{"id":2614,"date":"2016-01-05T13:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T19:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2023-05-31T02:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:10:14","slug":"stanford-band-the-2016-rose-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/stanford-band-the-2016-rose-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"silly stanford band trolls iowa @ the 2016 rose bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>as mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/english-practice-from-the-2016-rose-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last week here on richyrocks.com<\/a>, my alma mater, the <strong>university of iowa hawkeyes<\/strong> played in the rose bowl on new year&#8217;s day. \u00a0it was a wholly unenjoyable event for hawkeye fans from start to finish, including halftime when the stanford band trolled hawkeye fans with a tipsy\u00a0looking cow, jokes about iowans being farmers\u00a0and\u00a0a skit based on the dating website\u00a0<strong>farmersonly.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2627\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2627\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2627 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"drunk cow\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow-210x140.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iowa fans booed this cow (getty images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>i&#8217;ve seen\u00a0more than one post by angry hawkeye\u00a0supporters <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/english-practice-from-sepp-blatters-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pointing out<\/a> that iowa produces more pigs than cows. that may be true, but the boos generated by two\u00a0drunk stanford students stumbling around the field in a tandem hog\u00a0costume would have been equal to or greater than what the clumsy cow got.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glad you liked our corn show, Iowa! Couldn&#39;t tell, was that booing or mooing? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/imsosorry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#imsosorry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1dayfromretirement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#1dayfromretirement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stanford Band (@lsjumb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsjumb\/status\/683078332200583168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>had i been in the stadium, i would have booed too. if u weren&#8217;t pissed off about what was happening in the game, down 35-0 at halftime, u probably aren&#8217;t a very passionate hawkeye fan. then these sumbitches come out with their frickin farmer jokes. \u00a0but like the stanford band account tweeted, <em>boo<\/em> does sound a lot like <em>moo<\/em> when hollered\u00a0in a stadium. fuckers\u00a0burned us with a cow joke\u00a0twice. if the stanford band did indeed plan it that way,\u00a0it was\u00a0their cleverest trick\u00a0of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You wanted Stanford Band, and instead you got STANFORD BANNED!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/93vQ4qe2ij\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/93vQ4qe2ij<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYmKv9Kekb\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pYmKv9Kekb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBNationGIF\/status\/683079871522668545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>espn&#8217;s\u00a0coverage of what happened was awkward like . the producer\u00a0got spooked.\u00a0&#8220;pan out! pan out! aerial shot of pasadena. the pageantry of the rose bowl exists in a bubble void of humor and emotion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>in espn&#8217;s\u00a0defense, it was a pretty gosh darn messy halftime show. \u00a0who could really be expected to explain this hodgepodge\u00a0to the diverse audience watching the rose bowl nationally and internationally? not kirk herbstreit, for fucksake. \u00a0it was an inside joke told sloppily\u00a0by buzzed college students.<\/p>\n<p>man, that&#8217;s alright too. in the iowa city i remember, it would not have been hard at all to find a bunch of pumped-up locos to run out on the field and do\u00a0a bunch of random shit after enjoying\u00a0beer bongs and bong hits for several hours beforehand. \u00a0we woulda felt proud and <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/dance-freeze-laugh-work-ass-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laughed our asses off<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2628\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/stanford-band-farmer.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2628\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2628 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/stanford-band-farmer-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"stanford band farmer\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/stanford-band-farmer-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/stanford-band-farmer.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">it&#8217;s a farmer. or a mustache on top of an orange slice. with two nipples in the middle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>but espn may be to blame for not making a better produced version of what happened available to the world, because\u00a0based on\u00a0what&#8217;s currently available on youtube and elsewhere, the images these young musicians\u00a0created to accompany the music are as sloppy as their storytelling. oh. that&#8217;s a farmer? and that&#8217;s a corn maze?\u00a0well super job! they really give clarity to\u00a0your satire, stanford band kids!<\/p>\n<p>heck of a lot of fun energy, \u00a0but muddled. \u00a0the stanford band&#8217;s\u00a0defining\u00a0cultural moment\u00a0remains their role as\u00a0the dumbasses who helped the cal kick return team go the final 15 yards to glory during &#8220;the play&#8221; in 1982.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cal Bears Football 82: The Play\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mfebpLfAt8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>what do u think? was the stanford band&#8217;s performance funny? did iowa fans overreact? share your comments under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as mentioned last week here on richyrocks.com, my alma mater, the university of iowa hawkeyes played in the rose bowl on new year&#8217;s day. \u00a0it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[1846,787,19],"tags":[1100,1103,1128],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drunk-cow.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13921,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614\/revisions\/13921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}