Colgate's Band

[Chips \'03]

Really DeltaOne!
It's much more appropriate to refer to Paul as a crustacean of your choice. Preferably a lobster or crawdad. He gets testy when people forget about his thick exoskeleton and pincers and start waving things near his feelers. Oh, and he screams like a girl when you boil him.

[jy3]

wow was this a long thread. a few things here...
i was at that game in 2000 also. i just want to point out that i think the reason people were hurling personal insults at you was because of the "jump" on the tuba. if i remember correctly around that time someone had actually jumped. that event plus the fact that some cornell students see the whole suicide in the gorges fascination as unsubstantiated as well as a sore spot --> personal insults. i am not saying that hurling personal insults is a good thing at all. i remember that time as being quite crazy and that both crowds were going back and forth saying all sorts of things. there may have been an injury before the personal insult that i think the 'gate crowd did not react appropriately to. but i may be inventing my own memories here. i am glad that things have gotten more civilized since

it is a shame that the 'gate pep band won't be attending the game saturday.

see you all tomorrow. have a good day and stay safe in the snow.

[Ana]

Wow!  Go Paul!  I know how annoying something like that can be...

And correct me if I'm wrong, but...a Cornell fan just *asked* Colgate to come up with something insulting to yell or play at Cornell?  I don't know about anyone else, but that just made my day!

Ana

[bigggreddd77]

IT'S REPLY NUMBER 107...AND COLGATE STILL CAN'T SCORE!!!!

Holy crap...this thread is crazy...when/where was this Beirut game played?  Sorry...I just couldn't bear to read every frivolous Colgate bandies response to get the full history....

[CowbellGuy]

Ana wrote:

...that just made my day!

Doesn't take much, does it?

[DeltaOne81]

Ana,

Yup, that's right... we have no problems with people coming up with insults about us or the players - so long as their not obsene or ridiculously rude. Of course, expect us to come back in the same spirit, it's part of the fun. It's what people a college hockey fan is all about. We can give it, and we can take it. Seeing as you said you're a freshman, I'm gonna guess you haven't quite caught on to the spirit of college hockey fandom yet... well, welcome to the club!

Can't wait for tomorrow night...

[Josh '99]

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:

Yup, that's right... we have no problems with people coming up with insults about us or the players - so long as their not obsene or ridiculously rude.

Exactly.  Did Silversides cut that ugly-ass mullet of his yet?

[tall aggie lad]

Marty and I went to the same high school

my condolences marty

[Rico]

The Beirut game took place at the grand and glorious meeting of the bands the weekend of RPI/Union, when Colgate and Cornell partied with RPI. Then the next morning our hosts made us pancakes. Hell yeah.

[Scersk]

There are a few really good things about the current Colgate band:

1)  They exist.  Back in my day, they didn't, or at least I don't remember them existing.  Now that I think of it, there was a pathetic little band one time when we went to Hamilton.  In any case, going to Hamilton was like playing in an almost empty refrigerator that hadn't been opened in six months; it was very cold and there were lots of rotten apples--whiny, tennis-ball-throwing kids, drunken frat boys screaming "Play taps, Cornell, play taps!" and other general malcontents.  Games at Colgate *have* to be much more entertaining now.

2)  They actually partied with the current Cornell band.  Now, if the current screaming freshman hotheads can chill and learn from their elders, everyone may realize just how precious this is.  I think I went to two parties with other bands during my time at Cornell:  at Clarkson a couple of us had a great time, maybe twice--in fact, one of those parties may have been one of the best college parties I've ever attended; at Dartmouth we drank up a storm in one of their frats, were introduced to "Conno," and immediately drank said introducers under the table.  (A very familiar sound to that story...)  The only other place we stayed was RPI, once, and it ended up with a bunch of us sitting in a dorm room watching porn without the soundtrack (it was garbled by scrambling) and adding our own dialogue.  Clarkson, despite overtures from our band the next couple of years, decided it was all-important to stay at the Wonderland--why?--in Ithaca and party by themselves--I guess their current leadership had their heads up their asses--and Dartmouth never materialized again.

3)  They aren't Harvard.  Can anyone even imagine hanging out with the Harvard band?  I thought so.  Now, Brown might be interesting--pot, anyone?

Here's my advice to the current membership of both bands:  party as much as possible with each other, because, when you're around other pep bandies, no matter what "flavor" they may be, you're amongst people that might actually understand you.  Enjoy what you have, build more bridges, and drink some beer together.  Spread the love.

[Brian Deerr '04]

Rico wrote:

[Q] First of all, I chose a section at random to call sketchy.. I would've picked bones, but I know there are only a handful of you. So I thought something like percussion would be a little more humorous. Our percussionists are sketchy. [/Q]
Hey now...in defense of my section, I would like to point out that perhaps Rico is just jealous that the drummers here at Cornell tend to be among the most talented, hardest working, and of course, most attractive members of the band.

Brian

[Chinaman]

Brian's Right. I am hot, not not. Where's da beer?

[Section A]

is this the longest thread...ever?

[JNB]

Damn straight, Scersk.  I still contend that a rivalry on the ice (or field, or court) is healthy, and should be pursued.  But, as I've said before, I'd be happy to sit down and have a beer with any of you bandies (except one guy, but that has nothing to do with his school, he was just a d*ck).  I hope we get the opportunity again, and soon.

But for the moment, the whole campus here is getting pumped for a great game tomorrow, regardless of the actual outcome.  It's gonna be a loud one, folks.

[Josh '99]

Brian Deerr '04 wrote:

... and of course, most attractive members of the band.

I guess you're basing that on the 12-year-olds that were hitting on you in Worcester?  :-))