Sunday, October 29, 2006
But is it football?
My parents are visiting from Michigan, so I took my Dad to the Baylor/A & M game yesterday. We got to be part of a crowd of 51,385 disappointed fans (actually, only 34,987 people in the crowd were disappointed; the remainder were either A & M fans, unable to compehend how football works, or both).
As usual, I was on the lookout for interesting mascots. A & M has only Sarge, who is no Vic the Demon Pimp when it comes to threatening demeanor. What was really interesting, though, was a young Baylor fan in the row ahead of us. Dressed in a little Baylor cheerleader uniform (it seems there is a state law mandating this for female fans under ten), she was waving two Barbie dolls over her head and chanting "Baylor! Baylor!"
What was she implying by this? Were the Barbies meant to be symbolic? If so, is this really a very good idea? I suspect that Dr. Lenore Wright would say "no."
"Barbie," by the way, is a registered trademark of Mattel, which is a division of Plastech, part of the Umco family of corporations.
As usual, I was on the lookout for interesting mascots. A & M has only Sarge, who is no Vic the Demon Pimp when it comes to threatening demeanor. What was really interesting, though, was a young Baylor fan in the row ahead of us. Dressed in a little Baylor cheerleader uniform (it seems there is a state law mandating this for female fans under ten), she was waving two Barbie dolls over her head and chanting "Baylor! Baylor!"
What was she implying by this? Were the Barbies meant to be symbolic? If so, is this really a very good idea? I suspect that Dr. Lenore Wright would say "no."
"Barbie," by the way, is a registered trademark of Mattel, which is a division of Plastech, part of the Umco family of corporations.
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The inflatable bear scares the hell out of me. Did you see how that thing walked? It was straight out of a horror movie.
My mom never let me wear a Baylor cheerleading outfit to games... alas, at this point it would be mildly inappropriate.
# posted by 
: 8:56 PM
: 8:56 PM
My Mom wouldn't have been pleased if I had wanted to wear a cheerleader's outfit myself.
Something for you to consider next time you want to cross blog.
BTW, its OK for you to mention Barbie, a registered trademark, without attribution. In this case, its a non-commercial fair use.
Something for you to consider next time you want to cross blog.
BTW, its OK for you to mention Barbie, a registered trademark, without attribution. In this case, its a non-commercial fair use.
# posted by : 11:40 PM
: 11:40 PM
Good Professor,
If you add BearMeat, who we swear has links to the Baylor Law community, to your links, we promise to add your blog to our prestigious "BearBackers" blogroll, which features such outstanding sites as FromMalibuToWaco and the Noze website. Also, our A&M = North Korea post has tapped the Texas Zeitgeist with no signs of letting up.
Glad you enjoyed the A&M game, sad to think it may have been the last competitive game that we will play, now that Bell tore his ACL.
Sincerely,
Red
If you add BearMeat, who we swear has links to the Baylor Law community, to your links, we promise to add your blog to our prestigious "BearBackers" blogroll, which features such outstanding sites as FromMalibuToWaco and the Noze website. Also, our A&M = North Korea post has tapped the Texas Zeitgeist with no signs of letting up.
Glad you enjoyed the A&M game, sad to think it may have been the last competitive game that we will play, now that Bell tore his ACL.
Sincerely,
Red
Actually A&M's official mascot is Reveille, in this case Reveille VII. Rev, as she is affectionately called in the Brazos Valley, is a full-blood collie and the first lady of Aggieland.
Reveille is taken care of by the mascot corporal, a sophmore in the Corps of Cadets, and she goes to class with the student. If she barks in class the tradition is that class is dismissed immediately, maybe we could start such a tradition at Baylor Law.
Well special duty rules, defamation, and contorts demand my attention. Torts wait for no man.
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Reveille is taken care of by the mascot corporal, a sophmore in the Corps of Cadets, and she goes to class with the student. If she barks in class the tradition is that class is dismissed immediately, maybe we could start such a tradition at Baylor Law.
Well special duty rules, defamation, and contorts demand my attention. Torts wait for no man.
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