Quiet crowd

[A-19]

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=504359

[Killer]

Don't forget that Francoma put Pedro back into Game 7 and almost put the Yankees back into the game at the same time.  The crowd was revitalized and Pedro got rocked...all to new cheers of "Who's your daddy?"  Trust me, if Pedro stays with the Sox, he'll hear it when he goes to NY.  In fact, if he signs with anyone but the Yankees, he'll hear it.

[Sam]

The guy with the Harvard hat at the bottom of Section B was a high school friend of my buddy.  I ate dinner with them -- someone at dinner with us was wearing a "fuck harvard" shirt, white on red with thin type.  I hadn't seen it before.

I don't know if there's collaboration between the two, but they may well be averaging their experiences at Lynah.  The kid mentioned that he wrote for the Crimson, so it wouldn't be far fetched.

Also it's possible he didn't quite hear your last jeer correctly.  Or is it?  I'm not sure how far he was from you or how closely he was listening, maybe he misheard you?

If the article is based entirely on you, then it's worth writing in about to correct the blatantly fictional parts (the flask).  However, it may be based on a cross-section of fans condensed into one caricature of a Lynah fan.

Probably not worth taking too seriously.

[A-19]

i'm not offended by the article or anything, i assumed it was sort of a caricature/stereotype.  just don't like poor press writeups about cornell students, even those from a source such as the harvard crimson. not all cornell fans are drunk assholes, but this writer sure wants to make it seem that way. i presume the writer heard what he wanted to hear in order to rag on the hotel school and the faithful. and it's pretty obvious too that he wishes he had fans like us.

sam, your info cetainly did complete the picture though. with regard to that harvard fan in B, i'm not sure what he was thinking coming in with the hat on- it's kind of like going to a Philadelphia Eagles game with a Dallas jersey on in the nosebleed section. But I thought that it was pretty classless of the fans who took his hat away and threw it on the ice. I personally enjoy talking shit to the opposing players on the ice, and if some opposing team fan or parent wants to say something to me, i might respond. But we don't need to earn a reputation as proactively harrassing other fans, especially other than verbally.

Mike

[Jacob '06]

Brings back memories of brown at brown last year. Felt a little bad for that kid afterwards.

[A-19]

i didnt feel bad for that kid. if he didn't try to take on the entire section and throw shit at us and curse at us, no one would have bothered him

[sockralex]

Picking on that kid turned out to be the highlight of my evening.  Yes, I know I am an evil person, no need to point it out.   Although he was less annoying than the speciments that went into Cornell's section at Colgate last year.

[dss28]

[q]i didnt feel bad for that kid. if he didn't try to take on the entire section and throw shit at us and curse at us, no one would have bothered him[/q]
[q]Picking on that kid turned out to be the highlight of my evening. Yes, I know I am an evil person, no need to point it out. Although he was less annoying than the speciments that went into Cornell's section at Colgate last year.[/q]

Agreed on both accounts.

I did notice on Saturday that the crowd seemed "quiet," but I just attributed it to people paying attention to the game.  Maybe the "creative cheers" come and go in waves.

[Ack]

Whether or not the crowd is quieter than usual, at least eLynah isn't a place of bickering this year.

[billhoward]

You're referring to the article by David Stearns (stearns@fas.harvard.edu)? (The main hockey writer, Timothy McGinn, actually seems to know what he's talking about.)

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=504359

If Stearns wanted to make stuff up, why didn't he attend Cornell? It's us, not Harvard, where Clifford Irving (fake biography of Howard Hughes) chose to matriculate.

Harvard is not without its sports heroes this fall. Their water polo team is doing well, the Crimson noted in a lead article.

[ninian '72]

Responding to the Crimson sends two messages:

1. What Stearns wrote here matters.

2. He successfully got under your skin.  

You clearly got under his skin.  Why not quit while you're ahead and just write off his puerile little exercise?

[Beeeej]

Now that I know the C side of Section B was reserved for grad students, I have a better idea of why they stood watching us dumbly instead of picking up the cheer.  Ah, well.

Beeeej

[French Rage]

Mike, good cheers as always.

Even if the "Fuck Harvard" thing is true, so still gotta write a letter about his little comment regarding your 5 years cheer.  Specifically, point out to them the guy who he mocked intellectually now goes to THE SAME SCHOOL AS HE DOES.

Between this and their clutch-and-grab whining it appears to Crimson sports section has as little accountability as the rest of their school.

[French Rage]

Also, why does he mention Reese's parents sitting behind you?  Does he think it matters?  "oh no, his parents are right there, well now i certainly wont yell stuff at him."  And he makes it seem like they were really pulling one over sneaking in there without anyone knowing they were his parents.  Damn, they fooled all of our fans by not wearing their "We are Dylan Reese's parents" shirts!

[Killer]

[Q]French Rage Wrote:

 Also, why does he mention Reese's parents sitting behind you?  Does he think it matters?  "oh no, his parents are right there, well now i certainly wont yell stuff at him."  And he makes it seem like they were really pulling one over sneaking in there without anyone knowing they were his parents.  Damn, they fooled all of our fans by not wearing their "We are Dylan Reese's parents" shirts!



Edited 1 times. Last edit at 11/09/04 04:45PM by French Rage.[/q]

Yeah!  And what the hell were they doing eating M&M's?  C'mon, have the guts show some pride in your name.  I mean, I never pass up a chance to drink my namesake beer.

OK, the M&M's part was an embellishment to see if I can get a job writing for the Crimson.  But the beer part is spot on.