Get with it Section B!!!

[Dave \'02]

Not to beat a dead horse, but I think I have the answer to reduce facetimers.  

Have a fall break line for hockey tickets and sell season tickets as general admission by section.  That way, in order for a facetimers to break up a good cheering section, they would have to give up their fall break by waiting in line AND would have to get to the game early.  Neither of these should be a problem for dedicated fans.

[JimHyla]

[Q]Bryan '06 Wrote:

 The cowbell sounded really good on Friday, Ari.  If you want to play the cowbell at a specific time in the game, come early and say hi to whoever is conducting the pepband that night and we'll make sure you get a chance.  Either that, or just start up the cowbell right after a whistle...we know not to play over you.[/q]At one point, years ago, it was the cowbell, first break after the 10 minute mark 2nd & 3rd periods.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]JimHyla Wrote:
At one point, years ago, it was the cowbell, first break after the 10 minute mark 2nd & 3rd periods.[/q]

If by 'years', you mean 2, then yes

[dbilmes]

FWIW, an excerpt from the USCHO article on the exhibition game:

[Q] Aggressive play, penalties and a raucous Lynah student section, gave the Cornell Big Red's home opener against the U.S. Under-18 team the feel of a mid-season conference rivalry, rather than a mere warm up for No. 2 ranked Cornell [/Q]

[Oat]

[Q]dbilmes Wrote:

 FWIW, an excerpt from the USCHO article on the exhibition game:

Aggressive play, penalties and a raucous Lynah student section, gave the Cornell Big Red's home opener against the U.S. Under-18 team the feel of a mid-season conference rivalry, rather than a mere warm up for No. 2 ranked Cornell
[/q]

Whoever wrote that was definitely not in section B. ;-)

[Lauren '06]

[Q]Oat Wrote:

 [Q2]dbilmes Wrote:

 FWIW, an excerpt from the USCHO article on the exhibition game:

Aggressive play, penalties and a raucous Lynah student section, gave the Cornell Big Red's home opener against the U.S. Under-18 team the feel of a mid-season conference rivalry, rather than a mere warm up for No. 2 ranked Cornell
[/Q]
Whoever wrote that was definitely not in section B.  [/q]
Maybe I'm used to screaming at retards in section B for saying stupid stuff like "Four point weekend" in a game against Sacred Heart, but I didn't notice that much of a difference from the next section over.  No offense to former B-ers on this forum.

[A-19]

screw section b. section A fo' life. represent!

[RazzBaronZ]

I'm in B and I also thought it wasn't very good.  However, I think a lot of people didn't make it to the game or gave tickets away (I know a few people) so maybe it'll be better in future games.  That said, the fact that they all missed a game doesn't speak well for them either.

Alex Barash '07

[judy]

[Q]Dave '02 Wrote:

 Not to beat a dead horse, [/q]

Please note that my brain is shutting down for the night...but with the talk of cowbell playing my first thought upon reading this was of Ari beating a dead horse instead of the cowbell lynah and "gee, that wouldn't make enough noise..."

Okay, back to your regularly scheduled discussion and out of my slightly...bizarre...thoughts...

[Robb]

Man, I thought *I* wasn't getting enough sleep.  Judy, I wish you many of these: ::snore::  ::snore::  ::snore::

[TwoLinePass15]

I agree... section A has rocked the last two years.

I have a really dumb question... does anyone know the identity of the "macho man" woman who sits in N?

[Ack]

She did win a "fan of the game" last year.

[French Rage]

[Q]A-19 Wrote:

 screw section b. section A fo' life. represent![/q]

Then why did you try to get yourself so close to B all those years.  Trying to catch a glimpse of the sweet life, eh?:-D

[dadeo]

Well at least the cowbell hasnt been confiscated this season so we actually have one
lol (ah memories)

[billhoward]

[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote: ... I just wish people would show up to games on time.  I seriously don't see what is so difficult about it.  But I have pretty much learned to live with it.[/q]Maybe fans don't show up early because there's little rational reason for showing up early, it's cold inside Lynah, and the rink is dry. (As if being a fan could ever be rational.) If all 3836 fans show up 45 minutes before gametime, Cornell invariably wins. The last thousand fans show up 5 minutes before to 10 minutes after the puck drops, Cornell invariably wins. In either situation, when Cornell has a couple bad bounces of the puck, it loses the odd game at home. How do you quantify the disadvantage to Michigan State this weekend, say, if everyone has arrived and is lustily booing when the Spartans step onto the ice for warmups? Is that worth an extra 0.1 goals beyond the, what, ~1 goal Lynah home advantage?

One could say that earlier generations of Cornell students were more dedicated and came early. But that's just not my recollection. The constant is that by 7:05 or 7:15, Lynah is full. And Cornell wins.