Cornell-RIT postgame

[Will]

[quote Josh '99][quote KP '06]I sure hope this team gets its act together before MSG.[/quote]On the bright side, BU is a mess too - they're 0-4-1 to start the season, including a loss to Robert Morris.[/quote]

So it'll be boys playing with boys at Madison Square Garden?  Great. ::rolleyes::

[oceanst41]

That'll be some "Red Hot Hockey" alright ;-)

[Trotsky]

[quote Will]So it'll be boys playing with boys at Madison Square Garden? [/quote]Gutterson.

[Chris '03]

[quote Doug '08]It seems that in general the Cornell fanbase is deteriorating.  [/quote]

I think it's called being a senior. After the point in your freshman year when you figure out all the cheers, it's strictly downhill from there.

Though I am disappointed that it seems there haven't been any real loud mouths in the band in a while.

[Scersk '97]

[quote Chris '03][quote Doug '08]It seems that in general the Cornell fanbase is deteriorating.  [/quote]

I think it's called being a senior. After the point in your freshman year when you figure out all the cheers, it's strictly downhill from there.

Though I am disappointed that it seems there haven't been any real loud mouths in the band in a while.[/quote]

Second.

[CowbellGuy]

http://elf.elynah.com/stats4/

Since the last time I lost the logs in March 2006, anyway. I'm using Google Analytics now, but there's only about a month of data in there so far.

Some of the old reports are still up.
2/2/04-2/2/06 http://elf.elynah.com/stats/

[CowbellGuy]

[RichH]

Heh.  I like the Lax bump of 06-07.

[Lauren '06]

[quote Scersk '97][quote Chris '03][quote Doug '08]It seems that in general the Cornell fanbase is deteriorating.  [/quote]

I think it's called being a senior. After the point in your freshman year when you figure out all the cheers, it's strictly downhill from there.

Though I am disappointed that it seems there haven't been any real loud mouths in the band in a while.[/quote]

Second.[/quote]
I think now it's difficult to be the one to man up and yell in open silence when there aren't any upperclassmen doing it already, especially if you're just learning the game.

And no one projects quite like Chris.

[je08]

[quote Section A Banshee][quote Scersk '97][quote Chris '03][quote Doug '08]It seems that in general the Cornell fanbase is deteriorating.  [/quote]

I think it's called being a senior. After the point in your freshman year when you figure out all the cheers, it's strictly downhill from there.

Though I am disappointed that it seems there haven't been any real loud mouths in the band in a while.[/quote]

Second.[/quote]
I think now it's difficult to be the one to man up and yell in open silence when there aren't any upperclassmen doing it already, especially if you're just learning the game.

And no one projects quite like Chris.[/quote]

Not gonna lie, there aren't many loud mouths in the band anymore.  But I would like to think that it is partially attributable to the tightening up of the rink staff over my four years here and particularly the pressure from athletics to keep the band - athletics' crowd representative at home and away events - as PG as possible.  

Another factor is the new design of Lynah with a platform over section A where rink staff members gather.  It seems like they are watching us more than the game.  Individuals (myself included) just don't want to be singled out, no matter how safe his/her comment may seem.  

Also, now that the visiting team's locker room is closer to section O, the visiting team doesn't gather outside near the bottom of section A before warm-ups and periods to listen to our insults anymore.

-Jordan
Fall '07 Pep Band Conductor

[Josh '99]

To be fair, it's not like being loud and obnoxious is just the band's responsibility.  Other folks in A and B (and also D and E as well, but if I had to guess I'd say that people down at that end are less likely to rely on the band to generate noise) need to bring some cough drops and some water, step up and take one (sore throat) for the team.  If nobody is taking advantage of the sweet spot right about in the 4th or 5th row of A, that's really a shame.

[Cactus12]

I agree. I graduated this past spring (07), and would have to say that the 06-07 season really showed a decline in the interest of fans. Here's my analysis of fanbase 07-12:

07- I think that some of the now graduated class of 07 "left" with Moulson. It may not always win hockey games, but a star whose name floats around the dorms can bring out fans. Senior year and an esp. mediocre team also eliminates the semi-interested mid-season. But we're gone anyway, so not really relevant.

08- Probably some of the better fans right now, saw the 05 and 06 tourney runs. Should know the cheers etc. Maybe some loss of interest after last season

09- Were possibly excluded from the pretty good 05-06 season because they were freshmen (esp. due to the stampede fiasco) First year of really having tickets, knowing the cheers was their sophomore year, 06-07, a lackluster season.

10,11 - Likely disheartened, unmotivated due to last year's performance, lack of hype from upperclassmen



I guess what I'm getting at is that 3 very successful years (03,05,06) built up a strong base that would be quite hard to sustain among people who aren't obsessed with hockey (aka not reading this) with current team performance. The fans left in the class of 08 are really riding the tail end of that good run.

[Scersk '97]

Well, I was reasonably PG my freshman year ("What are you, ten?"), went a bit blue my sophomore year, and then, as many did at Schafer's behest, cleaned up my language for my junior and senior years.  You know what?  I was on some sort of double-secret Athletics "blacklist" my whole time at Cornell but, guess what, never got kicked out of a game.  Keep it clean, but keep it confrontational, especially when on the road.  Never let the Man keep you down.

Honestly, Andy Noel's antics regarding the crowd over the last few years would make me so angry that I'd try to get kicked out, using at all times the most benign language possible.  Then I'd raise holy hell.  I do think that overzealous policing is having an effect on the crowd, though--count on that idiot, puritan wrestler not to understand Lynah at all.

[Trotsky]

[quote Scersk '97]count on that idiot, puritan wrestler not to understand Lynah at all.[/quote]Maybe, but it gets pretty disheartening when the only sound you hear from the crowd between band numbers is "SUCKS!"  If we eliminated that cheer completely from the repertoir, then at least people might rack their brains a little to think of something, I dunno, original?  Funny?

The crowd is like the team... no way to judge them until we hit the late January stride.  The last few seasons the crowd's been lame, but as somebody pointed out its cylical and more than anything else it follows winning.

[ninian '72]

BU was swept last weekend by a Michigan squad with 12 freshmen and 2 seniors. Other things being equal, age and inexperience shouldn't be the problem in this game.