Chronicle on Monte situation

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:02 am

OK the story made the Missoulain and Billings Gazette with a Bobcatnation.com mention:

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005 ... news02.txt
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.ph ... banned.inc

KPAX and KECI last night

CARDIAC_CATS · Post by **CARDIAC_CATS** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:06 am

GavinDonos wrote:
mamaBEAR wrote:Or perhaps it all boils down to the fact that the ugly little kitty cat isn't a 2 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION mascot!!!! Whoa, now there HAS to be a conspiracy theory there!
Is there something honorable about stuffing the ballot box in a mascot contest? You friz sure seem to think it's pretty slick.

I was going to say the same thing .... YEEEE HAAAA, celebrate your 'fake' victory of a man in a fur suit

Remember Gavin, this is the UMMMMMM so I'm sure that cheating didn't phase them a bit

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:08 am

...you think this is one reason the security in Bozo checks for booze so closely and at Denny's Sandbox they could care less? No wonder we have such well behaved and well mannered fans

mslacat · Post by **mslacat** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:11 am

After yesterdays artical in the Comical 8 new members to Bobcatnation.com!

Welcome!

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:11 am

And don't forget they've been winning the Butte recruiting wars the last few years where ballot stuffing was refined to a fine art. So good, they taught Chicago how to keep the dead on the voting rolls for years after their demise...

DaGriz · Post by **DaGriz** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:15 am

It's simply a fact that Cat Fans display much more self control and have a sense of decorum not found over the divide...

Maybe that's why your football games are like going to a tennis match. Maybe everybody just needs to lighten up a little and have some fun.

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:18 am

Duhh Fizz: We do; in the appropriate venue

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:34 pm

GavinDonos wrote:
mamaBEAR wrote:Or perhaps it all boils down to the fact that the ugly little kitty cat isn't a 2 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION mascot!!!! Whoa, now there HAS to be a conspiracy theory there!
Is there something honorable about stuffing the ballot box in a mascot contest? You friz sure seem to think it's pretty slick.

Wow are you a whiner. Monte didn't win the ballot stuffing contest, it was upto a panel of judges who ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION to the stuff he's done over the last year.

Much better than Co-Champ just standing and clapping while the MSU basketball team came out. How bland -- No wonder The Catbox struggles in attendance every year.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:56 pm

Nick wrote:
GavinDonos wrote:
mamaBEAR wrote:Or perhaps it all boils down to the fact that the ugly little kitty cat isn't a 2 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION mascot!!!! Whoa, now there HAS to be a conspiracy theory there!
Is there something honorable about stuffing the ballot box in a mascot contest? You friz sure seem to think it's pretty slick.
Wow are you a whiner. Monte didn't win the ballot stuffing contest, it was upto a panel of judges who ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION to the stuff he's done over the last year.

Much better than Co-Champ just standing and clapping while the MSU basketball team came out. How bland -- No wonder The Catbox struggles in attendance every year.

Nick, pay attention to the context before you start the name calling. You just called someone a whiner for replying to someone boasting about winning a "national championship" in mascoting in an effort to talk smack. Yes, Monte won a contest run by the marketing department of a credit card company as part of an advertising campaign. And yes, internet voting was a large part of it, and yes, there was an organized effort put forth by egrizzers to skirt the rules and vote more than once. You know that as well as we do. To point that out in the face of misplaced arrogance is not whiny -- it's a much-needed dose of reality.

It is always sad to see a large self-esteem deficit in some people filled with vicarious pride over one's favorite sports teams. But to do the same thing over a friggin' mascot? That's pushing the envelope a bit too far. We all need to go out and do one thing today that we can be proud of on our own merits -- it's condition critical.

On egriz there is now a thread with many people putting down other "national mascot championships" as being inferior to the credit card marketing department contest. Amazing....

Post by **SonomaCat** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:59 pm

Nick wrote:Much better than Co-Champ just standing and clapping while the MSU basketball team came out. How bland -- No wonder The Catbox struggles in attendance every year.

Do I need to point out the irony in this particular statement? Boy, Monte must be even blander than Champ, eh?

jagur1 · Post by **jagur1** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:00 pm

BAC that was weak. Only a person with a, "large self-esteem deficit" would bother being so condesending.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:05 pm

jagur1 wrote:BAC that was weak. Only a person with a, "large self-esteem deficit" would bother being so condesending.

How else do you explain people who spend an inordinate amount of time putting other people down based on the success/failure of their favorite sports team? Do you have a better theory? I think fans like that are sad people, and I'm not really going out on a limb on that one. That's the main reason why I hardly ever go to NFL games anymore -- there are just too many freaks looking to scream at opposing fans based on what colors they are wearing.

Give me a better theory for that behavior, and I will begin to consider the weakness of mine.

mamaBEAR · Post by **mamaBEAR** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:08 pm

Aww, poor kitties! You can accuse the Griz fans of "ballot stuffing" or whatever.....what it all boils down to is you DON'T have (and probably never will) a multi-winning NATIONAL CHAMPION mascot AND football team!!!! BAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **SonomaCat** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:10 pm

mamaBEAR wrote:Aww, poor kitties! You can accuse the Griz fans of "ballot stuffing" or whatever.....what it all boils down to is you DON'T have (and probably never will) a multi-winning NATIONAL CHAMPION mascot AND football team!!!! BAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jagur: Exhibit 1.

UMfaninkazoo · Post by **UMfaninkazoo** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:45 pm

It's just a mascot....we all worry about Monte being a felon instead of worrying about child molester priests, famine in the world, social security, the national debt, obesity in children, war in Iraq.....

bobcatmaniac · Post by **bobcatmaniac** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:58 am

mamaBEAR wrote:Aww, poor kitties! You can accuse the Griz fans of "ballot stuffing" or whatever.....what it all boils down to is you DON'T have (and probably never will) a multi-winning NATIONAL CHAMPION mascot AND football team!!!! BAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey mamasow, we don't depend on others for our own self-worth.

grizzh8r · Post by **grizzh8r** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:55 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:
Nick wrote:Much better than Co-Champ just standing and clapping while the MSU basketball team came out. How bland -- No wonder The Catbox struggles in attendance every year.
Do I need to point out the irony in this particular statement? Boy, Monte must be even blander than Champ, eh?

You ain't just a hootin' either BAC.

Nick - read this link http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005 ... orts02.txt
Do your homework before you spew forth crap....

Our attendance > yours