Kevin Saal Not Hot Seat

[Kel Varnsen]

Speaking of "rah-rah," off topic but message for emcee guy...

Please, for the love of Barker and VanFleet, don't ever ****ing do a "Two bits, four bits..." cheer at a 21st century WSU sporting event ever again. 1960 called and wants its cheer back. Sweet mercy, that was cringy.

"We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, how about you?!!!"

[BAShocker]

Speaking of "rah-rah," off topic but message for emcee guy...

Please, for the love of Barker and VanFleet, don't ever ****ing do a "Two bits, four bits..." cheer at a 21st century WSU sporting event ever again. 1960 called and wants its cheer back. Sweet mercy, that was cringy.

Lol! Sounds like we need a Ted Woodward Hot Seat thread.

[Atxshoxfan]

Lean to the left...lean to the right....stand up, sit-down....fight fight fight.

[Kung Wu]

Please, for the love of Barker and VanFleet, don't ever ****ing do a "Two bits, four bits..." cheer at a 21st century WSU sporting event ever again. 1960 called and wants its cheer back. Sweet mercy, that was cringy.

If you're under 50, you probably have no clue what a "bit" is in this context. (without Googling/ChatGPTing it)

[WuDrWu]

If you're under 50, you probably have no clue what a "bit" is in this context. (without Googling/ChatGPTing it)

Bet.

[Atxshoxfan]

If you're under 50, you probably have no clue what a "bit" is in this context. (without Googling/ChatGPTing it)

I don't think I knew until I heard this cheer. And I'm 69

[SubGod22]

If you're under 50, you probably have no clue what a "bit" is in this context. (without Googling/ChatGPTing it)

Is it slang for some form of currency?

[shocktown]

$0.25

Kick 'em in the right knee, kick 'em in the left knee, kick 'em in the we nee, we need a touchdown!!

[1972Shocker]

Is it slang for some form of currency?

2 bits is slang for a quarter. Therefore 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar, all for the Shockers stand up and holler.

So a bit would by 12.5 cents. But we never had a 12.5 cent coin or any combination of pennies, nickels and dimes that would equal 12.5 cents. Most older than 50 know that 2 bits is a quarter. But most of us probably don't know the derivation of that. I didn't.

Blame the Spanish.

Back in the early days of the US, there were many coins in use. One of them, which was quite popular during the 18th century, was the Spanish dollar. This Spanish dollar was made of fine silver and it was heavier and much larger than the other coins that were in circulation at the time. In fact, it was so large that it was often cut into eight smaller parts, hence each one was worth ⅛ of the dollar or 12 ¹⁄₂ cents. Therefore, with two bits of this Spanish dollar, you had 25 cents – a quarter of a dollar. Later on, when the American quarter came into use, it got the nickname “two bits” since it was literally worth two parts of the Spanish dollar.

[SubGod22]

2 bits is slang for a quarter. Therefore 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar, all for Shockers stand up and holler.

So a bit would by 12.5 cents. But we never had a 12.5 cent coin or any combination of pennies, nickels and dimes that would equal 12.5 cents. Most of know older than 50 know that 2 bits is a quarter. But most of us probably don't know the derivation of that. I didn't.

Blame the Spanish.

Back in the early days of the US, there were many coins in use. One of them, which was quite popular during the 18th century, was the Spanish dollar. This Spanish dollar was made of fine silver and it was heavier and much larger than the other coins that were in circulation at the time. In fact, it was so large that it was often cut into eight smaller parts, hence each one was worth ⅛ of the dollar or 12 ¹⁄₂ cents. Therefore, with two bits of this Spanish dollar, you had 25 cents – a quarter of a dollar. Later on, when the American quarter came into use, it got the nickname “two bits” since it was literally worth two parts of the Spanish dollar.

I'd only heard the term bits used in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as no toon could resist the old Shave and a Haircut routine, or something like that. Roger bursts out of hiding and finishes the song/jingle with two bits. So it made sense to me that it had something to do with currency/payment.

I believe that was the first movie I saw in theaters as a very young child.

[WuShock16]

Lol! Sounds like we need a Ted Woodward Hot Seat thread.

Not Ted. It was the emcee guy. A couple who has had season tix for 50 years was part of the Scheels promotion. Apparently, they wanted to do that cheer. Please don’t. That doesn’t help image of our already way-too-old fanbase.

[ShockingButTrue]

He talks a mad game but so far, he’s crawling around like an 8 month old and not walking the walk.

Well, you gotta admit he screwed up listening to people like you rather than take control of the situation at hand. No? Just look at the results.

Your guy Mills might not even be able to handle a watered- down CUSA. I sure hope that couldn't possibly be the case, but did you watch the Monmouth game? That was almost worse than Cohen level bad, if not, and to think otherwise someone would have to be a serious moron, or mongoloid. I know you agree with me on that...

[asiseeit]

Said I wasn't going to mention it anymore but going to do it again because I think it falls under coaching. KP's last game was 19 pts and ten boards. Shooting .676 for the season averaging almost 12 ppg. Has 22 assists which would be 2nd on our team.

[MadDog]

"We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, how about you?!!!"

lol. 1972 Robinson Jr High.

[Kung Wu]

I don't think I knew until I heard this cheer. And I'm 69

Yeah, the only reason I knew what it was is because my gramps told me a long time ago and it stuck for some odd reason. :)