Screw BU chant confusion

[BigRedIslander '03]

Just FYI...the BU band in 4 years now of me going to games there as a grad student hasn't played that "Go BU" cheer. Perhaps they gave up on it b/c of the "Screw BU?"

[Beeeej]

[quote BigRedIslander '03]Just FYI...the BU band in 4 years now of me going to games there as a grad student hasn't played that "Go BU" cheer. Perhaps they gave up on it b/c of the "Screw BU?"[/quote]

I doubt it, but even if they don't play it, our band will.  Frequently, I'd imagine.

[billhoward]

If the Cornellians down on the ice have rehearsed special situations as well as we have here, Cornell should prevail.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote BigRedIslander '03]Just FYI...the BU band in 4 years now of me going to games there as a grad student hasn't played that "Go BU" cheer. Perhaps they gave up on it b/c of the "Screw BU?"[/quote]
In one way this is too bad.  

To really do the cheer properly (and historically correctly), the little ditty should be played by the BU band, not the Cornell band, as a BU cheer, and then the Cornell crowd should drown out the BU crowd's "Go BU" with "Screw BU."  But, I suppose, if the BU band no longer does the little ditty, someone else will have to...

[BigRedIslander '03]

yeah just about everything the BU band does not has to do with saying BC sucks or drinking, or some stupid dance. I'm very happy to see be able to see greta college hockey every week but their cheers leave something to be desired

[jtwcornell91]

[quote BigRedIslander '03]Just FYI...the BU band in 4 years now of me going to games there as a grad student hasn't played that "Go BU" cheer. Perhaps they gave up on it b/c of the "Screw BU?"[/quote]

I have some vague memory of a story (told before previous Cornell-BU games) that the "Go BU" cheer had morphed into some sort of vulgar thing about BC, and the BU administration had forbidden them to play it.

I'm happy having our cheers led by our own band, myself.

[Oat]

someone else came up with that during the game last night and I liked it.

But I think our short "Screw BU" is good. It allows us to just really focus hard on screwing BU.

[Rob NH]

[quote jtwcornell91]I have some vague memory of a story (told before previous Cornell-BU games) that the "Go BU" cheer had morphed into some sort of vulgar thing about BC, and the BU administration had forbidden them to play it.[/quote]
It went from
"Go BU!"
to
"Go BU! Beat BC!"
to
"Go BU! Fuck BC!"
and then
"Go BU! Fuck BC, they suck dick!"
before they finally killed the tune off.