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September 20, 2006

POMPOMS ARE FOR SISSIES

Clay Travis does what any man of genius does: states what is unsaid but obvious on hearing. Pompoms are for sissies.

Body paint? Yes. Pompoms? Nevah.

Filed under: College football, Southeastern Conference, Uncategorized by Orson Swindle

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47 Responses to “POMPOMS ARE FOR SISSIES”

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Cool Hand Mike says:

Freshmen.

September 20th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
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MattUFBSMBA says:

I’ve never seen pompoms in the stands at Ben Hill Griffin. But they have passed them out at Gator basketball games.

September 20th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
3

gamecocktony says:

“Gotta suport the team!”

September 20th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
4

Buford says:

Cheering? I thought the shakers are for stirring drinks.

September 20th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
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Al Bundy says:

UF has must be the only school in the south that does not shake pompons. If I see a guy trying to start that in Gainesville I will KILL that Mother Fucker.

September 20th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
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Erik says:

Pom Poms are gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

Shakers are Hardcore!

September 20th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
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matt says:

if there is anything efemite about a 20 yr old with a head full of coke who will probably end up fucking some smoking hot girl at the end of the night…then yeah pom poms are gay…i’ll tell you what’s really fucking gay, all the hollister and abercrombie wearing meat heads you see filling up big 10 stadiums

September 20th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
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NewAZTiger says:

This guy obviously hasn’t discovered the true use of the pom-pom. The stick is used to stir your coke after adding an alcoholic supplement.

September 20th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
9

HeMan says:

Gelled Hair is worse than pom poms. What a bunch of tools.

September 20th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
10

Doug says:

The really great thing about those guys in the picture is that if Reggie Nelson completely blows a coverage and allows his guy to bust off a 40-something-yard TD reception, all the two guys on the left have to do is switch places and they can say “F U #1.”

September 20th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
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Joe says:

No, Mattt there’s nothing particularly “efemite” about blow and hot chicks (although bourbon and anything with tits is closer to the truth) but that’s beside the point.
Bottom line – shaking a pom pom makes you look like a little girl regardless of what you might have been doing before or what you’ll be doing after.

September 20th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
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matt says:

where are you from joe…ny, ohio, california…you’ve probably got gel dripping out your hair you fucking cheesedick

September 20th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
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paulwesterdawg says:

Buford, you nailed it. The difference between a pom-pom and a shaker — You can’t stir a drink with a pom-pom.

A friend of mine commented on his disdain for UGA’s “I’m Georgia Spirit Towel” by saying

“You can’t stir a drink with a towel.” Verily.

Paul Westerdawg
Georgia Sports Blog

September 20th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
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paulwesterdawg says:

No one asked, but the #1 Stadium Foul:

Painting Your Face and/or Body and leaving early.

man law.

September 20th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
15

J.J. says:

Nothing personal against cheerleaders–I mean, it’s worth doing if only for the full scholarship–but what’s the point of having a cheerleading squad? They always seem to be at a total disjoint with the rest of the stadium.

If you really want a home-field advantage, let the drunk body-painters down on the field. They understand what’s going on in the game and are drunk and crazy enough to get fans to cheer with them.

September 20th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
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adam says:

doug, that is a physical impossiblity. as you should know from watching the UF (21) – UT (20) game last saturday. even when nelson isn’t covering you, he’s covering you.

September 20th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
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Newspaper Hack says:

It’s that lack of shakers that has Florida losing three games this year.

September 20th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
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keosahawkeye says:

In addition to the pom-pom/shakers being sissy, I have some more news for the SEC from the Big Ten:

Bobby E. Lee has surrendered to U.S. Grant.

September 20th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
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Joe says:

Wow, cheesedick. That cuts deep. I grew up in South Georgia – Glynn County to get specfic. I happen to live in New York now but that’s fairly irrelevant. I’ve no problem with being drunk and rowdy and loud. Hell, I encourage it. But the shaker thing is preposterous. And you don’t need a stirrer if you drink your liqour straight.

September 20th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
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Newspaper Hack says:

Oh, Christ! THAT’S FUCKING FUNNY! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO! OMG. The South just got totally pwn3d!

I’ll take losing the Civil War as long as we get the hot chicks — oh, look, we do. Awesome.

September 20th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
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Paternover says:

Nothing “efemite” about being 20 yrs old and bragging about your daddy-supported coke habit, that’s for sure.

September 20th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
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lola says:

i think they look like they are having the freakin time of their lives. they just want everybody else to have as much fun as they are having. the handles on our “pom poms” are much to large to stir a drink. i am upset about this.

September 20th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
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gatorwalsh says:

Rowdy Reptiles roll with shakers.

September 20th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
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crazy tom says:

Shakers shouldn’t be used to mix drinks. Drinks should be stirred. You put it in a shaker, the shaking chips a bunch of small pieces of ice off, and you wind up with a watered down drink compared to a poured and stirred drink. Swizzle Sticks forever!

September 20th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
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adam says:

i’ll take losing the civil war if it means we won’t have slaves anymore.

September 20th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
26

Andrew says:

Civil War & hot chicks? Linked occurrences, friends.

September 20th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
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Confused on the Only Coast says:

I take about twenty minutes to make sure the gel in my hair is set right and my Hollister shirt, in Cardinal and Gold of course, looks nice. Is chewing tobacco substituted for gel down there? You must look nice to get the caliber of women we have out here. The ones you “think” have had surgery. They are just that hot. It is laughable when I see pictures of the blah in the stands at your stadiums you call hot. When has blow been a feminine thing? It’s drugs. Oh, and here’s a picture of one from the South:

http://myspace-002.vo.llnwd.net/00789/20/08/789538002_m.jpg

September 21st, 2006 at 1:34 am
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Confused on the Only Coast says:

Oh, and I’m happy to see you’ve all realized the war is over. Will we be getting rid of those god-awful flags soon? That’d be fantastic. Thanks

September 21st, 2006 at 1:35 am
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Beergut says:

re: #15

J.J.,

If someone hasn’t pointed this out to you yet, I guess I should: That picture is photoshopped. Unless you truly believe that cheerleader is 7 feet tall.

September 21st, 2006 at 4:26 am
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Beergut says:

BTW, the South did win the Civil War; it has just been fought quietly in ballot boxes over the past century.
Don’t believe me? Look at who our current President is. Look who our former POTUS was. Look who’s running Congress. It’s not the Northern liberals, that’s for sure.

September 21st, 2006 at 4:28 am
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NewAZTiger says:

Only on EDSBS can you get political insight from a guy who named himself Beergut.

September 21st, 2006 at 7:30 am
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Wooderson says:

Of course there’s more southerners stuffing ballot boxes. all you have to say is “Jesus loves guns and hates abortion, just like me” and you’re a guaranteed winner in any southern election. all the teen pregnancy helps, they’ve got more popping out and stuffed into trailers than us yanks do. I speak from experiences as a formerly trailer stuffed S. Georgian who got lucky and yanked on up to the evil, liberal Northeast. Where there’s exactly one trailer park in my county, and it’s hidden by a high fence.

September 21st, 2006 at 8:54 am
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Doug says:

Wow, Confused, that loss to those dumb-hick Texans still really stings, doesn’t it?

September 21st, 2006 at 9:38 am
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white-boned demon says:

All that bullshit in comment #32 yet Wooderson chose to name himself after a bad-ass, high-school girl dating, dope smokin’, Aerosmith loving, underachiever from the state of Texas. I hope they don’t make a D&C sequel if that’s how his head ends up.

September 21st, 2006 at 10:05 am
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FLBuckeye says:

Pom Poms ARE gay (even the ones with the longer handle) however if the handle could be made into a swizzle stick they would be less gay.

BTW…..saying “cheesedick” makes me think I need to call your truancy officer.

September 21st, 2006 at 11:49 am
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Cruzer says:

But then, UF isn’t really in the “south” now is it?

September 21st, 2006 at 11:56 am
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Newspaper Hack says:

If you think Gainesville isn’t the South, you obviously haven’t spent much time in Alachua County.

Pickup trucks, gun racks and domestic battery! Huzzah!

September 21st, 2006 at 2:19 pm
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NewAZTiger says:

Florida isn’t technically the south.

We like to refer to it as “God’s Waiting Room” because that’s where all the Yankees go to die.

September 21st, 2006 at 4:39 pm
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Stew7077 says:

We have our shakers. You have your jean shorts, Abercrombie shirts, and gel hair with frosted tips. I think you win the gay battle…..

September 21st, 2006 at 5:17 pm
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Cruzer says:

Guess you’ve never been to the rural north. Plenty of pickup trucks, gun racks and domestic battery too.

September 21st, 2006 at 5:59 pm
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The Spirit of Heisman Pundit says:

“You have your jean shorts, Abercrombie shirts, and gel hair with frosted tips.”

I haven’t seen jean shorts in ages. But why would the other parts make one gay?

September 21st, 2006 at 6:50 pm
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Stew7077 says:

What makes the other parts gay? Maybe because it involves gelling your hair and wearing Abercrombie.

September 21st, 2006 at 7:41 pm
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The Spirit of Heisman Pundit says:

I could be wrong, but the picture of the Florida fans has one with gel in his hair, and the other looks like he had it colored. What hair products do you use if you don’t use gel? Hmmmmmm…

September 21st, 2006 at 8:24 pm
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Stew7077 says:

Uhh….shampoo.

I don’t prefer the Backstreet Boy look like you obviously do.

September 21st, 2006 at 9:20 pm
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FLBuckeye says:

Frosted hair? Abercrombie? The fact you even say that makes you totally gay. Get out of the closet, grab your pom pom….shaker….or whatever you call it and know that eveytime you shake that, YOU LOOK GAY. I’m just glad that one of your own has finally brought this embarrasing issue to the forefront. We “yankees” (what are we in the colonial times?) have been worried about our southern brothers for far too long. I say we stage a “pom-pom intervention”! Whose with me?!

September 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 am
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Stew7077 says:

Where did I even call anybody a ‘Yankee’?

September 22nd, 2006 at 3:26 pm
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FLBuckeye says:

Sorry, live in the south, its just a natural reflex.

September 23rd, 2006 at 7:30 pm