 2) – being told after it was finally broken in 1994 that Boise would never be able to duplicate it
The Streak (part 3) – over the last decade hearing Vandal fans cling to the streak as their only comeback for any discussion about the current direction of Boise State football
Tom Cable – definition of classly, no? Just like while in Moscow, he deflects any blame for whats going on in Oakland
Political Deals – Boise’s move to D-1 contingent on Idaho coming along as well
Idaho Water Center – the debacle at Front & Broadway
Because they aren't Boise State
Plus they play in a high school gym.
"It ain't over till it's over." - Yogi Berra
Why do I hate the Vandals?
First off, my dad is a BSU alumni. Since the day I was born, I have heard (and seen) nothing good come from Idaho. Although most of my personal memories are few (it was hard to follow the Broncos from outside of Boise before the internet) or as memorable as most OBNUGers. I did encounter an Idaho fan at one of the Fiesta Bowl events (the New Years party). She was wasted (surprise, surprise). She started to talk trash as she was walking. She wasn’t watching where she was going and walked right into a tree. It was a LMAO situation. I will give her credit though, she got up and continued to talk trash. Later on that night, I saw here throwing up in a bush (surprise, surprise).
My personal hatred has gone up since I’ve been noticing some strange coincidences. When college baseball comes around I rout for the Cal State Fullerton Titans (now you know how I got my screen name). The Titans and Broncos are similar in a lot of ways. Both are “small” schools trying to move up in the world. Both have the same school colors and their rivals have the same colors too (eerie) . Both have at least one team that gets national recognition. Both carry their respective rivals. Both rival schools try to talk smack, but both have not had the same successes. Oh and at the Titans home games there is a Vandal fan who sits in front of us. But he is actually classy (don’t know how this is, but I will take it). He doesn’t try to talk up the Vandals, but I fear the day when/if the Vandals win.
I love the colors Orange and Blue. Go Broncos!!! Go Titans!!!
What the hell is Akey talking about
bq.Later, Akey elaborated.
“It needs to be turned back into a rival game,” he said. "I know I’m not supposed to say things like that because I’m supposed to pay homage to Boise State and we’re not supposed to even line up. In fact it was suggested by some people that we just treat this like a bye week and don’t bother to even go play the game because we can’t touch them.
“But we’re going to be there. Kickoff is at 1:30 and we’re going to get there around 11:30 so we make sure they can’t start without us. We’re going to pin our ears back and get after it and we’re going to have a great time with this ball game."bq.
Wha the hell is he talking about? Who has suggested that they treat this like a bye week? Is he quoting bloggers on OBNUG? I have never seen a coach try to create a controversy from nothing! I have never heard a coach comment on taunts from fans. Should Petersen comment on the Vadal bloggers posts. Akey is a rambling fool that talks out of his fat a#s. Akey isn’t worthy to polish Petersen’s white Nikes.
highlight the quote and click the (") on the toolbar.
Boise State - The best in all the land (The "land" being Idaho, and large parts of California, Oregon, and Nevada.)
What he said!
Catch me on the BroncoNation Podcast!
by OBNUG Intern on Nov 10, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
What the Hell is Akey talking about?
…Later, Akey elaborated.
"It needs to be turned back into a rival game," he said. "I know I’m not supposed to say things like that because I’m supposed to pay homage to Boise State and we’re not supposed to even line up. In fact it was suggested by some people that we just treat this like a bye week and don’t bother to even go play the game because we can’t touch them.
"But we’re going to be there. Kickoff is at 1:30 and we’re going to get there around 11:30 so we make sure they can’t start without us. We’re going to pin our ears back and get after it and we’re going to have a great time with this ball game."
What the hell is he talking about? Who has suggested that they treat this like a bye week? Is he quoting bloggers on OBNUG? I have never seen a coach try to create a controversy from nothing! I have never heard a coach comment on taunts from fans. Should Petersen comment on the Vadal bloggers posts. Akey is a rambling fool that talks out of his fat a#s. Akey isn’t worthy to polish Petersen’s white Nikes
Where do I begin...
My hatred of the Vandals started at the age of 8 when I first attended a BSU/ I-Hole game on the blue. It was toward the end of Idaho’s streak (people who say there isn’t a rivalry forget this) and as my Dad, Mom and 3 brothers left the stadium, a drunk Vandal ran my Mom over in the parking lot on the east side. He called my Mom a bitch and then my Dad got arrested for beating the fuck stick’s head into the concrete.
More recently, while in Moscow for the game, I just managed to duck a couple of beer bottles thrown at my head while I ushered my wife into the car.
The complete arrogance and ignorance of UI alum who cling to the academic argument. Time will solve this problem and then what will the choad chompers have?
Vanhole posters who try and start fights on Statesman forums. Really? Are you 12? Stay classy taint ticklers.
Last and by far most classy; while I was on the Flag detail during the rivalry game 2 yrs ago, a bunch of the baunch bags on the vistor side were heckling us as we went out onto the field to display the gigantic flag during military appreciation week.. Football aside fuckers, I am in uniform and am carrying the National Ensign. No class, no balls, no respect.
I hate em’. No doubt about it. It’s a rivalry until the streak is broken and then they can hold our pockets like prison bitches for all I care. I know Pete is too classy for this, but if there was one time in which to run up the score, that time is now.
Yep, I hate em’.
We all hate em'
Here here!
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." - Dan Hawkins
Because they cost us gameday...
I really didn’t think gameday would go to boise, but we can always blame the vandals for it.
I love the colors Orange and Blue. Go Broncos!!! Go Titans!!!
Vandal-Bashng
My perfect scenario for this game woulf involve the Vandals not getting a first down until midway through the 3rd quarter (ala Ducks), and then exhibiting the same reaction described in your post, upon getting their 1st score last year.
HAHA
So awesome.
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." - Dan Hawkins
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No Problem
Keep em rollin! My office is primarily Vandal, so im plastering my wall with as much anti-vandal as I can find!
by Stretchypants on Nov 10, 2009 10:34 AM PST up reply actions
Oh god
the gayness is everywhere!
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." - Dan Hawkins
I need a reason to hate the Vandals?
“We hate you Va-a-andals, we do. We hate you Va-a-andals, we do. We hate you Va-a-andals! We do! Oh! Vandals we hate you!”
The officially unofficial Boise State Marching Band song during Vandal week…
"God bless, and give 'em hell!" - David A. Wells, former BSU Marching Band Director
I heard that as a tribute to the beatles in the day
We hate you Vandals
oh yes we do
we dont hate anyone
as much as you
if you get near to us
you’re through
Oh Vandals we hate you
tvmunson
I hate the Vandals because . . .
. . . their nickname starts the same way as Van Morrison and Van Halen.
(Can I get some recs on that, please?)
Life is a sport: Watch other people play it.
by Al Orange on Nov 11, 2009 4:50 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
life is a sport watch othe rpeople play it I love it!
tvmunson
by tmunson on Nov 12, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
To be honest...
I didn’t want to hate ‘em. State pride and all that….I tried to do the “I only hope you crash and burn one day a year” playing nice thing. After all, I’m young-ish, and didn’t really start watching football until high school, so it’s not like I had to see many Vandal wins. I’d hoped to save my animosity for Pat Hill, the Bulldog’s mascot. But then I went and got the internet. Every day, it’s the same crap. “BJC, BJC, BJC” “Donkeys”. In the midst of lousy seasons, and having Dennis Erickson treat U of I like his mistress, promising to leave his wife but really only sticking with the Vandals for a meaningless quickie, and sobbing about the superior quality of their education on football posts, STILL, all they could do was mock our success. Believe me, I’d hoped for the brotherly “we’ll brawl in the yard, but if anyone messes with us we’re together” approach. But their petty jealously has turned me against them. That’s why I hate the Vandals.
by Cougarflounder on Nov 11, 2009 6:38 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
All this said, we need some old guy comment here.
For a good rivalry to thrive we also need to keep respect for each other.
All good kids (students) and this is all in fun.
by BSU Alumni stranded in Portland on Nov 12, 2009 5:19 AM PST reply actions
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