Minny signs/cheers

[A-19]

mike ack had some more great ones he mentioned to me:

OSUcks

Gopher broke

[oceanst41]

don't know if anyone noticed but it seems they call JB Bittner "bitts"...

so maybe a little good bitz, bad bitts is in order

something can probably be done with some of the other players nicknames too - "buzz" fritsche, "the big kid" spector and guenin's checking himself out all the time

[jeh25]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:

 working on a few Minnesota signs, and I thought we could toss some ideas around:

[/q]

Ivy League Hockey:
Putting the STUDENT
in Student-Athlete

[A-19]

[Q]jeh25 Wrote:

Ivy League Hockey:
Putting the STUDENT
in Student-Athlete[/q]

john,

i like the idea, though it's alot of words to put on a sign.
we said something similar at the vermont game last weekend-- student athletes, stupid athletes...

-mike

[jeh25]

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

 [Q2]ben03 Wrote:

 i guess we're just going to disagree on this. do i truly think he's certifiable? no. do i think we should poke fun at a  21 year old who's having some issues in his life (hockey related or not)? still not convinced we should. do i change my tune if he's out on the ice and scoring goals seemingly fine on saturday/sunday? probably.
hell, i might even  be cheering with you. but you can’t say you have the slightest clue what's going on in this kids head/life … truth be told, none of us do.
i’m just saying i think it would be a classless thing to do if he’s not on the ice.[/Q]
I'm pretty sure we aren't allowed to talk about this, right jeh25?[/q]

Talk about how mental illness shouldn't be stigmatized? Why shouldn't we?

Oh wait, you meant speculate on a particular student-athlete's mental health? :-P

Seriously, I don't have any problem with speculation. I do have a problem with leaked information.

That having been said, Doyle is spot on: we don't know if this kid is just a little odd or if he has some serious issues to work through. In that light, I'd suggest cracks about his mental health are off limits.

...unless, of course, we discover it's a result of the syphilis he caught from Nickerson.

[billhoward]

Reminding the other team of our superior SAT scores may have a rebound effect. The opponent may decide the last act  of retribution possible, before having to work for the likes of Cornell and Harvard grads, is to kick the living snot out of the Ivy Leaguers on the ice.

[cornelldavy]

At the risk of changing the direction of this thread, how about a sign saying something to the effect of:
"Minnesota is now a RED state"

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I got some UND cheers from my contact.  The first one makes fun of the main Minnesota cheer:

The "real" cheer:   M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A, Minnesota! Minnesota!  Yaaaay Gophers!
The UND version:  M-E-D-I-O-C-R-E, Mediocre! Mediocre!  Yaaaay Mediocre!

Another one:  "Brown and Yellow!  Clap, Clap...Clap,clap, clap"  since Minny's colors are maroon and gold.

He also says "Guck the Fophers!" is popular and suggested some some of remarks about Phil Kessel would have the desired effect.  "Hey Gophers.  Phil Kessel called..."

[jeh25]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 Reminding the other team of our superior SAT scores may have a rebound effect. The opponent may decide the last act  of retribution possible, before having to work for the likes of Cornell and Harvard grads, is to kick the living snot out of the Ivy Leaguers on the ice. [/q]

What in my statement has anything to do with SAT scores?

I was refering to real honest-to-god students vs. scholarship meat.

[ninian '72]

[Q]jy3 Wrote:

 for tOSU:

"tOSU = the overrated state university"[/q]

I don't think anyone has ever overrated them. :-)

[Q]for minne

if losing late in a game "1000 lakes; wish you were on a different one now?"
[/q]

Um, that's 10,000 lakes.

[ninian '72]

Agreed.  We really don't need to go there.

[ninian '72]

[Q]jeh25 Wrote:

 [Q2]A-19 Wrote:

 working on a few Minnesota signs, and I thought we could toss some ideas around:

[/Q]
Ivy League Hockey:
Putting the STUDENT
in Student-Athlete[/q]

Not sure this would have the effect you want.  In the Midwest, a lot of students simply aspire to attend their major state university, and elite eastern schools could just as well be on Mars.  They're not likely to care about Ivy credentials.

[Rob NH]

Per Maine, anything from the past, see inelligable players to Paul Falco getting busted for selling pot to an undercover cop.

Maine/Minnesota Penalty cheer
"Hey buddy! You're outta here!" done after a penalty
"Hey buddy! You're cheer is queer!"

M-A-I-N-E goooooo blue!
M-A-I-N-E blooooow goo!

Sign suggestion if we get Maine, at the beginning of each period after their fight song they play the Budweiser song (think Wisconsin) and end it with "when you've said Maine Blackbears, YOU'VE SAID IT ALL!", someone make a sign that says "When you've said Maine Blackbears, have you really said anything at all?" The fans also duck and stand to the beat so you can get a "you've got touretts" chant going during that.

Rock and Roll Part II is also used by the Maine pep band to get the crowd going (Hey! Go Maine!) and last time I was up at the Alfond they played it 5 times in a single game, so the Faithful will be able to highjack it and torture their goalie multiple times. Minnesota also plays it in the 3rd during TV timeout, both sing out the whole chorus with "Heeeeya.. heeeya... hey hey hey" etc etc. and Maine continues it acapella if they don't finish it before play restarts (just FYI).

After a big save the Maine band plays "you're unbelievable" and the students yell "You're unbelieveable! UH!", maybe "you're so predictable! CHOKE!".

[RichH]

[Q]Rob NH Wrote:

M-A-I-N-E goooooo blue!
M-A-I-N-E blooooow goo![/q]

Add on tOSU's cheer of "O-H.......I-O!!!" and it'd be fun to point out that the other three teams do an excellent job at spelling.

OK, OK..."NCFS" ("C-O-R-N-E-double-L") notwithstanding...

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Oh, by the way in case the games end up on CSTV:

Cornell
Skates
To
Victory