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Topic: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Topic: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

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The Optimist
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110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 1:52:25 AM

Bad info?

Last Edited: 9/24/2010 10:29:45 AM by The Optimist

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 6:25:44 AM

I don't think the Marshall game was on the 110 travel schedule. As for the cheerleaders, I am sure they were scheduled to go. I hope the rumor is just a "rumor" about punishing the cheerleaders and not letting them travel.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 7:48:56 AM

The Marshall game isn't listed on the schedule posted on the 110's website.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 8:28:34 AM

mf279801 wrote:

The Marshall game isn't listed on the schedule posted on the 110's website.

That is correct. The 110 never had any plans on going to Marshall.

Cannot comment on the cheerleaders though. I have no idea.

O'Doyle Rules!!!!

The Optimist
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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 10:29:25 AM

Okay, that changes everything!

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 12:20:20 PM

Just heard that they're not going. Anyone know why?

OU didn't know
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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 12:25:19 PM

If this is seriously a punishment as a result of what Rufus (Hanning) did, it's pretty ridiculous. They had no responsibility for his actions. The people in the marketing department are the one's that are at fault for even letting him on the field. It'd be like if you arrested someone who witnessed a murder just because they were there. Maybe it was already planned before Rufus-gate, but the timing is a little odd.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 1:25:00 PM

Former cheerleader here. A team of cheerleaders typically travels to away games that are relatively close (ie Marshall). MAC rules limit the visiting cheerleaders to six on the sidelines.

Possible reasons for cheerleader travel to Marshall not happening are:

-Lack of budget for travel to all away games
-No availability of a university advisor/driver to drive the school van to Marshall
-The varsity cheerleaders broke a team rule and were suspended from travel (in which case there is a team of JV cheerleaders that can fill in)
-Some inane punishment as a result of the Rufus incident (which as someone stated, has nothing to do with the cheerleaders)

If any of these reasons are true, it's unfortunate, but especially the last one.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 2:51:36 PM

My guess is that the cheerleaders laughed so hard after the Rufus incident in Columbus, that they are all suffering from bruised ribs and will be unable to perform their lifts

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/24/2010 4:42:03 PM

Hmmm.... me thinks I smell foul play......

I have been to MANY away games. Not once can I recall a game where at least a few cheerleaders did not come. Marshall is so close. The cheerleaders have gone to FAR AWAY schools.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/25/2010 12:04:30 AM

Speaking of cheerleaders going to road games, we (the cheerleaders) once hitched a ride to the EMU basketball game on the Jan's Fans charter bus. After an exhausting OT game, I was looking forward to getting some shut-eye on the bus (it was a Wednesday night and I had an 8 a.m. class the next day). I was wrong. That bus is more active than a Vegas casino floor. Euchre tournaments until well past 2 a.m.

By the way, Larry Hunter's mother is quite a card shark.

Great people those Jan's Fans. We had an absolute blast on that Wednesday night road trip. For any Jan's Fans on this board, thanks again for your hospitality!

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/25/2010 10:01:52 AM

Cannot imagine an Ohio game without the cheerleaders. Surely they will be there but if not, I'm ready. Just don't expect this fat, old, bald fart to do any flips.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/25/2010 2:16:02 PM

You won't believe the "official" reason for not going.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/25/2010 2:43:21 PM

So what is it ????

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/26/2010 3:19:27 AM

ohio alumna wrote:

Yeah, agree here and don't remember having a cheer-free game. Some of the cheerleaders made the trip down and set up shop next to bobcat695's tailgate that we visited. They said they were also out for EMU.

But with the playcalling tonight, delay of games almost multiple plays in a row, timeouts before punts, it definitely wasn't the only head-scratching decision of the day.

ben

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/26/2010 6:10:41 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

You won't believe the "official" reason for not going.

Dude, don't be a dick. That's a very not-Alan Swank thing to say.

Ohio '99 EMU '00 USF '08(?)

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/26/2010 10:59:06 AM

Sorry, haven't been around a computer for a couple days. Cost containment.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 5:22:17 AM

OhioStunter wrote:

6 Cheereaders travel to all away footbal games.

I really hope that the squad has enough money to serve it's primary function..cheering at games.

The cheerleaders don't ride in a school van to football games, they ride on the media bus.

There is not a JV squad anymore, unless that changed this year. However, if there isn't enough budget money to send 6 cheerleaders to a game, there isn't enough for a second squad.

As sad as it sounds, this might be the case...and if it is, I'm slightly annoyed that an official athletic team was punished because of a non-athetic mascot. Might as well kick two soroities off campus while you're at it.

Edit to add:

I just read Alan's comment about cost containment. Even if they were trying to keep cost down, they'd have to have cut the cheerleading budget by a lot for them not to afford to go to an away game at Marshall. I have no knowledge as to how much the budget is, but I know we were never worrying about having money to send us to games. The Mashall game seems rather random as well, you'd think they wouldn't send cheerleaders to something like EMU if that was the case.

Last Edited: 9/27/2010 5:30:02 AM by OrlandoCat

brucecuth
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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 6:37:31 PM

i thought Schaus was supposed to make this a real professional athletic program, but every week it seems to be getting more Mickey Mouse...

Bobcat Love
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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 6:57:29 PM

brucecuth wrote:

i thought Schaus was supposed to make this a real professional athletic program, but every week it seems to be getting more Mickey Mouse...

The Optimist
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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 7:46:27 PM

This has nothing to do with cost containment, and everything to do with Rufus. What a joke.

I've seen crazier things happen.

Alan Swank
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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 8:04:16 PM

Optimist, my guess is that you're right on number one and half right on number two. I can't believe that the no one in the media has asked about this or about Brazil's absence on Saturday. Maybe JH was right in another thread, maybe Kent does have one up on us in print journalism.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 8:09:57 PM

Blaming the cheerleaders for Rufus is like blaming the usher for your bad seats. If the Administration has passed the buck all the way down to the cheerleader squad then I have absolutely no respect for anyone in charge.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 8:11:10 PM

Spoke with a couple of cheerleaders about the 'alleged' assault. The cheerleaders were infact suspended for the Marshall game because of Rufus. Sad but true. McDavis screwed the pooch on this one.

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RE: 110 & Cheerleaders lose out due to Rufus

Posted: 9/27/2010 9:04:27 PM

Wow, what poor judgment! I was fired from a job once because the boss didn't like the guy that was working for him before me. Never did figure that one out either!!

Hanging in there!

GO BOBCATS!

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