What a Maroon!

What a Maroon!

The Naked Moleskinny Thang:

What in the name of Jay Berwanger is going on here?!

YHC, after noting that the SF was firmly planted in the Stonecrest soil #allisrightwiththeworld and introducing or re-introducing myself to the Rebel Yell pax, a woefully insufficient disclaimer was issued, and off we went. Not to worry, there were, at least, 2 attorneys (Patent Pending & Teleporter) present – so they had my back.

The pre-runners – Billy Goat, Taco Stand and War Eagle (I think?) had worked up a good lather. I asked if they pre-ran. Had to be that or they each had just taken care of a heavy load of paperwork pre-workout. Speaking of Taco Stand – my man has gone from no F3 to 5 workouts per week and a planned 50K this fall. Why not, brother?!! T-claps.

We ran over to the Firebird’s parking lot for COP, but not before the first trivia question was asked. Question: What is the capital of Alabama? Ralph’s answer: Tuscaloosa. At that point, War Eagle yelled: “Your damn, right!”. But alas, he was wrong. 5 burpees. The actual answer: Montgomery

COP – not exactly sure what we did but think it included slow squats, H-R merkins, IW’s and Flutters.

Next trivia question was asked of Loogie. It was a really obscure reference to “Field of Dreams”, which YHC had taken his family to see on Sunday (Father’s Day) as it was back in theaters for a couple days. In fact, it was at Stonecrest. Loogie missed badly. Asked which two St. Louis based ball clubs were represented on the field when the ghosts started playing actual games. He answered with the Cardinals (correctly) and then some team from another state… Wrong. 5 burpees fellas. St. Louis Browns was the other team. My great uncle, Walter “Boom Boom” Beck, pitched for the Browns (his 1st major league club). True story. Don’t believe me? You’ll have to look it up.

We then partnered up for some circuit work. P1 runs while P2 does called exercise. Jump squats, one-legged squats and Freddie Mercury. By the way, according to Billy Goat and Teleporter, he is either from Buda, Hungary or Pest, Hungary…or is it/was it Budapest.

The Goat’s trivia question about the long-departed Queen lead singer got me thinking European geography for our next question. Capital of Bulgaria? BG answered incorrectly, but someone else answered correctly…can’t remember who that was? Nevertheless, the first answer is the only one admissible, thus, 5 more burpees. Actual answer: Sofia

0-fer on the trivia at this point. Come on guys!

Jog over to the fountain area for some wall work consisting of double-squat jump-ups and merkins (a box jump burpee, if you will…somewhat disguised), incline merkins as well.

Asked an NC State trivia question at this point, which Loogie didn’t even know. YHC imagines Fredo and/or Mighty would’ve punched Loogie in the yap at this point. Question: what 2 years did Mr. Wuf & Co. win the NCAA basketball tournament? Can’t remember who answered, but he was off by quite a bit…twice. Answer: 1974 & 1983. 5 burpees while Jimmy V rolled over in his grave.

Jog over to the expansive Target parking lot. At this point the pax got a little nervous as the Devil’s Turn pax were mustering and YHC hinted we might converge…..no way. Boot camp workout. Boot camp workout. 1.87 miles. You’re welcome.

In the lot we did some lunge walks, broad jump burpees and karaoke. Not the singing variety of karaoke, thank goodness. Though methinks Swine Flu could sing like Frankie Valli – he kind of looks like him and also sounds like he’s from New Jersey. Francesco Stephen Castelluccio of Newark, New Jersey

By the way, Frankie and his Four Seasons are still alive and touring and will be at Ovens Auditorium in the CLT on July 12th. Don’t believe me?

Ok – now we head over to the movie theatre for some more wall work consisting of Walthar N’Djaiye’s and overhead press while in “the chair of the people”. But before that…one more trivia question. Question: capital city of West Virginia? And then like a knucklehead, I answered the question in advertenty….thus I did the 5 burpees…though a think a few pax joined me. #cobains

While in the chair, YHC asked another movie question. What famous actor was the corpse in “The Big Chill”? Answer: Kevin Costner. Don’t remember the guess, but it was wrong. 5 more burpees, gentlemen. In full truth, I wasn’t entirely sure this was accurate. But upon further review: He played a character who died by suicide and filmed various flashback scenes for the film. When it hit theaters, however, Costner was noticeably missing from The Big Chill, featured only as a corpse with just seconds of screen time.

Mosey back to the launch lot for 6 MoM, and a couple more trivia questions. Don’t really remember what exercises we did but the 2 trivia questions were as follows: 2 part question (penalty of 10 burpees): Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? And at what fort did he see the flag flying when he was inspired to pen the words? Answers: Francis Scott Key at Fort McHenry. Somebody(ies) nailed both, so no burpees. I knew the good pax of Rebel Yell were red-blooded Americans! T-claps.

Last question was how many albums did Boston record? Somebody guessed 1, and someone else said “too many”. Answer: 3 albums.

5 more burpees.

Finito.

Announcements: pool party/cookout after Crane Relay on 7/26 where 2.0’s and M’s are welcome but may regret posting. For details, move in to Park Crossing or bug Thin Mint? Tagalong? Mighty Mite? I don’t know.

Enjoyed it men. Thanks to War Eagle for giving YHC the reins to the Rebel Yell steed. Hope we didn’t gallop off the cliff.

…..OH YEAH: One more trivia question was asked:

The first Heisman Trophy winner, who graced the gridiron at the University of Chicago (nickname: Maroons)? Answer: Jay Berwanger (1935)

Another interesting fact about the University of Chicago. True story below:

The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1942—quietly, in secrecy, on a squash court under the west stands of old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.

Today, Henry Moore’s “Nuclear Energy” sculpture and the Mansueto Library occupy the area at the corner of Ellis Avenue and 57^th Street where Enrico Fermi and his colleagues engineered the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction 70 years ago. Their experiment was a key step in the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II.