The Romans and the griz
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:46 pm
I’m sitting here on vacation and instead of enjoying 90 degree sunshine, I’m at my computer thinking up a smack thread. Go figure. I’m sure many of thought about this too, so I decided to put fingers to keyboard and see where this went…
Roman (60BC – 14AD): Caesar and his line (Augustus/ Octavius) bring great prosperity and expansion to the Roman Empire including the perfect execution of the government known as the Rebublic. With many conquests including the first ever total control of Gaul, and the conquering and total submission of the superpower Egypt.
Griz (1986 – 1995): Don Read brings great prosperity and expansion to UM including the perfect execution of the Passing Game. The griz have many conquests including the first ever National Championship by conquering the superpower of Marshall.
R (14AD – 37AD): Augustus finally dies and the general Tiberius becomes Emperor. Tiberius is able to continue the Roman tradition and maintain the growth and prosperity of the empire. With no major conquests Tiberius is eventually murdered.
G (1996 – 1999): Reid finally goes away after 10 years and his OC Dennehy becomes head coach. Dennehy continues the winning tradition but fails to win a NC despite having arguably the best griz team ever (1996, 14-1), but then left and has his coaching career murdered at Utah State (19-37 before fired)
(As an aside, not everything went perfectly for the Roman Empire even during their height of their prosperity. There was a story when an un-kept and raw Thracian warrior by the name of Spartacus (Kramer), who went on a rampage against the Empire. He relied on the era’s greatest warrior and field general by the name of Crixus (Lulay) to win many battles up and down the Roman Empire (3 wins in 4 years) including the actual conquering of Rome itself (WaG Bobcat win in 2002). Alas, the Empire again took back control and (temporarily) continued the reign.)
R (37AD – 41AD): Another short lived emperor that many considered to be mad, Caligula was merely trying to stay alive during the whole time as emperor despite his successes. He was eventually murdered.
G (2000 – 2002): Joe Glenn was considered to be mad (by me when I saw him flip off the NM student body at a Wyoming/NM football game). Glenn was eventually left despite winning a NC, and had the football coach equivalent of being murdered when he accepted a job at Wyoming.
R (41AD – 68AD): The Claudius line begins with many conquests, including a successful invasion of Britain and the founding of London. However, this line becomes so caught up in their own incestuous and indulgence behavior that they become unaware of the world changing all around them. Claudius kills his own wife for the belief she is conspiring against him and then marries his own niece. His niece/wife then murders him. Their inbred son, Nero, becomes emperor and then orders the execution of his mom. Although the empire was prosperous during this time, nobody can really explain the incest and infighting going on, and history looks back at this age when the Romans became so self absorbed in their own indulgences that they failed to see that that the rest of the world was growing in strength and numbers in such a way that the Roman empire, as it was once known, will soon become irrelevant. Nero proved to be incredibly unpopular with the Roman citizens for many decisions and indulgences. This era was the height of the Roman orgy where the citizens could freely stroke each other and get each other off, and that was really what history remembers about this era in Roman history despite the many successes.
G (2003 – 2009): The Bobby Hauck was one of the most winning eras in griz football history, but is strangely remembered not for the 80 wins, but for the incessant complaining and entitlement talk by the fan base. The griz have become so self indulged that they fail to realize many teams investing in the infrastructure and building rival programs. Hauck is inexplicably run out of town primarily due to excessive sense of entitlement by the fan base and their belief they deserve to win the National Championship every year. This is the era that brought the height of the orgy know as eGriz.com, where the grizzlies can stroke each other and get each other off, continue their entitlement and inward thinking all the while they continue to be completely ignorant of the changing situation happening all around them.
R (68AD+): The Roman Empire begins its crumbling in earnest. They go through many emperors in a short amount of time, and soon simply start to blend into the rest of region. The reign of power and influence all but disappears over time. Although many in the Empire are in denial of the impending fate of the empire and continue in their self indugence, there are others that begin to foresee that they are losing influence and power as time goes on.
G (2010+): I think everybody knows where I’m going here, but I’ll spell it out anyway. The walls are now fully crumbling all around the griz. There are many fans that are still caught up in the entitlement paradigm and refuse to believe that we are witnessing the beginning of the end. Kudos to the few rational griz fans that can see the writing on the wall and now understand the reign is over. Almost every other program in the BSC is planning some type of upgrade or enhancement to the infrastructure, and gap between the different programs has closed down on the griz. Last year’s miracles (FG at PSU and hail mary pass to beat NAU at home) aren’t going to keep going like they have in the past. Without those two miracles, the griz would have finished with only 5 wins last year, and they could easily finish with only 5 or 6 wins this year.
It’s over.
Roman (60BC – 14AD): Caesar and his line (Augustus/ Octavius) bring great prosperity and expansion to the Roman Empire including the perfect execution of the government known as the Rebublic. With many conquests including the first ever total control of Gaul, and the conquering and total submission of the superpower Egypt.
Griz (1986 – 1995): Don Read brings great prosperity and expansion to UM including the perfect execution of the Passing Game. The griz have many conquests including the first ever National Championship by conquering the superpower of Marshall.
R (14AD – 37AD): Augustus finally dies and the general Tiberius becomes Emperor. Tiberius is able to continue the Roman tradition and maintain the growth and prosperity of the empire. With no major conquests Tiberius is eventually murdered.
G (1996 – 1999): Reid finally goes away after 10 years and his OC Dennehy becomes head coach. Dennehy continues the winning tradition but fails to win a NC despite having arguably the best griz team ever (1996, 14-1), but then left and has his coaching career murdered at Utah State (19-37 before fired)
(As an aside, not everything went perfectly for the Roman Empire even during their height of their prosperity. There was a story when an un-kept and raw Thracian warrior by the name of Spartacus (Kramer), who went on a rampage against the Empire. He relied on the era’s greatest warrior and field general by the name of Crixus (Lulay) to win many battles up and down the Roman Empire (3 wins in 4 years) including the actual conquering of Rome itself (WaG Bobcat win in 2002). Alas, the Empire again took back control and (temporarily) continued the reign.)
R (37AD – 41AD): Another short lived emperor that many considered to be mad, Caligula was merely trying to stay alive during the whole time as emperor despite his successes. He was eventually murdered.
G (2000 – 2002): Joe Glenn was considered to be mad (by me when I saw him flip off the NM student body at a Wyoming/NM football game). Glenn was eventually left despite winning a NC, and had the football coach equivalent of being murdered when he accepted a job at Wyoming.
R (41AD – 68AD): The Claudius line begins with many conquests, including a successful invasion of Britain and the founding of London. However, this line becomes so caught up in their own incestuous and indulgence behavior that they become unaware of the world changing all around them. Claudius kills his own wife for the belief she is conspiring against him and then marries his own niece. His niece/wife then murders him. Their inbred son, Nero, becomes emperor and then orders the execution of his mom. Although the empire was prosperous during this time, nobody can really explain the incest and infighting going on, and history looks back at this age when the Romans became so self absorbed in their own indulgences that they failed to see that that the rest of the world was growing in strength and numbers in such a way that the Roman empire, as it was once known, will soon become irrelevant. Nero proved to be incredibly unpopular with the Roman citizens for many decisions and indulgences. This era was the height of the Roman orgy where the citizens could freely stroke each other and get each other off, and that was really what history remembers about this era in Roman history despite the many successes.
G (2003 – 2009): The Bobby Hauck was one of the most winning eras in griz football history, but is strangely remembered not for the 80 wins, but for the incessant complaining and entitlement talk by the fan base. The griz have become so self indulged that they fail to realize many teams investing in the infrastructure and building rival programs. Hauck is inexplicably run out of town primarily due to excessive sense of entitlement by the fan base and their belief they deserve to win the National Championship every year. This is the era that brought the height of the orgy know as eGriz.com, where the grizzlies can stroke each other and get each other off, continue their entitlement and inward thinking all the while they continue to be completely ignorant of the changing situation happening all around them.
R (68AD+): The Roman Empire begins its crumbling in earnest. They go through many emperors in a short amount of time, and soon simply start to blend into the rest of region. The reign of power and influence all but disappears over time. Although many in the Empire are in denial of the impending fate of the empire and continue in their self indugence, there are others that begin to foresee that they are losing influence and power as time goes on.
G (2010+): I think everybody knows where I’m going here, but I’ll spell it out anyway. The walls are now fully crumbling all around the griz. There are many fans that are still caught up in the entitlement paradigm and refuse to believe that we are witnessing the beginning of the end. Kudos to the few rational griz fans that can see the writing on the wall and now understand the reign is over. Almost every other program in the BSC is planning some type of upgrade or enhancement to the infrastructure, and gap between the different programs has closed down on the griz. Last year’s miracles (FG at PSU and hail mary pass to beat NAU at home) aren’t going to keep going like they have in the past. Without those two miracles, the griz would have finished with only 5 wins last year, and they could easily finish with only 5 or 6 wins this year.
It’s over.
That's alot of envy.
