If you’re losing faith in the United States armed forces, you need only look to the September 20th football game between Princeton and the Citadel for a reminder of our nation’s military prowess.
Princeton lost twice that day.
The score on the field was 37-24 in favor of the Bulldogs, and the outcome of the exchange between the Citadel student body and the Princeton band was the Citadel 1, Princeton 0. I can’t say I’m surprised.
As band president Alex Barnard (who wears an orange kilt to conduct the band… uh, he’s asking for it) tells the story, the “40 nerdiest kids at Princeton” journeyed 12 hours to cheer the Tigers to victory in South Carolina. They marched innocently through the Citadel’s campus on Saturday morning en route to the football stadium where they planned to put on a pre-Citadel-approved halftime show. You can read the script here — I didn’t think it was that funny, and can someone tell me what an “amniotic ice chipper is”?
While making their way to Johnson Hagood Stadium, they were met with a human roadblock of cadets that unleashed a flurry of (mostly homophobic) insults and antagonized the band, spitting on and shoving members.
The taunting continued for the duration of the football game and several thousand booing cadets in uniform drowned out Princeton’s halftime performance. One audacious attendee even made his way up to the announcer’s booth, where a Princetonian was narrating the band’s halftime show, to tap on the glass and inform the announcer that he was “going to kill your family.”
Thankfully, it is in the capable hands of these gentlemen that we have left the defense of our nation. They demonstrated great stamina on Saturday by booing consistently through four quarters of football. They worked as a unified front to cohesively chant the f-word that rhymes with maggot and “go home Princeton” with admirable clarity and fervor. They established their ability to maneuver on the ground as they halted 40 pasty infidels dead in their tracks. And they left no questions about their ferocity in the heat of battle with a mid-game death threat.
And for some reason, when asked about future trips to the scene of his band’s embarrassment, the kilted Barnard replied, “I would be so excited to go back and try it again.”
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September 30th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
The Princeton punks were so passive aggressive during their “innocent” march through the campus. There are some actions which cannot be excused. One only has to investigate to learn the whole story, which the blogger left out. Susan, would you feel more comfortable with Princeton Band members protecting our country? Grow up!
September 30th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Homophobia’s always the answer!
And of course, two wrongs always make a right.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Even after reading the full story, those bastards still come out on top. Spitting and homophobia do not fit the crime. We expect Princeton kids to have zero class, but about a third of these Citadel kids are going to become commissioned in our military - they should meet a higher standard!