The Poet Lariat strikes again!

[Zorro]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

 

[RoadMaster]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

Mr. Zimmerman would be proud..

 

[Ali-oop]

I’m singing those verses in my head now….

 

[CL82]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

Poet Lariat? I was expecting some kind of cowboy poem!

 

[HuskyNan]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

I missed your alter ego, Z!

 

[huskeynut]

Amen!!!

Sing it out loud.

 

[my2cents]

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
As a fan,
We love our Lou.

 

[Bama fan]

Poet Lariat? I was expecting some kind of cowboy poem!

Yeah, maybe some lasso action. Or a Ford pickup truck. But not iambic whatever meter.

 

[LesMis89]

You outdid yourself!

Happy for a PL sighting

 

[Sifaka]

Poet Lariat? I was expecting some kind of cowboy poem!

The poet on the bus
goes
round and round.

 

[Zorro]

Actually that nom de nonsense is a relic of the VERY old days on the BY when everyone could have multiple handles and I was trying to drive Wonkster (may he rest in peace) batty trying to figure out who the PL was.JS used to write some pretty first-rate doggerel in those days too. Philster used to have a page with a lot of that kind of stuff on it, but I don't know it it is still extant.

 

[CTinLA]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

Wonderful expression of fandom! But may I suggest that the first line read “iIf not for Lou, I don’t know what we’d do”. Either way, I love this. Good job!

 

[fomalhaut]

Very nice. A bit reminiscent of the great Ogden Nash.

 

[cgshuskie]

A hit... and Lou too

 

[Bama fan]

Wonderful expression of fandom! But may I suggest that the first line read “iIf not for Lou, I don’t know what we’d do”. Either way, I love this. Good job!

But the next line would have to read "we'd have probably lost to tennis shoe".

 

[FormerCTrez]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

I love it!

 

[ClifSpliffy]

poet lariat? ok, that's good. pithy.
that's all i got.

 

[augustaTC]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

WOW!

 

[RedStickHusky]

Take a good peeka
At this whirlwind called Nika
A nightmare in a sneaka

 

[meyers7]

Actually that nom de nonsense is a relic of the VERY old days on the BY when everyone could have multiple handles and I was trying to drive Wonkster (may he rest in peace) batty trying to figure out who the PL was.JS used to write some pretty first-rate doggerel in those days too. Philster used to have a page with a lot of that kind of stuff on it, but I don't know it it is still extant.

Ah the good ole days.

 

[Ozimoto]

There are several versions of the song that inspired this post. My favorite is the one by Olivia Newton John. George Harrison's is pretty good too.

Very nice re-write for a special basketball player.

 

[HuskyNan]

Very nice. A bit reminiscent of the great Ogden Nash.

More George Harrison

 

[HuskyNan]

Actually that nom de nonsense is a relic of the VERY old days on the BY when everyone could have multiple handles and I was trying to drive Wonkster (may he rest in peace) batty trying to figure out who the PL was.JS used to write some pretty first-rate doggerel in those days too. Philster used to have a page with a lot of that kind of stuff on it, but I don't know it it is still extant.

 

[HuskyNan]

@Phil Did you take down your most excellent site?

 

[Carnac]

If not for Lou, I don’t know where we’d be,

We’d have probably lost to Tennessee

Villanova too

If not for Lou.

If not for Lou, our record would be so much worse

She’s helped to blunt the injury curse

We'd be sad and blue

If not for Lou.

She won’t be All American, although she maybe should

She just shows up for every game, and shows up mighty good!

If not for Lou, I don’t think there would be a chance

That we just might win through the dance

Which we just might do

Because of Lou.

Zorro......why are you wasting your time here in the yard, when you could be making your way in the world of literature and compositions in verse?

 

[HuskyNan]

The return of the Poet Lariat

with a nod to S T Coleridge. Zorro is nodding out, so I, the Poet Lariat, slip through the fog of the outer reaches to commandeer his keyboard to present for your entertainment; The Rhyme of the Ancient Husky Fan (being a sad lament on the current state of affairs in Storrs, CT) It was an...

the-boneyard.com

 

[Zorro]

Hopefully the fit will pass, but this just jumped into my head and demanded to be posted.

She gets knocked around in every game

NO whistles blow, it’s a cryin’ shame

When I see them beat so hard on Lou

It hurts me too!!

She gets assaulted, in the third degree

She just shakes it off, and drains a three!

But when I see them beat on Lou

It hurts me too!

It seems like every referee

They just ain’t got no eyes to see!

When they let her get pounded, black and blue

It hurts me too!

 

[Jackcatscal]

And the Grinch grabbed the tree and he started to shove, when he heard a small sound like the coo of a dove. He turned around fast and he saw a small Who! Little [Lou-Lo] Who, who was not more than two. The Grinch had been caught by this tiny Who daughter, who'd got out of bed for a cup of cold water. She stared at the Grinch and said "Santy Claus, why, why are you taking our Christmas tree? WHY?" (Thanks, Dr. Seuss!)

 

[Beemer]

Very nice. A bit reminiscent of the great Ogden Nash.

I haven't heard his name in decades. Great call!!!

 

[Zorro]

Right, Nan, I had forgotten. Back in them good ol days, my shtick was that the PL was a sort of spirit who hung around and took over my computer and brain whenever I was overtired and too out of it to resist. Zoro would never write such nonsenseI loved Frank's "Father O'Malley, and a lot of his other alter egos. I know the board had to change, but it really was a lot more fun back then. Less serious and more gonzo. Thanks for all your hard work keeping it going through all its incarnations. And you too, JS and Biffster. And,of course, Tom.