App invites Adam Sandler to come on over

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Appalachian State Issues an Open Invitation to Adam Sandler
Appalachian State University Sports Information, Mike Flynn
http://www.i-aa.org/article.asp?articleid=70435

ASU chancellor Dr. Kenneth E. Peacock extended an open invitation to actor Adam Sandler, star of The Longest Yard, to attend an Appalachian home football game during the 2005 season. Sandler’s character in the film recalls his playing days at Florida State, in which the Seminoles would always “open the season by whipping an overmatched opponent like Appalachian State.” ...

[SoCon48]

It was a dumb arse Hollywood comment by Sandler, anyway since ASU has NEVER played Florida State. In addition, ASU has done OK vs I-A opponents through the years..better than the AVERAGE I-AA program.

Of course I can understand why he didn't use other SoCon teams as examples of his FSU's patsy teams. 'Cause back in the day, FSU had trouble with Furman ..losing to them twice, tied Citadel 0-0 in 1960, GSU held the Semiholes to a 28-10 game, and even the lowliest of the SoCon teams, VMI beat them in the 1950's.

As for App State, they beat U.S. Car a couple seasons after they stomped a 52-12 mudhole in the Semiholes butts. Not much to brag about, but neither was FSU in '73.

[SoCon48]

Chances of Sandler coming to a game in Boone? Even worse than beating LSU this fall.

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It was a dumb arse Hollywood comment by Sandler, anyway since ASU has NEVER played Florida State. In addition, ASU has done OK vs I-A opponents through the years..better than the AVERAGE I-AA program. ... 1960... 1950's ... U.S. Car ...'73.Dang 2005, that is all ancient history. I don't know why the movie writers/Sandler had to use a real school in that remark but still...

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Dang 2005, that is all ancient history. I don't know why the movie writers/Sandler had to use a real school in that remark but still...

I'd have waited for the movie to tank first before issuing the statement. God it looks awful.

I like the App St. AD jumping on it quickly in a way, but I don't think it's worth it. If the movie is a success, then by all means jump on it. If not, who cares? Did North Texas ans complain when Necessary Roughness came out? No, since the movie sucked.

[BlackSaturday]

Former App Mark Ellis was a technical advisor for the movie, it was most likely a jab at him.

[eaglefan452]

Getting a little sensitive aren't we? That movie is going to be great, and I can't wait to see it.

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Getting a little sensitive aren't we? That movie is going to be great, and I can't wait to see it.Reviews say it is rotten:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/longest_yard/

Reviews counted: 35
Fresh: 11 Rotten: 24
Average Rating: 4.9/10

This one was funny:
"Sexist, homophobic, pointless and overloaded with brain-crushing bigotry...has an evil and putrid secret agenda that couldn't have less to do with football if it tried."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM

[Retro]

If it's anything like "The Waterboy" then it should be alright... That movie was based on UL-L.. :D :p

I usually don't trust reviews as much as word of mouth and certainly not from that type of internet site.

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...I usually don't trust reviews as much as word of mouth and certainly not from that type of internet site.That site just collects reviews from everywhere, Chicago Tribune to Variety. I won't be seeing it for sure until it's free.

[Baldy]

Reviews say it is rotten:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/longest_yard/

Reviews counted: 35
Fresh: 11 Rotten: 24
Average Rating: 4.9/10

This one was funny:
"Sexist, homophobic, pointless and overloaded with brain-crushing bigotry...has an evil and putrid secret agenda that couldn't have less to do with football if it tried."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM

Maybe so, but it's going to be a big success, all Adam Sandler movies are.

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Maybe so, but it's going to be a big success, all Adam Sandler movies are.I don't know, I can't think of one good movie I saw that he was in.

From that website:
Adam Sandler
Movies included: 24
Fresh: 1 Rotten: 23

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He is waaaaaaaaay over-rated IMO.

Jim Carrey buries him:
Movies included: 19
Fresh: 7 Rotten: 12

[Retro]

I won't be seeing it for sure until it's free.

You mean when it's broadcast on one of the over the air networks, when they edit it to pieces? :eek:



I don't know, I can't think of one good movie I saw that he was in.

You never saw Big Daddy or The Waterboy. Both great movies! Even Mr. Deeds was a good one!

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You mean when it's broadcast on one of the over the air networks, when they edit it to pieces? :eek:

You never saw Big Daddy or The Waterboy. Both great movies! Even Mr. Deeds was a good one!I saw those when they were free and I am not impressed with any of them. There are too many good movies for hack movies like Sandler does to stand out. And I like stupid/silly humor!

Saavy move by the new ASU chancellor though!

[Josh]

When ASU was I-A at one point FSU wouldnt play ASU. ASU used to be better than FSU. This must have been right when Bobby Bowden came to FSU because before that even Duke could beat FSU.

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When ASU was I-A at one point ...More living in the distant past... before you were born Josh...

[eaglefan452]

I don't know, I can't think of one good movie I saw that he was in.




Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, The Waterboy? Those were all good movies, and funny as hell too.

[SoCon48]

Distant past???

Certainly is, but makes much more sense than the idiot using the name of a real school that FSU had NEVER played....plus one who except for the last couple years has done decently vs I-A's.
Sandler...what a dope. Burt never would have said such idiot tripe. He never needed to. :mad: :mad:

Interesting that they're using the movie almost scene for scene like Burt's original.

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Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, The Waterboy? Those were all good movies, and funny as hell too.Agree to disagree.

[chattanoogamocs]

Almost all of Sandler's movies get trashed by reviewers because they are typically comprised of juvenile humor and just out right weird stuff that a lot of people "don't get" (because they need to be thinking like a 12 year old) :D .

People seem to either think his stuff is really funny, or they think it is the dumbest stuff they have ever seen (there is really not much in between).

Personally, I think most of his stuff is frickin hilarious (Waterboy...c'mon, it is so stupid, I laugh my a$$ off everytime I see it...or Bob Barker beating the crap out of him in Happy Gilmore...that never gets old in my book :p) I like how most of the time he is usually the butt of his own jokes.

As for making a poke at App, Sandler is always making inside jokes and I am sure he is picking on the ASU guy on the set. But really, who cares (no one is taking this too seriously are they)? ...surely no one thinks one line in a Sandler movie will vastly change America's perception of football at ASU??

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Almost all of Sandler's movies get trashed by reviewers because they are typically comprised of juvenile humor and just out right weird stuff that a lot of people "don't get" (because they need to be thinking like a 12 year old) ...Like I said I like stupid/silly humor but (and this is a big butt) he can't carry it off like others can IMO. I'm happy that the App AD called him out.

[BlackSaturday]

Personally, I don't have a problem with it. It is free nationwide exposure of our school. Most people won't remember what school was named, but none the less, it exposed ASU to an audience that esle wise would never have heard of our regional school.

[chattanoogamocs]

If I were an App fan (or even just a Southerner, which includes me), I would be more concerned that he just pronouces it "correctly" ;)

App-a-latch-un!

NO App-a-lay-shun!

[mlbowl]

Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, The Waterboy? Those were all good movies, and funny as hell too.

I'd add '50 First Dates' to that list......funny..... plus it had Drew Barrymore ;)

[Eagle_77]

Wow guys this really isn’t that big of a deal. When I heard that ASU was going to be mentioned in this movie I thought it was pretty cool. Some guy that was on the production team played for ASU, or so I have read, and it was a funny jab at him. Its fans picking on fans like you see every day on here. We all want national coverage as I-AA fans so be happy that you got it. The fans that will recognize App St's name will realize that they aren’t a crappy program and realize the joke for what it is and to the fans that know very little about I-AA really wont care and will most likely not remember it 5 mins after it is said.

As far as Adam Sandler movies go some people must find him pretty funny because of how thick his pockets are and how coveted he is as an actor. But you don’t have to like him because that’s our right. I will be paying my $8 to watch this movie though. Watched the original last night and cant waite to see this version.

[mlbowl]

Watched the original last night and cant wait to see this version.

I was going to ask if anybody else watched it last night.....I watched it on Spike TV

[th0m]

Of course I can understand why he didn't use other SoCon teams as examples of his FSU's patsy teams. 'Cause back in the day, FSU had trouble with Furman ..losing to them twice, tied Citadel 0-0 in 1960, GSU held the Gay-tors to a 28-10 game, and even the lowliest of the SoCon teams, VMI beat them in the 1950's.

As for App State, they beat U.S. Car a couple seasons after they stomped a 52-12 mudhole in the Gay-tors butts.

What do the Gators have to do with all of this?

[89Hen]

I'd have waited for the movie to tank first before issuing the statement. God it looks awful.
:nod: I'd have to agree with that. The original was on last night and I don't see this one being half as good. Every clip and preview I've seen and heard looks horrible. All of Chris Rock's lines are pitiful. :(

[GannonFan]

The thing is, outside of IAA circles and the geographic area around Boone, where Appalachian St is fairly well respected, most people wouldn't even know there's a school named Appalachian St and if it was they would think it was a joke. No smack intended towards ASU, and being in the IAA circle I greatly respect them, but the name, to someone not in the know, does sound funny. Hey, appreciate the free press - I always liked the Delaware jibe they had in Wayne's World - you gotta be able to laugh at yourself too.

[Saint3333]

I like the original and it will be hard to come close to it, but I'm all for a hard-hitting football movie with two of the top 10 comedians going today.

I don't mind the comment at all, it gets ASU's name out there, not bad pub.

I also like the Chancellor standing up for the school and if Sandler shows up for a game even better (I doubt it though).

[blackfordpu]

I'd have waited for the movie to tank first before issuing the statement. God it looks awful.

I like the App St. AD jumping on it quickly in a way, but I don't think it's worth it. If the movie is a success, then by all means jump on it. If not, who cares? Did North Texas ans complain when Necessary Roughness came out? No, since the movie sucked.

What are you talking about? Necessary Roughness was an instant classic that was hosed by the Academy when awards time came around. ;) :) :p :D :nod:

[arkstfan]

I'd have waited for the movie to tank first before issuing the statement. God it looks awful.

I like the App St. AD jumping on it quickly in a way, but I don't think it's worth it. If the movie is a success, then by all means jump on it. If not, who cares? Did North Texas ans complain when Necessary Roughness came out? No, since the movie sucked.

Complain? Heck no they got money for renting Fouts Field to them and the producers gave them all the football gear they bought for the film after it was over. I've been told they used the jerseys in practice for quite awhile.

[arkstfan]

Now for complaining, you should have heard Arkansas fans after the trailer for Man of the House came out featuring the Longhorn doing a take-down on the Razorback mascot.

[Eaglegus2]

When the original version was being shot at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Ga. I lived about 15 miles from the prison, I was a corrections officer there. Everyone around this area was just buzzing with all the excitement of the actors being in town. I actually liked Eddie Albert better than Burt. Mr. Albert was the nicest person. Bernadette Peters, she was a looker!!!! A lot of the officers actually worked in the movie. I will never forget the excitement when the producers decided to let Spider (inmate barber) play in the movie. He was blown away. Now Burt was a little taken. An armed robber and murder. So funny. The cheerleaders were actually female impersonators from the a section of the prison called L-Building. YES!!!! They were gay.

I will go and watch Adam Sandler's version. I guess it will be just as entertaining.

[Ivytalk]

Today's Wall Street Journal review was generally negative and said the original had more "charm" and less violence.

[Pen Guin]

The original was a terrible movie as well ... although the loss of Caretaker brought water to my eyes. So how could a remake be any worse? ... maybe I shouldn't say anything, it's an Adam Sandler movie.


From South Park:

Producer: Watch this: AWESOM-O, given the current trends of the movie-going public can you come up with an idea for a movie that will break a hundred million box office?
Cartman: Um... okay. How about this: [the staffers take pen to paper and anticipate the ideas] Adam Sandler is like, in love with some girl, but then it turns out that the girl is actually a ...golden retriever, or something.
Staffer 2: [thinking over this idea, then write it down] Oh, perfect!
Staffer 3: We'll call it "Puppy Love"!
Staffer 2: Give us another movie idea, AWESOM-O!
Mitch: Yeah yeah!
Staffer 3: Let's hear it!

[chattanoogamocs]

...the irony of the two films is that the original was a "vehicle" for Burt Reynolds to be "Burt Reynolds" (at the time, anything he did would do well at the box office).

...and 30 some odd years later, the remake is pretty much the same...a "vehicle" for Adam Sandler to be "Adam Sandler".

Neither actor would probably be confused as a "thespian". :rolleyes:
(though Sandler did get good reviews for his serious turns Punch Drunk Love and Spanglish)

for the comment earlier about it being almost scene for scene the same....I thought that was why they called it a "remake" ;)

2005 = less charm and more violence...sounds like a summer box office winner to me!

[chattanoogamocs]

I actually liked Eddie Albert better than Burt. Mr. Albert was the nicest person.

Sad news, I just saw in NBC Nightly News that Eddie Albert past away today at age 99 :(

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-05-27-albert-obit_x.htm

http://www.maggiore.net/greenacres/images/anim_douglas_small.gif

[SoCon48]

ThOm, in my infuriation, I dumbed up and meant the Semiholes of FSU, and not the Gators of Flori-dah. At least I didn't mix them up with the Rattlers of FA&M.

[SoCon48]

The comment about no one outside the geographic area around Boone not knowing there is a school named Appalachian.
Could be true because there are very uninformed people everywhere. ASU has alumni many times over from every state in the Union and 60 or 70 foreign countries. Florida (every county in Florida is represented), Georgia, etc and many northern states have always been extremely well represented on the ASU campus every year going back 30 or 40 years.

When I worked on master's in Pennsylvania, I never ran in to anyone who had not heard of ASU and didn't know something about it.

ASU football has been or will have played at full stadiums at Hawaii, Wyoming, Auburn, U South Carolina (80K), LSU (90K), Kansas, NC State, ECU, Marshall, Ball State, Bosie State (not packed lol), Clemson, Wake Forest (21 times), Montana, Virgina Tech, U of North Carolina, Southern Miss, etc etc. Not to mention TV sports coverage of those games and countless others.
Do the math.

Also, at one time, Appalachian was rated with the likes of Columbia University's school of education as one of the top two or three in the nation in the fields of teaching and school administration. It's accounting dept in rated among the very top in the nation.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

I was suppose to see it tonight, but all 12 showings of it here at the Cinamark in Scranton were sold out. Obviously people aren't buying the reviews. I go to maybe 2 movies a year in the theatre, it has to be somethin to catch my attention. No matter what the reviews say i think it'll be funny. Some people take life and other things way to seriously. If it's anything closely related to Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Water Boy or even the Wedding Singer it'll be decent.

[SoCon48]

How can it lose, when it's a remake of a movie that has already been a clsssic success?

[rokamortis]

Did you see the Psycho remake?

[griz37]

Are I-AA fans the most over sensitive people in the world or what? Every time a I-AA school is mentioned in anything but the most flattering, praising light, people freak out. It is a joke people. If FSU played ASU the next 10 years the would probably whoop up on em at least 8 of those times. Jeez if that was Montana in the movie I would be happy as hell we were getting national pub!

[SoCon48]

Didn't like the original Psycho that much either. Naked-woman-in-the shower scene kind of lost its uniqueness in the 30 year interim, too.
Original Hitchcock movies in B&W are in a class by themselves. e.g. Birds. Nobody could come close to that classic.

Rok, come to think of it, though, Burt seems much more like a QB than Adam Sandler. Sandler-more like a slapstick QB. Thus, those who have NOT seen the original will likely enjoy this re-make much more??? :confused:

[rokamortis]

I was just saying that a remake of a classic does not equal a hit or even a good move.

I liked the first Longest Yard but don't hold a lot of affection for it. I expect this one to be decent but probably not a very memorable one. but we'll see.

[SoCon48]

I don't think it will be nearly as good either, but with the same script and some decent athletes and actors, it should get some good audience (not critics of course) reviews.

[eaglefan452]

Are I-AA fans the most over sensitive people in the world or what? Every time a I-AA school is mentioned in anything but the most flattering, praising light, people freak out.


That does seem to be true sometimes. There definitely seems to be some sort of inferiority complex with some I-AA fans.

[Grizo406]

Are I-AA fans the most over sensitive people in the world or what? Every time a I-AA school is mentioned in anything but the most flattering, praising light, people freak out.

I'll have to agree.

Why can't the rest of the I-AA fans have thick skin like the Griz fans do? ;)

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That does seem to be true sometimes. There definitely seems to be some sort of inferiority complex with some I-AA fans.Being called cupcakes/D-II/little league etc. does tend to rile I-AA fans.

Remember our conversation about this last year GaSU fans?
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/sec/2004_Pages/SEC_schedule.htm
"Considering Georgia has national title hopes...
Cupcake
Georgia Southern"

[eaglefan452]

I don't like hearing I-AA being referred to as any of those things either, but I know the quality of football that teams in I-AA play, or at least are capable of. Don't you think that fans of D-II teams hate to hear what a shame it is that a I-AA team has to beat up on a D-II team? It is all relative.

[chattanoogamocs]

DeMatteo on Guard Team in 'Longest Yard' (T-FP)
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by Barry Courter, Chattanooga Times Free Press
(published May 27, 2005, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

<Former All-America receiver Cos DeMatteo (1998-2001), a member of the Chattanooga Times Free Press UC/UTC All-Century Football Team, earned a part in the recently-released movie "The Longest Yard.">

If you're planning to see "The Longest Yard" remake starring Adam Sandler, keep an ey out for No. 29 on the guards' team.

UTC football fans might be able to recognize the player as Cos DeMatteo, the former Moc standout.

DeMatteo entered UTC in 1997 as a quarterback but moved to receiver after a knee injury.

He is currently a receiver/linebacker with the Nashville Kats Arena Football League team.

Full Article:
p197.ezboard.com/fmoctalkfrm3.showMessage?topicID=1932.topic (http://p197.ezboard.com/fmoctalkfrm3.showMessage?topicID=1932.topic)

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DeMatteo on Guard Team in 'Longest Yard'I had just put that up on the Lounge board. :)
http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1211