The Polls...

[gtsully]

Oh, my bad.  It was kind of hard to see from where we were, but I thought they looked younger.  I must have been thinking of that 14-year old girl who was sitting behind me shrieking every time we started chanting "Let's go Red."

[Adam \'01]

I would definitely rank that in the top 5 funniest things I've seen at a Cornell game.  The thing that made it truly hillarious was that 300 of us all saw it and the people holding the signs remained clueless for at least half a period.  But hey, it made things exciting....I mean, at the QU game the day before, the most exciting thing that happened was when the slushy man came around with those delicious lemon ices....

Age, maybe you can put up a poll of 'funniest fan moments?'

Might suggest: a) UHN sign holders
                         b) Ugly sweater guy
                         c) Super Mom/JR's Mom
                         d) The Colgate pep band leader

Maybe put this open for nonimations in another thread and then do a poll of the top 5?  What do you all think?

[JohnnyB]

I would have to add Erasmo Sartarelli, old Princeton goalie, fully acknowleding the Cornell crowd.  First, as the crowd was chanting "Drink", he grabbed the waterbottle, brought it to his mouth, then shook his head and put it back.  Then, after several goals had been scored on him and the crowd was chanting, "MVP", him nodding his head in agreement.
Then there was the entire Weder incident.....

-J

[Ben Doyle 03]

Adam,

Are you refering the the Yale band leader??? He definitely seemed to be doin' his own thing over there in section O.:-)

[Ben Doyle 03]

edit: double post

[Will]

I feel stupid for asking this, but...what happened with the Colgate pep band leader?

[Adam \'01]

I don't know about the Yale guy, but feel free to nominate it.

The Colgate story is actually pretty mean.  There was a very overweight guy who was conducting the Colgate band a few years ago.  Sections A & B were all over him all night because of the way he conducted and such.  If Gary (Colgate '02) is reading this board (I know he posts here sometimes) he can fill us in with more details.
But now that I think about it, it was more spiteful/hurtful than funny and probably shouldn't even be discussed anymore.


But I am definitely still nominating Super Mom, JR's Mom, Ugly Sweater Guy, and the UHN sign holders.

[Will]

A & B were making fun of him just because he was a big guy?  Kind of mean, I guess, but the fans made fun of that short BU player as well a few weeks ago.  Maybe that was wrong too?  I don't know.  I wasn't there, so maybe I shouldn't criticize one way or the other.

[gtsully]

Yeah, the Colgate band leader was pretty bad.  I was in section A that year, and Colgate brought their whole band and was playing over chants and such from sections A and B.  I think the last straw was when they played over the tubas (not once, but twice - they moved over into section O after they were drowned out the first time).  Anyway, the conducter was a little on the portly side, and he did this weird little bouncing thing when he was conducting from the front of section O, which was funny and annoying at the same time.

Anyway, earlier in the game, the Colgate band chanted "Hey Cornell, we found Waldo!" a terribly unimaginative reference to the band's red and white striped shirts, and one of them actually spelled out "WHERE'S WALDO?" on his tuba.  So section A started a "Fatty ate Wal-do (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap)!" chant that brought the house down.  It was pretty funny at the time, but in hindsight, a little harsh.

But that wasn't even the best chant of the night.  Colgate was really good that year - I think they finished 2nd in the ECAC behind Clarkson - and they had beaten The Red the night before in Hamilton.  We ended up losing the home game 4-2, and also lost to them in the consolation game in Placid.  But as the game was going on and our band heckled their band, they started chanting things at us.  Section A brought their, um, "A" game that night, though, and always had a great response.

This was the season where they really tried to crack down on foul language and fish throwing and everything, so after we chanted "Section O sucks!" they came back with "Section A swallows!"  We, of course not being able to say "swallows" without being ejected, countered with "Kick them out!  Kick them out!"

When we chanted "Safety school," they came back with "SU-NY Cor-nell (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap)!" which we countered with "SU-NY re-jects (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap)!"

When they chanted "Score-board!" we chanted "Board scores!" - stuff like that.  Probably the most fun I've had at a loss (other than the UHN game).

But I can't beleive I forgot about JR's mom - that's up there with the UHN fans, I think...

[Will]

"SU-NY re-jects"...heh, that's gold. :-D

[Greg Berge]

> when they played over the tubas (not once, but twice - they moved over into section O after they were drowned out the first time).

Colgate started this a few years ago at the ECACs.  They've decided to take Swanee personally.  Nobody else in the ECAC seems to mind, but they've drawn their line in the sand or something.  I'm hoping it was just one particular class or conductor and it's over now.  It's self-defesating anyway, I've never seen the tubas play with such gusto or the Faithful do the cheers as well.

First rule of fandom: never, ever let someone know that a cheer bothers you.

[cquinn]

Several years back at a UVM game at Gutterson, the UVM student section started chanting, "Where's Waldo?"   The Cornell pep band chanted back, "With Your Mom!"    ::laugh::

[Alan]

North Dakota, after 16 total games, has yet to face four TUCs (considering St Cloud was TUC before this weekend). And there is no way that two teams from the third strongest confrence should be no. 1 and 2.

Following strength of schedule, there is no way that NoDak is mentioned in the same sentence. As Maine and Cornell, yet.

Maine should be the new #1 in both polls. After that, there is no telling what happens. It may be very mixed up, I wouldn't be surprised if Cornell slips all the way up to third. But, thats mostly just wishful thinking.

Either way, it is all based entirely on opinion and that don't win championships.

Just a thought, NoDak overrated? Maybe. We'll know better, once they have played a top caliber team, which, right now doesn't look to be till after new years!

[DeltaOne81]

So the Yale band leader was the one with the disturbingly rythmic hip movements, right? The ones so bad that you couldn't look away... kinda like a car crash?

[Ben Doyle 03]

EXACTLY! ::worry::