Syracuse's pregame ritual: The Build the Shoe Walk

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[storange]

Dcuse and I have been touching the cleats before every game since the statue went up. Now i see a lot of folks doing this, kinda cool.

 

[TheCusian]

Dcuse and I have been touching the cleats before every game since the statue went up. Now i see a lot of folks doing this, kinda cool.

This is what I'm talking about with game day experiences and winning. What if we start to really string together some wins? Does this walk and touching the shoe become an organic thing that's special to us? My goodness - I want to drive up there and have my kids do that today it's so cool.

Winning makes these things more meaningful. For fans and players.

 

[mountaincuse]

We've always jumped and touched the helmet before the game, not the shoe...

Perhaps we should change

 

[Cheriehoop]

Always touched the shoe. Why I don't know - just seemed natural. Already thought it was a tradition. Usually you have to dodge people posing for pictures by the statue.

 

[Toga]

The touch the statue before heading into the game was envisaged about 13 years ago. A great tradition to pass down to your sons and daughters.

 

[Cuseregular]

how cool is that. That's good to see they've brought this back. How great is it going to be for them to see that as their on the field success improves it will likely bring out an increasing number of fans up there for them to funnel through on the way to the satue, this for them to see (hopefully!) the fruits of their labor and hard work have been rewarded.

I like the quiet aspect and nature of it and would hope that could continue as more and more fans get up there and partake. Good stuff.

 

[bcubs9497]

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[Toga]

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[Cuseregular]

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that gives me goose bumps and moist eyes. This is exactly what the late great Dan Johnson (Orangeyes) envisioned when he was working so hard to get that statue done. He and I had conversations about just the very thing your video showed that some day the team may do such a thing as a new tradition to honor ED and be forever a part of a Syracuse football tradition.

How you look Dan! Brian if you're looking for a legacy of your father, there it is. Wow.

 

[orangeinohio]

'Build' the shoe?

 

[Toga]

that gives me goose bumps and moist eyes. This is exactly what the late great Dan Johnson (Orangeyes) envisioned when he was working so hard to get that statue done. He and I had conversations about just the very thing your video showed that some day the team may do such a thing as a new tradition to honor ED and be forever a part of a Syracuse football tradition.

How you look Dan! Brian if you're looking for a legacy of your father, there it is. Wow.

Dan and I had those exact conversations as well. When I came from out of town for my first game after the statue went up, I went over to it and heard a father telling his son about Ernie Davis and that they had to touch the statue before every game. I'm not embarrassed to say that I completely and totally lost it.

 

[SU68]

During the GRob disaster, the team would walk behind the cheerleaders across the Quad between band lines during the FanFest. DM didn't do it and apparently SS does it before anyone arrives. I wish they would do it then. It's the only chance most fans have to see the players up close.

 

[Chip]

I said this in the other thread, but I love this, and it's why I think we should always stay on campus.

I used to touch the Nike swoosh on the way to games.

 

[Full_Rebar]

Marrone had a campus walk at some point. I think the team came through the Quad from College Place past the statue. Not sure if it was done his entire time.

 

[Orangello]

I said this in the other thread, but I love this, and it's why I think we should always stay on campus.

I used to touch the Nike swoosh on the way to games.

Time to come clean. We understand Millhouse has video of you touching another part of the statue...

 

[Crusty]

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Ha, did you notice Sunshine was impatient and went around the other side to touch the other shoe. I guess he saw a hole and took off!

 

[Ringostar57]

The shoes are magic, walking on air.

 

[Jeepers]

Ha, did you notice Sunshine was impatient and went around the other side to touch the other shoe. I guess he saw a hole and took off!

Noticed that. Maybe the other shoe is better luck.

 

[Cuseregular]

Marrone had a campus walk at some point. I think the team came through the Quad from College Place past the statue. Not sure if it was done his entire time.

i didn't realize that and had thought that Marrone had did away with anything that was associated with Grob. Looks like for this this time they're coming in from behind Hendricks chapel and not through the quad.

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

It would be great if organically students and fans started showing up on the quad three hours early to see the team walk through. Keep it quiet, no shouting or screaming. Just a large crowd gathering to show support for the team, and a moment of contemplation and silence for Ernie Davis and the type of man he was. If you choose to think about our own Dan Johnson, the man who made that statue happen, well, that might not be a bad thing either.

 

[bballbeadle]

I had no idea this was a thing. Now I suppose I, too, will have to touch the shoe. It seems like once you know about this, you can't go backwards. It's probably a quantum physics law.

Now I am wondering: if people touch the shoe after a win, how would that affect the next game? Mind-boggling! What if we touch it after a loss?! Dear god, the possibilities of disrupting the space/time continuum are infinite! In a parallel universe, we won that damn game, so maybe touching the shoe would cause those losses to become victories and ... and ... and ...

I really have to think about this. It's heavy.

 

[Orangetradition44]

Our tailgating crew walks up the hill and takes a left around the HoL just so we can walk by the statue. Each of us touches the left clear as we walk to the dome. I didn't know the players or anyone else did it.

Dcuse and I have been touching the cleats before every game since the statue went up. Now i see a lot of folks doing this, kinda cool.

 

[Chip]

Time to come clean. We understand Millhouse has video of you touching another part of the statue...

Well, duh.

I was trying to stay respectful though.

 

[Millhouse]

Time to come clean. We understand Millhouse has video of you touching another part of the statue...

Chip has a special relationship with a statue diagonally across the quad