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| Will you please send me the IU cleaning lady clip. I need some nostalgia right about now, damnit. Thanks. CJ ________________________________________________________________ As a disgruntled IU alumni (Do Leary, G & P Graham, Calbert, Reynolds have any eligibility left?), I understand your feelings of its importance. Please forward me the clip. Thanks. By the way, Jean Claude Van Damme was an extra in the movie Breakin'. Bizarre sightings. Doug Bergren ________________________________________________________________ Please send me the clip of Martha the cleaning lady. It is one of my fondest memories of IU basketball growing up. Along with National Championships and winning against Northwestern! Thank you! Shawn H ________________________________________________________________ I would dearly love to have a copy of that clip to remember the glory days of IU basketball. I feel as if a very dear loved one has had a stroke or something and is laying in the hospital very near death. They are only a shell of their former self and nearly unrecognizable. You would like to hang on to the fond and happy memories and you pray that they could somehow be the way they used to be. It is hard to let go but you know that you have to. They may recover enough to leave the hospital but they will never be the same as before. It is time to pull the plug on IU basketball and hang on to the precious memories... Gregory Scott ________________________________________________________________ Show an IU grad some love and send me the clip! Save me from the present. Let me dwell in the past. Mark Novak ________________________________________________________________ Please forward me the clip from IU's glory days. Thanks, Bryan Grant ________________________________________________________________ Can I please recieve the clip of the cleaning lady singing the IU fight song??? I love your website, by the way...I think it's AWESOME and absolutely hilarious. Especially the articles about Mike Davis, I'm always doubled over laughing.... Keep up the awesome work! SARA in Terre Haute ________________________________________________________________ If you could forward that to me it would be great. Ioved that lady pushing the broom. Back when IU Basketball was exciting. Thanks, Dave Taylor ________________________________________________________________ Please send me the clip of Martha! I read your article and had many of those same thoughts! Those were the "good old days." Thanks and keep up the good work. Darren Renier ________________________________________________________________ After finding your article, which by the way was very well written, it too reminded me of just not the basketball play that I missed, but the overall experiance of IU Basketball that I long for. So could you please send me Martha's clip? sincerly, Rick Robbins ________________________________________________________________ I would love to see that Martha clip.......... Please send it on over, or point me in the right direction. Thanks Gary Warner, IU Fan (Living in Fla since 1983...Getting harder to like Davis every day) ________________________________________________________________ Will you send me the clip of the old IU cleaning lady singing the fight song? It's been a very long time since I've seen it and it would bring back better memories. Thanks Laura Woods _______________________________________________________________ Would you please email the clip of the cleaning lady singing the IU fight song to me? It truely brings chills down my spine when I think of those days. Since I lived close to Louisville in southern Indiana growing up, we had to go outside and manually turn the tv antenna (no cable tv) until the reception on channel 4 out of Bloomington would come in. Aaahhh, I long for the good ole days with the Hoosiers. Ron Rhoten _______________________________________________________________ I would LOVE for you to e-mail me the clip of the cleaning lady singing... Yes, I agree with the apathy...as an IU alumnus in 1964 with the VanArsdales, and on through the Calbert Cheaney and Steve Alford, etc., eras, it hurts. Also, once "the General" left, it was the end of an era! Somehow, Davis has GOT TO GO! It is not easy to rebuild after a few years of being down. Thanks. Steve Cruser ________________________________________________________________ I would like to request the clip of the cleaning lady singing the IU fight song (the one that was used in Hoosier basketball telecasts of old). I remember watching that with my entire family before a Indiana Hoosier basketball game. Man those were the days Brett Rupright _______________________________________________________________ Thanks for your thoughtful insights. I was in school at IU & graduated in 1983. I never missed agame while there. I went from setting my entire social agenda around when the Hoosiers play to not having watched even one in-bounds play in two years. I would drive 40 plus miles to watch the game if it were blacked out in my area. For years my Michigan license plate read I M 4 IU. I gave that up 2 plus years ago. Your words really hit home. Hope its not too late. I would love to go back to that place I can remember when the name Hoosiers meant something in college hoops. Please send me the Martha clip to help me get there. Thanks, Dave Whitlow _______________________________________________________________ could you please email the clip of martha cleanin' up? at least i'll always have the memories. Dave Mynatt _______________________________________________________________ Please send the clip to me, as well. You're absolutely right about the increasing apathy. It's unfortunate that in years past, our Hoosier teams fought and were able to compete against teams that were often more talented. Now, I watch them spend 30 seconds passing the ball, without even seeing it get inside the 3-point arc, and then toss up yet another brick from beyond said arc, and I'm disheartened. I hope the AD spends as much time this off-season scrutinizing the state of the basketball program as they have the football program. I always wished the football program would play at the same level as the hoops program. Unfortunately, that wish has been granted, just in the opposite direction one would expect. Thanks in advance for the clip. Paul ________________________________________________________________ Hey guys. I need to see that lady again. I am only 20 and I can still remember those commercials. I might cry when I see it. Thanks. Ben Billman ________________________________________________________________ PLEASE, PLEASE send the clip of the cleaning lagy singing the IU fight song!! Ted Rutan ________________________________________________________________ Could you please send me Martha's clip. One of the other classics is the Farm Bureau commercial with Oscar Robinson out playin' hoops with that old rusty tin can and his mom has a surprise for him...."a bassskettball". Thanks! Dan ________________________________________________________________ I would love it if you could send me that clip. I've missed seeing that before every indiana game so bad. Thanks, Joey Gregory ________________________________________________________________ As a former IU student and a current US Marine, I feel like I have been fortunate to have been apart of two of the biggest Traditon Rich oriented organazations ever. One being a IU allum and former season ticket holder, and a Marine. I remember when I first began watching Hoosier basketball back in the early eighties as a child I can remember this clip and the one of the guy in the attick with a tuba, I think. I have a 10 month old son and I cant wait till the day comes that me and him go to assembly hall for his first hoosier game, I can only hope and pray that things are different. I think your article spoke for so many of us who feel fortunate to have grown up in an era of hoosier yesteryear where it really felt great to be from Indiana and be a hoosier fan. I belive that you can't love your country if you don't love who you are and where you are from, and for me that is Indiana. My point is this, where ever I have gone or been stationed in the Marine Corps when people have asked me where I was from and I told them, I always got a question about Indiana Basketball or Bob Knight. For example, when I checked in to Yuma, my commanding officer said to me,"You went to IU?" "Yes Sir", I told him, he says to me, "I'll bet you miss Bob Knight." I said, "In a big way, sir." Great article, I feel your pain, lets just hope things change. Bring on Majerus I say. Lcpl S. E. Riddle United States Marine Corps Marine Corps Air Station Yuma [An instant "Email of the Year" candidate] ________________________________________________________________ Thanks. I just watched it and got the goose bumps. By the way, I LOVE flipsidesports.com, are you accepting applications for new staff members? Mike Gordon ________________________________________________________________ Thanks for that! I hate to admit it, but it kind of brought tears to my eyes. Henry ________________________________________________________________ Thanks, tons! It sent chills up my back to see that again. I'd forgotten all about it. I live in Houston, TX, and used to pick up the IU games on my big backyard satellite dish...back in the good old days! Steve Cruser ________________________________________________________________ Thanks – this brings back good memories. This version used to precede every IU basketball game and then I remember she was gone for a long time. They brought her back for a while, and when they did while she was singing the song she ran into Coach Knight in the hall and he said “Martha, you’re back!” Hence, I think her name is Martha. Keep up the good work on the site. I’m moving back to Indy after graduation and look forward to experiencing the triumphs and frustrations of the local sports scene first-hand. Hopefully I’ll be able to experience it with a great basketball mind molding IU’s young talent into relevance again. Seth Cissna ________________________________________________________________ Goose bumps....that's all I can say....goose bumps (as I shake me head back and forth about the current state of IU hoops). BP Meyer ________________________________________________________________ Hey, thanks I needed that. I live out on the Left coast now and this clip brings back memories of when IU Basketball meant something and I was emotionally invested in the broadcasts. Sadly it's now like "whatever, we suck." Does the administration honestly believe we Alumni are going pour money into mediocrity and a moron of a coach giving players "magic pills" and a "kiss?" Is this dude on crack? Keep exposing the truth and fighting the good fight. Left Coast Alum ________________________________________________________________ Thanks! I'll forward it to those who will appreciate it! Dave Taylor ________________________________________________________________ · I remember Jay Edwards’ buzzer beater against Michigan in 1988 (I was in first grade, and it was my first IU game) · I remember IU getting IU hosed by the officials as they lost to Duke in the 1992 Final Four · I remember Calbert breaking the all-time scoring mark · I remember losing to Kansas and Kentucky early in the 92-93 season and being sick to my stomach · I remember Purdue fans having very little to say (that’s happening again, and it’s the only part of IU basketball that still makes me smile) · I remember hearing about Damon Bailey when he was still in high school · I remember Alan Henderson’s block at the end of the Michigan game during the 92-93 season (I was in 5th grade and had an assigned bedtime. I used to tune in my clock radio with the volume down and hide under the covers. After his block, I ran around the house.) · I remember the resilience of Pat Graham as he battled back through countless injuries · I remember going to the Bob Knight basketball camp three summers in a row just so I could see coach Knight and listen to him speak in the evenings. · I remember Patterson’s 45 points against Duke in the preseason NIT · I remember Bob Knight crying as he introduced Pat at senior night I’m 23 and graduated from IUB last May, so I lived through only the tail end of IU basketball’s “glory days”. I had goose bumps reading your article because it elicited so many amazing memories, including a vague memory of an old lady. It nauseates me that IU basketball, which once seemed immune to apathy, could reach its present state. It really saddens me that kids will grow up around the state without IU basketball being at least a good part of their childhood memories. I probably could have gotten into thousands of other universities because of my grades coming out of high school (Kirkwood and frat parties were reflected in my college grades), but the thought of applying anywhere except IU barely crossed my mind. I say this because, as stupid as it may sound; given that IU is a great university, the memories of IU basketball were too strong for me to consider going anywhere else. Phil Kreighbaum _______________________________________________________________ I remember watching games with my great grandma back in the day, and this clip is the one thing I always loved to see. To me this represents what IU basketball “used” to be. I will bleed cream and crimson for the rest of my life but how long can we let this talent go to waste. Keep up the good work. Ryan Renaker ________________________________________________________________ I didn't even realize how much that cleaning lady meant to me. That's like watching my childhood. Thank you very much and keep on keepin on. Jim Theis ________________________________________________________________ Thanks a ton for the IU promo clip. Who would have ever thought that a cleaning lady could bring goosebumps to your arms and a tear to your eye? Just kind of goes to show you how far we've fallen. Later. Boston-area IU grad _______________________________________________________________ all I have to say is this: unbelievable. thank you for sending it. Steve Brookings ________________________________________________________________ Glad to hear so many people requested the Martha clip, its good to know there are still plenty of real fans out there. Sorry to make you waste a work day but hey, if your anything like me you have plenty of work days ahead of you where you can make it up. The article examining the Martha clip was right on and unfortunately I read it about an hour before watching Texas Tech beat Kansas in double OT and it really made me miss the way things were. You guys keep up the good work, I am adding readers to your site everyday. Thanks again Big Tom Callahan CEO Callahan Auto & Flipside sports [Actually, you've added about 10,000 new readers to Flipside...and on behalf of them all, thanks for the clip, boss.] |
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| This is the initial email that set the whole thing in motion: Let me start by saying that I love the site and please keep up the good work, it helps get me through the day at work. I received the following clip today from an aqaintance at Indiana University and having spent most of my 27 years in Bloomington, watching this made me think of what once was. Please take notice of a few key features of the clip and enjoy. 1. Bud Light is a sponsor of the game 2. Take notice of how much better her foot work is than anyone on the current Hoosier roster I miss those days... your 4th biggest fan, Tom in Bloomington Aside from promoting Tom from "4th biggest fan" to "Flipside CEO," we offered to forward the clip to anyone wanting it. Here's what you all had to say about it.. |
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