Greatest collegiate prank of all time?....
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1982 Harvard - Yale football game. ...MIT students actually buried a balloon under the field and inflated it during the game sporting the letters MIT.....
In that article, you'll also note the one where Caltech students took over the scoreboard in 1984....
November 29, 1981 - The University of Pittsburgh football team led everyone to believe they were the number one team in country. The Panthers led many to believe they were the best college football team in the country with national championship aspirations.
The joke however was on them as they did not fool Penn State's football team who exposed the Panthers before millions of viewers watching on national television for the fraud they truly were.
The joke however was on them as they did not fool Penn State's football team who exposed the Panthers before millions of viewers watching on national television for the fraud they truly were.
Prank/Hoax? Last season I would have said something like "For nearly 150 years Rutgers has been able get people to believe they had a football program", but I've decided that this season I will be more respectful of the Scarlet Knights so I will say nothing.
Not sports related, but....
I recall reading years ago, about the following prank (it probably happened in the late 1970's):
Freshman students at major Engineering/Technical school (might have been MIT), were constantly hazed/harassed by senior students. Most of the hazing/harassment was just nonsensical verbal stuff - "you guys are not smart enough to be here"..."you will flunk out"...that kind of stuff.
One senior, however, was a little worse than others - he would take text books and cross out/black out important equations, take homework that was not completed and hide it from the students...that kind of stuff.
The freshman finally had enough....one weekend, when he was not there, they managed to get the keys to his small car, and between 6 or 7 of them, they managed to take the car apart, and rebuild it - inside his dorm room, with the engine running.
I thought that was awesome.
I recall reading years ago, about the following prank (it probably happened in the late 1970's):
Freshman students at major Engineering/Technical school (might have been MIT), were constantly hazed/harassed by senior students. Most of the hazing/harassment was just nonsensical verbal stuff - "you guys are not smart enough to be here"..."you will flunk out"...that kind of stuff.
One senior, however, was a little worse than others - he would take text books and cross out/black out important equations, take homework that was not completed and hide it from the students...that kind of stuff.
The freshman finally had enough....one weekend, when he was not there, they managed to get the keys to his small car, and between 6 or 7 of them, they managed to take the car apart, and rebuild it - inside his dorm room, with the engine running.
I thought that was awesome.
Yes, Real Genius stole that idea. Highly recommended, Real Genius.
LOL, no. I'm a grunt.Your autobiography, perhaps?
When I was working on my dissertation there was this small piece, very interesting, which I was convinced had to be true. I worked on it and kept working on it for a couple weeks (some times these things come slowly; it is very gratifying when you complete the proof), to no avail. After a time I was getting ready to leave my advisor's office when I recalled the problem and mentioned it to him. I knew he had never considered this problem before. He thought about it for all of five seconds before saying, "I hope you haven't spent too much time working on that." Was he a genius? I'm pretty sure he wasn't, but he was so much smarter than me, it was if I had been thrown into the wrestling ring with Ernie Ladd.
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That reminds me of a non jury civil case I tried as a young attorney involving a boundary dispute between 2 property owners. I had carefully prepared a cross examination of the other side's surveyor. After spending 2 full days studying his survey, I was sure he had made an error in his calculations. It was going to be a "gotcha moment" that would win the case for my clients. After a rather routine cross, I moved closer to the guy and started my detailed questioning that would prove his incompetence. Unfortunately, no matter how much I tried, I could not get the guy to admit he was wrong. I kept going over the same ground, but he was not buying what I was selling and, worse, neither was the judge. At one point, the judge said "Move on Attorney Gambit. You demean yourself by continuing with this line of questioning." Humbled, but wiser, I did move on and I did win the case, but that was because, in the end, the facts trumped my ineptness.
A healthy serving of humble pie every now and again is a necessity for success.
Still my favorite bc Puke got a free pass from NCAA.
Upon entering Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke students received a cheer sheet full of “The Dirt on Our Opponent - University of Maryland Terrapins.” In the section on Caner-Medley, in addition to details of his summer arrest in Maine, was a statement about his girlfriend — “NCM’s girlfriend is named Myra, and her pet name for him is ‘Piggy.’”
The Duke fans made oink noises and chanted “Piggy” not only while Caner-Medley was attempting free throws but also throughout the game.
But the information about his girlfriend and her pet name for him was false, planted by a person who wished for the Cameron Crazies to embarrass themselves. If the Cameron Crazies had chanted “Myra Piggy,” it would have sounded like “Myron Piggie,” the name of a former basketball coach and crack cocaine dealer who pleaded guilty to giving money to college basketball players, including former Blue Devil Corey Maggette
Upon entering Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke students received a cheer sheet full of “The Dirt on Our Opponent - University of Maryland Terrapins.” In the section on Caner-Medley, in addition to details of his summer arrest in Maine, was a statement about his girlfriend — “NCM’s girlfriend is named Myra, and her pet name for him is ‘Piggy.’”
The Duke fans made oink noises and chanted “Piggy” not only while Caner-Medley was attempting free throws but also throughout the game.
But the information about his girlfriend and her pet name for him was false, planted by a person who wished for the Cameron Crazies to embarrass themselves. If the Cameron Crazies had chanted “Myra Piggy,” it would have sounded like “Myron Piggie,” the name of a former basketball coach and crack cocaine dealer who pleaded guilty to giving money to college basketball players, including former Blue Devil Corey Maggette
Maurice Clarett
Maurice Clarett posing as a student athlete??????
