The Crow House
AXP, Waxing, Bad Birds, Boobytraps, Enter the Bar Room, Diligence Night...Ah, the memories. It was Syracuse University. It was the Crow House...Relive it all here.
Friday, September 29, 2006
TRYKA'S TASTIES
Alabama +15.5 at Florida - The numbers may point to Florida being a vastly superior team this season and revenge for Florida will be a big motivating factor as they were smoked by 'Bama last year 31-3. But, this is the SEC and I have a feeling this one will be close. Florida has to play LSU, Auburn and Georgia in succession after this game. Florida may be looking ahead. More than two touchdowns is too hard to pass up in this one. Don't be surprised if the Tide roll into the Swamp and shock the Gators outright.
Cleveland -2.5 at Oakland - I refuse to get off the anti-Oakland bandwagon until I am thrown off. The Raiders are far too hapless to benefit much from a bye-week. Cleveland gave a tough Baltimore team all they could handle Sunday and their home-opening loss to the Saints
doesn't look so bad now. Throw in the fact that Andrew Walter will make his first start under center for Oaktown and this game becomes a slam-dunk.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
K.C. STATISTICAL PORTFOLIO
Friday, September 22, 2006
GUTTERBOY...THE LEGEND LIVES
Jack responded to my email. My phone conversation with him makes much more sense now:
Squig, It was great hearing from you today too, but until I got this email I had no idea it was you and thought I was talking to someone else. I apologize, it was pretty loud on the street and the volume on my cellphone is too low. I was also further distracted by the torrential crap I had to take that was ,at the time of the call , just starting to turtle head on me.
Things are good with me other than the awful case of buttcheek fever I had a couple of weeks ago. The doctor prescribed some antibiotics, so I am much better now. My schedule is pretty crazy for next week or so but after that it would be great to meet up sometime in the city. Hope all is well, and give my best to the other maniacs.
Enter the Barroom,
Gutterboy
OH, THE HORROR
Stain posts the following in response to "sweet" Sap's comment about P-Head's demerits to Spooge:
"So, I am moving into the house junior year with the help of my Dad. Of course, there is always some apprehension about bringing your parents by the house for the first time just due to the general state of ill repair.
Anyway, it looks like I am the first guy back.
So, I give my Dad a quick tour of the house before we get to my room - which was going to be the front room of Club Paulie P. Schlomoe and Chimp were my other two roomates - Oh, the horror.
The house had not be cleaned since the last graduation party from months before. There was literally food still left out on a table, half-drank cups of beer, etc, etc. Now that my Dad is stunned that he is actually going to pay decent money for me to live there, I take him to my room.
The door was closed, blinds were drawn and it was all dark in there
(Black painted walls accentuating the experience).
As we walk in, I realize that Pumpkin Head and his brother were sleeping together on a pull-out couch.
Needless to say, that wasn't exactly the way I wanted my father to meet my Crow Brothers."
Stain
DEMERITS
Two amazing archeological finds in as many days.
Brother Spooge writes: "I was going through some boxes over the weekend and I came across my pledgebook. I thought we could share some of my demerits."
1). "One demerit for not calling a fire in the hole a fire in the hole. I am seriously hurt and mortified" - Adam
2). "Don't say Fuck You to a brother- One demerit" - Pumpkin Head
3). "One demerit for leaving a brother hanging- next time I wait outside a bar for you, you better get your fat ass out there. No brother of mine would do that to me- I am really hurt." - Tulio
4). "One dermit for not caring about anything, including pledging"- Rug head
5). "One dermit for telling me I am not going to get laid"- Elrod
6). " Don' mock an old tradition- one demerit"- Sap
7). " 2 demerits for not being a good friend. Turning your back on your friend, while your talking to two girls without introducing him. If you can't hook a friend from home, what kind of brother are you going to make"- Gutterboy
8). "2 demerits for not giving your book to a brother when asked. I like you, but I don't think you are going to make it- Gutterboy
9). " I am not trying to be a dick but Fuck You. Don't mock the brotherhood you piece of shit pledge. You aint going to make it" - Gutterboy
10). " One dermit for being seen by a Pauly P spy not having your pledge pin visible"- Love Pauly P
11). " One dermerit for fucking lying to a brother" - Emu
12). " One dermerit for taking my hat, laverliering a fat pig with it, and laughing about it" - Benny
13) "It is 2:13 am. No one really gives a fuck what is on TV. So don't turn off Headbangers Ball because there is nothing else on anyway. Remember...." - Pumpkin Head
TRYKA'S TASTIES
Minnesota -2.5 at Purdue: I am basing this pick on one simple thing - Purdue's defense is horrible. They have been ripped for 35, 31 and 28 points against a couple of bad MAC teams and a Division I-AA team.
There is no way they are stopping Minnesota. Minnesota has an excellent running game averaging nearly 240 yards per game. In addition, Purdue is only 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games. Look for an easy road win for the Golden Gophers.
Atlanta -3.5 at New Orleans: I am not sure what is a worse idea - taking New Orleans +3.5 or the fact that the NFL has scheduled three of the whitest bands - the Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day and U2 - to perfom for the people of New Orleans.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
RUSH AD

In what can only be described as one of the greatest artifacts ever unearthed by aCrow, brother Corky found this old Rush ad while moving, scanned it and now provided it for our pleasure.
Reading this ad reafirms the genius behind the idiocy that was the Crow House.
My favorite of all-time was the famous, "Bo Knows Crows Mom." Simply an ingenious play on the popular Bo Jackson ads of the time. It's mysterious why more Crows are not in the ad game, with apologies to Emu.
MOCK TRIBUNAL
Some of the great sayings from a legendary Crow experience (incessant snapping):
"Are you prepared to be branded?"
"The postulant is steaming."
"What do you think of Squiggy's sister?"
"Look into the light!"
Is your favorite saying not represented? Contribute by clicking on the Comments link below.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
BLOCK PARTY

No Crow blog would be complete without the acknowledgment of Block Party. It was one of the few things the University got right on its own, that is until they moved it to South Campus.
It was the only day where drinking for 18 hours in the middle of the street was actually sanctioned. A greater Ode to this memorable event is owed to Block Party but, alas, this platform is all I've got.
My three greatest Block Party moments:
- Liability falling out of the tree and subsequent reemergence from the ambulence.
- Group of A Chi Os speaking unintelligibly because they had dropped acid.
- Random chick stripping in Maggies. Supposedly Soad Dish went up to her and started making out.
Friday, September 15, 2006
CROW FANTASY
After one week, the Crow fantasy league is in full swing. Week 1 was full of surprises as four-time fantasy champ Lamont lost to Squig, last year's second-to-last finisher.
Longtime lovable last place finisher Fran stunned the masses with a victory and the League's highest point total. A rare tie also occured between Charlie and Sap.
Week 2 is full of highly anticipated matchups and is led by Dwight Schrute against Spooge's Seamen in a battle of two undefeated teams.
Following are the standings:
1. balls on fire (Fran) 1-0-0 1.000
SPOOGE'S SEAMEN 1-0-0 1.000
Dwight Schrute (Squig) 1-0-0 1.000
4. Where's Gutterboy (Charlie) 0-0-1 .500
Off on Wagons Pillow (Sap) 0-0-1 .500
6. Tuliocity 0-1-0 .000
Dark Side (Lamont) 0-1-0 .000
The Jerkballs 0-1-0 .000
TRYKA'S TASTIES
Miami +4 at Louisville:
Baltimore -12 vs Oakland:
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
SHENANIGANS REMEMBERED


Buenos Dias, amigos.
In the spring of 1992 and 1993, groups of crows flew south to escape the horrid Syracuse winters in favor of the tropical climates of the Yucitan Peninsula.
Cancun, man.
Crow shenanigans went international. Whether it was Jerky peeing on a public bus, Sap stealing land ornaments from locals, or Fran getting 'left on the island' where he was 'chased by wild dogs' (and he still has the scars to prove it), Crows made their mark...international style.
Monday, September 11, 2006
SETH KEAN VISITS THE HOUSE

The following was written by Seth Kean (Sammy):
Gentlemen,
It's been a while since I have seen and felt something so sad, yet so comforting. Just last weekend, I paid a visit to Syracuse and the Crow House. These pictures, taken while the students were back in school, have been not been altered (nor taken from the Depression era).
My wife, Amy, joined me on this Syracuse trip. She also attended SU ('91 grad), but had never seen or heard of AXP. Henceforth, her willingness to marry me fourteen years later. Walking from Ostrom and Euclid, the visual of the AXP Pad was only evident until we were literally at the back door.
My wife was dumbfounded. Even I was a little amazed. To best understand her first five comments, please get a tape of any CNN Reporter when he/she hit the scene in New Orleans. Her dialogue when first seeing the Crow House is the exact same of those CNN reporters first seeing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina:
Comment 1: "Oh My God...... this is 20x-30x worse than anyone told me it was"
Comment 2: "Do people live here now?"
Comment 3: "This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen- this is the real Animal House "
Comment 4: "Hollywood companies should pay $100,000 and use this actual house as a fraternity movie set. No movie production company could ever recreate this house as is.
Comment 5: "Someone should help these people"

Realistically, the House is actually in much worse shape than it was fifteen years ago. The white paint has mostly fallen off the exterior and there are holes, dents, chipped paint everywhere.
The only thing saving the Home from rats is that there is no food and crumbs to be found elsewhere. Really, not even crumbs and there is literally nothing in the fridge. Nothing.
There was one brother in the house. Justin was icing his elbows for no apparent reason (and I asked him and there was no real reason).
It was the type of random act that strangely felt similar to the random acts of the late 80's and 90's. Justin says there are talks of the House closing, but he is hoping they can recruit enough pledges to stay open. The same type of talk that AXP SU has endured for over a decade. In a strange way, it was comforting to see AXP in the underdog/rebel role of old. I much rather see the House fighting for its survival on campus, than AXP being moved to a luxurious off-campus site. The more things change, the more things stay the same.

Maybe I've seen one too many Revenge of the Nerds movies, but somehow us AXP alumni should help out during next January's rush period. It's unrealistic with families, jobs and geography, but if Lewis and Booger can get help from the Tri Delts African-American alumni, can we really turn our collective backs?
Friday, September 08, 2006
PROUD TRADITION
On the eve of SU's inevitable loss to Iowa, it should be pointed out that the Orange have a proud gridiron history. Following is a list of the schools with the most players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Syracuse is (somewhat surprisingly) tied for seventh:
Notre Dame (10) Southern California (10) Michigan (7) Alabama (6) Illinois (6) Ohio State (6) Minnesota (5) Oregon (5) Penn State (5) Southern Methodist (5) Syracuse (5)
Can you name the five (no former Crows have made it...yet)?
TRYKA'S TASTIES
Stain’s Lock of the Week
Squig has asked me to post some picks for the blog. Each week throughout the season, I will bring you one college and one NFL winner.
So, all aboard the Stain Train:
Texas -2.5 vs. Ohio State
This is unquestionably the game of the week and perhaps the game of the year as No 1 Ohio State travels to No. 2 Texas. Last year the two teams played a low scoring game at Ohio State and Texas came out a narrow winner 25-22. For Ohio State to win this year, they will need to keep the score low. The problem is that OSU lost a lot of players on the defensive side of the ball. Northern Illinois was able to move the ball against them last week. I don’t see Texas having any problems scoring on Ohio St. OSU cannot get into a shootout with Texas on the road. Texas giving less than a field goal is too hard to pass up.
San Diego -3 at Oakland
This is the 2nd half of a rare MNF double-header. What makes anybody think Oakland will essentially win this game? Oakland ended last year with 6 straight losses. Did I miss something? Is Art Shell a great coach and everybody is expecting a big turnaround? Is Aaron Brooks, coming off his worst season in which he was benched for the hapless Saints, supposed to be the difference maker? Oakland is a horrible team. San Diego has been a playoff-type contender that usually starts out strong and tails off down the stretch. San Diego has won 5 straight in this series by a commanding 147-67 margin. The only thing keeping this line low is that it is the debut of the Phillip Rivers show. Yes, I had some pause going with an inexperience QB on the road, but he is going to be able to hand off the ball to LaDainian Tomlinson, one of the most dominant runners in the NFL.
Season Record: 0-0
GET TO KNOW...FRAN

Name: Fran O'Boy
Light Side or Dark Side: Dark
Pledge Name: Jabba the Left Nut
Name of wife: Tina
Wedding date: June 22, 2002
Name and birthdays of kids: na
Occupation and Name of Company: Kimball and Cross Investment Management
Current home: Norwood, Mass(holes)
Year pledged: fall 1989
Name of Pledge Master: Dez
Name of Big Brother: Tony (Gyro)
Name of Little Brother(s): Gutterboy, Jerky, Aaron Hunter (flunked out, didn’t make it)
Name as many Pledge Brothers as possible: bennie, rob persing, jake, adam detinger, liability, kyle mcgonigle (1st time before he was expelled), dave mathis (arrested and tossed out of school the night of our formal pinning)
Why did you choose Crow?: Closest to my dorm room
House Positions Held: VP (2 terms); ritual chairman
Most Horrifying Crow Experience: When I accidently shat on liability
Most Hillarious Crow Experience: same
Recent Movies seen: Talladega Nights
Recent Movies rented/VOD: Friday Night Lights
Most popular songs on iPod: no ipod
What would you do if you were the richest man on Earth: Hire Helan as my personal Chef
Thursday, September 07, 2006
What's in a Name?
I think this guy signed the Crow Rush guest book:
Sportingbet.com Chair Peter Dicks was arrested last night upon his arrival at Kennedy Int’l Airport in N.Y. on a fugitive warrant issued by the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement Division. The arrest of Dicks, who is charged with “gambling by computer,” comes two months after former BetOnSports.com CEO David Carruthers was arrested in the U.S. on racketeering charges (AP, 9/7).
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL...
Who's the Greatest Waxer of them all?
Let's cut through the bull and get right to it. It's the art that defined the Crow House. Who is the best of all time?
From what I've seen, Corky had the most all-around skills. He was tenacious, creative, athletic, strategic and patient. He was always wax-cesible.
Then again, I've witnessed a Romer-Schaztel Battering Ram and it was the most horrific/hilarious thing I've ever seen. It had power and agility, and its results were devastating.
I've also heard the rumors of the greatness of Soap Dish. And then, there is the legend of the Wax King, an almost mythical man (a non-Crow) who could morph from out of the walls and attack his prey.
Let's hear your opinions. There should be a long thread of contributions here.
Monday, September 04, 2006
GET TO KNOW...JERKY
Name: Joe Carillo
Light Side or Dark Side: Dark
Pledge Name: Jerky
Additional Nicknames: Jerkball
Name of wife: Marianne
Wedding date: 6/5/99
Name and birthdays of kids: Joey - 4/17/02
Name of Mistress: Too many to count
Occupation and Name of Company: Associate/Goldman Sachs
Current home: Chatham, NJ
Year pledged: Fall 1991
Name of Pledge Master: Tom Spelda/John Ferry
Name of Big Brother: Fran O'boy
Name of Little Brother(s): na
Name as many Pledge Brothers as possible: Spalding, Chimp, Wubba, Lurch, Schlomo, Fajita, Stain
Why did you choose Crow?: Was friends with Donny, Horseshack, Spiget freshman year
House Positions Held: Rush Chairman; Alumni chairman
Most Horrifying Crow Experience: When Lamont had his friends up from home when I was a pledge; when my room got destroyed at the Crow house as Crows looked for the alumni football tix during game day while I was gambling at Turning Stone; When KC almost burned the house down throwing couches into the fire
Most Hillarious Crow Experience: Hazing Fajita until he disappeared for two weeks; Up all night Wooba dance parties; Cutting down a X-Mas tree on campus as a pledge
Recent Movies seen: Cars - this is what happens when you have kids
Recent Movies rented/VOD: Crash
Current shows on DVR/TiVo: The Office/Entourage/Curb your Enthusiasm/Jets Nation
Most popular songs on iPod: U2
What would you do if you were the richest man on Earth: Build an alumni crow house for all us idiots to party in
GET TO KNOW...BENNIE

Name: Eric Maloney
Light Side or Dark Side: Dark
Pledge Name: Bennie
Additional Nicknames: Balls of Ben Wah, House Fool
Name of girlfriend: Jessica
Name of Mistress: Fran's little sister
Occupation and Name of Company: District Manager, Budget Truck Rental
Current home: Seattle
Year pledged: Fall 89
Name of Pledge Master: Dez
Name of Big Brother: Aero (Jeff O'Brien)
Name of Little Brother(s) : Teaspoon (Bill Brodsky)
Name as many Pledge Brothers as possible: Fran, Jake, Adam, Mississippi, Spock, Daved Mathes
Why did you choose Crow?: While waiting for the bus acrosss from 131 College Place, they seemed exactly as rude, crude, and obnoxious as college is supposed to be
House Positions Held: Social Chair, Treasurer, Recycling Guy, House Fool
Most Horrifying Crow Experience: A Mississippi bear hug-induced wet fart
Most Hillarious Crow Experience: Falling off the porch in '89 and again in '90
Recent Movies seen: Twelve and Holding, Jesus is Magic
Recent Movies rented/VOD: Game Six, the Denis Leary Roast, and some weird UFO documentary hosted by Dan Aykroyd
Current shows on DVR/TiVo: na
Most popular songs on iPod: Various stuff by the Replacements, Electric Six, Harvey Danger, Candlebox, Lovehammers, the Village Green
What would you do if you were the richest man on Earth: Thaw out Ted Williams
Sunday, September 03, 2006
WE LOST

The Same Old Song
SU skid hits 10 with dud in opener
Sunday, September 03, 2006
By Donnie Webb Staff writer
Winston-Salem, N.C. - The Syracuse University football team picked up where it left off in the 2005 season, which is a real scary thing if you root for the Orange.
http://www.syracuse.com/sports/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1157274686244860.xml&coll=1
Saturday, September 02, 2006
SU FOOTBALL

The Orange kickoff their season today vs. Wake Forest. Two pathetic teams in a game that will not be televised except on the Internet (ESPN 360).
Oh how I long for the days when fear of an Orange hurricane ran up and down the East Coast and just the mention of the names Greco, Biskup, Sirowich, Bednarz, Grosvenor, Conover and Dees brought terror to opposing schools.
http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/
Friday, September 01, 2006
GET TO KNOW...

The first in a series. In this installment, Get to Know Corky:
Name: Tom Spelda
Light Side or Dark Side: DARK
Pledge Name: Corky
Additional Nicknames: Truth
Name of wife: Lynn
Wedding date: 28-Nov-98
Name and birthdays of kids: Katrina - 5-18-02 Nicholas - 11-18-04
Name of Mistress: anybody's mom
Year pledged: Spring-1990
Name of Pledge Master: Dez
Name of Little Brother(s): Ted Tryka, Donny Larson
Name as many Pledge Brothers as possible: Squiggy, Lamont, Enos, Liability, Greco, Grosvenor,
Sap, Bitch, PumpkinHead, Gutterboy
Why did you choose Crow?: Rush ads, Kyle McGonigal, animal house, first impressions
House Positions Held: Pledge Master (& Darth Vader)
Most Horrifying Crow Experience: After winning best (worst!?) pledge having to run around the crow house in my underwear. Just before I make my mad dash, Frank Conover rips my underwear off (revealing serious shrinkage…..) and I ran so fast I almost got an invite as a walk-on for the SU football team.
Most Hillarious Crow Experience: The evening of block party when Liability crashed through the wall between Schatzel's and Romer's room (while Romer was hooking up)
Recent Movies seen: Best in Show, Walk the Line, The Song Remains the Same
Recent Movies rented/VOD: same as above (I hate going to the theatre)
Current shows on DVR/TiVo: The Office, Seinfeld
Most popular songs on iPod: Any Led Zeppelin, The Police and recently got into Cracker
What would you do if you were the richest man on Earth: Put the Crow House on wheels
GUTTERBOY: MAN, MYTH, LEGEND
This is the first in a potentially infinite series of postings about Gutterboy, whose whereabouts are unknown but whose indiscretions are legendary:
My fondest memory of Gutterboy was during his Hell Week. He had forgotten his pin and was forced to wear a 10-pound weight around his neck. The mantra was "outside, in; inside, out" meaning that if he was outside the house, he had to wear the weight under his shirt. When he was inside the house, he had to wear it for all to see. It was attached via a shoelace.
GB and I had Spanish class together, which was how he came to know about Crow, and we were taking a test. I look over at him and the shoelace that held the weight around his neck was clearly visible and cutting into his skin. He saw me looking, slightly adjusted the shoelace and we both had to bite our tongues from laughing hysterically at the idiocy of him wearing a 10-pound weight in class.
SHENANIGANS REMEMBERED
"Shenanigans Remembered" is arguably the blog's greatest strength. Corky remembers:
I believe this was either Spring 90 or 91 and we decided to think outside the box(one of the few times) and had an event (I forgot the name, help needed here......) where instead of the sorority hosting the party where each sister got to invite 3 guys, we hosted it. Well we probably had the best brother turnout and you can bet there weren't 3 times as many girls as guys.
So, about an hour into the party, we're all settling in here and no one is on the dance floor. LBJ (aka Liabilty) decides to go up with hisdate and start dancing. About a couple minutes into it we see them holding hands, arms extended, leaning back and going in circles real fast when the unbelievable occured. LBJ let's go and from the inertia (centrifugal force?, help me Stain) he hits the railing, topples over it head first feet flying up in the air. This starts a chain reaction, where Romer sitting a table, ringside to this spectacle is so shocked, he ends up puking out onto the table in an almost reflex like manner.
I'm pretty sure something else happened and also I don't remember what happened to the girl when LBJ let go of her hands.
AXP MOVIES OF INTEREST
Beerfest is a movie that had it existed in the early '90s, it's quite possible the entire house would have gone to see as a group. Unfortunately we're all old, tied down and dispersed across the country, so it'll be a miracle if anyone sees it in the theatres.
If someone has, please post a review.
The beauty, or tragedy, of this fine flick is that if we had all put our heads together, we could have written a similar or better script. However, ambition was never a Crow trait.
http://beerfestmovie.warnerbros.com/index_flash.html
THE BLOG WORKS
For those doubters out there, the Blog is already accomplishing its objectives. KC has been found and has responded to the original "Where are they?" message, the very first post. Here's what he wrote, which gives updates on additional long lost brothers:
kc said...
I wont get anything done. Mitty has a kid,looks just like me! Biskup back on LI Dees coaching somewhere. I am schlepping copiers, should have rushed sig ep. Aero was seen jumping parking meters after signing on with Fortune!!







