amusing army comments

[billhoward]

Amazing how the climate on campus changed in a generation. Imagine an eLynah of the late 1960s urging civility toward a visiting Army team.

A lot of the good cheers / signs are going to be too complex to use. "Wrong game, wrong place, wrong time" is too long and too subtle for a cheer. Interesting sign but it also sounds as if Cornell chose the wrong opponent.

Everyone who goes to the penalty box, you could cheer, "See you later, Eisenhower."

Have to save some energy for Sacred Heart on Saturday.

[A-19]

this pc garbage is getting ridiculous
everywhere you go, you have to sidestep over your words because you might offend someone's delicate and unique sensibilities.
there is clearly a difference between some amusing political-military comment and saying something like "wow after you lose, have fun in iraq," which is pretty assenine.

anyone too stupid to understand the wrong war kerry comment has had their head up their ass for the last 4 weeks and is probably not a cornell caliber student.

i'd love to see someone ask the goalie if he has a military-industrial complex

-mike

[Will]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:

i'd love to see someone ask the goalie if he has a military-industrial complex
[/q]

Actually, that's funny, and I don't think inappropriate at all.  Mind if I steal that tonight?

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:
 this pc garbage is getting ridiculous
everywhere you go, you have to sidestep over your words because you might offend someone's delicate and unique sensibilities.[/q]
I'm impressed to see the "PC" label applied to something that involves offending principles sacred to the right.  Can we also use the same term to refer to people who get offended at people yelling "RED" during the national anthem?  I'm sure Larry Winer would love to be referred to as politically correct.  ::laugh::

For my part, I have to say I'm surprised there wasn't a sanctimonious uproar over the "Doug Murray: Weapon of Mass Destruction" sign at the ECACs last year.

[puff]

Ok, maybe i didn't express my opinion in the right way, or maybe i was misunderstood....
This is the stuff i don't agree with:

[Q]Facetimer Wrote:

Besides, these guys could use the practice, if they get upset because some elitist bastard yells something at a hockey game, I don't want them in Iraq.  Lynah is hostile, but it is no Iraq.  Consider this combat training.[/q]

[Q]sockralex Wrote:

 How about a combination of a couple of cheers:

Giuliani called, he said: It's all your fault.

[1010wins.com][/q]


BUT, i do agree with things like this:

[Q]sockralex Wrote:

Support our troops! Send their hockey team home. or Send their sieve to the bench.[/q]


Knowing how the faithful can get sometimes, i just dont' want things to get to the point where it crosses the line. Like this EXTREME example that came to my head:
 (as the sieve can't block a shot)
"The pucks won't hit you, but the bullets will" or one of the many variations that can be made to that effect.

I'm just saying, we can be cleaver, we can be tactful, but i think we need to show them some respect for what they (the Army as a whole) are doing for us by not taking any cheap shots.

[A-19]

i agree, clever but tactful. there's a big difference there betwen that and worrying so much about offending them that you are afraid to say anything. these are army boys; they bear the whole hellish college experience of a cadet, i think they can take a few offhand comments.

something like "you can't defend the net, how are you going to defend the country" is more than i would say personally. but there are SO many possibilities for clever cheering that it's foolish to rule them out.

what does navy say at army-navy games?

anybody can take anything they want that i mentioned- i will be in ithaca 1 weekend (H/B) this season, so i'd love to see this stuff go used.

mike

[Petunia LiCicero \'95]

According to Cornell's website, Cornell is 14-16-1 all-time vs Army.
According to Army's website, Army is 17-13-1 all-time vs Cornell.
How does this happen?

[jeh25]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 Amazing how the climate on campus changed in a generation. Imagine an eLynah of the late 1960s urging civility toward a visiting Army team.
[/q]

Maybe because students of today had uncles and fathers that were spit on and reviled, or at best were shunned and marginalized, just for having had the shitty luck to get drafted.

And ignoring the PTSD, alcoholism, chronic unemployment and resultant mental health issues that followed was an utterly shameful period in American history. Maybe not smallpox blanket or Japanese internment shameful, but shameful nonetheless. Work in a VA hospital like I did, and you'll never look at a vet the same way again.

Tonight, the only  political sign that is appropriate for tonight is a very simple one: "USMA: Thank you."

I think we should also thank Jordan, and Noah, and Lynch, and Ruthie, and Tess. Come home safe. Our thoughts are with you.

[KeithK]

[q]Tonight, the only political sign that is appropriate for tonight is a very simple one: "USMA: Thank you."[/q]I think a sign like that would get the point across that it's the skaters on the ice, while they are on the ice, that we're rooting against.

[Bahnstorm]

If some jackass facetimer makes some off color "cheer" involving the armed services I would hope the adjoining Lynah Faithful would give them a beat down and throw them out instead of smiling awkwardly or joining in the "cheer".

There are a lot of people coming to the game who aren't reading this thread and might not be as intelligent as all you fine posters. A little self-policing may in order.

Evan '02

[jy3]

http://www.uscho.com/m/ec/?data=preview
according to USCHO...
"Elsewhere in Ivy land, No. 14 Cornell, with 20 players returning, hosts Army (0-2-1, 0-1-1 AH) and Sacred Heart (3-1-0, 3-0-0 AH). The Black Knights from West Point lead the all-time series, which began in the 1906-07 season."

if you are so motivated you can go to tbrw and look at each year and total the records...I am not so motivated

I remember seeing somewhere the record vs. every team for CU but I cannot remember where. It should be in the program for this weekend for Army and Sacred Heart at least

[Give My Regards]

Maybe more people read this thread than we might've thought... there was a nice litle "U-S-A" cheer during the post-game handshake.

[billhoward]

[Q]Petunia LiCicero '95 Wrote:

 According to Cornell's website, Cornell is 14-16-1 all-time vs Army.
According to Army's website, Army is 17-13-1 all-time vs Cornell.
How does this happen?
[/q]

You mean, like a victory overrun? This would not be the first time in history the army has overstated its capabilities.