Funny opposing fans at games

[Trotsky]

1985 ECAC Tourney in the old Boston Garden..   We happened to be sitting very near the students that year.

When the RPI mascot skated onto the ice (it was some strange thing that looked like a bumble-bee), I thought to myself: "what the fuck is that?"   Soon, the kids were chanting: "what the fuck is that?" over & over!

It was as if they were reading my mind (I know, a short story)....   On the way home, whenever I lol'ed, my wife said: "I know what you're thinking about".

Also chanted, "Squash that bug!"

But the best chant from that year was the final when Mike Adessa (RPI) and Bill Cleary (Harvard) were the opposing coaches.






There was still a very large Cornell crowd after our Consolation win over Clarkson.  We started early in the first period pointing at Cleary and yelling YOUR COACH IS BALD!!!  A few minutes later it was to RPI, YOUR COACH IS FAT!!!

By the second period we would just point back and forth between the benches, like "goalie, sieve," but just with "BALD!  FAT!  BALD!  FAT!"  We were sitting down near the Boston media and the Globe were reporters were looking back over the crowd laughing.  And one them was saying to his buddy, "Jesus Christ, they're not even playing."

That was the finest Faithful moment I've ever witnessed and it probably has something to do with why I'm still addicted.


Of course, they got the last laugh.  Adessa won the National Championship that year, Cleary won it four years later, and we are still waiting.

[French Rage]

U-H-N!  Anyone remember this from the (gosh I'm old) 2002 NCAAs in Worcester, MA?  New Hampshire fans had their "UNH" signs in the wrong order.

Oh, yeah, I definitely remember that... I'm the guy who waited until the "U! H! N!" chanting died down, leaving a perfect moment of silence, then yelled, "HEY! DID YOU GET SIX CREDITS FOR THAT ART PROJECT??"

...of which, unbeknownst to me, my future wife took notice.

http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,29623,29739#msg-29739

So this is not Cornell, but at a women's bball game between Stanford and Tennessee a Tennessee fan had a whiteboard sign saying "Napa bike ridders for Tennessee".  The student section spent the entire first half yelling "What's a rid-der?!" in her direction before she got the hint at halftime.  But she just crossed out the extra D with a slash through it rather than re-writing it or crossing it out more fully; this *was* a whiteboard, mind you.

[marty]

1985 ECAC Tourney in the old Boston Garden..   We happened to be sitting very near the students that year.

When the RPI mascot skated onto the ice (it was some strange thing that looked like a bumble-bee), I thought to myself: "what the fuck is that?"   Soon, the kids were chanting: "what the fuck is that?" over & over!

It was as if they were reading my mind (I know, a short story)....   On the way home, whenever I lol'ed, my wife said: "I know what you're thinking about".

Also chanted, "Squash that bug!"

[Trotsky]

1985 ECAC Tourney in the old Boston Garden..   We happened to be sitting very near the students that year.

When the RPI mascot skated onto the ice (it was some strange thing that looked like a bumble-bee), I thought to myself: "what the fuck is that?"

I believe it was the (singular?) Swarm.

God bless the internet.

[scoop85]

1985 ECAC Tourney in the old Boston Garden..   We happened to be sitting very near the students that year.

When the RPI mascot skated onto the ice (it was some strange thing that looked like a bumble-bee), I thought to myself: "what the fuck is that?"   Soon, the kids were chanting: "what the fuck is that?" over & over!

It was as if they were reading my mind (I know, a short story)....   On the way home, whenever I lol'ed, my wife said: "I know what you're thinking about".

Also chanted, "Squash that bug!"

But the best chant from that year was the final when Mike Adessa (RPI) and Bill Cleary (Harvard) were the opposing coaches.






There was still a very large Cornell crowd after our Consolation win over Clarkson.  We started early in the first period pointing at Cleary and yelling YOUR COACH IS BALD!!!  A few minutes later it was to RPI, YOUR COACH IS FAT!!!

By the second period we would just point back and forth between the benches, like "goalie, sieve," but just with "BALD!  FAT!  BALD!  FAT!"  We were sitting down near the Boston media and the Globe were reporters were looking back over the crowd laughing.  And one them was saying to his buddy, "Jesus Christ, they're not even playing."

That was the finest Faithful moment I've ever witnessed and it probably has something to do with why I'm still addicted.


Of course, they got the last laugh.  Adessa won the National Championship that year, Cleary won it four years later, and we are still waiting.

I too remember from RPI's NC season in '85 the game at Lynah when not only did we have a robust "YOUR COACH IS FAT" chant, but we also serenaded the large RPI contingent with "YOU LIVE IN TROY".

[Trotsky]

I too remember from RPI's NC season in '85 the game at Lynah when not only did we have a robust "YOUR COACH IS FAT" chant, but we also serenaded the large RPI contingent with "YOU LIVE IN TROY".

The thing I remember about that 35-2-1 RPI team is:

1. We played them even in Ithaca and damn near beat them.

2. We were on powerplay against them at the Garden in the SF.  They won the faceoff and never lost possession until they killed it.  I've never seen that before or since.

That was the best team I've seen live.

[scoop85]

I too remember from RPI's NC season in '85 the game at Lynah when not only did we have a robust "YOUR COACH IS FAT" chant, but we also serenaded the large RPI contingent with "YOU LIVE IN TROY".

The thing I remember about that 35-2-1 RPI team is:

1. We played them even in Ithaca and damn near beat them.

2. We were on powerplay against them at the Garden in the SF.  They won the faceoff and never lost possession until they killed it.  I've never seen that before or since.

That was the best team I've seen live.

Yeah, I didn't remember a lot of the specifics of the game at Lynah, but knew we only lost by one. Only upon seeing the box score did I realize they scored 2 goals late to deny our upset bid; shots were virtually even, so the final score seems an accurate reflection of my memory that we played them toe-to-toe.

[adamw]

There was still a very large Cornell crowd after our Consolation win over Clarkson.  We started early in the first period pointing at Cleary and yelling YOUR COACH IS BALD!!!  A few minutes later it was to RPI, YOUR COACH IS FAT!!!

By the second period we would just point back and forth between the benches, like "goalie, sieve," but just with "BALD!  FAT!  BALD!  FAT!"  We were sitting down near the Boston media and the Globe were reporters were looking back over the crowd laughing.  And one them was saying to his buddy, "Jesus Christ, they're not even playing."

That was the finest Faithful moment I've ever witnessed and it probably has something to do with why I'm still addicted.

Of course, they got the last laugh.  Adessa won the National Championship that year, Cleary won it four years later, and we are still waiting.

That moment was recently recounted by Joe Bertagna in his farewell piece for CHN

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/02/12_Final-Minute-of-Play.php

(about halfway down, after the image)

[redice]

I too remember from RPI's NC season in '85 the game at Lynah when not only did we have a robust "YOUR COACH IS FAT" chant, but we also serenaded the large RPI contingent with "YOU LIVE IN TROY".

One of my favs is "Troy is a slum!"

[Trotsky]

I too remember from RPI's NC season in '85 the game at Lynah when not only did we have a robust "YOUR COACH IS FAT" chant, but we also serenaded the large RPI contingent with "YOU LIVE IN TROY".

One of my favs is "Troy is a slum!"

I recall it as "Troy is a sump!"

[ursusminor]

I never understood the comments from opposing fans about Troy. Very few RPI students actually live there, and we have a similar opinion about it ourselves.

As to Adessa being fat, Shafer isn't exactly svelte although he has lost weight.

[redice]

One of my favs is "Troy is a slum!"

I recall it as "Troy is a sump!"

What?   Nobody else has any recollections to settle this "slum"  vs  "sump" discussion?

[osorojo]

A long time ago, in the Harkness days, my wife-to-be and I were seated in the east end of Lynah. We noticed some bozos sitting two rows behind us had smuggled in two big packages. We figured it was beer, but were disabused of this conclusion when shortly after the opening drop of the puck a god-awful loud "HONK!!!" blasted the back of our heads. A car battery and a truck horn had been smuggled in. These brutal HONKS! continued, and at the most unpredictable times - like line changes. This fool would park the horn beside him, bell facing up when not in use. After an exciting play I looked back to see if another deafening honk was on the way, just in tine to see a guy in the row behind the horn jerk pour a bunch of beer out of his can into the upraised horn. I watched out of the corner of my eye. Just moments later the horn blower touched wire to battery and a most peculiar stifled moan came out of the horn, then silence. Others had been waiting for this wet horn blowing and were overjoyed. I think Cornell won, but the horn-drowning was the high point of the game.

[djk26]

U-H-N!  Anyone remember this from the (gosh I'm old) 2002 NCAAs in Worcester, MA?  New Hampshire fans had their "UNH" signs in the wrong order.

Oh, yeah, I definitely remember that... I'm the guy who waited until the "U! H! N!" chanting died down, leaving a perfect moment of silence, then yelled, "HEY! DID YOU GET SIX CREDITS FOR THAT ART PROJECT??"


http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,29623,29739#msg-29739

That game was my senior year...I remember Cornell beating Quinnipiac like Q was a D-III hockey school and then going toe to toe with New Hampshire in the next game.  UNH winning that game (and then eliminating Cornell in the Frozen Four the next year) has cemented my New Hampshire animus.

After the New Hampshire game in 2002, their fans (who outnumbered Cornell fans 10-1) started chanting "See you later!" at the leaving Cornell fans. I thought was "CU later" like they were making fun of our school name and I was not amused, since we just lost.  We, being "creative" fans, responded by chanting "UHN!"  One particular UNH hick responded, "That's (the UHN chant) all you got--we're going to St. Paul (site of the Frozen Four that year) and you're going home!"  To which my friend responded, "Yeah, and you'll pump my gas!"

Yeah, Cornell fans can be assholes sometimes, too.  I still thought it was funny. ::burnout::

Cornell's winning percentage since the end of the 2002-2003 season: .633   UNH during the same time: .546    Yes, I'm petty.

[jtwcornell91]

One of my faves was at the 1981 Championship.  Clarkson was up on Providence 3-1 with about a minute left.  Many of the Clarkson fans assumed it was over and left before the game ended.  But...PC pulled their goalie twice and wound up scoring two goals in the last minute, then won it in OT.  The Clarkson fans showed up in the third period of the consy expecting to watch their team in the finals.  They were rather dismayed to find that their season was just about over.  It's the only time I've ever seen a team pull their goalie twice in the last minute, score twice, and win the game in OT.

Didn't BU do that to Miami in the 2009 National Championship game?