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# | Bitter blog - 'Big baby' Tim Settle a camp curiosity, although role this year might be hard to find 
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10 years 11 months
# | Bitter blog - 'Big baby' Tim Settle a camp curiosity, although role this year might be hard to find 
I think that as long as we stay focused, we can focus on regrowing next offseason.
I approve of this.
The only way it could get better is if he wrecked his motorcycle with a 20-something-year-old assistant that he'd been having an affair with.
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The whole investigation was nothing more than a witch hunt. What you have read is a very one sided view point.
I am friends with multiple Ohio State Band Members and Band Alumni, none of whom were aware of this book, and none of whom were ashamed of their nicknames.
"I feel obligated to share as an alumni member of the band who is Jewish. Never once did I feel discriminated against or hated because of it in my 3 years."
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I disagree. Finding a member of the band who is willing to overlook this as a serious issue doesn't mean the investigation and findings were overblown.
We all know that things like this exist in part because they are ignored. The behavior was unacceptable, and the leadership deserves some condemnation in as far as they condoned it. You can claim they didn't know about it, but "secret" traditions like these are often very widely known. That a Jewish band member would hesitate to condemn it shows just how strong team or fraternal associations can be.
I don't think it's fair to assume the worst of the university, or the band as a whole, or the football team, but it is correct to condemn this behavior and to call it out.
38-0 BRO
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While that Might Be true about the majority of the band not seeing this song book. It's not disputed that many other horrific things were happening in the band with the the full knowledge of almost every band member. From some horrific "Nicknames" if not outright hazing. That band director should have been fired and allot of staff and students need to take a look in the mirror and decide if that's who they truly are as a person.
Dammit! I originally typed Facyson, too, and then changed it to Jarrett. Should have looked it up.
And all of this is in Foster's desk drawer labeled "super secret stuff. DONT F***ING TOUCH IT!"
Attrition has hit us hard for yet another year.
Edited: Removed personal comments. The discussion hit a little too close to home.
Not edited: Also, on a side note, Schotenstein (owner of value city furniture) is a HUGE OSU donor (and jewish). The gorgeous basketball stadium is named after him (the Shot). Even as a small contingency of the OSU band, this is beyond stupid.
That's not really how nicknames or traditions in these types of organizations work. It would surprise me greatly if only 1% of band members were aware of this parody book. This indicates that it was far better known than that: Auer, a 2007 Ohio State graduate now working as a band instructor in central Ohio, said he had enjoyed singing songs from the book while on the bus traveling to away football games, though he regrets that the material has become public.
The way to fix the problem is not to cover it up, but to make the issue public and condemn the behavior.
Reavis, Keihn, Shai's suspension, and now the Mullet.
One of the toughest offseasons we've had in a while
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
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# | Bitter blog - 'Big baby' Tim Settle a camp curiosity, although role this year might be hard to find #SettleforTEWildTurkeyQB
*Facyson
I appreciate you saying that you're hoping to get out of Blacksburg with a win and not expecting as the vocal group of anOSU fans not on TKP seem to say often. It's going to be a great game that has me excited since we have nothing to lose in the end.
@Hokie_x3_Hi - I absolutely expect a slugfest, and am hoping to get out of Blacksburg with a win. Btw, over at 11W this morning 48% of us said we were "very" or "moderately" worried about the VT game. And yes, I consider Foster to be "Son of Satan". That was a hell of a scheme he came up with last year & definitely gives us the jitters for this year.
Yeah, Jarrett went into that game with the injury that eventually kept him out the rest of the season. ECU picked on him early and often and it wasn't until it was 21-0 in the first quarter that our coaches pulled him out and we stopped the bleeding.
Wasn't a great performance, but ECU found our critical weakness early and hit us hard. To our credit, we did climb back into the game only to lose it late. I wouldn't necessarily say we weren't prepared for them.
Worst loss this off season. Devastating.
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Losing to ECU was a matter of a team exploiting a matchup, not a coach's poor game-planning. ECU used big bodied receivers to win the 50/50 balls that OSU couldn't and beat our DBs. Physical differences and exploits are far different than schematic.
^ This. I have been too busy to really police anything, but we are getting dangerously close to the kind of conversation that needs to NOT happen.
It's a sign that you represent the name that is on your uniform. You drag that name through the mud, you are dragging everyone else associated with the name through it as well. It's a privilege to be a part of any organization, whether marching bands, greek organizations, or job related groups and if you slip up and tarnish that name, you become a representation of the entire group, whether true or not. It's the responsibility of the organization to remove the rot, but that doesn't remove the stain left behind by their actions.
you can't spell settle without TE