Quiet crowd

[CowbellGuy]

Well, we attempted to start a student hockey association last year, but there seemed to be a lack of interest or desire from students and the founding members.

[BCrespi]

[Q]Pace Wrote:

 I agree, many in D do tend to get a little hyper on the tempo of the clapping and songs. But remember, we're further from the band, we're also blocked off from it by a wall of noise that is section B. Add to this a few intrinsically tempo-challenged people in D, and the result is that all one can hear in D is the fast tempo. But the guys and I are working on calming D down a little. With luck, we might also stop them taking the keys out half way through third.[/q]

Anybody else find it funny that your name is "Pace" and you're working on tempo?  Sorry, in a weird mood...must be the snow.

[aznxjz]

I too thought the "Who's your Daddy!" chant was a bit risky, for those of you who are superstitous, but I still laughed/chanted it.  For the harvard game, the cheers were louding in the beginning than at the end, partially due to fatigue and partially due to some nail-biting.  The game against {color} was ok, but I think most people were tired after friday night....though the crowd did become invigorated by the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th goals.

Being in B, row 3 is great, but I was at the top of B last year and I feel it was a little more exciting last year.  But there are a lot of new fans in B, and we should give them a chance.  Most of them don't know the older cheers (I loved the Bâby song), but hopefully we can get some new ones.

The only problems I have is when people start shouting "it's friday night and you can't score" when there's 10 minutes left in the 3rd.  Also, people always bring out their keys waaaay too early.  Other than that, this is gonna be a great year at lynah!

[Beeeej]

[Q]aznxjz Wrote:
Also, people always bring out their keys waaaay too early.[/q]
Y'know, when I started hearing keys on Saturday night, I was ready to start getting curmudgeonly, as is my right now as an official Old Fart.  But then I realized that we had a four-goal lead with less than three minutes left, and reached for my own keys...

...only to have it become a five-goal lead.  Whee!

Beeeej

[BCrespi]

[Q]Section A Banshee Wrote:

 Sometimes I just feel like shutting up and watching the game.

Additionally, I've noticed a lot of people near me who try to yell solo or start up a non-traditional chant that often don't project their voices very well, so it doesn't catch on and nobody notices.  Time for some vocal coaches.[/q]


Yeah, my friends and I have been doing our best, but we sit directly in front of the band, so I don't know how well we project.  I did the "Give me a Pass...PASS...Give me a Pass...PASS...Give me a Pass...PASS...Welcome to Brown!"  Could anybody hear?

Regardless, so pumped for this season.

[A-19]

we did hear the "pass" cheer. i was amused, after our "gimme an a" the night before.

[sockralex]

[Q]BCrespi Wrote:


Yeah, my friends and I have been doing our best, but we sit directly in front of the band, so I don't know how well we project.  I did the "Give me a Pass...PASS...Give me a Pass...PASS...Give me a Pass...PASS...Welcome to Brown!"  Could anybody hear?

Regardless, so pumped for this season.[/q]

I am a few rows in front so I heard that really well.  Were you doing the "RUNS" cheer too?

[BCrespi]

No. That's dumb.

[MB]

[Q]At least he was there. The idiots next to us are usually hard-pressed to make it to more than half of any given game. For Harvard, they showed up for about 2/3 of the second period, left at the end and came back for a bit of the third, though they didn't stay long. It gets better. For Brown, they showed up (I shit you not) when Cornell scored their last goal (2:44 left) and could quite bring themselves to stay til the end. I'm sure everyone who couldn't get a ticket this year is delighted to hear that.[/Q]

Oh quite.  I wasn't able to get a ticket this year through the line, but was able to get one for A (thank you Age).  I'm actually right in front of these guys, and not only do they show up for about five minutes, they don't even pay attention to the game.  They use it as a social hour to discuss anything and everything not hockey, which annoys the hell out of me.

[Bio '04]

I don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but The Crimson writers must have been amused enough with the signs at the bottom of A to include it in the paper:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=504359

(And about the Color/University cheer, from my seat in O, I thought people were saying Toilet/University)

[CowbellGuy]

Hey, I'll give you one guess as to who that was. (And it wasn't me)

[A-19]

Ok, now hold on.

I read the Crimson article; it's unclear which section the writer was sitting in.

I think he may have used a bit of journalistic creativity though. As I mentioned, I was sitting in O (where Reese's parents were, I understand). I was not wearing a "fuck harvard" shirt, and was not drinking from a flask. I did not see a single person in O with a "fuck harvard" shirt either.

But I did say, "There is no wrong way to eat Reese," "Conserve Watters, keep him on the bench," and "Hyphen, I have been WATCHING cornell hockey for 5 years and have not seen a goalie choke more against us than you."

So did the writer create a stereotypical Cornell fan around various things he heard and saw, or did somebody else have some similar cheers?

-Mike

[nnn]

like i said before.. section B is not as loud this year...

[nyc94]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:
But I did say, "There is no wrong way to eat Reese," "Conserve Watters, keep him on the bench," and "Hyphen, I have been WATCHING cornell hockey for 5 years and have not seen a goalie choke more against us than you."
[/q]

The loudest guy in Section O, which I'll assume was you, clearly said "watching Cornell hockey".  If I were you I would write a brief email to David H. Stearns or his editor.

[Pace]

Brian,

It's amusing, but not that much. Btw, you lived on the 2nd floor of Jameson your freshman year, no?