I like how nobody cared about football at all until McMaster won some random shit nobody cares about. The bandwagoning I'm seeing among students is kind of pathetic.
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Congratulations to all the football players, they owned out there haha.
11-26-2011 at 02:04 PM
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I like how nobody cared about football at all until McMaster won some random shit nobody cares about. The bandwagoning I'm seeing among students is kind of pathetic.
This. However, mad props to McMaster for winning. That's all I gotta say.
11-26-2011 at 04:44 PM
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We are #1! We are #1! At um... throwing the football. Science, medicine, and engineering? Bah who cares about that crap, we can play the footballs and stuff.
lets rally around medical advances technological innovation and..stuff?
I like how nobody cared about football at all until McMaster won some random shit nobody cares about. The bandwagoning I'm seeing among students is kind of pathetic.
Although I agree a lot of students probably have never followed football before the Marauders started winning, I think your perception of bandwagoning is actually school spirit Personally, I was never a CIS football fan, but being a big football fan, this playoff run by the Marauders has sparked an interest in following CIS football.
I second this ^.
I will happily admit to having absolutely no interest in football. The game was great, but I'm not going to start following/watching it just cause Mac won. Most people I know are the same. It's just about supporting your school.
11-26-2011 at 06:38 PM
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I've been going to mac games since I was young, but this was the most intense game I've ever seen, still can't believe they won the vanier!
11-26-2011 at 08:03 PM
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I like how nobody cared about football at all until McMaster won some random shit nobody cares about. The bandwagoning I'm seeing among students is kind of pathetic.
School spirit is what you lack! go drink a cup of tea
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11-27-2011 at 12:03 AM
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There are a lot of people who actually care. There were a tonne of people at the bar and half of them had an understanding of the rules, which is about what you'd see at most football games. (Seriously I always find it fun to hear interesting rules interpretations by fans in the stands)
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There are a lot of people who actually care. There were a tonne of people at the bar and half of them had an understanding of the rules, which is about what you'd see at most football games. (Seriously I always find it fun to hear interesting rules interpretations by fans in the stands)
If the rules are anything like the NFL rules then I'm not surprised. Probably 95% of fans don't even know all the rules. As of 2011, the NFL rulebook is 113 pages and the CFL rulebook is like 90 pages. Most of the times special cases and exceptions don't normally occur in a game but when it does it's like WTF. I remember the first time I heard about the tuck rule in NFL...
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Personally, I was never a CIS football fan, but being a big football fan, this playoff run by the Marauders has sparked an interest in following CIS football.
