From: tjbowman@emt.b17c.ingr.com (Tony Bowman)
Subject: Re: Blame it on Gino
Reply-To: tjbowman@emt.b17c.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:43:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.221343.5199@b11.b11.ingr.com>, guy@mspe5.b11.ingr.com (Guy D. McConnell) writes:
|> In article <C0EKy1.4zI@encore.com>, jfawcett@encore.com (Jason Fawcett) writes:
|> |> News-Software: NN 6.4.16
|> |> 
|> |> In article <C0CpMr.IG9@cs.uiuc.edu>, bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao) writes:
|> |> > 
|> |> > Actually, I think Miami's "taunting" image is no longer true. 
|> |> 
|> |> |From: guy@mspe5.b11.ingr.com (Guy D. McConnell)
|> |> |    They ran up and down Bourbon Street jawing at the Tide players all week.
|> |> |Their comments were hardly complimentary.  They (especially lamar thomas) stood
|> |> |in front of the Alabama fans and taunted them before the game.  Their captains
|> |> |refused to shake hands before the game.  The only reason that they did none of
|> |> |their characteristic actions on the field was that Alabama gave them no chance
|> |> |to do anything to celebrate about.  Perfect gentlemen.
|> |> 
|> |> Let's not act like Bama's fans were acting like perfect little angels.  Bama's
|>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
|> |> fans are experts on " TRASH TALKING and TAUNTING ".  
|>    ^^^^
|> 
|>     I wasn't at the game but I don't doubt that a large contingent of the loonies
|> turned out.  The original post was about the *players'* behavior, i.e. "taunting",
|> not the fans.  The coaches cannot control the fans.  They can only coach the team
|> to act with class and hope that the example will be followed.  Unfortunately, it
|> isn't.  Of course the Miami fans had no such example of good behavior from *their*
|> team and they have quite the reputation for, ah, welcoming opposing teams to the
|> Orange Bowl.
|> 
|> |> The several thousand Bama fans ( i.e. 10,000 ) wore a button for days that said;
|> |> 
|> |>                        FUCK MIAMI
|> |>                           or
|> |>                        PISS on MIAMI
|> |>                           or
|> |>                       TO HELL WITH MIAMI 
|> 
	Guy, unfortunatly, the poster is right. BUT, Miami fans had pins
	on that said the same to Alabama. (except the "to hell with miami"
	that was some ingenius bama fan)  I don't like the F*** pins on 
	anyone but the piss on (?) doesn't offend me, I think it was funny.
	"ALL" of the fans for neither side wore the pins but there were
	plenty to go around.  I personally wanted a "PISS ON MIAMI" pin
	and I did wear a "GINO WHO" pin.


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