What Is The Citadel? For some athletes, it was a place of nightmares

[Apphole]

Bad press for El Cid.

http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/09/04/si-60-what-citadel-rick-reilly

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Might be a repeat, just saw the date xdrunkyx

[DFW HOYA]

It was Sep. 14, 1992. George Bush was president, Barack Obama was a 31 year old teacher at the University of Chicago, and Youngstown State were national champions.

That was the year Georgetown lost its season opener two days earlier...to Ursinus College.

[ElonFirefighter]

When was the last time ""-the" Citadel beat Wofford. I think Elon has had a few winning seasons in that time period.

[AshevilleApp2]

Oy.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Holy crap Apphole this is a bad swing & miss. xlolx

Hey what other breaking headlines do we have from 25 yrs. ago?

OH jesus fella's I can't believe it! The Atari 2600 is being discontinued!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg

[NoDak 4 Ever]

2 things.

Rick Reilly repeating things he wrote before? Good Gaw!

They still made Atari 2600's in 1992? Wow. I got one for my birthday in 1981.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

Best Rick Reilly takedown ever.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpkfUHHAjuk

[AshevilleApp2]

2 things.

Rick Reilly repeating things he wrote before? Good Gaw!

They still made Atari 2600's in 1992? Wow. I got one for my birthday in 1981.

I got my first legal shot of liquor for my birthday in 1981.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

2 things.

Rick Reilly repeating things he wrote before? Good Gaw!

They still made Atari 2600's in 1992? Wow. I got one for my birthday in 1981.

They stopped in 1992 but yeah that's about the time they were most popular.



BREAKING NEWS:
It appears Yugoslavia might be breaking up! Looks like Slovenia and Croatia might be looking for independence! What's next, they gonna be looking for UN recognition soon?
discuss...

[BisonFan02]

The Minnesota Twins are in a West Division race with the Oakland A's to defend their World Series championship.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

I got my first legal shot of liquor for my birthday in 1981.

I got mine the year after they stopped making the Atari 2600.

[dewey]

WOW! Just Wow! Is there any proof that things have changed or are things still the same? You guys did read this, right?

In honor of Sports Illustrated's 60th anniversary, SI.com is republishing, in full, 60 of the best stories in the magazine's history. Today's selection is "What Is The Citadel (https://edit.si.com/college-football/team/citadel-bulldogs)?" in which Rick Reilly explores the dark world of hazing and harassment of and by athletes at The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina (https://edit.si.com/college-football/team/south-carolina-gamecocks). It originally ran in the Sept. 14, 1992 issue.

Dewey

[ursus arctos horribilis]

BREAKING NEWS!

Russian President Boris Yeltsin says that Russia will stop targeting US cities with Nukes!

I bet George Bush returns the favor!

discuss...

[BisonFan02]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QD5n98R_nk

Come on Apphole....lets hear it! xlolx

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Man, Boise State is going to be a I-AA power for years and years. Discuss.

[BisonFan02]

http://www.madebytribe.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dream-team-illustration.jpg


These guys sure dominated down in Barcelona!

[ElonFirefighter]

1992 Landers earthquake occurred on June 28 with an epicenter near the town of Landers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landers,_California), California.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake#cite_note-SCEDC-3) The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.3 and was the largest earthquake to have occurred in the contiguous United States in 40 years.[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Landers_earthquake#cite_note-4)

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Man, Boise State is going to be a I-AA power for years and years. Discuss.
Montana starts the season 1-5 and is definitely gonna have their first losing season under Don Read. He's probably getting the axe after this clunker.

Montana is having real QB trouble this year as well. Brad Lebo has a good arm but the dude is in cement shoes. Nothing on the horizon either. Lebo and Wilberger get hurt in a game against EWU and they bring in this freshmen named Dave Dickenson and he flat out blows in the few series he played.

We're done! Fold up the tents and close this place down!

[Model Citizen]

Yeah, old article. So someone's going to tell me that stuff doesn't happen there anymore?

[AmsterBison]

In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[TheRevSFA]

Guys, guys! Prince Charles and Princess Diana are splitting up

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Guys, guys! Prince Charles and Princess Diana are splitting up

WTF? Not a chance, too embarrassing for the crown.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Ms. Doubtfire is really gonna suck, you guys, but this game with a video game tie-in? Sure smash hit!

http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/14798/p14798_p_v7_aa.jpg

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Hey Rev, on that same note. These guys are talking about marriage I guess.

Paltrow & Pitt. We should start a trend where people mash two names together and signify a power couple.

What do you guys think of Pitt-Row? Maybe Paltitt?

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2004/04/gallery/gpatrowpreg/gpaltrow5.jpg

[Missingnumber7]

Bad press for El Cid.

http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/09/04/si-60-what-citadel-rick-reilly

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Might be a repeat, just saw the date xdrunkyx

I am curious as to how consistent stories like this are across all academies.

[ElCid]

WOW! Just Wow! Is there any proof that things have changed or are things still the same? You guys did read this, right?

Is there any proof that this was true to begin with?

This was nothing more than a garbage article written by a mediocre reporter. We are an easy target for this type of hit job for all sots of reasons. I showed up at The Citadel in August of 1981 and graduated in 1985. Number of times I was physically hazed or put in danger of physical harm: 0. As an upperclassman, the number of times I physically hazed or put in danger a Knob: 0. Number of times I saw Knobs physically hazed in all 4 years: 0. Was it/is it mentally and physically demanding? Yup. It absolutely sucked most of Knob year. Do a lot of folks leave their Knob year? Yup. So I guess every time someone can't hack it and leaves because he does not like to jump when told to, some cockeyed accusations are made about how they were hazed. Makes it much more palatable to Mom or Dad, or the friends back home if they were hazed instead of they just could not hack it, right? "Drop and give me 30 Mister" is not hazing. Assigning a Knob to do 60 minutes worth of tasks in 30 minutes is not hazing. Staying up late polishing brass or shoes, because if you didn't you were in for it, is not hazing. Getting up at 0530 and going on a 3 mile run is not hazing. Having someone in your face screaming at you is not hazing. But for some, it is too much and they leave. It is physical, but for most it is the mental strain. You could not do everything they want no matter how hard you tried. But that is the point. I can tell you that the mental discipline I developed due to the strain has served me very well in all sorts of professional and personal situations since then. Anyone who has made it through will say the same thing.

Don't put too much stock in what this goon Reilly had to "report." It was nothing more than half truths, spin, and innuendos from, what was at least quoted as, a whole lot of exaggerations. It isn't true now any more than it was, what, 20 something years ago.

But maybe I should thank SI. The last time they printed this my Bulldogs went 11-2 with wins over Arkansas and Army and ended up at #1 in the final regular season poll.

[BisonFan02]

http://www.industrialbuilders.com/images/gallery/comm/fargodome1.jpg

The Fargodome is set to open this December.....going to win a **** ton of DII championships in there! :D

[ursus arctos horribilis]

That was El Cid's 1k post, nice work man.xthumbsupx

[Daytripper]

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll30/robinvermont/clinton92_zps4r1cxv78.jpg

[Daytripper]

1992 - I thought about buying some stock in a small tech company called Microsoft, but changed my mind...:(

[Go Green]

Frank Underwood was enjoying his days as a student there... :)

[Grizalltheway]

Frank Underwood was enjoying his days as a student there... :)

xlolx

His "old friend" did kind of look like citdog. xeyebrowx

[TheRevSFA]

So apparently Whitney Houston is going to cover Dolly Parton...

....no way that's a success. Just not happening

[mvemjsunpx]

1992 - I thought about buying some stock in a small tech company called Microsoft, but changed my mind...:(

Microsoft was not small in 1992.

[Go...gate]

Steve Tosches was having success at Princeton, while Colgate's decline worsened, resulting in Mike Foley's dismissal as Head Football Coach, replaced by Ed Sweeney. Under Sweeney, Colgate's fortunes worsened, culminating in a 0-11 record in 1995.

[ElCid]

That was El Cid's 1k post, nice work man.xthumbsupx

Thanks. I was going to save it for my SOCON season prediction, but could not resist.

[rokamortis]

I hear there is a girl who applied to the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel and may sue if she doesn't get in.

[Sundog]

http://www.industrialbuilders.com/images/gallery/comm/fargodome1.jpg

The Fargodome is set to open this December.....going to win a **** ton of DII championships in there! :D


They could fit a lot more seats in there if they just took out those corner posts. But I can't imagine them needing many more seats except when the tractor pull comes ta town.

[Catsfan90]

"1992: US halts breast implants
The United States Government has advised doctors to suspend the use of silicone breast implants pending an investigation into their safety."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/6/newsid_2477000/2477901.stm

[Nova09]

Guys Jackie kissed me on the playground it was so gross let's just play with trucks in the sandbox and not let any girls come.

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Also I have no idea what any of you are talking about because I am in kindergarten.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

We're just happy in our brand-new non-scholarship league with Davidson, so I'm not sure why I'm posting here.

[BlackNGoldR3v0lut10n]

[QUOTE=ElCid;2235042
But maybe I should thank SI. The last time they printed this my Bulldogs went 11-2 with wins over Arkansas and Army and ended up at #1 in the final regular season poll.[/QUOTE]
Speaking of Arkansas in 1992, Arkansas would later go to defeat #4 ranked Tennessee. That loss would be the beginning of a three-game losing streak for the Vols, which spelled the end of Johnny Majors' reign at UT. UT would turn to an assistant who started out the season as interim head coach while Majors had his bypass surgery in August of that year. He later went on to sign a progeny of a well-known SEC/NFL quarterback and do extremely well, winning the SEC in this quarterback's final year. The year following, they did better as they knocked off Florida State to win the BCS championship. He has had some successful seasons but was never able to replicate the success that he had since UT won the national championship. He was unceremoniously fired by UT admins, which touched off a regression that lasted until last season, when Tennessee knocked off Iowa in the Taxslayer.com Bowl (you would remember it as the Gator Bowl). This assistant did manage to land on his feet, so to speak, as ETSU recently tapped him to help reboot their previously dormant football program (they have their first game in a few weeks against Kennesaw State). I remember nominating this assistant to be ETSU's head coach until he declined. That UT assistant was none other than Phillip Fulmer.

And now you know the rest of the story.

[Kemo]

Well, it's time to put my clothes on backwards and listen to some music...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010KyIQjkTk

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Since Citdog isn't here….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCms3ZG3sao

[catamount man]

I hear there is a girl who applied to the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel and may sue if she doesn't get in. Shannon Faulkner's first cousin was in my senior class this exact same year, 92-93. 9/14/92 eh? Well, my high school football team was 0-3 at this point on our way to a massive 3-8 campaign. Ah, it was fun nonetheless. One of our three wins was against our rival and it completed a clean 4-0 sweep against them for the class of 1993. Almost got into a fight with them after the game, and some parents almost got involved. I remember all of us flipping the bird to their bus and we were leaving the stadium. One of the school teachers for this said school sent our principal a letter the next week virtually running down our entire coaches and players and administration. Our principal, an old grizzled CFL veteran believe it or not gave it to our coach, a CITADEL BY-GOD GRADUATE TO BOOT and I remember Coach ripping up and stomping on the letter during practice the following week to get us fired up for the next game. Didn't work, we lost that one 28-0. LOL!

[Go...gate]

We're just happy in our brand-new non-scholarship league with Davidson, so I'm not sure why I'm posting here.

Davidson was gone by 1992 and HC had just dropped FB scholarships.

[bigred]

This just in ASU is "HOT HOT HOT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

[AshevilleApp2]

This just in ASU is "HOT HOT HOT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg

Maybe 13 years or so in the future. Nice, and quite original, try though.

[ElonFirefighter]

Maybe 13 years or so in the future. Nice, and quite original, try though.

Correct, App was still using their old theme song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

[AshevilleApp2]

Correct, App was still using their old theme song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

xlolx

Exactly how many wins did e-loan have against App in your foray into the Southern Conference? xcoffeex

[ElCid]

This just in ASU is "HOT HOT HOT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg


If they were still in the SOCON, they should be fined for even ever having such a video.

[BisonFan02]

If they were still in the SOCON, they should be fined for even ever having such a video.

Didn't you guys kick them out because of that video? :D

[APaladindad]

I am glad my son did not consider this school even though he had an offer from them!

[citdog]

I am glad my son did not consider this school even though he had an offer from them!

Me too. Bleeding gashes don't do very well down there.

[Bison56]

1992 Fun Facts

Federal spending: $1380.86 billion
Federal debt: $4002.1 billion
Median Household Income: $30,636
Consumer Price Index: 140.3
Unemployment: 7.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.29

[kdinva]

Me too. Bleeding gashes don't do very well down there.

Ouch!!

xtroublex


good to see you back.

[APaladindad]

Me too. Bleeding gashes don't do very well down there.
Be careful! Talk like that could cost you your tip for carrying my bag next time I stay in Charleston!

[Sandlapper Spike]

Be careful! Talk like that could cost you your tip for carrying my bag next time I stay in Charleston!

Your son missed out on a great opportunity. His loss. Yours, too, though you'll never admit it.

[BisonFan02]

Be careful! Talk like that could cost you your tip for carrying my bag next time I stay in Charleston!

http://reactiongif.org/wp-content/uploads/GIF/2014/08/GIF-burning-Dr.-Steve-Brule-fire-flame-flaming-hell-jaw-drop-OMG-WTF-ZOMG-GIF.gif

[citdog]

Be careful! Talk like that could cost you your tip for carrying my bag next time I stay in Charleston!

Only two vermin scum I would carry bags for. My mother and OlFu. You ain't either of them.

[caribbeanhen]

Only two vermin scum I would carry bags for. My mother and OlFu. You ain't either of them.

you somehow managed to negotiate a computer with your captors?

[FUBeAR]

you somehow managed to negotiate a computer with your captors?

Looks like he has done just that...

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21090&stc=1

[Go...gate]

Me too. Bleeding gashes don't do very well down there.

Hey, welcome back, citdog!!