Travelling Faithful Tournament Protocol

[Adam \'01]

Question for the experienced:

Is it proper travelling Faithful protocol to pull out certain Lynah cheers during the tournament games that Cornell is not involved in?  In other words, when the national anthem is played for the early games, do we still shout RED!?  Do we say, "Ahhh...seee ya...#$#@!!" to the "bad guys" in the other game (presumably Maine)?  Or do we just blend in, save our voices, and clap politely for Harvard?

Thoughts?

[Greg Berge]

The way I stripped my voice this past weekend, I may not speak above a whisper unless the Red are actually on the ice.

I'm sure the Cornell contingent will have a share of folks rooting against Harvard, a share rooting for the ECAC, and most wishing the damn undercard would get done to get to the main event.

[melissa \'01]

the only real etiquette is no cursing. everything else more or less goes if you wanna do it (though i might heed greg's word of caution - right now i sound like a mouse caught under the foot of an elephant, shrieking horsely for help). cheering for the red when they aren't on the ice is always fun (and it confuses everyone else). otherwise, cheering for harvard wouldn't be that bad of an idea. i am slowly coming around and realizing that cheering for them to do well is in our best interest (though on saturday night i hated the harvard team passionately- as many can attest to).

[Greg Berge]

> a mouse caught under the foot of an elephant, shrieking horsely
Got a thing for animals, do ya..?  ;-)

[melissa \'01]

greg, greg, greg, greg, greg.  ::rolleyes::  if only you could see my head shaking.

[jbeaber1998]

I'm always a firm believer that we should make our presense felt.  In fact, a group of us did just that in 97 in the Centrum when Cornell was sent West.  We actually got UNH fans chanting Cornell sucks.....

-John

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

My experience from my two previous NCAA's ('80 and '97) is:

Definitely shout "RED!!!" but, regarding "see ya", one or two Cornell fans will not be heard over the thousands of fans of the team playing the game who will have some version of their own cheer for when their opponent is sent to the box.

Also remember these places are not Lynah or even LP.  Cavernous is a word to describe them.  Unless it's a coordinated cheer with a lot of people doing it, it may not even be heard.

Save your voice for when it counts, especially if you're like most of us and still recovering from LP.

[Greg Berge]

> Unless it's a coordinated cheer with a lot of people doing it, it may not even be heard.

This will be exascerbated by us being spread between sections (even between levels).

But ultimately, everyone should, and will, do what they want.

[judy]

you two are lucky, at least your voices are just hoarse. my throat still can't decide if it's hoarse or if it's sick.

also, melissa seems to have her way with words...the animal descriptions and still my favorite - the reference to a certain "costume laden dwarf" that had me giggling for days.  ::laugh::

[judy]

btw, I'm all for the cheering of "LET'S GO RED!" when cornell's not playing. it only enforces the idea that we're all crazy.

[melissa]

well HE IS!!! as the song goes "He's so god damn slow!" (my apologies to the highly religious). Silly as it sounds, I think that a costume laden dwarf at the ice capades is the best way to describe how I see him....though if we could actually have the priviledge of seeing him dressed like this i'd probably die from laughing too hard.

[Darren]

For those not in the know already, Cornell section as designated by the Worcester office is 225ish, 1 section back, in the corner.

[DeltaOne81]

Um, that's odd seeing as the tickets Cornell sent me were 121.

[A-19]

hey, are you sure they're 121?
the tickets cornell sent me are 118 row D, and they sent a map along with it that highlighted 118 as the cornell section, and a few other sections as Harvard, UNH, etc.
the map is downstairs and the alarm is on..isn't it great being home for spring break?
anyway, i hope to see you all there @ worcester. i left another message on a new threat with regard to directions, if anyone wants to help me out there

-mike

ps with CU cheers, i would be more than happy to start some shit at the tourney, as long as people back me. my personal favorite is the "what's that spell, sieve!" which i try to do every game (yes i am that guy), but i am a big fan of the underhill/underskilled also, etc. i hope the band is in the CU section as well- anyone have any info on that?

[curoadkill]

Regaring the band, all I know is that we have 25 people on a credential list who are allowed to enter with instruments, we have to enter through some other entrance, and no one seems to know where they are putting us.
So I guess your guess is as good as mine.