So you may know the more famous taglines for universities, ("Roll Tide," "Hotty Toddy," "Go Bucks," "Go Cats," etc.) If you are a student at bowling green state university, you know how important "talons up" is; talons up is a way of life, a bloodline for all BGSU students, THE secret handshake known by Falcons near and far. It is our mating call and a forever fight song.
These are a few reasons that BGSU students say "talons up."
1. Carillon has mac and cheese
2. You have to wear brown and orange in the same outfit
3. Your tears turned to ice
4. The line for Starbucks isn’t too bad
5. You actually found a spot in lot 12
6. Fire alarms went off again
7. I’m dying on the inside help
8. The monthly tornado drill at 10 a.m. on Saturday
9. The line for pasta is short
10. Someone on a longboard almost hit you
11. Freddy and Frieda are in the union
12. There's no parking anywhere
13. You got a parking ticket
14. You just passed a tour group for the 5th time that day
15. You needed a caption for an Instagram picture
16. Falcon Outfitters isn't selling any grey sweatshirts (they're all orange)
17. You dare step out of your hall onto the campus of swirling winds
18. SecureBG wifi isn’t working
19. You're failing Math 99
20. You shuttled with the same driver three times today
21. The water treatment plant stinks again
22. Toledo is the worst school in America
23. You're three hours away from BG but you see someone wearing brown and orange
24. There’s a shuttle close by
25. You don't know what to do with your hands in a picture
26. Its above 28 degrees
27. There's an open chair on the second floor of the union
28. The dryers are available after you wash your clothes
29. When class is canceled
30. My friends will use their meal plan on me
31. Your plans didn't fall through
32. There is a sale (anywhere)
33. Your "total fail" of a grade only turns out to be a "half fail"
34. If you agree with what someone is saying ("Aye, talons up, my dude")
35. You're literally just excited
36. You messed up the motions to Ay Ziggy Zoomba
37. You're pretending to be on the phone to walk past a campus booth
38. You tripped down the s tairs at education
39. Outtakes is out of nuggets
40. Avoiding eye contact with people at union tables
41. when your roommate has a boy over
42. Bible Bob is on campus again
43. You're 53 dollars under your Falcon dollars budget
44. Outtakes has good swipe food
45. Your package said delivered 3 days ago but it still hasn't shown up
46. "hey"
47. Building hoping to avoid the cold
48. Driving to Perrysburg for chick fil a
49. When your football team loses another game
50. The spirit rock was painted again
51. Living in Kreischer
52. The simple existence of Sundial
53. Seeing a puppy for the first time in days
And remember — Roll along, my fellow Falcons.
