2008 Woodie Awards
When playing Long Island beer pong, 10 red or blue Dixie cups are arranged on each side of a table (or any long, flat surface) in a pyramid formation. Each side uses three beers to fill its cups. Teams consisting of two players try to throw or bounce the ball into the other side's cups, and when they're successful their opponents alternate downing the contents. Teams can play defense by "swatting" once the ball hits some surface, whether it's the table, the rim of a cup or even a person.
Teams "re-rack" the cups into new pyramids when there are six left and into a diamond when four are left. When three cups are left, they are arranged in a triangle, and when two are left, they are lined up one behind the other.
When a team hits its opponent's last cup, there is a chance for a "rebuttal," which works kind of like a spelling bee. The team can only save itself from a loss if each player is able to hit a cup and win the balls back. If not, the team loses and must drink the last cup and whatever beer is left in the cups of the winning team. The losers are then escorted from the table in shame, and the next team steps up to challenge the winners.
In terms of defense, one of the age-old debates is the use of the "blowing" technique. When a ball is thrown and begins spinning rapidly around the rim of the cup before landing in the beer, a player can try to literally blow the ball up and out of the cup. Depending on house rules, blowing is either strictly forbidden or permitted as long as the defender is female.
In an extremely poorly phrased question, the Hatchet asked Peterson and his brothers if girls can "blow" according to Sigma Nu house rules. Peterson laughed and said, "That's always legal at my table."
At Penn State University, only girls blow, but everyone gets to toast at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house. PSU Junior Mark Giangioreano, social chair of Phi Kappa Theta, said his fraternity plays 12-cup with two pyramids of six and a "center cup" in between the pyramids.
Teams "re-rack" the cups into new pyramids when there are six left and into a diamond when four are left. When three cups are left, they are arranged in a triangle, and when two are left, they are lined up one behind the other.
When a team hits its opponent's last cup, there is a chance for a "rebuttal," which works kind of like a spelling bee. The team can only save itself from a loss if each player is able to hit a cup and win the balls back. If not, the team loses and must drink the last cup and whatever beer is left in the cups of the winning team. The losers are then escorted from the table in shame, and the next team steps up to challenge the winners.
In terms of defense, one of the age-old debates is the use of the "blowing" technique. When a ball is thrown and begins spinning rapidly around the rim of the cup before landing in the beer, a player can try to literally blow the ball up and out of the cup. Depending on house rules, blowing is either strictly forbidden or permitted as long as the defender is female.
In an extremely poorly phrased question, the Hatchet asked Peterson and his brothers if girls can "blow" according to Sigma Nu house rules. Peterson laughed and said, "That's always legal at my table."
At Penn State University, only girls blow, but everyone gets to toast at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house. PSU Junior Mark Giangioreano, social chair of Phi Kappa Theta, said his fraternity plays 12-cup with two pyramids of six and a "center cup" in between the pyramids.
