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WC \' 83 · February 22, 2005, 07:22:43 PM

Martin was born in New York and his family moved to texas when he was young

cornelldavy · February 22, 2005, 07:45:31 PM

Roger Clemens was born in Dayton, OH. He just considers himself a Texan because he went to school there.

Speaking of athletes I don't like but respect, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Brian Leetch, born in Corpus Christi, TX.

CM cWo 44 · February 22, 2005, 07:49:46 PM

Why doesn't anyone know to clap and scream "Deep in the Heart of Texas" when the band plays it before the 2nd period as McKee comes to that side? Barely anyone does it. More people know the Baby song. Strange

Trotsky · February 22, 2005, 07:53:59 PM

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jayne Mansfield
Gene Rodenberry

BCrespi · February 22, 2005, 07:57:02 PM

My favorite hockey player, hands down. I understand why they did it, but he should never have been in a non-Ranger uniform. Additionally, they treated him like shit through the process. Hopefully when the NHL comes back, they can resign him and let him go out a Ranger. Actually, interesting question. I believe Leetch's contract was through what would have been this year. Does that make him a free agent? It must, right?

BCrespi · February 22, 2005, 07:58:23 PM

I'm in the row in front of the band, so perhaps I don't have an accurate handle on the situation, but the people around me are pretty with it on "Deep in the Heart of Texas"

Jacob 03 · February 22, 2005, 08:01:21 PM

[Q]CM cWo 44 Wrote:

Why doesn't anyone know to clap and scream "Deep in the Heart of Texas" when the band plays it before the 2nd period as McKee comes to that side? Barely anyone does it. More people know the BÃ¢by song. Strange[/q]

Not everyone reads ELynah. Not everyone even knows where McKee is from. Not everyone has heard of "Deep in the Heart of Texas." Not everyone who has heard it likes it. Everyone has heard "Hey Baby" and almost everyone has heard it in a sports environment. There wasn't instantaneous acclimation to the BÃ¢by version. After there was, it was sung for several years. Also, the pep band plays Hey Baby better, whereas it took a while for their version of Deep in the Heart of Texas to even be recognizable to those who were familiar with the song.
Don't worry; give it time. It'll catch on if it's meant to be.

DeltaOne81 · February 22, 2005, 09:31:56 PM

Eh, Leetch was born in Texas, but he grew up and was raised in my hometown in Ct and went to (private) high school, where he played hockey at Avon Old Farms outside Hartford. So he may have come "from" Texas, but his hockey life is all Connecticut-developed. He's not exactly a Texas hockey player.

CowbellGuy · February 23, 2005, 10:37:11 AM

Probably because everyone did do it a cappella before the band usurped it. Now no one can be heard over the band, so why bother?

*pause*

Come on, this is the part where someone from the band adopts an our-shit-don't-stink and because-we-do-it-it-must-be-great attitude and berates anyone who disagrees with them.

Lauren '06 · February 23, 2005, 12:17:59 PM

[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:

Probably because everyone did do it a cappella before the band usurped it. Now no one can be heard over the band, so why bother?

*pause*

Come on, this is the part where someone from the band adopts an our-shit-don't-stink and because-we-do-it-it-must-be-great attitude and berates anyone who disagrees with them.[/q]
Uh, thanks...

Actually I'm staunchly against playing that song in any context, mostly because the arrangement sounds bad when we play it (sorry KP... I like your other arrangements!), but also because I had heard section A got pissy last season when we started playing it because it was "their" cheer. The conductors will tell you that I will take any excuse to not let them play it (for example, in non-Lynah rinks where McKee defends the further goal in the second period).

I'm close to alone in this opinion among pep band leadership, though.

-Lauren
2005 Pep Band Manager

Jordan 04 · February 23, 2005, 12:29:27 PM

[Q]CowbellGuy Wrote:

Come on, this is the part where someone from the band adopts an our-shit-don't-stink and because-we-do-it-it-must-be-great attitude and berates anyone who disagrees with them.[/q]

Pot. Kettle. Black.

Dpperk29 · February 23, 2005, 01:56:27 PM

George W. Bush

go ahead... shoot me... but someone has to stick up for him.

Ack · February 23, 2005, 09:07:32 PM

Someone got angry that the band played the song? That's close to getting angry when other people are cheering with you.

Only I may dance.

Robb · February 23, 2005, 10:13:47 PM

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

Just make sure the ROTC attendees don't mistake it for an Iraqi flag or there'd be one heck of a skirmish. [/q]

Iraqi? Um, no. Chilean, perhaps. Until I lived in Texas, I wouldn't have been able to tell you which was which. I would certainly expect that ESPECIALLY our men and women in uniform have a reasonable idea what Iraq's flag looks like!

puff · February 23, 2005, 10:35:47 PM

It's got a blue background, with a shield and Lady on it right? Oh wait, i keep getting it confused with my homestate of new york's ::screwy:: :-D

NOT trying to make any political statements or anything, i couldn't help but laugh when i came across this cartoon.
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~gop/weekly/weeklyimages/cartoons/Iraqi-Flag.jpg

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