Best Party Schools

[CougADPi]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

BUT there is no way it even comes close to Washington State in the partying department. They could put a Satuday night in Miami Beach to shame any day of the week...and that's the alumni for goodness sake! There really aren't many other options there.

Part of me really wants to argue with this because from what I understand from my friends at other schools, we are pretty typical.

However, when you are surrounded by 70 miles of wheat on all sides, every little infraction seems a bit amplified. So I definitely understand our reputation. Heck, I was on campus during the riots a decade ago. (Watching safely from the house I might add )

[33girl]

Originally Posted by CougADPi

However, when you are surrounded by 70 miles of wheat on all sides, every little infraction seems a bit amplified. So I definitely understand our reputation. Heck, I was on campus during the riots a decade ago. (Watching safely from the house I might add )

This is exactly how Slippery Rock ended up in the Playboy Party School list back in the day. When the town itself is dry; when you're in PA with its arcane liquor laws, so you tend to overbuy just to be safe; and oh yeah, when you're in the middle of BFE, there just is nothing else to talk about.

[AXOmom]

CougADPi - In all fairness to WSU, I could not say how typical it is to compared to many schools in the country. I know they've tried to tone it down (a little over a decade ago they were ranked #6 by some poll - Princeton's I think).

If you put me in Pullman, I'd be drinking heavily by November (I'm a teatotaller) just because Gilligan and the 7 castaways were closer to civilization - not to mention the snow.

However, my daughter at least had some grounds for comparison and she's made the comparision - to all of her UofO friends who think THEY are crazy partiers. She attended WSU her freshman year and has gone to more than a few parties on Greek row at UW and OSU as well. Based on her own experience WSU wins w/o any of the others coming within spitting distance (she would say they are to partying what UO is to football in the NW). In order, she'd list it as WSU, UW, UO and OSU. Granted that's just her opinion, but anyone she knows who has had any experience at WSU has agreed they have earned that #1 spot for our region.


On an almost funny note, when she had her cheer team tryouts at WSU, they taught the girls a really BASIC cheer. The coach said, "I know this seems simple for college, but we have to keep it simple because most of the fans are already pretty drunk when they get to the game."

Check out the scout.com Cougar blogs on Mike Leach coming to WSU. A TT fan wrote in to say he was now a WSU fan and what should he know about them. 99% of the responses: We drink and we hate the huskies. My favorite was- We drink. A lot. Of Cheap Beer.

When she went down to UofO for orientation she was in a group of transfer students like herself. Throughout the day people would ask her what school she was coming from. When she told them WSU - every single one (no exception) said, "Oh, the party school." She said she should have just told them she went to the party school, and they would've known who she meant.

Of course, this outs exactly which school I was talking about in the recruitment story I wrote. So much for that.

[jenidallas]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Check out the scout.com Cougar blogs on Mike Leach coming to WSU. A TT fan wrote in to say he was now a WSU fan and what should he know about them. 99% of the responses: We drink and we hate the huskies. My favorite was- We drink. A lot. Of Cheap Beer.

WSU easily gained 100k new fans with the Leach hire since we TTU alums are pretty much unanimously disgusted with our administration over that debacle. Leach has a huge fan base of his own and I don't doubt he'll interject a lot of his odd brand of energy into that program.

His press conferences (when he can be roped into doing them) are not to be missed... he's a very intelligent esoteric man known for going off onto odd but fascinating ramblings about things like the history of pirates. He's also remembered for his infamous "fat little girlfriends" rant from the 2009 season.

Man, I miss Leach.

[OHNOITSJESS]

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Originally Posted by jenidallas

Man, I miss Leach.

Me too

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[Splash]

UMiami should be #1

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by jenidallas

WSU easily gained 100k new fans with the Leach hire since we TTU alums are pretty much unanimously disgusted with our administration over that debacle. Leach has a huge fan base of his own and I don't doubt he'll interject a lot of his odd brand of energy into that program.

His press conferences (when he can be roped into doing them) are not to be missed... he's a very intelligent esoteric man known for going off onto odd but fascinating ramblings about things like the history of pirates. He's also remembered for his infamous "fat little girlfriends" rant from the 2009 season.

Man, I miss Leach.

I've heard he's a character. Tell those 100,000 new fans they need to do what any good fan does - send cold, hard cash. They need it (in the middle of trying to raise 80 million for a stadium expansion I believe).

[jenidallas]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I've heard he's a character. Tell those 100,000 new fans they need to do what any good fan does - send cold, hard cash. They need it (in the middle of trying to raise 80 million for a stadium expansion I believe).

I would not be at all surprised if some of our alums do just that. Team Leach is more popular than the Red Raiders with many of them.

I do know that the Leach move means that many of us (me included) will make the trip to see at least one WSU game next year. I love Pac-10+2 football anyhow so it would happen with or without Leach... but now it's assured that WSU will be one of the teams I see.

[CougADPi]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

CougADPi - In all fairness to WSU, I could not say how typical it is to compared to many schools in the country. I know they've tried to tone it down (a little over a decade ago they were ranked #6 by some poll - Princeton's I think).

If you put me in Pullman, I'd be drinking heavily by November (I'm a teatotaller) just because Gilligan and the 7 castaways were closer to civilization - not to mention the snow.

However, my daughter at least had some grounds for comparison and she's made the comparision - to all of her UofO friends who think THEY are crazy partiers. She attended WSU her freshman year and has gone to more than a few parties on Greek row at UW and OSU as well. Based on her own experience WSU wins w/o any of the others coming within spitting distance (she would say they are to partying what UO is to football in the NW). In order, she'd list it as WSU, UW, UO and OSU. Granted that's just her opinion, but anyone she knows who has had any experience at WSU has agreed they have earned that #1 spot for our region.

On an almost funny note, when she had her cheer team tryouts at WSU, they taught the girls a really BASIC cheer. The coach said, "I know this seems simple for college, but we have to keep it simple because most of the fans are already pretty drunk when they get to the game."

Check out the scout.com Cougar blogs on Mike Leach coming to WSU. A TT fan wrote in to say he was now a WSU fan and what should he know about them. 99% of the responses: We drink and we hate the huskies. My favorite was- We drink. A lot. Of Cheap Beer.

When she went down to UofO for orientation she was in a group of transfer students like herself. Throughout the day people would ask her what school she was coming from. When she told them WSU - every single one (no exception) said, "Oh, the party school." She said she should have just told them she went to the party school, and they would've known who she meant.

Of course, this outs exactly which school I was talking about in the recruitment story I wrote. So much for that.

My favorite was our Apple Cup slogan my freshman year: Win or Lose, We drink more booze. We'll take the cup, but we prefer the bottle.

And then there was the classic from a couple years ago: Our drinking team has a football problem.

At least we have fun with our image. (I was, well still am, a total non-partier. I was pretty boring in college....most of the time. )

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

If you put me in Pullman, I'd be drinking heavily by November (I'm a teatotaller) just because Gilligan and the 7 castaways were closer to civilization - not to mention the snow.

I shouldn't have laughed considering i live 7 miles away, but I was rolling at this.

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

I shouldn't have laughed considering i live 7 miles away, but I was rolling at this.

Now, now- don't laugh too hard. You are "nasty and inebriated" after all, and I will point out that they are 7 miles closer to some form of civilization (Spokane) than you are. .

Of course, you do have the mall (using the term loosely), Wingers, an Applebee's at least, and one of the few decent hotels (LaQuinta) in a 50 mile radius, so that gives you a slight edge in the civilization department I suppose.

By the way, I think you should be offended that UofI didn't make the list. I mean, if the Boise State president calls you out on it that should be worth some points shouldn't it? Is it possible NO ONE is paying attention to him - gasp!

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

Now, now- don't laugh too hard. You are "nasty and inebriated" after all, and I will point out that they are 7 miles closer to some form of civilization (Spokane) than you are. .

Of course, you do have the mall (using the term loosely), Wingers, an Applebee's at least, and one of the few decent hotels (LaQuinta) in a 50 mile radius, so that gives you a slight edge in the civilization department I suppose.

By the way, I think you should be offended that UofI didn't make the list. I mean, if the Boise State president calls you out on it that should be worth some points shouldn't it? Is it possible NO ONE is paying attention to him - gasp!

I was actually surprised how much of a party school U of I is.

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

I was actually surprised how much of a party school U of I is.

^^^^Yeah, same reasons as WSU.

The scary thing (being serious for a moment here), is that at one time Idaho had a lower drinking age than Washington, so during Dad's Weekend at WSU, the Dad's would come down, take their sons over the state line to Idaho, drink with them in the bars or bar (no idea how many there are or were in Moscow) or buy alcohol for them, and drive back. How that didn't wipe out half the male population at WSU is beyond me.

[CougADPi]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

^^^^Yeah, same reasons as WSU.

The scary thing (being serious for a moment here), is that at one time Idaho had a lower drinking age than Washington, so during Dad's Weekend at WSU, the Dad's would come down, take their sons over the state line to Idaho, drink with them in the bars or bar (no idea how many there are or were in Moscow) or buy alchohol for them, and drive back. How that didn't wipe out half the male population at WSU is beyond me.

Two of my friends had fathers who went to WSU at the time. The police used to line the Moscow-Pullman highway with sandbags to keep people on the road. These two guys once tried to "tame the sandbags" by driving on them. They were pulled over, and forced to walk home more times they could count. I have heard there used to be cars all along the road Friday and Saturday nights from kids who got pulled over and just walked back home.

Aw, the good ol days.

[CougADPi]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

I shouldn't have laughed considering i live 7 miles away, but I was rolling at this.

It's funny because it's true.....