Keys in a one-goal game

[CowbellGuy]

$2500

[crodger1]

That's pricey... perhaps we can make signs to hold up at games instead

Besides, for that kind of money you could run the elynah server for a couple months, instead.

[Will]

$2500?!  Okay, we'll all just have to be louder fans with what we deem to be the correct cheers, then. :-P

[A-19]

Author: Greg Berge '85
Date:   11-30-03 11:10

The moron doing the "Ivy team" cheer was clearly audible during Adam's recap. Embarassing. Hopefully the lad will either learn or, um, be assisted in learning, by the next game.
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what the hell does that have to do with jingling your keys? absolutely nothing. i clearly know the usual cheer, but since we can't win one home game, there's no reason to let mercyhurst feel good about themselves after that. this clearly makes me a facetimer, for having the creativity to actually say something. gimme a break.

mike 04



Post Edited (12-01-03 15:09)

[CowbellGuy]

For what it's worth, I was quite amused by it.

[A-19]

thanks age. i appreciate it.

[skijmpr]

I liked the idea someone came up with a while ago...of putting flyers (or maybe quartercards - saves some paper) on the seats through the student sections, with maybe some clarifications of the most frequently convoluted cheers, and a link to eLynah.com like what someone said above.  This probably wouldn't be very expensive...and at the very least would give people more ammo at the start of the game during the opposing team introductions :-P

On the matter of the 'see ya' cheer again... what if it were just shortened to 'Ahhhhhhhhh....SEE YA GOON!'  This way, we 1) eliminate the unnecessary vulgarity 2) make it abundantly obvious that the word 'lose' simply does not fit into the cheer (I'm sure after a few times of saying 'SEE YA LOSE' people would realize their folly), and 3) open the door for other creative variations.  I was at the Mercyhurst game Saturday night (quite possibly the only game I'll get to see at Lynah this season), and I'll admit it seemed rather awkward chanting 'SEE YA... {long pause} ...YOU GOON!

By the way, I was relieved that the band decided not to play Gary Glitter a 4th time after the timeout in OT.  ::snore::

[CowbellGuy]

I have it on good authority that when the Cornell Anaphoric Society put fliers on the seats in the student sections after the Clarkson key thing, a) rink people almost forced them to all be picked up after they were all put down because there was no permission to distribute them, and b) it was only met with derision as people tend not to like being told how to cheer...

[MikeT]

Hey, at least these folks are both present and yelling.

A few weeks ago when I was heading out to one of the games, a friend of mine who had season tickets last year asked me "what's the newspaper for?"

After giving him the "are you kidding?" look, I had to explain to him what we do with newspapers before games...  seems he didn't make it to a single game on time last year.

::shifty:: I guess he's still allowed to be my friend...    ;-)

[Greg Berge]

> what the hell does that have to do with jingling your keys? absolutely nothing.

It has to do with the fifth post on this thread, which was what I was responding to.  I'm not sure what your problem is, but reading appears to be part of it.

> Cornell Anaphoric Society

The outfit who annually puts the fliers down with all x (8?) verses of the alma mater, for which we should bless them -- I certainly need the reminder.

Far above the other singers,
In the treble clef,
A soprano sings in B flat,
But the key is F...[i/]



Post Edited (12-01-03 21:53)

[A-19]

Greg Berge '85 wrote:

> what the hell does that have to do with jingling your keys? absolutely nothing.

It has to do with the fifth post on this thread, which was what I was responding to.  I'm not sure what your problem is, but reading appears to be part of it.

i am quite capable of reading. the "ivy team" cheer is a complete non sequitor in regards to jingling keys with a minute left in a one goal game. i am not one of the idiots who took out keys, nor am i a facetimer. excuse me for trying to come up with some creativity. some of the alums are always bitching about how there is too much use of "____ SUCKS!" yet you get all pissy as soon as someone deviates from the norm with something new.

as to the initial criticism, the cheer demonstrates neither stupidity nor overconfidence. stupidity would have been doing the "winning team" cheer (which is reserved for the band anyway) at the end of the tie game and overconfidence would be doing it with a minute left in a one-goal game. if you're going to be a jerk, at least be able to back up what you say with a particular reason. if you have something more appropriate to say at the end of a tie or a loss, suggest it. or better yet, say it at a game, if you have the luxury to have tickets. otherwise, get off my back.



Post Edited (12-01-03 23:19)

[dss28]

For what it's worth, I've always loved the creative cheers... I'll never forget shouting "Good McRae!  Bad McRae!" at the Sacred Heart game my sophomore year (I think that was the game and the year), or the relentless taunting of the teeny BU player last year ("Is that 12, or 1/2?!"  "Mini Me!")...  I say keep the creative juices flowing.   ...just keep the keys hidden if it's a one-goal lead (which, by the way, I actually find it really funny that the crowd turned on those key-jinglers and told them it was their fault... in my opinion, that's another example of creative cheering.)

[Section A]

That "teeny BU player" (Zancanaro) also got a "SEE YA MIDGET, YOU GOON." Since there had been several Midget chants prior to his penalty, everyone was on the same page for the "See ya Midget" line.

[dss28]

::laugh::  This is why I miss being in Lynah SO much.

I'd forgotten about that -- and I was in Section B last year, too!

I remember when he got that penalty, a friend turned to me and said "He might get scared, being in there all by himself!"

[Will]

Making fun of Zancanaro was a ton of fun (and we got to do it for two games, too!).  Way on the other side of the rink (section F), we called him "Rudy" (as in the movie about the diminutive Notre Dame football player). :-D