First and foremost, a few links:
Our official question submissions thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...n-weekly-mailbag-questions-submission.251174/
Link to last five mailbags (if bored and need some reading material):
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-information-weekly-mailbag-11-3-2019.252386/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-11-13-2019.252633/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-11-20-2019.252903/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/official-insider-information-weekly-mailbag-11-27-2019.253132/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-12-04-2019.253299/
Insider Information Weekly Mailbag 12-11-2019
Brought to you by Preparation H, the official sponsor of Kansas State athletics.
With special guest Fitzy!
@CycloneRulzzz getting us started: Damn one just came to mind. For next week's mailbag. This past week we saw a guy get flagged by celebrating a TD by acting like a dog taking a leak. Say you score a touchdown and are going to celebrate in a way that will draw a flag. What's your unsportsmanlike celebration?
Fitzy: I would want to bring back the “dunking the basketball over the crossbar” celebration, which was always awesome until the NFL decided it hated fun and banned it. My goal would be to one-up Jimmy Graham and bring the whole thing down.
Pants: Dry humping the goal post. I actually enjoyed the dog peeing celebration and I thought it was some weak BS that it was even flagged.
GTO: If on the road, the “shake and spray” all over the opposing fans near the end zone (I won’t go over the details, but you can figure it out). At home, probably something classier. Like squatting down and pretending the ball is a turd that just came out of me. In all honesty, I would never do such things, but the hypothetical was posted so I had to answer.
@ImJustKCClone asks: Reading through these & thought of a question, but it's waaaay past the deadline. However, if I don't write it down I won't remember it in an hour due to my advanced case of CRS. So, for next week:
Favorite movie for each of these sports, and why it's the best:
1 football
2 basketball
3 baseball
4 wrestling
5 track
6 tennis
7 golf
Edit - also, in your answer rank the sport movies by preference (ie, you don't have to keep them in this order)
Pants: Football-The Program. Best college football movie ever. And similar to Blue Chips in style. (3.)
Basketball-Blue Chips-Very accurate depiction of recruiting in college athletics. (5.)
Baseball-Bull Durham-Just a fantastic movie with a killer cast. (4.)
Wrestling-The Wrestler-Apparently some people give it crap, but I thought it was a really good movie? (6.)
Track-There are track movies?
Tennis-The Cutting Edge. They probably were at a tennis court at some point. (2.)
Golf-Tin Cup. The best Kevin Costner sports film. No, I am not forgetting any baseball related movies he did when I say that. (1.)
GTO: I’ll preface it by saying that I like most sports movies as comedies.
3 football - The Waterboy - back when Adam Sandler was funny.
1 basketball - Above the Rim, White Men Can’t Jump, or Teen Wolf (does that one count?).
2 baseball - Bad News Bears (the remake with Billy Bob Thornton), The Benchwarmers, The Naked Gun (Reggie Jackson, Enrico Palazzo, and Leslie Nielsen taking over for the umpire made for a great baseball game), or Major League 1 & 2.
6 wrestling - Nacho Libre.
7 track - that Arnold classic: The Running Man (pretty sure that doesn’t count but whatever).
5 tennis - Strangers on a Train - I’m a big Hitchcock fan, so this is a no-brainer for me.
4 golf - Happy Gilmore or Tin Cup are the only two I can think of.
Fitzy:
1. Golf - The Greatest Game Ever Played. It’s a heartstring tugger and golf is my favorite sport to play.
2. Basketball - Space Jam. Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. Say no more.
3. Baseball - The Sandlot. The Sandlot has gotten even better with age thanks to the life of some of its memeable moments (FOR-EV-ER, you’re killing me Smalls!).
4. Football - The Longest Yard. I like the Burt Reynolds and Adam Sandler versions so take your pick.
5. Hockey - Miracle. USA, USA, USA!
6. Wrestling - Warrior. Yeah, it’s technically MMA, but I can’t think of an actual movie I like about traditional wrestling.
7. Track & Tennis - 404 Error.
@GTO asks: Whar boxing?
@coolerifyoudid backed me up: KC, you beat me to it. Knowing GTO's a boxing fan, I was going to ask him to rate his top 3 boxing movies. I can think of a number of solid boxing movies before I can think of a tennis movie (good or bad). I can even come up with a good movie for soccer, dodgeball and chess before tennis.
GTO: Favorite boxing movies, in order: 1. Undisputed, 2. Rocky, 3a. Hard Times 3b. Real Steel. HM: Cinderella Man. Guilty Pleasure: Gladiator (the one starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Brian Dennehy).
Fitzy: I’d forgotten about Real Steel, so thanks for reminding me that movie existed.
Pants: Anyone remember Mike Tyson’s Punch Out? That game was my jam.
GTO: Coolest character in that game was Mr. Sandman. Most annoying - Bald Bull.
Our official question submissions thread: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...n-weekly-mailbag-questions-submission.251174/
Link to last five mailbags (if bored and need some reading material):
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...-information-weekly-mailbag-11-3-2019.252386/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-11-13-2019.252633/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-11-20-2019.252903/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/official-insider-information-weekly-mailbag-11-27-2019.253132/
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/th...information-weekly-mailbag-12-04-2019.253299/
Insider Information Weekly Mailbag 12-11-2019
Brought to you by Preparation H, the official sponsor of Kansas State athletics.
With special guest Fitzy!
@CycloneRulzzz getting us started: Damn one just came to mind. For next week's mailbag. This past week we saw a guy get flagged by celebrating a TD by acting like a dog taking a leak. Say you score a touchdown and are going to celebrate in a way that will draw a flag. What's your unsportsmanlike celebration?
Fitzy: I would want to bring back the “dunking the basketball over the crossbar” celebration, which was always awesome until the NFL decided it hated fun and banned it. My goal would be to one-up Jimmy Graham and bring the whole thing down.
Pants: Dry humping the goal post. I actually enjoyed the dog peeing celebration and I thought it was some weak BS that it was even flagged.
GTO: If on the road, the “shake and spray” all over the opposing fans near the end zone (I won’t go over the details, but you can figure it out). At home, probably something classier. Like squatting down and pretending the ball is a turd that just came out of me. In all honesty, I would never do such things, but the hypothetical was posted so I had to answer.
@ImJustKCClone asks: Reading through these & thought of a question, but it's waaaay past the deadline. However, if I don't write it down I won't remember it in an hour due to my advanced case of CRS. So, for next week:
Favorite movie for each of these sports, and why it's the best:
1 football
2 basketball
3 baseball
4 wrestling
5 track
6 tennis
7 golf
Edit - also, in your answer rank the sport movies by preference (ie, you don't have to keep them in this order)
Pants: Football-The Program. Best college football movie ever. And similar to Blue Chips in style. (3.)
Basketball-Blue Chips-Very accurate depiction of recruiting in college athletics. (5.)
Baseball-Bull Durham-Just a fantastic movie with a killer cast. (4.)
Wrestling-The Wrestler-Apparently some people give it crap, but I thought it was a really good movie? (6.)
Track-There are track movies?
Tennis-The Cutting Edge. They probably were at a tennis court at some point. (2.)
Golf-Tin Cup. The best Kevin Costner sports film. No, I am not forgetting any baseball related movies he did when I say that. (1.)
GTO: I’ll preface it by saying that I like most sports movies as comedies.
3 football - The Waterboy - back when Adam Sandler was funny.
1 basketball - Above the Rim, White Men Can’t Jump, or Teen Wolf (does that one count?).
2 baseball - Bad News Bears (the remake with Billy Bob Thornton), The Benchwarmers, The Naked Gun (Reggie Jackson, Enrico Palazzo, and Leslie Nielsen taking over for the umpire made for a great baseball game), or Major League 1 & 2.
6 wrestling - Nacho Libre.
7 track - that Arnold classic: The Running Man (pretty sure that doesn’t count but whatever).
5 tennis - Strangers on a Train - I’m a big Hitchcock fan, so this is a no-brainer for me.
4 golf - Happy Gilmore or Tin Cup are the only two I can think of.
Fitzy:
1. Golf - The Greatest Game Ever Played. It’s a heartstring tugger and golf is my favorite sport to play.
2. Basketball - Space Jam. Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. Say no more.
3. Baseball - The Sandlot. The Sandlot has gotten even better with age thanks to the life of some of its memeable moments (FOR-EV-ER, you’re killing me Smalls!).
4. Football - The Longest Yard. I like the Burt Reynolds and Adam Sandler versions so take your pick.
5. Hockey - Miracle. USA, USA, USA!
6. Wrestling - Warrior. Yeah, it’s technically MMA, but I can’t think of an actual movie I like about traditional wrestling.
7. Track & Tennis - 404 Error.
@GTO asks: Whar boxing?
@coolerifyoudid backed me up: KC, you beat me to it. Knowing GTO's a boxing fan, I was going to ask him to rate his top 3 boxing movies. I can think of a number of solid boxing movies before I can think of a tennis movie (good or bad). I can even come up with a good movie for soccer, dodgeball and chess before tennis.
GTO: Favorite boxing movies, in order: 1. Undisputed, 2. Rocky, 3a. Hard Times 3b. Real Steel. HM: Cinderella Man. Guilty Pleasure: Gladiator (the one starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Brian Dennehy).
Fitzy: I’d forgotten about Real Steel, so thanks for reminding me that movie existed.
Pants: Anyone remember Mike Tyson’s Punch Out? That game was my jam.
GTO: Coolest character in that game was Mr. Sandman. Most annoying - Bald Bull.