Yost

[ninian '72]

Nice article in today's USA Today on Yost. It devotes a lot of attention to the fans and atmosphere and expectedly fails to appreciate who showed them the ropes.

[redice]

The players said the crowd ignited them. It really was like the crowd willed them to win."

I remember the times when that used to happened in Ithaca.   I can recall several instances, in close games, someone in our group would say:   "hey, let's get these guys a goal!"   The yelling would begin (usually LGR), work its way around Lynah, getting louder all the time.   Then, on came the red light!!   Honestly, it didn't work every time.   But, it sure did change the game!!

The playoffs are here.   The team needs an emotional boost.   Wouldn't be nice if the Lynah Faithful "willed them to win"?    

This has to start by getting to each game early.    That means being in/on your seat when the team comes out for warm-ups.

And, stay loud!!   Don't just cheer the good things.  Yell proactively to inspire the team.  

And, last but not least, never again let it be said about the Lynah Faithful:  they (that would be DC, this weekend) took the Cornell crowd out of the game.   That happened far too many times this season.

[RichH]

[quote redice]

The players said the crowd ignited them. It really was like the crowd willed them to win."

I remember the times when that used to happened in Ithaca.   I can recall several instances, in close games, someone in our group would say:   "hey, let's get these guys a goal!"   The yelling would begin (usually LGR), work its way around Lynah, getting louder all the time.   Then, on came the red light!!   Honestly, it didn't work every time.   But, it sure did change the game!!

The playoffs are here.   The team needs an emotional boost.   Wouldn't be nice if the Lynah Faithful "willed them to win"?    

This has to start by getting to each game early.    That means being in/on your seat when the team comes out for warm-ups.

And, stay loud!!   Don't just cheer the good things.  Yell proactively to inspire the team.  

And, last but not least, never again let it be said about the Lynah Faithful:  they (that would be DC, this weekend) took the Cornell crowd out of the game.   That happened far too many times this season.[/quote]

You beat me to it, redice.  Great point.  I can think of at least 3-4 instances of this exact phenomenon.  Whether it was real or not, there was that feeling that by getting loud, sustained, noise at a crucial part of the game, we played a part in getting a big win.  It was a crescendo effect, capped off by an explosion.  The players seemed to feed of the energy.  And that noise could be started by anything... a big hit, an important kill of a penalty, or something completely unexpected.  Everybody would get into it.  It's an instictive trait of Lynah Dynamics.  

When it happened, there was no begging "townies up."  That side knew when it was happening and what to do.  Similarly, chanting "townies up" for every single game, especially for  6-0 blowouts is kind of stale, tired, and meaningless now.  It's a chore.  The townies are knowlegable.  They know when they're needed on their feet.

Along that vein, I again quote the article:

[quote USAToday]Yost faithful are knowledgeable fans who will do anything to get their Wolverines an edge. "If we don't bring it in the first period, the crowd will let us know, 'Hey, wake up,' " Summers says. "It's not just the student section. It's the entire arena."[/quote]

That's how it had been done in Ithaca.  Now, maybe after the years of great success, when the fans see something less than acceptable, they just sit there, sulking.  Or stunned that CU is playing that way.  It's the old "took the crowd out of the game" syndrome, as redice said.  If anything, shouts should rain down when a wake up call is needed.

[RichH]

[quote ninian '72]Nice article in today's USA Today on Yost. It devotes a lot of attention to the fans and atmosphere and expectedly fails to appreciate who showed them the ropes.[/quote]

For those relatively new folks around here, what ninian is referencing is a popular true story that Michigan & Yost fans stole just about all their cheers from the visiting Cornell fans at the 1991 NCAA QFs.  Generally, CU fans over at USCHO inject that tidbit when people crow about how great Yost's cheers are.

http://umich.edu/~mrev/archives/1998/12-9-98/pg15b.htm

also, buried near the bottom of this page is an article from the Ann Arbor paper about the connection:

"Our program was coming but when we played Cornell, our building just changed," Berenson said. "The Cornell fans brought a lot of theior chants and their tradition to this building. From then on our crowd has taken off."

[oceanst41]

One of my favorite (and loudest) games I was in attendance for was a matchup in '03-'04 against Brown and 2004 Hobey finalist (;-)) Danis. Cornell was down 3-1 coming into the 3rd, and you could tell the crowd knew Cornell was going to have to have one of its best periods to get a point out of the game. Right away they had a big opportunity with a carry over powerplay, which they scored on. For the rest of the game the crowd was buzzing, and nearly blew the roof off when Moulson tied the game up with under 5 to go. The crowd, and maybe a little bit of Cornell's intensity, was able to spur on a 20-4 shot advantage during the 3rd and OT. One of the most satisfying games to walk out of even though it was only a tie.

[redice]

[quote RichH]

When it happened, there was no begging "townies up."  That side knew when it was happening and what to do.  Similarly, chanting "townies up" for every single game, especially for  6-0 blowouts is kind of stale, tired, and meaningless now.  It's a chore.  The townies are knowlegable.  They know when they're needed on their feet.[/quote]

Don't get me started on that "townies up" crap!!!

My wife has health issues that make prolonged standing a problem for her.   So, because the people in front of us mindlessly stand up....because they are told to stand, my wife rarely gets to see the final moments of home games.

Not to mention the fact that it's ridiculous to think that we "more mature" folks, who have forgotten more about hockey than many the 18-22 year olds on the other side of the ice will ever know, need to be told when to stand.    As you wrote Rich, "the townies are knowledgeable."  End of rant..  ::moon::

[Jim Hyla]

[quote redice][quote RichH]

When it happened, there was no begging "townies up."  That side knew when it was happening and what to do.  Similarly, chanting "townies up" for every single game, especially for  6-0 blowouts is kind of stale, tired, and meaningless now.  It's a chore.  The townies are knowlegable.  They know when they're needed on their feet.[/quote]

Don't get me started on that "townies up" crap!!!

My wife has health issues that make prolonged standing a problem for her.   So, because the people in front of us mindlessly stand up....because they are told to stand, my wife rarely gets to see the final moments of home games.

Not to mention the fact that it's ridiculous to think that we "more mature" folks, who have forgotten more about hockey than many the 18-22 year olds on the other side of the ice will ever know, need to be told when to stand.    As you wrote Rich, "the townies are knowledgeable."  End of rant..  ::moon::[/quote]

Seconded.

[DisplacedCornellian]

[quote redice]

Now get off my lawn!

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FYP.

Sorry.  I see (and agree with) your point, but...I couldn't resist.

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[Give My Regards]

[quote RichH]For those relatively new folks around here, what ninian is referencing is a popular true story that Michigan & Yost fans stole just about all their cheers from the visiting Cornell fans at the 1991 NCAA QFs.[/quote]

It should probably be pointed out that this was a bit of a two-way street... "Aaaaaaaaahhh, SEE-YAH" came to Lynah with those same Cornell fans from the '91 series at Michigan.

[RichH]

[quote Give My Regards][quote RichH]For those relatively new folks around here, what ninian is referencing is a popular true story that Michigan & Yost fans stole just about all their cheers from the visiting Cornell fans at the 1991 NCAA QFs.[/quote]

It should probably be pointed out that this was a bit of a two-way street... "Aaaaaaaaahhh, SEE-YAH" came to Lynah with those same Cornell fans from the '91 series at Michigan.[/quote]

Absolutely, and I did have that fact in my post originally, but deleted it for succinctness.  However:

1) They stole THAT from Duke basketball.

2) We bring back one cheer, and they take EVERYTHING ELSE...hardly equitable.  ;-)

For a cheer evolutionist, it is pretty interesting to see how each fanbase altered the cheers from that singular departure point.  Independently, the "see ya" cheer had tags added onto it by both...at UM it got to the point where the admin tried to stop that cheer altogether due to the string of obscenities (including former Colgate forward Wildfong) added on.  The goal count-off at Michigan has to be initiated by the band screaming "ready!" etc. etc.

[Josh '99]

[quote RichH]For a cheer evolutionist, it is pretty interesting to see how each fanbase altered the cheers from that singular departure point.  Independently, the "see ya" cheer had tags added onto it by both...at UM it got to the point where the admin tried to stop that cheer altogether due to the string of obscenities (including former Colgate forward Wildfong) added on.  The goal count-off at Michigan has to be initiated by the band screaming "ready!" etc. etc.[/quote]Dan Wildfong update, (possibly) final edition:

It appears that Wildfong decided to hang 'em up last summer.  In eight seasons with the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (current team of Dan Pegoraro), Wildfong racked up an amazing 1,970 penalty minutes (plus another 319 over the course of seven trips to the playoffs) to go with 192 goals and 302 assists.  Not a bad career for the fourth or fifth best player from a mediocre Colgate team.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Regarding stolen cheers, nothing is new under the sun.

We stole "Winning Team, Losing Team" from NoDak at the 1980 NCAAs and the newspapers during introductions from the University of Scranton basketball fans.

All I can say is keep doing it and new traditions will be created.

[Beeeej]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Regarding stolen cheers, nothing is new under the sun.

We stole "Winning Team, Losing Team" from NoDak at the 1980 NCAAs and the newspapers during introductions from the University of Scranton basketball fans.

All I can say is keep doing it and new traditions will be created.[/quote]

...and the "black hole" cheer, sad as it may be to admit it, from Hahvahd.  Though they did it differently, IIRC - they would yell, "Hey, Cory, you're not a goalie, you're a sieve!" then stop... as much as a minute later, they'd do, "Hey, Cory, you're not a sieve, you're a funnel!" then stop... etc.

I know, it's hard to believe Hahvahd hockey fans ever cared about the game nearly enough to have an organized goalie-snubbing cheer.

[ugarte]

[quote Beeeej]...and the "black hole" cheer, sad as it may be to admit it, from Hahvahd.  Though they did it differently, IIRC - they would yell, "Hey, Cory, you're not a goalie, you're a sieve!" then stop... as much as a minute later, they'd do, "Hey, Cory, you're not a sieve, you're a funnel!" then stop... etc.
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I guess we can stop complaining about the new kids speeding up the cheers now. j/k - the kids speeding up cheers now are totally wrong and are ruining my good time.

[Rich S]

[quote Beeeej][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Regarding stolen cheers, nothing is new under the sun.

[/quote]

...and the "black hole" cheer, sad as it may be to admit it, from Hahvahd.  Though they did it differently, IIRC - they would yell, "Hey, Cory, you're not a goalie, you're a sieve!" then stop... as much as a minute later, they'd do, "Hey, Cory, you're not a sieve, you're a funnel!" then stop... etc.

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Sorry Beeeeej,

We were doing the "goalie...sieve...funnel" cheer at least as far back as Fall '70 at Clarkson.  Could well be that it was done years prior to that as well.