Colgate's Band

[Chips \'03]

I love the Colgate's band so much. :-) They're just so hard to take seriously. We don't hate them... really! But they make it so easy if we wanted to.

And yes, this was sent to our manager, who passed it along to the rest of us.

And it came to him from colgate_pepband_is_better@yahoo.com

Names deleted to protect the quasi-innocent (don't wanna be cruel here).

I have no real reason to post this. Maybe the Sun could have some entertainment with it or something. :-p

And all this 'sparked' by us saying we beat them at Beer Pong once, on a page that lists our manager as a pimp, and has Elvis on the roster.

--snip--

11:21 pm, Sunday, January 26, 2003:
Dear band,
 
Recent developments have come up in our rivalry with Cornell, and I wanted to make sure everyone was aware.  The basic story is that at the party at RPI, Jesse, Marty, Jill, and Nate played a game of beer pong against four Cornell opponents.  No incidents occurred at the time, however our players unfortunately lost by two cups.
 
Now the real kicker:  Go here: http://www.rso.cornell.edu/brpep/page/index.htm and click on "Points" (on the left hand side).  Then scroll all the way down.  Apparently, there has been a recent addition to Cornell's site.
 
In XXXXX's words....I haaaate Cornell.
 


11:35 pm, Sunday, January 26, 2003:
That's IT.  They're going DOWN Thursday!!!!!  Who's with me!!?!??!  ;-)  And PS- is it my imagination, or... did we have to explain the rules to them!?!?  :-)  Have a good Monday everyone!!!  


12:04 am, Monday, January 27, 2003:
In addition to which, unless I'm mistaken, it wasn't beer pong that was played . .it was Beirut.  They need to learn the subtleties of drinking games.  Freakin' ^#$#^$#.  And for any of those who were wondering, my finger is not broken, and I will have a lead blocker for the Cornell game.  A 300 Ib lead blocker.   Just try to get in my way, cornell!

12:39 am, Monday, January 27, 2003:
Yah wtf. Theyre funny to be around, in that "its really funny to hang out with Ithaca trash" sort of way. Stupid, lying, not-enough-decency-to-email-you-back-after-telling-you-youre-cute, trash. I see the light. hahaha

12:45 am, Monday, January 27, 2003:
Yeah, one of those Cornell bandies at RPI tried to lead me to believe that there is no hate.  What a liar!  I have no mercy for them now!  LET'S ROUGH 'EM UP!

9:04 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
Hi.  I just wanted to send you all an IM conversation with that guy from Cornell, you know the hobo.  Actually, it was a one sided conversation on his part in reaction to my away message.  (I am refusing to speak to him.)
 
: oh, no you didnt
Auto response from XXXXX: Hey Cornell.  I talked to your mom last night. You know what she said?  She has your sheep waiting.
: as a frat boy, i would like to point out we use strictly goats
 
And so the truth comes out.
 

9:27 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
I'm torn, truly. . .do I defend the fraternity system, or allow cornell to be insulted? Watch me come up with something witty tomorrow, but for now, my hatred for cornell runs deeper than anything.  Ivy league bastards is goin down

10:18 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
Just another quick excerpt from Cornell's webpage:
The Pep Band is often noted as the best Pep Band in the ECAC. We've always gotten along pretty well with the RPI Pep Band. Everyone else is either really bad or thinks that they are better than they actually are (Clarkson). And the Colgate Band really hates us.
Notice the second (and third while you're at it) sentence—if you feel the need for more motivation to hate them anyway....

10:23 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
Hey, at least they're recognizing our existence at this point ... that's an improvement over a year ago ...

10:53 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
There are a few things that I would like to say about Cornell.  However, most of my sentiments are so profound and disgusting that decorum prohibits listing them here.  Let's just say I'm doing a little... "research" for the game...

11:08 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
Or how about the first sentence, even? Last I checked, the only ones who "often noted" them as the best pep band in the ecac were themselves and the people they paid off. . .

11:29 pm, Monday, January 27, 2003:
XXX...that research term worries me...very very much
 
I have been to enough Cornell hockey games in my time at Colgate (frankly once was enough) to "note" that they are probably not the best pep band in the ECAC
or the second...
or the third...
or the fourth...
or the fifth...
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.
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or the twelvth (our sound guy is better than the Cornell pep band, making him number 12)
hey, they have a lucky 13 too


12:25 am, Tuesday, January 28, 2003:
If anyone has the stomach to go to the Cornell pep band site (I was there, poking around--for a laugh, check out their 'press history'), you can note that at the scrolling message at the bottom of the screen, Cornell is now not only the 'best pep band in the ECAC', they are...the only real pep band in the ECAC!

Sure, Cornell. Keep telling yourself that.

[jtwcornell91]

I think somebody has issues.  ::laugh::

[redraider13]

Now that's funny!  I know the leaders of the Colgate band, so can safely say they had nothing to do with this.   I do know a few of them would like to bring back some of the rivalry though, but still in a friendly way.   Unfortunatly, due to a ticket office SNAFU, the Colgate band cannot go to Lynah this year.   Either way, my advice would be to just have fun with it.  None of the current band members harbor any real ill-will to Cornell anymore.

[Ben Doyle 03]

Someone has a major complex ::twitch::

[redraider13]

Hmmmm, there be traitor!  I'm starting to get to the bottom of this.  The Colgate band has been e-mailing themselves back and forth all week, killing time, and talking hype for this weekends game.   That's what you are seeing here.   I'm not sure how it got into your hands though.  I'm sure you could have fun with it this thursday, and I would too.

[ugarte]

The posting at 12:39 am, Monday, January 27, 2003 is one of the saddest/funniest things I have read in a long time.  A real walk-of-shame feel to it.  

You should have called her, Lowell. ;-)

[Ben Doyle 03]

I don't know what the hell you bandies did to these poor folks. . . but it's working, keep up the good work!!!:-D

[Jesse N. Bocinski]

Hi all,

I am the current Director of the Colgate University Raider Pep Band.  I just want to say that a little rivalry is good for all of us.  If our "ill will" was reciprocated, it would be even more fun.  Colgate and Cornell used to be great rivals, from the 1920's until the 1980's or so.  We should bring this back.

In other words, Cornell, you need to stop hating Harvahd.  They couldn't care less about you or your rivalry.  Wouldn't it be more fun to hate your travelling partner, Colgate?  Cornell is the school that Colgate loves to hate, and it works quite well for us.

If you joined in in the fun, it could become an interesting situation, sort of like Yale/Princeton.  We could have yearly beirut games, and keep a running total.

I guess this is basically an open invitation to war.  Let me know what you think.  We're up for it if you are.  Hate's no fun if it's one-sided.

And on another note, Cornell really WAS my "safety school".  Maybe that'll get some flames going.

[Jordan 04]

Nothing says "rivalry" like "Can we please have a rivalry?"

::rolleyes::

[Tub(a)]

Nothing like admitting you tried to incite someone, and then trying to incite them with a different approach (Cornell WAS my safety school). Must be that excellent Colgate education that I have heard so much about  ::nut::

[Ben Doyle 03]

We have a travel partner???

[JNB]

I'm not asking their permission.  I'm inviting them to join in on a rivalry they dropped out of 20 years ago, to pursue "bigger fish".  Hasn't gotten them very far.

[Ben Doyle 03]

We can hate you for one week a year just like the others in the ECAC but THAT'S IT! Stop begging for more you sorry bunch of drunks!

NO means NO!

[JNB]

*sigh*
We aren't the Red Raiders.  We're the Raiders.  And at least we don't defame the national anthem by screaming out our team's color in the middle of it.  Honestly.

[Jordan 04]

[q]We aren't the Red Raiders. We're the Raiders. And at least we don't defame the national anthem by screaming out our team's color in the middle of it. Honestly.[/q]

I keep checking the lyrics.  They still don't say "maroon" anywhere...