Meme Madness: Boulevard Regional Semifinals
by RPT on May 1, 2009 9:00 AM CDT
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PrintIn the vortex of large-scale athletic emptiness until football season begins again, we're passing the days here at Rock M Nation with Meme Madness, a 32-entry, bracket style blowout to determine the best theme/inside joke RMN has to offer. The full bracket can be found here.
Today, we feature the second semifinal matchup in the Boulevard Regional.
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There's nothing quite like the official celebratory music of Rock M Nation. There's a reason we let it play in its entirety at the end of the postgame podcast following Missouri's win over Memphis to reach the Elite Eight. Yes, in a short time, Brass Bonanza has become as much a part of Rock M Nation as any member or any other meme. We all feel the hurt of the Hartford Whalers absence from the NHL, but that's no good excuse to let the euphonious melody of Brass Bonanza go to waste. While we get an occasional bittersweet laugh at Brass Bonanza's evil counterpart (Total Eclipse of the Heart), there's nothing quite like the explosion of brass to accompany us into discussion of Mizzou's epic successes. The question now becomes: If Brass Bonanza wins Meme Madness, would using it as celebration music for its own celebration tear a hole in the Internets and the space-time continuum? FIRST ROUND: def. No. 7 ghtd36's manlove of Kendial Lawrence |
It may not be SIZZLING BACON ACTION, but the Missouri football team may have the most underrated touchdown celebration in America. Is it an elaborate team celebration, an individual dance, or a way to draw attention to individual success? Nope. It's a handshake. Why? Because when Mizzou gets in the endzone, it's just business, baby. The background behind the handshake was fully examined in a 2007 video loaded on YouTube, reiterating that Missouri players wanted to "act like we've been there before." As a result, the handshakes caught on around Rock M Nation, with Live Threads being littered with exclamations of "HANDSHAKES!!!" and images/GIFs of the meme after touchdowns. With Mizzou football in the midst of a big time transition going into the season, two questions about the Gabbert era remain:
If not, you can count on RMN to keep this celebration and this underrated meme going into the future.
FIRST ROUND: def. No. 3 Kimmeh!
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So we're polling again?
Are you just going to look for anomalies in the stats? Seems to me whomever was wanting to rig Saffy through would find a way to sneak under the radar…
He seemed to be only rigging Saffy, though...
…there had been no sudden 25-vote surges in any other matchups….but we’re keeping a watchful eye. :-)
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Thrust nunchuk upward!
If I need to, I will rig the crap out of this one to get Brass Bonanza to the next round
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous
Rock M Nation
If we go through that crap again...
… you can rig it all you want because I’ll be washing my hands of it by pawning it off on you guys.
Taught my dog to do 'Handshake' Bad thing is, he doesn't know the difference
between the Tigers, Cardinals, and Bears yet. Anytime I stand and give a “YES!!!”, the dog comes over and expects a handshake.
Worst part of the story- he pooped outside, I gave him a ‘good boy’, and he expected a handshake…and I went with it.
by Big Head on May 1, 2009 9:34 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Most excellent
"When he went for that ball and dived over the table, I knew what was next to come. I felt sorry for what Texas Tech had to face after that."
-- J. T. Tiller - 3/12/09
Taught my dog the same thing last fall
key word was “Touchdown”, though I think she mainly only does it when she sees me put my hand out…either way, it’s great for parties.
by RoyalsFanInBillings on May 1, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
While Brass Bonanza IS a great song
it’s the Whaler’s fight song. Other than Beef, and Chris Berman, who gives a damn about the Whalers (I mean, like, anywhere)?
Handshakes, on the other hand is a Mizzou celebration that entered its way into game-day threads.
Handshakes for anyone who votes Handshakes!
"When he went for that ball and dived over the table, I knew what was next to come. I felt sorry for what Texas Tech had to face after that."
-- J. T. Tiller - 3/12/09
It's not Brass Bonanza's fault where it got its start...
…it only matters where it’s come!
Rock M Nation
Thrust nunchuk upward!
Meh.
That’s like not voting for someone because of their mother. You don’t have control over that.
Seeking a new signature...
The point being
it has nothing to do with Mizzou.
While that hasn’t stopped me from voting for other entrants (bacon), it’s only connection to RMN is that it’s used in the podcasts, which 3 or 4 people are involved in. The game day threads, however, are universal.
"When he went for that ball and dived over the table, I knew what was next to come. I felt sorry for what Texas Tech had to face after that."
-- J. T. Tiller - 3/12/09
Andy -1 The Boy - 0
Sorry Bill. Andy’s right on this one. Not because of the hockey point but because “The Handshake” is a sign of the football team we’re all here to talk about.
Steve
I'm a hockey guy
and I’m a traditionalist. I miss the Whalers, the Jets, the Northstars and the Nordiques. I really like Brass Bonanza…
That being said, Handshakes is an instant Mizzou classic. In an era of “me first” and highlighting your own accomplishments and ridiculous touchdown celebrations (TO signing a football, Chad Johnson putting a football with a corner marker, dude from NO pulling a cell phone out of the goal post pad…etc.) Mizzou went a different direction, introducing the world to the classic handshake.
The handshake portrays professionalism and a feeling of “we’ve done this before.” With the handshake, there is no risk of a celebratory penalty and no risk of angering our opponents with excessive celebration. Just a simple, effective handshake.
by CPC on May 1, 2009 10:06 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Good show!
"When he went for that ball and dived over the table, I knew what was next to come. I felt sorry for what Texas Tech had to face after that."
-- J. T. Tiller - 3/12/09
Much like Special K (so I hear)
Brass Bonanza makes me see the world like an old sports intro…
which brings me great joy and amusement. I concur that Handshakes are classy and a great celebration… but when you get a minute or two of neon computer-generated graphics in your head each time you hear it… it’s hard to argue with Brass Bonanza.
by Other Side of the Pillow on May 1, 2009 10:17 AM CDT reply actions
Whalers? Don't talk about Whalers! Are you kidding me? Whalers?
"Wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Bonzai
uh oh!
a lower seed is winning! it must be fradulent!
/////sarcasm
by stlcardinalsfang on May 1, 2009 1:33 PM CDT reply actions
how is brass bonanza losing?
by such a large margin.
DOWN WITH HANDSHAKES!
"If you believe in telekinesis, raise my hand."
If you don't think I'm defiantly playing Brass Bonanza in its entirety during the next podcast...
…then you don’t know me very well!
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Thrust nunchuk upward!
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