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FearlessF

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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #42 on: December 21, 2020, 11:40:14 AM »
no one or their grandma thought those silly things in Iowa or nebraska
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #43 on: December 21, 2020, 11:53:22 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on December 21, 2020, 11:23:48 AM

Yes, I was playing off of the whole John Denver Country Roads thing there. Everyone and their grandma thinks that he wrote the song about WV (including WV University), but in reality it was about west VA, which contains all of the geographical features that he mentions in the lyrics.
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The song’s refrain mentions ‘West Virginia,’ but the opening lyrics refer to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River, which are primarily located in Virginia. The Blue Ridge Mountains are traditionally defined as the easternmost flank of the Appalachian Mountain chain, running roughly north-south from Pennsylvania to Georgia. They pass through only a sliver of West Virginia.

The Shenandoah River’s headwaters are near Front Royal, Virginia; from there the river flows northeast through Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and ultimately into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. Near the end of its 150-mile journey, the Shenandoah does cross the eastern panhandle of West Virginia for approximately 20 miles.
Based on the geographical references in the lyrics, many have argued that John Denver shortened “western Virginia” to “west Virginia” (lowercase ‘w’) because the extra syllable would have disrupted the cadence of the refrain.
West Virginia loyalists maintain that Denver meant exactly what he sang. Both the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains are part of West Virginia, and “Country Roads”
 has been adopted as West Virginia’s state song. Denver sang it at West Virginia University’s football stadium inauguration in 1980, and the WVU Marching Band performs it before every home game.


So as Deon Sanders says - Boff
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #44 on: December 21, 2020, 12:39:12 PM »
Yes, I know of that particular technicality, but I am not buying that John Denver wrote the song about the tiny little Eastern Panhandle of WV that is nestled between Maryland and Pennsylvania. 
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2020, 12:43:46 PM »
In fact I propose that if you attempted to play that song while driving around on those specific country roads, you'd be in a different state by the time the second verse got going. 
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #46 on: December 21, 2020, 12:50:00 PM »
Well Denver himself sang it when the Mountaineers opened their new stadium.Unfortunately he's not around to ask and prolly wouldn't want to hurt others feelings.....like you :D
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #47 on: December 21, 2020, 12:56:27 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on December 21, 2020, 12:50:00 PM
Well Denver himself sang it when the Mountaineers opened their new stadium.Unfortunately he's not around to ask and prolly wouldn't want to hurt others feelings.....like you :D
If he'd have stuck to Mountain Roads we could ask him.  
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #48 on: December 21, 2020, 12:58:31 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on December 21, 2020, 10:09:18 AM
Who is Cincydawg rooting for in the Cincy-Dawg game? :017:
@Cincydawg ?
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #49 on: December 21, 2020, 12:59:24 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on December 21, 2020, 12:56:27 PM
If he'd have stuck to Mountain Roads we could ask him. 
Forget what happened did he have a heart attack while flying?
And he did write "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #50 on: December 21, 2020, 01:40:48 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 21, 2020, 10:05:34 AM
I don't blame the kids.

I blame Coach Frost for allowing them to vote and make the decision for the team.

for teams that had a successful season and feel good about next season, that's fine.  The Huskers obviously need more practice and game reps for young players.

I know this was decades ago in a different time and world, but Osborne would have accepted a bowl invite and the extra practice that came with it.
The odd thing here is that UNL was the most vocal of all the schools in wanting to play this year. What changed?
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #51 on: December 21, 2020, 01:42:51 PM »
Reality
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #52 on: December 21, 2020, 01:44:48 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on December 21, 2020, 01:40:48 PM
The odd thing here is that UNL was the most vocal of all the schools in wanting to play this year. What changed?
Illinois and Minnesoota happened
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #53 on: December 21, 2020, 04:04:20 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on December 21, 2020, 11:23:48 AM
Yes, I was playing off of the whole John Denver Country Roads thing there. Everyone and their grandma thinks that he wrote the song about WV (including WV University), but in reality it was about west VA, which contains all of the geographical features that he mentions in the lyrics.
I didn't know that, but it makes sense.

I've always wondered about the "Shenandoah River" part, as only the last few miles of the Shenandoah are in WV.
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #54 on: December 21, 2020, 05:30:21 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 21, 2020, 01:44:48 PM
Illinois and Minnesoota happened
Well if the league carried its weight,  they'd play the full season and they still wouldn't be bowl eligible. 
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #55 on: December 21, 2020, 05:57:41 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on December 21, 2020, 04:04:20 PM
I didn't know that, but it makes sense.

I've always wondered about the "Shenandoah River" part, as only the last few miles of the Shenandoah are in WV.
Per The Font of All Wisdom and Knowledge, it's about West Virginia.

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"Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known simply as "Take Me Home" or "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver about West Virginia. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard's US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. The song was a success on its initial release and was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 18, 1971, and Platinum on April 10, 2017.[2] The song became one of John Denver's most popular and beloved songs. It has continued to sell, with over 1.6 million digital copies sold in the United States.[3] It is considered to be Denver's signature song.[4]

The song has a prominent status as an iconic symbol of West Virginia, which it describes as "Almost Heaven". In March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia.

This reminds me of a late afternoon-early evening at Fort Benning, GA, in the summer of 1979.  There was an outdoor bluegrass festival on the side of a hill--with the stage at the bottom--out on what must have been a seldom-used part of the training area.  Maybe the advertising campaign was a failure, but only 20-30 people showed up to watch.  SO the bands would get up and do their thing to a smattering of applause.  There was a drunk down front by the stage who would shout to each group to "play that Almost Heaven West Virginia song!"  I can't remember if any of them ever did.
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