quote:quote:I hate to see it go as well but lets not mistake the cannon as being a tradition in the form of the 12th man or midnight yell. The cannon has been around since 1983 I believe. Losing it would be sad but it wouldn't be a detriment to our football lore.quote:
What's happening? Can't find any reliable info.
Basically the cannon will be taken away from game day activities because of bureaucratic pressure from a small number of people calling the shots. It has not been said that way, but there has been a slow erosion of the ability to fire the cannon, and waiting until after the season will be too late to get a change in.
The noise of "this season only" is misleading. This has been fixed and planned since the beginning. It was only changed in the days leading up to the Lamar game. It has completely pulled the rug out from under the cannon handlers, and the parties making those decisions won't even say it publicly or claim it's their decision.
It's unacceptable that another tradition can just be tossed aside.
So it would have been okay to stop standing at football games in the 1950s b/c "we've only been doing it since 1922"
Maroon out started in 1998, its no big deal.
Big Event started in the 80s, no big deal.
Ring dunking started in the 80s, no big deal