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[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote George Carlin]I used to work at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, but I got fired for saying "shit" in a town where the big game is called "craps."  There's some kind-of double standard.  They got rich Texans out in the casino goin' "Aw shit! I crapped!"


They fired me.

Shit.

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[jtwcornell91]

[quote billhoward]Can we set a timer to bring back this thread in 2014 and see what McKay Hatch is up to then? Maybe he's due for a breakout season around. A bunch of my in-laws are born again and say "shoot" a lot. It's just like the spoken form of writing "sh*t." I think it's a greater skill to control your emotions than do approved word-substitutions.[/quote]

The Sci-Fi channel is having a promotion with the word "frak" in the name.  Which is kind of shocking if you substitute the word it clearly stands for in the BSG universe.

[pat]

[quote Beeeej]When I first started watching Cornell hockey, the PA announcer would mark the end of an unsuccessful Cornell power play with "[Opponent] returns to full strength."  The Lynah Faithful would follow that with a loud, synchronized, "And they still suck!"  Even when a successful Cornell penalty kill ended, he would announce, "Cornell returns to full strength," and we would follow that with a loud, synchronized, "And [opponent] still sucks!"

Those announcements stopped in early 1990s - and I've noticed they don't do it in most other arenas, either.  I always assumed Cornell's Athletics Dept. stopped it because they didn't like the response.[/quote]

I think it used to be mandated; it's still in the game script for the IIHF. I've always assumed it was taken out because every team has above average awareness.

[RichH]

[quote pat][quote Beeeej]When I first started watching Cornell hockey, the PA announcer would mark the end of an unsuccessful Cornell power play with "[Opponent] returns to full strength."  The Lynah Faithful would follow that with a loud, synchronized, "And they still suck!"  Even when a successful Cornell penalty kill ended, he would announce, "Cornell returns to full strength," and we would follow that with a loud, synchronized, "And [opponent] still sucks!"

Those announcements stopped in early 1990s - and I've noticed they don't do it in most other arenas, either.  I always assumed Cornell's Athletics Dept. stopped it because they didn't like the response.[/quote]

I think it used to be mandated; it's still in the game script for the IIHF. I've always assumed it was taken out because every team has above average awareness.[/quote]

A handful of arenas still do it, or have restarted it.  I'm pretty sure that RPI had the PA announcement and I want to believe North Dakota did as well, but you can't hear any noise in that place anyway.  I can't remember if Union did or not because I try to purge my memory of anything related to that place every time I leave.  CU fans lead themselves in that cheer, and I heard it clearly once over RedCast this past weekend.

[Beeeej]

[quote RichH][quote pat][quote Beeeej]When I first started watching Cornell hockey, the PA announcer would mark the end of an unsuccessful Cornell power play with "[Opponent] returns to full strength."  The Lynah Faithful would follow that with a loud, synchronized, "And they still suck!"  Even when a successful Cornell penalty kill ended, he would announce, "Cornell returns to full strength," and we would follow that with a loud, synchronized, "And [opponent] still sucks!"

Those announcements stopped in early 1990s - and I've noticed they don't do it in most other arenas, either.  I always assumed Cornell's Athletics Dept. stopped it because they didn't like the response.[/quote]

I think it used to be mandated; it's still in the game script for the IIHF. I've always assumed it was taken out because every team has above average awareness.[/quote]

A handful of arenas still do it, or have restarted it.  I'm pretty sure that RPI had the PA announcement and I want to believe North Dakota did as well, but you can't hear any noise in that place anyway.  I can't remember if Union did or not because I try to purge my memory of anything related to that place every time I leave.  CU fans lead themselves in that cheer, and I heard it clearly once over RedCast this past weekend.[/quote]

Do you suppose Arthur would restart it if we promised to buy him a few drinks after the games?  :-)

[ACM]

[quote Beeeej]
Do you suppose Arthur would restart it if we promised to buy him a few drinks after the games?  :-)[/quote]

Not a chance. I don't take bribes. (Although I'm always open to anyone who wants to buy me a beer ...)

I stopped making the announcement because Laing Kennedy asked me to (and when the Director of Athletics asks you, in my position, it's not really a request ...). I wasn't terribly unhappy to give it up, either: the announcement isn't required by any rule or protocol I'm familiar with, and it's one less thing I have to pay attention to (and thereby run the risk of missing something more interesting or important).

Brent Brekke's whistle served the same purpose for many years, although now that Brent is gone, that's no longer the case. But you're still going to have to keep yourselves informed about manpower changes caused by players returning to play from the penalty box, because I'm not going to do it. These days, I see little enough of the game as is, so I'm not looking for more things to do.

[bernie]

they still do the announcement at denver games with the "and they still suck" from the fans

they were doing the full strength announcement at minnesota games as of a few years ago.  given that the follow-on fan cheer was "that's debatable", i'd imagine it's still going on.  "always were" is their response to gophers at full strength

[jtwcornell91]

[quote ACM]Brent Brekke's whistle served the same purpose for many years, although now that Brent is gone, that's no longer the case.[/quote]

There's always the goalie slapping his stick on the ice, amplified by the faithful yelling "SHUT UP!!!!" if it's the opposing goalie doing it.

[Robb]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ACM]Brent Brekke's whistle served the same purpose for many years, although now that Brent is gone, that's no longer the case.[/quote]

There's always the goalie slapping his stick on the ice, amplified by the faithful yelling "SHUT UP!!!!" if it's the opposing goalie doing it.[/quote]I noticed that Ben was quite "slap-happy" at the ends of penalties last weekend - has he always done that?  I'd never seen him in person (pretty sure), and didn't remember seeing it on the webcasts before.

[Josh '99]

[quote bernie]they were doing the full strength announcement at minnesota games as of a few years ago.  given that the follow-on fan cheer was "that's debatable", i'd imagine it's still going on.  "always were" is their response to gophers at full strength[/quote]For a good hockey team, the Gophers fans have some shitty cheers.

[mnagowski]

I actually kind of like 'that's debatable'. But then again, I also like the idea of a pumpkin on top of the clocktower.

[ugarte]

[quote Josh '99][quote bernie]they were doing the full strength announcement at minnesota games as of a few years ago.  given that the follow-on fan cheer was "that's debatable", i'd imagine it's still going on.  "always were" is their response to gophers at full strength[/quote]For a good hockey team, the Gophers fans have some shitty cheers.[/quote]
Do you have other evidence? Those are both great responses.

[Josh '99]

[quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][quote bernie]they were doing the full strength announcement at minnesota games as of a few years ago.  given that the follow-on fan cheer was "that's debatable", i'd imagine it's still going on.  "always were" is their response to gophers at full strength[/quote]For a good hockey team, the Gophers fans have some shitty cheers.[/quote]
Do you have other evidence? Those are both great responses.[/quote]I disagree, I think they're stupid and twee but that's probably what passes for humor in the Upper Midwest.  The only other thing I can think of is the "M-I-N-N-...  etc." thing that sounds like something a seven-year-old would come up with to prove he learned how to spell Minnesota.

[jkahn]

[quote bernie]they still do the announcement at denver games with the "and they still suck" from the fans

they were doing the full strength announcement at minnesota games as of a few years ago.  given that the follow-on fan cheer was "that's debatable", i'd imagine it's still going on.  "always were" is their response to gophers at full strength[/quote]
Wisconsin uses the "that's debatable" also.  I remember hearing it repeatedly at Green Bay and/or Milwaukee in '06 - not sure if the PA guys was making the announcement at both places.  However, I don't recall hearing it from the Gopher fans at Mariucci in '05.

[ugarte]

[quote Josh '99][quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][quote bernie]they were doing the full strength announcement at minnesota games as of a few years ago.  given that the follow-on fan cheer was "that's debatable", i'd imagine it's still going on.  "always were" is their response to gophers at full strength[/quote]For a good hockey team, the Gophers fans have some shitty cheers.[/quote]
Do you have other evidence? Those are both great responses.[/quote]I disagree, I think they're stupid and twee but that's probably what passes for humor in the Upper Midwest.  The only other thing I can think of is the "M-I-N-N-...  etc." thing that sounds like something a seven-year-old would come up with to prove he learned how to spell Minnesota.[/quote]
So "they still suck" is lamentably lost but "that's debatable" is stupid and twee. Got it.