Impressions from SLU(t)/Clarkson weekend at Lynah

[Rosey]

Having just gotten back from my first trip to Lynah in 2-1/2 years, I have to say I'm pretty damn disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm of sections A and B (at least with the limited attendance probably affected somewhat by break).

On Friday, I stood in section E, and it was great: D, E, and F seemed to have their act together and cheered pretty much in unison, and often.  Some good clever cheers and LOTS of heckling of Pesony from that end, too.

On Saturday, I started off in A about two rows behind Age, and dayummm, was it quiet whenever the Pep Band wasn't (rightly) shattering my eardrums.  Very little cheering in general, anemic remote control goalie, precious little heckling, primarily reserved for "Clitsome".  Maybe I'm not loud enough, but I wasn't able to get anything going.

So I went back to E for the third period.  Loads better.

I have to say that the only real downside to sitting in E is that I was too far away from the band to hear it clearly, so I was embarrassingly off by almost a full step on the Gary Glitter "1-2-1234" deal (which no one else seems to do anymore, anyway).  I really wish the band were either near the red line or at the east end, so the sound would reach the entire student section instead of being blocked by 1700 standing bodies and the press box.  Maybe with the renovations...

But I gave in on all the cheer changes I think are downgrades ("diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeee!" and "See ya.......you goon!" come to mind) and achieved inner peace: better for all of us to be cheering the same thing than to get self-righteous about it.

Anyway, I had a great time, yadda yadda yadda.  Nothing beats going home.

Cheers,
Kyle

[Lauren '06]

Section B has the occassional flash of brilliance.  Section A has been awful all season, half empty more often than not and without any personalities to lead cheers.  I have sworn off the "(school) sucks" cheer for the rest of my life because I hear it so much and it sounds so asinine.

[calgARI '07]

Section B was much better on Saturday night.  The issue was actually more frat/sorority rush than it being the end of break.  I thought the crowd was excellent on Saturday actually and the best it has been since the MSU weekend.  We started some really good cheers last night too that caught on by the end.  The "blue line/red line, idiot cheer" was particularly good (pointing the at the blueline or redline depending on it being icing or offsides and then pointing at the guy responsible and calling him idiot).

[redhair34]

[quote calgARI '07]The issue was actually more frat/sorority rush than it being the end of break.[/quote]

I think rush in conjunction with people not getting back from break led to a pretty skimpy student section.  Section D was extremely thin both games (especially in the back few rows).  It's a shame we had to host the North Country teams this past weekend.  Overall I've been fairly pleased with the crowd this year.  I agree with you that the MSU crowd was the best of the season--which is odd considering the crowd should improve with "experience."  Maybe the poor performance during the Capital District weekend quelled some of the fair-weather enthusiasm.  I think the best crowds are still ahead of us (Colgate, Dartmouthl, Harvard, ECAC Playoffs).

I agree with Section A about the "insert school" SUCKS cheer.  If everyone of those cheers was replaced with, "Lets Go Red!"(which at least in my mind NEVER gets old), I would be a happy man.  Also, I've said it before and I'll say it again "Safety School" is the lamest cheer.  It's mildly amusing against Harvard, Yale and Princeton, but against the likes of St. Lawrence, Q-pac, RIT, Niagra, etc. it just sounds snobish and bratty.  Instead of "Safety School" why not just "Michigan Rejects" etc. (against MSU)?  It's at least a little more creative and school specific.

[Bryan '06]

Hey Kyle, glad to hear you enjoyed your trip.  D, E, F, and G have been doing really well all season.  A large, large group of true undergrad Faithful ended up there after the stampede fiasco.  Those sections are filled with students sporting the Faithful T-shirts, so the good fans are easy to find there.  As previously pointed out, the top several rows of A have been >50% empty for many games, which is sad because the band would love to let more people in.  B has had its good nights and bad nights.  And rush really did cut down on numbers this weekend, though I don't understand why they would purposely schedule against home hockey.

[quote krose]I have to say that the only real downside to sitting in E is that I was too far away from the band to hear it clearly, so I was embarrassingly off by almost a full step on the Gary Glitter "1-2-1234" deal (which no one else seems to do anymore, anyway).  I really wish the band were either near the red line or at the east end, so the sound would reach the entire student section instead of being blocked by 1700 standing bodies and the press box.  Maybe with the renovations...
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I agree with you for acoustical reasons, but I'd hate to see a solidly reliable group of hecklers moved so far from the opposing goalie.  There have also been several threads discussing the "advantage" of having us near the opposing locker room, though that may change with the renovations.

[A-19]

[quote Section A Banshee]Section B has the occassional flash of brilliance.  Section A has been awful all season, half empty more often than not and without any personalities to lead cheers.  I have sworn off the "(school) sucks" cheer for the rest of my life because I hear it so much and it sounds so asinine.[/quote]

section A just misses me, that's all

[Liz '05]

[quote Bryan '06]And rush really did cut down on numbers this weekend, though I don't understand why they would purposely schedule against home hockey.
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[sorority girl]
No sorority schedules against hockey, per se, as rush parties end in the late afternoon.  Meetings about potential new members may take up hockey time, but I know last year, when I missed the Friday night game, it's because I was so tired from nightly parties and mentally exhausted from talking to and trying to remember everything about 15-65 girls per day and hoarse from trying to talk over 200 people for 8 hours and in pain from a week of very high heels that I simply forgot it was Friday and 7 pm.  Rush sucks.  I'd say I also suck for missing the game, but I'm a bigger hockey fan than most sorority girls and I understand how others would voluntarily skip it.
[/sorority girl]

[ctenah]

Fraternity rush contacts were from 7-9. We couldn't leave our dorms on penalty of not receiving bids.  I gave my ticket away instead.

[Josh '99]

[quote redhair34]I agree with you that the MSU crowd was the best of the season...[/quote]I take full credit.  :-D


(And - shameless plug - if anyone can help me find tickets for the Harvard and Dartmouth games, I will do my best to make sure that A will be as good the last home weekend as it was the first home weekend.   ::help:

[jy3]

[quote jmh30]


(And - shameless plug - if anyone can help me find tickets for the Harvard and Dartmouth games, I will do my best to make sure that A will be as good the last home weekend as it was the first home weekend.   ::help:[/quote]

ditto for this for me...
games over break/at the end of break are always a tough draw. it would be a great community service if they did the "donate your tickets to local hockey kids" again. in an organized wayl...

[KeithK]

[q]I simply forgot it was Friday and 7 pm.[/q]You actually forgot that it was time for a Cornell hockey game?  How is that possible?  You are hereby banished and excommunicated!!!!!!!!  :-P :-D :-P

[Rosey]

[quote KeithK][q]I simply forgot it was Friday and 7 pm.[/q]You actually forgot that it was time for a Cornell hockey game?  How is that possible?  You are hereby banished and excommunicated!!!!!!!!  :-P :-D :-P[/quote]
You kid, but I never missed a game.  In fact, I can probably count the few for which I wasn't there by the start of warmups on two hands (in unary).

Oh, that's right, I had no life.

Kyle

[Liz '05]

[quote KeithK]  You are hereby banished and excommunicated!!!!!!!!  :-P :-D :-P[/quote]

I live in Pensacola, Florida.  Do you think I didn't already know this? ;-)

[KeithK]

Once I actually got season tickets (ashamed to admit that I was a grad student by then) I never missed a home game for the remainder of my time on the hill (5 years).  I can only remember one occasion where I wasn't there for warmups, but it could have been a couple of times.

[q]Oh, that's right, I had no life.[/q]I was a Ph.D. student.  'Nuff said.

[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