# Quidditch on college campuses **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881 "2011-07-21T17:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/1 "2011-07-21T17:35:53Z")
Pretty amazing that it’s taken hold like this: [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo\_gallery/1107/quidditch.college.campus/content.1.html](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1107/quidditch.college.campus/content.1.html) ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/2 "2011-07-21T17:41:29Z")
Is it sad that I’m wondering through all those pics how the snitch works? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/3 "2011-07-21T17:53:13Z")
OK, other than the ridiculousness of running with a piece of wood between your legs, I think the inherent problem with Quidditch is that it’s a ridiculous game with ridiculous rules that’s been hashed out already in about a billion threads. Oh, and I’m idlly wondering how many of these players would beat up any LARPers they saw on their way back to the dorms. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/4 "2011-07-21T18:12:11Z")
So, is that dude in the yellow shirt and yellow shorts the snitch? He doesn’t have a broom. I think College Kids like to play silly games in general. When I was an undergraduate my floormates often partook of a rousing game of Freeze Tag. Or was it Vampire Freeze Tag. Something silly though presumably fun. And these particular college kids grew up reading Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/5 "2011-07-21T18:22:37Z")
Of course Wiki has an article!: [Quidditch (real-life sport) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggle_quidditch) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/6 "2011-07-21T20:29:34Z")
Ball State has a Quiddich team and I’m considering pretty seriously about joining it. Seems like a good run and if nothing else seems like an interesting story to tell. If this thread is alive or if anyone has any interest I’ll be sure to let everyone know how it is. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/7 "2011-07-21T20:41:49Z")
I see those guys on campus sometime. They are squares ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/8 "2011-07-21T21:00:49Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I see those guys on campus sometime. They are squares You’re majoring in Latin and watch laser disks. You greatest aspiration is to be that cool. :D:cool: ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/9 "2011-07-21T21:08:00Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > If this thread is alive or if anyone has any interest I’ll be sure to let everyone know how it is. Ask the Snitch? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/10 "2011-07-21T22:33:10Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I see those guys on campus sometime. They are squares I would probably agree..which makes me want to join all the more…and here’s why. I am by no means an athlete, but I am fairly athletic. I can run fast, I’m lanky, and competitive as all hell so I feel that if I am on a Quiddich team I can friggin dominate. I’ll throw the quaffle around and score more goals than ever, I’ll bludger the opposing team to death, or I’ll be the best damn goalkeeper the Quiddich league has ever seen. Again…we will see. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/11 "2011-07-22T02:48:53Z")
Spelling nitpick: It’s “Quidditch.” ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/12 "2011-07-23T05:47:07Z")
Those are the most homoerotic and phallic photos I’ve ever seen. They look more like they were taken for _The Onion_. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/13 "2011-07-23T20:25:22Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Oh, and I’m idlly wondering how many of these players would beat up any LARPers they saw on their way back to the dorms. Yeah, I bet the college Quidditch-playing set is stomping all kinds of ass on campus. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quidditch-on-college-campuses/589881/14 "2011-07-23T20:38:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Spelling nitpick: It’s “Quidditch.” Is that Latin for ‘phallic’? I foresee a tragicomic incident when somebody bends over to pick up their pocket pack of sharpies. “One in a million, Doc!”