Travelling Faithful Tournament Protocol

[rhovorka]

Every NCAA tourney game I've been to, the bands have been shoved way up in the rafter-scraping seats in the corners.  Perhaps this year may be different.

[trackmike]

I'm almost positive that Cornell has at least part of sections 118, 121, 225, and 226.  Most/all of 121 was reserved by the team, presumably for player's families and maybe the band?  The map up in the CU ticket office had those 4 sections highlighted...  And my tickets are 118, row A, seat 1.  :-D  To think I actually got there at 6:30 am on Tuesday morning, expecting people to line up for tickets!   ::nut::  At least my friend and I stopped for bagels first!

[Big Ben 03]

As long as we're on the topic of road cheers. . .what did people think of my telephone cheer (hey marsters - the guy who puts your mom out on the street corner every night called; hey dov - all six of your jerk fans called) at lake placid? (yes - i'm that guy with the loud voice).

[JordanCS]

Yes, I enjoyed your telephone cheer...especially the 'all six fans' one.

[jtwcornell91]

"All six of your jerk fans" was great (was that related to the rumor about only 6 HU student  tix being sold?), but can I recommend you learn the first name ofthe opposing goalie?  Especially against teams from other conferences, it should impress them with your homework.

[DeltaOne81]

I loved the All 6 Jerk Fans cheer - my friends and I nominated it for cheer of the weekend. The Mom on the Corner one was funny, but had been done at Lynah a month or so ago, losing points for originality :-)) .

Nonetheless, keep up the great work, loud guy B-]

-Fred, DeltaOne81 '03

[Big Ben 03]

good call on the first name thing - i'll definitely do that in the future. i try to keep it original, but the mom on the street corner was a request of a friend who had enjoyed it the time i did it at lynah (props for remembering that too!) :-D i had heard the rumor of the six student tickets sold, but it was more based on the few guys that came over and harassed the faithful in the middle of the game (how asininie. . .). i'm really glad everybody liked them! i'll be screaming at the tv this weekend when everybody is in worchester. LGR!

[Jim Hyla]

One thing that I, for one did not like at LP was the Harvard sucks cheer when they were announced as champions, after we got our second place trophy. It seems that we could learn from the players and shake hands at the end of a game and keep the "we're going to beat the h*ll out of you"  thoughts silent, even though we all feel it.

Another aside from LP. I stayed around after the ceremonies and it was both sad and funny to see the Harvard players passing their trophy from one to another. They were acting like they were taking turns skating the Stanley Cup around the rink, however there were no fans in the stands to hoist it to.

Did you notice the little sidebars on each teams  page in the program. Out of the five teams (players profiled), three of them picked Lynah as the best hockey atmosphere. Three out of five isn't bad. Some had two choices, but still we should be proud.

[Greg Berge]

Yes, chanting "sucks" during the awards and especially throwing fish during the handshakes were CLEARLY not among our finer moments, and I hopefully the perps were, uh, "corrected" after the game.

Part of the problem of being the loudest and most obnoxious (and now, the best) is that everybody is ready to announce that we're Visigoths.

Which, to a degree, we are.  ;-)

But the more we win, the more respect we should show (and conversely the more facetimers with no brains will get into the crowd).

[RedAR]

I know it's hard to root for hahvahd, especially after this past weekend, but I think it would be cool to show the hahvahd players what it COULD be like if they had fans.  Besides, the better any ECAC team does, the more respect the ECAC as a league would get.

I'm not sure what to expect, but I will at least be rooting against maine, if not directly for hahvahd.

[rhovorka]

I'm not sure what to expect, but I will at least be rooting against maine, if not directly for hahvahd.

I'm sure we'll have a lot of company in BU fans by rooting against Maine.

[A-19]

on that last note, won't everyone but the UNH fans be rooting for cornell in both games this weekend? i mean, if UNH is seen as such a threat to the western conference, and to BU and Maine alike, wouldn't they rather play us, whom they mistakenly deem easier? it wouldn't hurt to have the area fans cheering for cornell in an area that could potentially be overrun by wildcat supporters

anyway, i'm packin up my stuff now and heading out tomorrow morning. i, too, plan to be very loud, so i hope everyone joins in! i'll be the obnoxious one in row D of sect 118 (CU student section acc. the cornell box office)...then again, i guess i'd only be obnoxious to opposing fans

here's wishing everyone a safe drive
-mike '04

[Rico]

As long as we're on the topic of road cheers. . .what did people think of my telephone cheer

Well, personally (though I know I am not alone), I think they're dumb. I dunno, maybe now that I am getting older (heh),  I dont think anything is "as good as it used to be", but I really haven't been impressed with the cheering.. not so much the enthusiasm, but the lack of creativity. Oh well, that's just me.

[Greg Berge]

Speaking (still softly and painfully) as someone who thinks man/womankind has had just a handful of good new ideas since the 12th century, the only way to deterine whether new cheers are any good is to submit them to the great court of the Lynah Faithful, en mass.  If people laugh, applaud, or pick them up, then they work.  If people boo, throw things at you, or signal to security, then you're on the wrong track.  The Invisible Herd, er, Hand.

But everybody who wants their brief moment in the sun should go for it!  Assuredly, whatever you come up with it won't be an alltime low (as we are particularly reminded every time the band plays Macho Man).

[chag]

not so much the enthusiasm, but the lack of creativity............

I agree ! Especially yelling 'sucks' after EVERYTHING. It has its place, but IMHO is grossly overused as of late.  We are Cornellians, after all........and if we can understand what a Visigoth is, we can expand our vocabulary beyond the word 'sucks' a little.