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COACH BUCK VIDEO PROJECT

A special message to NMU Football Alums of the  Buck Nystrom eras from Dan Stencil (75 Captain) &

 

 

Rick Popp (87 Captain) 

THE SITUATION

·         As you’ve heard by now legendary NMU Coach Buck Nystrom is facing his toughest opponent – cancer.  

 

·     There will be an NMU-supported “Hands on the Line for Coach Buck” event honoring him on Friday, September 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Marquette on Homecoming Weekend.  The cost is $15.00 for all food and drink, etc., with more details to follow. With a group of fellow Wildcat football alums, we have committed to putting together a video tribute for Coach Buck and we need your help!  

 

THE GOAL

·         Coach Buck is in the Fourth Quarter.  It’s time to put our hand on the line for Coach Buck and tell him what he means to us while he’s still here!  Let’s make his event a success and give his family and the Wildcat family a lasting testament to the legendary coach who made us all better men.

THE GAMEPLAN   

1.       Have someone videotape you on your Iphone or Droid phone, etc, (old guys have your kids or grandkids do it)  phone in two (2) different personal messages for Coach Buck.  See script below.   

2.       E-mail your videotaped messages to David Gregory by no later than 5 pm on Friday, September 6 at dgthelobbyist@gmail.com or dgregory@kelley-cawthorne.com with “Coach Buck Video Project” in the subject line.   

3.       If you have good pictures in pdf format of Coach Buck and/or yourself in playing days, please e-mail those as well.

THE SCRIPT FOR YOUR VIDEOS

1.       Part 1:  BUCKISMS or BUCK’S GREATEST HITS  

a.       Would love to get some with everyone saying some of the Greatest Buckisms and then some with people doing their own specific versions.  

b.      Examples  -- we want multiple versions of some of these Greatest Hits for maximum effect on video.

                                                               i.      FOUR!!!  (This is mandatory.  Want to end the video with a short bust of multiple people yelling “FOUR!” and get the whole room going.)

                                                             ii.      Coach me Coach. Give me a Chance.   

                                                            iii.      Pound Green Pound.

                                                           iv.      Confront and Demand.

                                                             v.      Lead Base.   

                                                           vi.      Load path.

                                                          vii.      I don’t know a whole pile.

                                                        viii.      I’m tired too. 

                                                           ix.      Toss 38 Saginaw for Pete.

                                                             x.      You block like a sick ___ (rhymes with bore).

                                                           xi.      You can’t piss hard against the sidewalk.

                                                          xii.      I’ll kiss your ass on Front Street

                                                        xiii.      I’ll tell you why your back hurts; you’re tooo fat! 

                                                        xiv.      They’re on a GD non-agression pact. They’re roommates!  

                                                         xv.      Class? Class my ass!!    

                                                        xvi.      Do something you love, the money will follow.

                                                      xvii.      You won’t get this out there on the bricks.

                                                     xviii.      Pound the bricks. 

                                                        xix.      I’ll put a Japanese disc up your ass.

  

c.       Add your own Buckisms here . . .

2.       Part 2:  WHAT COACH BUCK MEANS TO ME

a.       Say you name, position, years played.  

b.      A brief message on what Coach Buck means to you.  Keep it at 30 seconds or less so we can get the maximum number of people in the video.  

 

CONCLUSION

Hope to see you on September 20 whether in person or on the video. We have class representatives who have agreed to help us get the word out on the video and are looking for more volunteers. 

·         Current class reps (listed by senior year of football) include:   Dan (75), Rick (87), Jeff Harry (88), Chuck Whelply (89), Mike Berutti (90), and David Gregory (91).   

·         We need more volunteer class reps from the 70’s and early 80’s as well as the early 1990’s.  Contact Rick (rickpopp@mac.com) or Dan (stencild@oakgov) via e-mail to volunteer.   

 

Dan Stencil & Rick Popp

Honorary Event Co-Captains