2nd generation heading to State
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Why not give her yours?
My neighbor at one point had a third or fourth generation cowbell. It was so old they didn't sell them. So it was a brass bell and the handle was a sawed off barrel of a 20 gauge shotgun. The name of every one of his forbearers was engraved on it. That's when I fell in love with the idea of family heirloom cowbells.
My neighbor at one point had a third or fourth generation cowbell. It was so old they didn't sell them. So it was a brass bell and the handle was a sawed off barrel of a 20 gauge shotgun. The name of every one of his forbearers was engraved on it. That's when I fell in love with the idea of family heirloom cowbells.
ENJOY! I got to do that too but in my son's case he was third generation. It was a blast for me at at orientation. The cowbell had been bought LONG before that though.
He didn't get mine. That is a priceless heirloom as frr as I'm concerned. It was split on the bleacher in front of me when DICK SHAFTER PACE threw that damn flag my freshman year. It had it welded back and it served for a long time. It split again at Croom's Liberty Bowl. I had it welded again but it split again at the next game I took it to. That bell was given to me by my MSU fanatic Aunt and Uncle to ring at the 1980 Egg Bowl, my first, that they took me to. I retired it after that last split. I've carried three others since then. The first I presented to a grandson of a beloved mentor of mine after I had rung it at the mentor's funeral. The second was a cheap piece of crap I still, have, sans clapper. The third I still have. I ran outside after the final out at the CWS ringing my current one for noise, and the original one. The muted thuds from the original meant everything to me. My son will get all three when I'm gone. I don't care what he does with the newer pair. I hope he will pass on the original to HIS kids.
That's awesome sign.....hope to be doing the same thing this time next year with my son. Hail State!!
93 graduate (7yr plan) with a daughter about to be a junior at State.
It’s awesome because it gives you a reason just to go visit and spend the day.
Congrats
It’s awesome because it gives you a reason just to go visit and spend the day.
Congrats
My Dad attended State in the early 1940’s. He left and headed off to WWII before finishing. I attended and graduated in the 1970’s. Both of my Sons attended and Graduated in the early, 2000’s, and I can 100% guarantee that my two Grandkids will be headed to State in a few years. Three generations now and soon to be four.
That's a given but getting them one because they are actually students makes it a little different.
Congratulations. We have 3 gens to State already and will be sending another 3rd gen this Fall. It feels good.