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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #70 on: December 22, 2020, 08:57:08 AM »
Quote from: TyphonInc on December 22, 2020, 08:45:47 AM
I call B.S.

The geographic features are in both Virginia states and Maryland. The writer of the song (Bill Danoff) came up with most of the lyrics while driving winding roads in Maryland. He changed adjusted Maryland to West Virginia to help the song have a better ring. And again the features mentioned are large and winding and in multiple states.

Source: https://www.wideopencountry.com/john-denver-take-me-home-country-roads-this-state/


Oh. So it was about Neither West Virginia nor west Virginia. It was actually about Maryland, with some creative liberty liberally applied. 

Damn Coloradoans.
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #71 on: December 22, 2020, 09:10:11 AM »










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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #72 on: December 22, 2020, 09:40:40 AM »
It’s our song. Don’t care.
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #73 on: December 22, 2020, 09:55:51 AM »
Quote from: Kris60 on December 21, 2020, 10:27:52 PM
I’d rather play Army anyway.  Tennessee can take their 3-7 record and stay home.
hey, at least Army wanted to play
They might bring their "A" game
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #74 on: December 22, 2020, 10:57:06 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on December 22, 2020, 08:34:02 AM
The Boca Raton Bowl?That just smacks of Holiday Tradition,rather resurrect the Astro Blue Bonnett Bowl
The cover story for why Houston's bowl game is the creatively named Texas Bowl rather than the Bluebonnet Bowl is that the organizing committee for the Bluebonnet folded up owing money to everyone and his dog, and therefore any organization that tried to resurrect the old name would inherit the debts.
I don't know that I buy that.
I think it's more likely that the Houston PTB figured that "Bluebonnet" just didn't sound "Texas" enough.  So, what could be more "Texas" than "Texas"?
BTW, if you've ever been in the middle of a field of bluebonnets in bloom, you'll not forget it.  It's a beautiful sight.
In 1990, waiting to go on the aerial gunnery range at Fort Hood, we sat down in a field of bluebonnets.  Really cool!
Bring back the Bluebonnet Bowl!
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #75 on: December 22, 2020, 10:59:29 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on December 22, 2020, 10:57:06 AM
The cover story for why Houston's bowl game is the creatively named Texas Bowl rather than the Bluebonnet Bowl is that the organizing committee for the Bluebonnet folded up owing money to everyone and his dog, and therefore any organization that tried to resurrect the old name would inherit the debts.
I don't know that I buy that.
I think it's more likely that the Houston PTB figured that "Bluebonnet" just didn't sound "Texas" enough.  So, what could be more "Texas" than "Texas"?
BTW, if you've ever been in the middle of a field of bluebonnets in bloom, you'll not forget it.  It's a beautiful sight.
In 1990, waiting to go on the aerial gunnery range at Fort Hood, we sat down in a field of bluebonnets.  Really cool!
Bring back the Bluebonnet Bowl!

Bluebonnets are extremely Texas-y, so I don't think that's it.

I think they probably just didn't think it "manly" enough.

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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #76 on: December 22, 2020, 11:03:16 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on December 22, 2020, 09:10:11 AM










The problem with that is that the area indicated is north (or northern) Virginia, not western Virginia.
I think the song was intended to refer to West Virginia, even though the geographical description would be better for the northern part of Virginia.
But whoever insists that songs have to be factually correct?
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #77 on: December 22, 2020, 11:15:23 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on December 22, 2020, 10:59:29 AM
Bluebonnets are extremely Texas-y, so I don't think that's it.

I think they probably just didn't think it "manly" enough.
Maybe so.  The other Texas bowl games have "manly" names.  Cotton picking is man's work.  Working on the Frisco railroad was man's work.  Being in the Armed Forces was man's work once upon a time.  First Responders are manly men, even when they are women.
But I wonder if kids today--outside of Texas--even know what bluebonnets are.
They grow up with some amazing gaps in their knowledge.
They know the cheat codes for every video game and they know how to hack into porn sites.
But ask them what continent contains the Mississippi River and they look at you like it's a trick question.
Maybe they don't know what bluebonnets are, or what connection they have to Texas.
And, as the explanation for hideous uniforms has it, it's all about pleasing the kids.
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #78 on: December 22, 2020, 11:19:24 AM »
I don't think kids find any particular connection to the names "Orange Bowl" or "Citrus Bowl" or even "Rose Bowl."

Perhaps they may find some connection to the "Fiesta Bowl" since that literally means "Party Bowl" but beyond that, I don't think the kids care much at all about what the bowls are named.

They care about the swag bags, and that's probably about it.
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #79 on: December 22, 2020, 11:29:49 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on December 22, 2020, 11:03:16 AM
The problem with that is that the area indicated is north (or northern) Virginia, not western Virginia.
I think the song was intended to refer to West Virginia, even though the geographical description would be better for the northern part of Virginia.
But whoever insists that songs have to be factually correct?


The Blueridge Mountains literally run the full length of the state, from North to South and everywhere in between, and it does this along the western border of the state just east of West Virginia. 

Now Virginians may refer to their regions with some geographic liberty by which only the panhandle constitutes west Virginia, while the much taller western border that is located north of the panhandle is all just lumped in as north Virginia, but John Denver being a Coloradoan would not be privy to the local clichés. 

With all that being said, it is clear that the Blueridge Mountains cross the east end of the panhandle. If that isn't western Virginia, then nothing is. 
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #80 on: December 22, 2020, 11:31:26 AM »
Probably so.  I was overthinking it.

So, bring back the Bluebonnet Bowl!
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« Reply #81 on: December 22, 2020, 11:39:27 AM »
my brother had a family picture taken in a field of Bluebonnets

I've played Bluebonnet Hill golf course.  Didn't notice many bluebonnets, but was in JAnuary or February

The Huskers played in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in 76.  Had a come from behind victory over the Red Raiders.  This helped them finish 9-3-1

Osborne was told after the game from a regent, that if he had lost that game he would have been fired.
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #82 on: December 22, 2020, 11:42:03 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on December 22, 2020, 11:15:23 AM
Maybe so.  The other Texas bowl games have "manly" names.  Cotton picking is man's work.  Working on the Frisco railroad was man's work.  Being in the Armed Forces was man's work once upon a time.  First Responders are manly men, even when they are women.
But I wonder if kids today--outside of Texas--even know what bluebonnets are.
They grow up with some amazing gaps in their knowledge.
They know the cheat codes for every video game and they know how to hack into porn sites.
But ask them what continent contains the Mississippi River and they look at you like it's a trick question.
Maybe they don't know what bluebonnets are, or what connection they have to Texas.
And, as the explanation for hideous uniforms has it, it's all about pleasing the kids.
Hell, I had no clue what bluebonnets are. I only knew it was an ice cream brand.

I guess I'll have to study up on my Texas-ness if I'm gonna move to Austin. 
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Re: Bowling for Burgers 2020 SOC
« Reply #83 on: December 22, 2020, 11:43:21 AM »
oh, don't worry, there are plenty of Texans that will educate you once you move in

just ask them about ANY subject
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