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flamerbob wrote:Is it me or does the Schilling look a lot like Cameron Indoor?It's you.
Sly Fox wrote:Who was that skinny guy running around in a #20 jersey?I believe he has his own U-Tube video. Something about scoring two points on a steal against some team from the eastern part of Tennessee. Oh, and he had a really cool haircut back then, too.
SuperJon wrote:That's the first time I actually saw the TP shower. I'm figuring out a way to do it next year, technical or not.I'm with you if you do.
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
SuperJon wrote:That's the first time I actually saw the TP shower. I'm figuring out a way to do it next year, technical or not.Coach Layer may take issue with that. It was definately a very cool tradition, but I'm not sure if it is worth spotting a team a couple of points. It is also an expense to the school. I was supervisor of the campus custodians during part of that era, and I can tell you that the roughly 2-3 cases of toilet paper stolen from the dorms to facilitate the "shower" for each home game were not free, and it was not appreciated by the administration.
olldflame wrote:Yeah, it would be worked out with the program and likely against a DII school at the very beginning of the season. Also, it wouldn't be stolen toilet paper. We have money for the LUnatics to go towards things and I think we could spot some for it.SuperJon wrote:That's the first time I actually saw the TP shower. I'm figuring out a way to do it next year, technical or not.Coach Layer may take issue with that. It was definately a very cool tradition, but I'm not sure if it is worth spotting a team a couple of points. It is also an expense to the school. I was supervisor of the campus custodians during part of that era, and I can tell you that the roughly 2-3 cases of toilet paper stolen from the dorms to facilitate the "shower" for each home game were not free, and it was not appreciated by the administration.
Almost as cool as the shower itself was the cleanup afterward. By the time the conference put an end to it by making it a T, the cheerleaders and facilities crew had it coreographed to where they could clear the floor in about 30 seconds.
Cider Jim wrote:Super, why not just reverse the tradition? Since you LUantics stand on the front row, why not do an about face and heave the TP high up into the nosebleed sections above you? It would provide the same effect without costing the team a technical.Because the kids above us who have no clue what is going on would throw them on the court. The only way this gets done is if the staff approves it and the only way that happens is against a DII or NAIA school.
olldflame wrote:The reason the TP showers got a technical wasn't really about delaying the game. It was because it involved foreign objects thrown on the court during the course of play, which would theoretically be a safety hazard. Of course it wasn't, because everyone knew it was coming, and play stopped til the court was cleared, which took a while the first few times, but later on they were resuming play in no time.This tradition went on for years in Philly and apparently in Lynchburg but the ultimate reason it was banned is like Oldflame said above. People in Syracuse started throwing Oranges, St Johns started throwing Apples and so forth. That got ugly quickly and the NCAA stepped in during our season and outlawed it throughout the entire country. I would say that if this did happen in Lynchburg during games, it would make national news and bring a lot of attention back on the program and that tradition.
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