The Single Funniest Moment...

[Adam 04]

He didn't. I remember commenting to my father about that.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Midway through the final, the Minnesota fans start going "Spin your head!  Spin your head!" and in response Goldie the Gopher does a Linda Blair.  Right after that the fans start a different chant (I couldn't understand what they were saying though).  This time Goldie holds his head facing in one direction and spins his body beneath it.

Priceless.  Can we teach the bear that one?

JH

[Greenberg \'97]

Greg wrote:

... in Buffalo.

This may have been mentioned on another thread, by it deserves a place of honor all its own in the archive.

We had just been heckling UNH goalie Mike Ayers mercilessly, taunting him with all the usual (and some unusual) chants and jeers.  During the ensuing stoppage the jumbotron was scanning the crowd and stopped on a middle-aged, just plain folks looking woman, and held there.  After a moment, a caption came up noting that this was Ayers' mother.  And then the camera pulled slowly back, and the friend she had next to her was leaning into the picture, talking on a cell phone.

One of the most precious memories of being a member of the Faithful I'll ever have.

What makes that even funnier is the new Southwest "Wanna get away?" commercial that's been airing during the NHL playoffs.  Same idea, with the heckler shown on the jumbotron sitting right behind the hecklee's parents, who are announced as visiting from Russia.

Along similar lines, I was sitting one row in front of Jack Parker during the final.  Unfortunately, he had stepped out when they showed the StL-BU 4 OT game on the scoreboard, but I caught a glance at one of his party, who was just shaking her head.  After it was over, I commented, "Painful to watch that, isn't it?"

[RedJeff]

Was anyone as amused by the cheerleaders as I was?

[Greg Berge]

> Was anyone as amused by the cheerleaders as I was?

I would say fascinated, horrified, and a little turned on, but not amused.



Post Edited (04-14-03 21:02)

[DeltaOne81]

LOL Greg.

I was gonna say, depends on your definition of amused - with simultaneous :-D ,  ::twitch:: ,  ::nut:: , and  ::help:: (and probably more if I felt like scrolling through the full list)

[pat]

The second chant was "Spin your body!" This Goldy is easily the best mascot I've seen.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

To Cornell Athletics:

In caser you're getting ideas, we tried the idea of skating cheerleaders in 1981.  They got booed off the ice.  As it should be.

The faithful are nothing if not traditionalists.

JH

[schoaff]

Greenberg '97 wrote:

What makes that even funnier is the new Southwest "Wanna get away?" commercial that's been airing during the NHL playoffs. Same idea, with the heckler shown on the jumbotron sitting right behind the hecklee's parents, who are announced as visiting from Russia.

Heh, I haven't seen that commercial. Reminds me of my most chagrined moment at a Cornell event though. At some point in the late '80's our football team was playing one of those Patriot League schools we line up for OOC opponents every year. This particular team was a pretty mediocre team with an outstanding quarterback who was getting Heisman consideration and had just appeared in Sports Illustrated.

It was late in a close game, we were leading, they were driving and at about our 30. Their QB drops back to pass, one of our guys breaks through the line and starts chasing him down. A friend and I start shouting "Decapitate him! Decapitate him!" (Hey, we were students :-})

An older lady sitting in front of us turns around and says "Oh my goodness, no!"

Turns out we were sitting right behind the quarterbacks *grandmother*.  ::twitch::

(We quickly apologized for our youthful exuberance).

[CUlater]

Was that Frank Baur from Lafayette?

[ugarte]

Peter Schoaff wrote:It was late in a close game, we were leading, they were driving and at about our 30. Their QB drops back to pass, one of our guys breaks through the line and starts chasing him down. A friend and I start shouting "Decapitate him! Decapitate him!" (Hey, we were students :-})

An older lady sitting in front of us turns around and says "Oh my goodness, no!"

Turns out we were sitting right behind the quarterbacks *grandmother*.  ::twitch::

(We quickly apologized for our youthful exuberance).

Similar story. I was at a Yale game back in '96 ('97?) and my friend commented about all of the abuse being heaped on the players.  "What if their parents are here?," she asked.  "Not really an issue for us," I said, "all of our players are Canadian, so I don't expect that parents can make many road trips."

Rick Sacchetti's mom (Chelmsford, MA), who was sitting right next to me, tapped me on the shoulder and corrected me.

[Greg Berge]

When I was young, dumb, and full of you know what, Laing Kennedy was making an award presentation on the ice just after he had harrangued the crowd for using profanity during a game.  So, I booed him, for about 2 seconds, after which a middle aged but surprisingly attractive woman standing right behind me clubbed me right over the head, HARD, with her umbrella.  Turns out that was his wife.

I never got the chance to apologize to her, but if she's out there somewhere, I deserved it and thanks.

[KeithK]

Personally, I find these types of stories hilarious.  I remember being at a Yankees-White Sox game in old Comiskey back in 1990, sitting in comp seats.  I was screaming at Carlton Fisk for something or other when the person next to me whispers that his wife was sitting about ten feet away.  I think I toned down the abuse after that, but it still amuses me.

Also reminds me of the game at Brown back in 11/01.  If you've been to Meehan, you know that the walkways at the ends of the rink essentially hang over the ice so you can be almost on top of the goalie.  A couple of us decided to go heckle Brian Ecklund from that perch in the third period.  We were giving him hell when this little girl, couldn't be more than seven, comes over to us.  She starts screaming at us, telling us to stop yelling at her cousin.  We tried to be ignore her or placate her nicely, but what do you say to a seven year old?  She was on the verge of tears by the time she ran away.  I felt a little bad about it, but what are you going to do?

Greg, you probably did deserve that umbrella... :-D

[marty]

[Q]Greg, you probably did deserve that umbrella... [/Q]

And that little girl, if she ever hunts you down might give you a kick.

I was at Lynah in '96 sitting in the only seats available in that year before the sellouts became the norm.  There was a nice lady, a little older than me, in the crowd who seemed intensely interested in the game.  I did some listening and realized it was P.C. Drouin's mom.

A few weeks later I saw her at the concession stands in Albany and said, "Hello, Mrs. Drouin."  To say that she was taken aback by my greeting is understatement.  We had a nice conversation and I remember her description of the team to this day.  "A lot of heart."

There is something special in the families of the foreign student athletes.  Whether from Sweden, Austria, Canada or Australia it is quite a trip.  It adds a dimension to the game that grows and grows on me.  I liked my Canadian friends on the teams of the early 70's but I respect them even more now that 30 years have passed.



Post Edited (04-16-03 22:54)

[Greenberg \'97]

Marty'74 wrote:

I was at Lynah in '96 sitting in the only seats available in that year before the sellouts became the norm.  There was a nice lady, a little older than me, in the crowd who seemed intensely interested in the game.  I did some listening and realized it was P.C. Drouin's mom.

A few weeks later I saw her at the concession stands in Albany and said, "Hello, Mrs. Drouin."  To say that she was taken aback by my greeting is understatement.  We had a nice conversation and I remember her description of the team to this day.  "A lot of heart."

That story would have been funnier if you had been shouting "PC3" at him.