We’ve mentioned the guys from Apex Buggy a couple of times in the rolls reports. They are a group of mostly freshmen, mostly living in a new dorm called “The Residence on 5th” or “The Rez” for short. Despite being on campus for only a few months, they’ve done an impressive amount of work towards [...]
Rolls on Saturday have been canceled on account of wintery temperatures, but Sunday is still on, and it’ll be the last day of rolls. Last Sunday’s experiment with live-broadcasting rolls didn’t turn any heads at ESPN, but I’d call it reasonably successful, so we’re going to try it again. If you don’t want to brave [...]
Earlier this week, Barsham posted an idea in the project zone suggesting that live streaming coverage of rolls would be a good project for the BAA. Well, you say it, we do it! We’re trying it out for the first time tomorrow (Sunday 11/13) from 7-9am. If you’re by a computer, check it out and let [...]
After a rainout on Céilidh weekend, this past Sunday was designated as our official fantasy buggy showdown. 41 people entered our first ever fantasy buggy game to take their shot at the $250 “ticket to carnival” grand prize sponsored by NumberFire.com. Fringe and CIA timers helped out to collect times that could be shared publicly [...]
An unexpected dose of rain/snow hit Pittsburgh Saturday morning and put the kibosh on most of our fun Céilidh plans, but not all was lost. We were still in the mix of events in the UC with our table full of info and popular “Future Buggy Pusher” shirts for the kids. Tom Wood’s fall 2011 [...]
numberFire is a CMU-style, stats-driven fantasy football oracle founded by buggy alum and cmubuggy.org regular Nik Bonaddio. nF is sponsoring the prize in our first ever fantasy buggy game. Check them out, the numbers are good. Buggy is the best. Fantasy sports are fun. Why did we not think of this earlier? The Buggy Alumni [...]
CMU has decided “homecoming” is way too mainstream for a campus that spends more time pushing small women down hills than we do watching our football team. Get ready for some Céilidh. I still can’t pronounce it, but it does seem to be drawing some extra energy into what was once a pretty dull event [...]
It’s that time of year again at the corner of Tech and Frew. The permits are in and this Sunday the 18th is the first potential day of rolls. The chairmen have been meeting for weeks, the drivers have had their meetings, and at least a few teams have their capes taken care of. Currently [...]
Aw crap. It was announced this afternoon that PiKA’s charter has been revoked by the school CMU chapter will not be recognized for at least four years. Losing PiKA from campus is obviously a huge loss to the greek community and to the broader social community at CMU in which they played a consistently central role. [...]
Having a rough day back in the office or classroom after an awesome raceday? Take 96 seconds and relive the feeling for a moment. Repeat as necessary throughout the week. This video was shot and produced by Randi Voss, a CMU alum and local photographer / videographer / my wedding photographer.
