Meet My Team (pt. 2)!!

Here are the Outlaws (BSU Men's Team):

Those without nicknames:
Brad Huff, Austin Burk, Justin Carnahan, Blake Deaton, Derrick Ferguson, Mike Greenwalt, Cameron Griggs, Denver Hall, Brad Heinz, Matt Hockaday, Tim Hostetler, Andrew Klajes, Jon Lynch, Kent Nimms Jr., Chris O'Connell, Adam Osbourne, Kyle Richard, Allen Schmelzel
Michael Shippen, Nicholas Volkman, Joe Vonderbeide, Jacob Ziemmer

Nicknames for other reasons:
"Second Row Joe": Joseph Brugos (position he plays)
"Zima": Anthony Farison (was drinking one night and he left after 6 beers, the veterans of the team made up the story saying he passed out after those 6 beers-named him Zima because it's a woman's drink)
"Cheddar": Todd Fitzpatrick (old coach always wanted a Cheddar Bacon Burger, had another player named Bacon so they named him Cheddar)
"Deuce": James Frye (not sure why he has this nickname but he's had it since beginning of high school may have something to do with his position as a hooker)
"Lurch": Kevin Gall (big guy reminds them of Lurch from the Addams Family)
"Juggs": Zak Hale (from the Juggernaut from XMen movies, because he gets really intense and angry during games)
"Ginger": Drew Heilman (because he's got strawberry blonde hair)
"Scarface": Kevin Hostetler [brother to Tim Hostetler] (he was drunk and he went through a glass window and got scraped up on the face)
"DK": Kyle Johnson ("Disappointing Kyle" was really good then started dropping passes)
"Squeak": Daniel McKinney (was chasing a guy in practice, thought he touched him and turned around and yelled 'I got him!' but his voice cracked)
"Mary Kate": Nathan Miller (Rhymes with Nate and because he's always with Casey Miller)
"Ashley": Casey Miller (has a girly name and Nate and him are always together, with the same last name)
"Flounder": Anthony Ripley (face looks like Flounder from Little Mermaid)
"Logan (Wolverine)": Ryne Ross (had shaggy hair and sideburns looked like Wolverine or Logan from Xmen)
"Piece": Chris Schaler (for "Piece of shit")
"Tweak": Zachary Smith (old coach gave it to him because he had crazy hair and he was hyper)

Those are all of the Outlaws!


You have now met all the players, my teammates, and my family!
-Spence-

Meet My Team!!

Here are all the players on the BSU rugby teams, both men's and women's, their nicknames, and how (if they know) they came to have them.

The Flamingoes (BSU Women's Team):

Those who don't have a nickname:
Amy Heline, Keely Hohmann, Abby Chittenden, Ashley Martin, Ashley Wade, Jessica Stogdill, Kat Gering

Nicknames from their name:
"Spence": Kristen Spencer
"Maples": Sam Maples
"Czuba": Ashley Czuba
"Milks": Jen Milks
"Q": Quiana Johnson (no one could pronounce her first name so she shortened it to "Q")
"Max": Emily Lomax
"HP": Heather Peterson
"Shadow": Aimee Shatto (how you pronounce her last name)
"Schneck": Amanda Schneckloth

Nicknames for other reasons:
"Hopper": Krista Hess (when she gets excited she hops up and down)
"Zumi": Loren Johnson (she's not very good at the drinking game Zumi)
"Scrappy": Danita Vanderbeek (she's really skinny but scrappy when she plays)
"Shades": Barbara Weber (she wears sunglasses ALL the time)
"Tank": Amber Dickman (she's big and strong)
"Mafi": Jes Hagan (comes from "Mafia" what she calls her car)
"Blucas": Sarah McHie (what she sounds like when she throws up after drinking too much)
"Lippy": Alyse Orr ("lip rule" when chugging beer)
"Cakeater": Amber Werling (has quite a few nicknames, but this one stuck because she got into cake fight with some of the guys' team because they were drunk)

*the men's team will come later*

-Spence-

Interview Dates

Here is a list of interviewees that supply different points of view for our Draft #3:

1)Steven Bruder-Feb 21st- outsider's view
2)Brad Huff-Feb 21st- insider's view and non-drinker's point of view
3)Kat Gering-March 4th- insider's/non-drinker's view
4)Sarah "Blucas" McHie/Zak "Juggs" Hale- March 5th- insider's/drinker's point of view

There reason for the non-drinker's point of view is because for rugby drinking is a big part of the social life and those who participate in drinking, typically view rugby in a different way and I want to explore that idea.

-Spence-

Rugby Positions

Instructional Video

If you look on the right where the video bars are located you can watch an instructional video called "Competing at the Breakdown." It works to explain how to avoid turnovers and how best to beat them. It's 7:37 minutes long...Enjoy!

-Spence-

This is the rugby emblem of both the men's and women's teams. We've tried to use the emblem for a possible jersey but it hasn't worked out yet.
























This is another possible emblem idea
a fellow teammate named Krista Hess,
or as she is affectionately known as
"Hopper," she does graphic designs for
the women's team and as a kind of
side job.

These objects or symbols are important to our teams because they make our team stand out from other BSU club teams, in our opinion. We don't just have a sweatshirt that says "Ball State Rugby" it has our own personal touch that are unique to all of us.

-Spence-

A Field and a Ball

1) The rugby field is a place that's become important to me. It's a place where my friends come together. A place of freedom from school, classes, professor, homework where you can hit someone to get anger and frustration out yet it's a place of fun. A game that I've grown to love and teammates, some once high school rivals, that have become a family here at Ball State.
It is also a place of temptation, where drinking socials and fighting can take place. For personal reasons I don't drink but I've also learned to just avoid drinking situations because of what usually happens.

2) Objects: outdoor: uprights and their pads, scrum sled, rugby balls, kicking tees, drill cones, cleats (rugby and soccer), rugby shorts, spandex, REC Services clipboard, mouthguards (more in games), a few scrumcaps; indoor: tennis shoes, benches, curtain (separating men/women) regular work out clothes

3) (see map below of a typical rugby field)

4a) I simply focused on the layout; a rugby field looks like any other outdoor field such as football and soccer but with some key differences.
b) I focused on what we use in practices and games because other than that there' s really not many objects used, not like in football.
c) Some people view rugby as a bunch of drunks getting to hit each other, or like one ignorant guy told me, a chance for lesbians to touch other girls but it's a sport like any other. I believe it's a pretty intense sport, some people have begged to differ with that idea so it makes me bias. But it's a sport nonetheless that leaves you tired, bruised, and sweaty when it's all said and done.

5) Focal point: Blucas' house, or the new rugby house, is a very important for the rugby teams, men and women. There are 6 people who live there, 4 girls and 2 guys. 2 of the girls, affectionately called Blucas and Q and the 2 guys Juggs and Ginger, play rugby and on of the other girls use to play rugby. This is where Wendy's takes place or WNDC's (Wednesday Night Drinking Clubs) where the rugby teams get together to drink, play games, and be merry. There's always people there who don't play and people who do and we all have a good time together. Questions I have for this place is how it became "the spot" to come to and party. There have been some conflicts that have taken place there before but nothing too bad.

-Spence-

Box #11

I chose the subculture rugby because I'm a part of the subculture and also because I am new to the subculture; I've only been playing for about 3 years now and I'm forever learning new things about the sport all the time.
My "fixed" positions that may affect my position would be that I'm a 19 year old teenager who doesn't drink and I always look down at the fact that my teammates drink so much. The social life is different for those players who are 21 or who just simply like drinking than it is for me; granted they are my amusement. I know that my "fixed" positions play a huge bias in my research watching my teammates and how they interact with each other.
My "subjective" positions that may affect my position would be the fact that I've played before both just with girls, but also practiced with guys, and have played at different levels. Also the fact that before rugby, I was miserable with soccer and basketball at my high school and when I finally had enough I found something new, rugby, that was fun and wasn't stressful.

-Spence-

Rugby Museum

While looking for more information on rugby and its history, particularly in other parts of the world, I found this website for the rugby museum in New Zealand. Check out the website, click on the links, see what all it has!

http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/

If you look through the articles there is a history of the All Blacks (New Zealand Men's Rugby Team) of their Haka, a war chant they do in every game, very interesting read...

-Spence-

History of Rugby...Or Lack There Of

History for rugby is not a straight line, in fact its history is all over the place. Theories suggests that rugby comes from the same ancestor as soccer and American style football known as folk football. According to Collins of Rugby's Great Split, "other than two sides and the propulsion of a ball to a goal, the playing rules of the game could differ enormously from area to area. In some regions, the ball was driven primarily by foot. In others, the ball was carried or thrown. Quite often a mixture of the two was allowed but, against those who would imagine folk football was a direct precursor to soccer" (Collins 1). This sport is set in pre-industrial society or around the time of the 17th century where numerous towns in England have records of playing folk football including, Hull, Huddersfield, Manchester, Rochdale, Whitehaven, Workington, York, Derby, and the rugby stronghold in Rugby, England where the supposed first roots of rugby started with William Webb Ellis. Along with the variety of folk football, there was also variation with the number of men that played. It varied between a thousand men on each team in Derby to 400 men in Sedgefield. Since then many things have changed not only variety, because there's only one way to play rugby, but also the number going down from 400-a thousand to 15 per team.

The image on the left is a sculpture of William Webb Ellis erected at the Rugby School in Rugby, England where it is required in the school curriculum to play rugby. "With a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time , first took the ball in is arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game, " (Collins 6). There is some speculation and doubt with this theory because of lack of support but it is widely accepted and remains accepted to this day in England and elsewhere.

How A Rugby Field Looks