Impressions from SLU(t)/Clarkson weekend at Lynah

[Will]

[quote Chris '03]Why has Cornell gotten away from the Tuesday before Thanksgiving HEA game?[/quote]

Instead, it seems they try to schedule a pair of games for the weekend right after Thanksgiving.  Now let's just hope that we can get higher quality opponents for that weekend in the future.

[oceanst41]

That was McNulty, and I think everyone was so thrown off by it that they broke into their own jeering. I heard a few cat calls, when he was going into the splits.

We tried for a few new additions as well, "drink water" comes to mind as well as the Niagara? goalie who skated to his crease then took a sharp turn and skating straight out and then backed into position. We got a "beep, beep, beep" going for that.

[oceanst41]

Well Niagara did beat UHN this year  ::laugh::

[schoaff]

[quote DeltaOne81]
This ones probably not apt... unless you meant controlling the flow and getting the better of the play, shots, and attempts, while the other team clings to the lead and tries to kill off time... for 20 games in a row.

But with Harvard very good in the, oh, 89-ish time frame , and Cornell's poor record at that point, I kind of figure that's not what you meant.

The Dartmouth game, in which we just didn't show up, is probably your much more legit example.[/quote]

Actually there were plenty of games in that era when Cornell controlled the play and had multi-goal leads in some of the games, but Harvard always seemed to find a way to come back. Even during Harvard's National Championship year they only beat us at home when one of their players took a long pass as he left the penalty box and scored on a break away (which I believe led to a rule change the following year).

That's why the 1990 playoff victory when Harvard was behind us in the standings but announced they were "exstatic" to be playing Cornell was so sweet.

Peter Schoaff '90

[Trotsky]

[quote schoaff]Actually there were plenty of games in that era when Cornell controlled the play and had multi-goal leads in some of the games, [/quote]
If you are referring to the RS games, I can't think of even one game in which Cornell controlled the play or had a multiple goal lead.  The only games during the 0-18-2 stretch in which Cornell looked like they even belonged on the same ice as Harvard were the two ties -- one of which we actually ought to have won (Harvard scored on a penalty courtesy of a late fish).

[LaJollaRed]

Woah there--take it easy.

At the start of the season, section A had a great deal of trouble with the Cornell police and the ushers in the section. Things have improved greatly, but there is the constant fear of being scapegoated when the CUPD is standing right below you. Many of the freshmen in the section became Gun-shy, and it has taken them a while to get their voices back. They're coming along nicely.

Also, chill out. Why the self-righteous "we're louder than you" rants? We're all cheering the same team. Take it easy...I hate it, I absolutely HATE it, when post-game discussion devolves into who-yelled-what.

("No, man, I was the one who yelled Let's Go Red at 10:32 in the third. When you did it, it was, like, totally lame, but when I did it, everyone joined in. Heh-heh....where's my girlfriend? Oh yeah, I don't have one...I'm gonna go cry alone.")

We should concentrate on being louder as a whole, and--take a look at your schedules--we should concentrate on being obscenely loud at Colgate.

You're wasting oxygen, complaining that people "cheered wrong."

HOORAY RED TEAM! (Doesn't that just piss you off?!)
-LJRED

[HeafDog]

[quote LaJollaRed]

("No, man, I was the one who yelled Let's Go Red at 10:32 in the third. When you did it, it was, like, totally lame, but when I did it, everyone joined in. Heh-heh....where's my girlfriend? Oh yeah, I don't have one...I'm gonna go cry alone.")

We should concentrate on being louder as a whole, and--take a look at your schedules--we should concentrate on being obscenely loud at Colgate.

You're wasting oxygen, complaining that people "cheered wrong."

HOORAY RED TEAM! (Doesn't that just piss you off?!)
-LJRED[/quote]

I got a laugh out of your post, and I think you made some very good points.  But I have to reiterate or otherwise point out that there are those (like me) who feel that we used to be much more creative as a crowd, and that cheers like LGR, while our mainstay, are overused.  It just seems like we don't have the variation we used to back in the mid-90s, for example.

Does that mean that we should stop cheering LGR, or sucks, or Section O sucks?  No, of course not.  It's just that it would be nice to change things up a little once in a while.  There are a lot of cheers that just aren't heard much anymore in Lynah (and I'd list those cheers here, but something tells me that people aren't really that interested), and it's fine to replace them, as long as it doesn't mean being monotonous.

Again, though, I like your spirit, and I will be right there cheering with you.  Hooray Red Team.

[montague]

If you have a chance, you should list the cheers.  As a (relatively) newer member of the Faithful, I'd be interested.  Trying to bring back some old ones would be great.

[jkahn]

[quote montague]If you have a chance, you should list the cheers.  As a (relatively) newer member of the Faithful, I'd be interested.  Trying to bring back some old ones would be great.[/quote]
http://www.elynah.com/?cheers

[HeafDog]

(jkahn, thanks very much for providing the link.)

There's a couple more that I don't think are on there (Age, any chance for an update to it?).

At the very second that a Cornell power play expires, and the opposing team's player emerges from the sin bin, we vent our frustration (and naturally, this is hopefully not a common occurrence) by yelling, " returns to full strength, AND THEY STILL SUCK."  Everyone can participate in this entire cheer; it is not meant to be led by a single person.

(I've been trying to resurrect that one a bit, but not living in Ithaca anymore, it's a bit tough.  I go to as many games as I possibly can.)

The other one that's noticeably absent is the "Good Bye" song.  I have no idea what its official name is or was.  And it's going to be very hard to get it going in Lynah, what with people being tossed for saying the word "asshole", so that's why it might be better to save it for road games.  I mean, think of it this way: if you get tossed at the end of a road game, what are they gonna do?  Take away your season tickets?  (I did try it at the home Clarkson game, but always had to look around to make sure good old Earl the Section B Usher wasn't nearby.)

Good bye, ...
Good bye, ...
Good bye, , we hate to see you go (YOU ASSHOLES!)

It's a totally fun song.  Works great to rub it in.  I can't think of how I could possibly convey how the tune goes, however, so if anyone has any ideas along those lines, feel free to chime in.  It's some old drinking song or barbershop quartet tune.

(And in the playoffs, we can obviously fire up some "Na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good bye".  (If we're about to win and send them golfing, of course.))

[Beeeej]

[quote HeafDog]At the very second that a Cornell power play expires, and the opposing team's player emerges from the sin bin, we vent our frustration (and naturally, this is hopefully not a common occurrence) by yelling, " returns to full strength, AND THEY STILL SUCK."  Everyone can participate in this entire cheer; it is not meant to be led by a single person.[/quote]

I miss the days when " returns to full strength" was a regular PA announcement, and a much louder and easier call for the crowd's "...and they still suck!" response.  Even when "Cornell returns to full strength" was the announcement, the response was "...and still sucks!"

Shame that doesn't happen anymore...

Beeeej

[RichH]

[quote HeafDog]
The other one that's noticeably absent is the "Good Bye" song.  I have no idea what its official name is or was.  And it's going to be very hard to get it going in Lynah, what with people being tossed for saying the word "asshole", so that's why it might be better to save it for road games.  [/quote]

The reason it died was because it was specifically singled out by Coach Schafer at the start of the '96-'97 (or thereabouts) season as one of the cheers that needed to go.  He also mentioned the cheer about the referee and sheep fornicating, as well as what gets said after "See ya."  

At the road Quinnipiac game at Yale, I heard some people trying to start the "Good bye" song at the end.

[cth95]

I think the real song is "Good night, ladies (3x) We hate to see you go." if that helps anyone.  That is a good idea.  Maybe we could bring it back by substituting "You Goons", or something like that for A**holes.  Or, in reference to the old McKenzie brother skits and particularly relevant with the number of Canadians in the ECAC, "You hosers". :-)

[HeafDog]

[quote RichH]
The reason it died was because it was specifically singled out by Coach Schafer at the start of the '96-'97 (or thereabouts) season as one of the cheers that needed to go.  
[/quote]

Yeah, I remember that.  Still, it's possible to only apply that to home games.

[quote RichH]
At the road Quinnipiac game at Yale, I heard some people trying to start the "Good bye" song at the end.[/quote]

I'll take credit for that one. :-D   You gonna join us next time?

[montague]

No, no, no.

I'm talking about the old cheers that have disappeared from the rotation. I'm not THAT new.