Bear_Territory;842154994 said:

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We need a bigger cannon

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It's not the number of times the cannon will go off. The problem is re-loading....getting the cannon ready to fire in time since we'll be scoring in record time. I propose the following:


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...and yes.....with bigger cannons too!


:gobears:

MilleniaBear;842154838 said:

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Did this get installed? Nobody has mentioned it. It seems so obvious that I hate to ask if the program has set one up at Memorial. If they haven't then i hope they have a good explanation. It would be a riot to have a TD pass, followed by a siren, then the cannon.

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Aside from the real potential of being incredibly annoying, this has "mockery" written all over it.

And no one-note first down crap from the band, either. Cal fans have suffered enough already.

I actually agree with most of the folks here, for once. No siren.

CaliforniaGoldenBear;842154915 said:

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GHOD save us.
Lets go back to just marching bands and cheerleaders and a cannon and crowd participation and Oski strutting.

If we had the will, we could lead the revolt against the moneymen stealing the soul of the game.

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Thank you!

blungld;842155189 said:

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Or better yet: Oski bursts out of the tunnel driving a well sposnsored logo emblazoned ambulance with siren blaring, the chancellor cranks an old air raid warning from WWII while a Messerschmidt dive bombs the stadium, on screen a video of the opposing mascot getting its throat slit while the cheerleaders shoot heroin on the sidelines. The other cal sports teams who line the field shoot real guns up into the visiting section and t shirt guns into cal section, the first student to get on the shirt which has TD scrawled on it swings on a rope over the field and hits a big blue button then the score swivels to reveal monster speakers that blast a rap mash up of fear the reaper and the offense salts the grass behind them as part of their scorched earth offense...or we could just leave one of the best college traditions alone and not bow to bombastic commercialized meaningless unnecessary gimmicks.

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Exactly!

B.A. Bearacus;842154839 said:

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Sirens seem too gimmicky, like something Stanfurd would do. Also, given that sirens would probably be used in case of an actual emergency (at a stadium on an earthquake faultline), I feel it has zero chance.

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Let's hope it has zero chance.

MilleniaBear;842154838 said:

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Did this get installed? Nobody has mentioned it. It seems so obvious that I hate to ask if the program has set one up at Memorial. If they haven't then i hope they have a good explanation. It would be a riot to have a TD pass, followed by a siren, then the cannon.

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NOOOOOOOOOOO! Stop this madness! No gimmicks, no mic'ed in music, no annoying announcers yelling at us. The Cannon, the band, and Oski. That's all we need.

Maybe Dykes can bring us this over from Texas Tech?

bearwithfangs;842154844 said:

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Sorry, but the canon, and only the canon. Forever. End of thread.

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Ding! Ding! we have the winner ..... moving on ....



Or did you mean ....






(just kiddin wit you, bwf ......)

MilleniaBear;842154838 said:

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Did this get installed? Nobody has mentioned it. It seems so obvious that I hate to ask if the program has set one up at Memorial. If they haven't then i hope they have a good explanation. It would be a riot to have a TD pass, followed by a siren, then the cannon.

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How about, instead of a siren, a guy that rings a bell really enthusiastically?

pingpong2;842155385 said:

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Maybe Dykes can bring us this over from Texas Tech?

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Wow...how did we both think of this at the same time? Time stamp says you win! But I like your style.

milleniabear;842154838 said:

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did this get installed? Nobody has mentioned it. It seems so obvious that i hate to ask if the program has set one up at memorial. If they haven't then i hope they have a good explanation. It would be a riot to have a td pass, followed by a siren, then the cannon.

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hell no.

SonOfCalVa;842154909 said:

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Hop on a plane, couple of hours north, you'll be home in fuskie land, home of the friggen siren and to$h and gimmicks ... enjoy yerself.

A cannon and Fight For California is what we have and all we need.



Fight for California http://calband.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fight.mp3

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That cannon is not what it once was. It went from a cannon to a pop-gun over the past decade or so.

We need a new pyro guy, or a new/rebuilt cannon if the old cannon cant handle a larger charge...or maybe even trim the flora so sound carries into the stadium better...

Either way, the only thing we need IMHO is a louder cannon.

I vote we mount a 16" Mark 7 up there. If furd can remove it, let them.

Phantomfan;842155416 said:

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That cannon is not what it once was. It went from a cannon to a pop-gun over the past decade or so.

We need a new pyro guy, or a new/rebuilt cannon if the old cannon cant handle a larger charge...or maybe even trim the flora so sound carries into the stadium better...

Either way, the only thing we need IMHO is a louder cannon.

I vote we mount a 16" Mark 7 up there. If furd can remove it, let them.

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I like where you're going with this Phantom. We need something to shake the ground but preferably not so much that it causes an earthquake.

It would also be good if the cannon was on a turret so it could be fired on unsuspecting Panoramic Hill homeowners tending their outdoor wood burning pizza ovens.

Phantomfan;842155416 said:

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That cannon is not what it once was. It went from a cannon to a pop-gun over the past decade or so.
Either way, the only thing we need IMHO is a louder cannon.

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No kidding. Maybe I've been too too many concerts or am just getting old but the cannon sounds a lot weaker. I also notice they built a new and proper stand for the cannon. I miss the old cannon stand that was built half assed and looked like it was going to roll off the platform and go barrelling down Tightwad Hill to crash into the stadium.