tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post5965025467060638626..comments2023-10-19T06:47:01.472-06:00Comments on LetsGoDU: DU Clarion: Boone Identity Unmaskeddggoddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745826019598020062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-60451174192760537622012-05-10T16:55:50.125-06:002012-05-10T16:55:50.125-06:00I remember Stan trying to pump some sizzle into th...I remember Stan trying to pump some sizzle into the basketball program. He put up some "DU doors" for the team to run through prior to games and some other stuff. The problem was a D-1 program that drew flies, in a building unfit to be a warehouse. He may very well have been involved in the creation of Boone. Maybe Stan asked Willy to ask his pal Walt if he couldn't come up a design. I don't know. For sure, Stan wanted to pump up school spirit and get the basketball team out from under the considerable shadow of hockey. And he would have been supportive of just about anything that would help.<br /><br />You've got to give Stan all the credit in the world. To go from coaching at DU to coaching in the NBA and just shows that if we had been serious about basketball in those days, we probably could have had some success.<br /><br />Although beating Marquette (with Dean "the dream" Meminger and Al McGuire) like a red-headed step child is surely a fond memory.old pionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-37459104085435005452012-05-10T08:22:23.744-06:002012-05-10T08:22:23.744-06:00Good job not showing Zeke's face... keep his i...Good job not showing Zeke's face... keep his identity a secret, just like Superman and KISS did......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-69152970772923953442012-05-10T07:57:44.354-06:002012-05-10T07:57:44.354-06:00I always thought then-DU basketball coach Stan Alb...I always thought then-DU basketball coach Stan Albeck had something to do with the birth of Boone as well....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-87319811239443449592012-05-09T16:11:32.410-06:002012-05-09T16:11:32.410-06:00Every piece of advertising is just another step to...Every piece of advertising is just another step to reinstating Boone as our Official Mascot.ayoungerduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264463990591906466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-75156009600619517882012-05-09T15:34:57.003-06:002012-05-09T15:34:57.003-06:00Boone gets a shout out on Wikipedia.
http://en.wik...Boone gets a shout out on Wikipedia.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196208.post-71839524897241170342012-05-09T15:30:47.793-06:002012-05-09T15:30:47.793-06:00Boone wasn't designed by some gnome at Walt Di...Boone wasn't designed by some gnome at Walt Disney Studios. He was designed by Walt personally. And we have Willy Schaeffler to thank for it.<br /><br />We should give some thought to memorializing "the Boones" with a plaque somewhere in Magness. Not a huge expensive deal, but a way to thank the young people who've helped develop and grow school spirit. The bad guys might not like it, of course, but we should thank these youngsters.old pionoreply@blogger.com