Impressions from SLU(t)/Clarkson weekend at Lynah

[Doug '08]

I think the "Section O Sucks" is WAY overused this year.  

Against Clarkson, yeah, definitly bring that one out.  But against Niagara, Union, US 18 under team... definitly not neccessary to hear that one 10 times a game!

[redhair34]

[quote Doug '08]I think the "Section O Sucks" is WAY overused this year.  

Against Clarkson, yeah, definitly bring that one out.  But against Niagara, Union, US 18 under team... definitly not neccessary to hear that one 10 times a game![/quote]

I second that.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote JasonN95]I missed exactly one home game in my four years: a 0-7 loss to Providence on Nov 28, 1993.  Looking at that score, maybe I didn't miss it after all (borrowing punchline from "Office Space"). :-P[/quote]

"Peter, it looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately"

"I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob"


Well, I missed the games over winter break, but that was about it - although I did come up for a Vermont/Dartmouth winter break pair one year. I even skipped the housing lottery and did proxy one year because my number's time conflicted with a hockey game - maybe even playoff.

The only game I missed while I was in Ithaca, was Dartmouth, in early 2000 - that would be "the Nick Boucher Classic"... for some reason it was pushed to a weekday night (something to do with the elephant walk, maybe?), and I had my first class of a writing seminar that night. Hard to skip the first of a 10 person discussion class. And, well, I was a freshman.

[KeithK]

[q]Hard to skip the first of a 10 person discussion class. And, well, I was a freshman.[/q]Well, if I could regularly sleep in one of my writing seminars you could probably have skipped one with a good reason (hockey).  It's all about priorities and conveying them to your instructor (cue Jeff Kahn's exam story...)

But you were only a freshman.

[calgARI '07]

If people that are in the student sections don't like the cheers being led, then start ones that you want to hear.  The group of like 10 or 15 people in the middle of B start the vast majority of cheers but we beg other people to start them more.  I almost collapsed on Saturday night from screaming so much.  The problem is that not a lot of people in A/B are cheering much less starting cheers.  When Lynah is silent on a stoppage, and nothing is happening, often I will just start yelling Section O sucks to give a tad bit of variety to the constant "insert sucks" (even though I love that cheer and don't think there could ever be too much).  I think it's funny to constantly be ripping on/recognizing the visiting fans even if there are none just for the sake of getting A/B a pulse from time to time.  Also as I said earlier, the pointing at the blue line/red line and then the culprit for offsides/icing and saying "idiot" was really funny and caught on pretty well.  The Kill Red Kill cheer has also picked up a lot and can safely be said that it has been added to the rotation.

[cth95]

Listening to the web feeds, I noticed a big improvement in the fans for the Clarkson game  over the SLU game.  The fans didn't sound too bad for SLU, but they sounded very loud and energized for the Clarkson game.  I know Clarkson is a bigger, long-term rival, but with SLU's spot in the standings and the PWR going into the weekend, I figured that game would be very energized as well.  Not a knock, I just hope we can keep up the volume I was hearing on the Clarkson feed.

Personally, I think the (insert school) sucks, section O sucks, etc. are trite, boring, and overused.  They have their place occasionally during each game, but we pride ourselves on originality and can certainly do better.  At the ECAC's last year, I was sitting next to a couple of guys who were from Albany and there simply as good, college hockey fans.  They loved our cheers like "Our team's sleeping", but weren't very impressed by the general "sucks" cheers being used over and over again.  I'm glad the students are coming up with new ideas like the "Kill Red Kill" cheer.  I am confident they can implement more good ideas like this to replace some of the recent, no longer applicable original ones like "Hey, Baby".

[RichS]

yeah...Baby (when are ya gonna KILL someone?") was a "goon"...he should have been recruited by Clarkson...lol.

[Trotsky]

It goes in cycles.  Some classes, as a whole, just seem to be more imaginative than others.  Maybe the "talented tenth" really fluctuates between 5% and 15%.

For the past couple of seasons, the students have been fairly unimaginative (and so the boilerplate and cruder cheers have taken over).  This has happened before (mid 80's, mid 90's).  It will pick up again.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]"Our team's sleeping"[/Q]

Cheer of the weekend, without a doubt. :-D  You know it's good when the cheer is inconsistent cause people keep laughing in the middle of it.

Right up there with other recent classics like, "Hey Harvard, all 6 of your jerk fans called..."

[French Rage]

[quote Trotsky]It goes in cycles.  Some classes, as a whole, just seem to be more imaginative than others.  Maybe the "talented tenth" really fluctuates between 5% and 15%.

For the past couple of seasons, the students have been fairly unimaginative (and so the boilerplate and cruder cheers have taken over).  This has happened before (mid 80's, mid 90's).  It will pick up again.[/quote]

For example, I feel we had a pretty good crew in A/B that graduated in '04.

[cth95]

[quote DeltaOne81][Q]"Our team's sleeping"[/Q]

Cheer of the weekend, without a doubt. :-D  You know it's good when the cheer is inconsistent cause people keep laughing in the middle of it.[/quote]

Maybe even cheer of the year.  That was definitely a classic.  We have created some great cheers to use on a regular basis, but it is tough to beat one that comes out of the blue like that.  I told all of my friends and family about that one when I came home.  Kudos to whomever actually thought of it.

[cth95]

Now that we have had over half a season to evaluate the effects of this year's ticket "line", does anyone have any comments on how it has affected the unity, frequency, and volume of the cheering this year?  I know some rightfully pissed-off students predicted dire results after the original fiasco, but as the season has gone on it sounds like there may have actually been some benefits from spreading some of the truly Faithful around.

[redhair34]

[quote cth95][quote DeltaOne81][Q]"Our team's sleeping"[/Q]

Cheer of the weekend, without a doubt. :-D  You know it's good when the cheer is inconsistent cause people keep laughing in the middle of it.[/quote]

Maybe even cheer of the year.  That was definitely a classic.  We have created some great cheers to use on a regular basis, but it is tough to beat one that comes out of the blue like that.  I told all of my friends and family about that one when I came home.  Kudos to whomever actually thought of it.[/quote]

For this year I'd have to nominate..."Live Free DIE!" :-D

[Ack]

"The old man in the mountain called, he said 'aaaaahhhhhh!!'"

[HeafDog]

[quote cth95][quote DeltaOne81][Q]"Our team's sleeping"[/Q]

Cheer of the weekend, without a doubt. :-D  You know it's good when the cheer is inconsistent cause people keep laughing in the middle of it.[/quote]

Maybe even cheer of the year.  That was definitely a classic.  We have created some great cheers to use on a regular basis, but it is tough to beat one that comes out of the blue like that.  I told all of my friends and family about that one when I came home.  Kudos to whomever actually thought of it.[/quote]

I wasn't at the game -- what was the meaning of that cheer?