Best/Favorite Cheers

[CowbellGuy]

At least they have a mascot.

[ursusminor]

FWIW, RPI's baseball team and others use "the chicken" as a mascot and call themselves the Redhawks. At some point, each team voted as to weather they should be Engineers or Redhawks. Thankfully, the hockey team kept Engineers as the nickname. (Clearly, this is because so few of the players major in engineering.  ::rolleyes:: ) As additional trivia, through the 1950's or so, the nickname Bachelors was also used.

[ebilmes]

[quote Ack]"And 3 points is a field goal.  Field goal school...field goal school...."[/quote]

Didn't we have this in Rochester: "Three points is a field goal. Two points is a safety. Safety school...safety school..."

[Chris \'03]

[quote ebilmes][quote Ack]"And 3 points is a field goal.  Field goal school...field goal school...."[/quote]

Didn't we have this in Rochester: "Three points is a field goal. Two points is a safety. Safety school...safety school..."[/quote]

The harvard band did that at bright this year. It was pretty funny when two safeties beat a field goal.

[A-ron]

During the "Our team's sleeping" cheer, I'm pretty sure that I remember seeing an assistant coach from whichever team bench was closest look up at us and start laughing...it's good to know we're both heard and appreciated!

I also remember some of us impatient ones chanting towards the end of that game "we need beer, we need beer..."

I believe it was one or two years before that at Albany when a hard check kbroke one of the fasteners at the top of the glass in the corner.  The refs didn't notice so we started chanting "Fix the glass..."  Once enough people joined in, the refs heard us and stopped the game to fix it.  Again, good to know we're heard.

[ebilmes]

During last year's consolation game, there was a point when Silverthorn's net was knocked loose. The ref was clearly having trouble fixing it, so someone in back of me shouted, "Steve, this is why we can't have nice things!" The ref looked over and smiled.

[Bio '04]

For the Harvard at Cornell game in November 2004, I really liked the "This is section A!" chant that was started in section O.

[Josh '99]

Your coach beats you

[canuck89]

haha.  Yes, I remember.  Are you talking about Army, because we did that one for them too.

[schoaff]

[quote RichH][quote ursaminor][quote redice]My favorite:   1984 or 85 ECAC tournament in Boston.   RPI's goofy-looking mascot is skating on the ice during intermissions.   I'm sitting there thinking to myself:  "what the f__K is that?"   Then I hear someone in my row say: "what the f__k is that?"   Immediately followed by a chorus of many chanting:  "what the f__k is that?"    I wouldn't want to hear that kind of language on a steady basis.  But, the spontaneity coupled with my own personal thoughts, made it very funny for me.  Priceless!![/quote] And who won the ECAC tournament in both of those years? :-}


Just for the record, that was The Swarm. It was supposed to look like a bee.[/quote]

Oh, that reminds me of this: There was also the unfortunate period of time when RPI decided to try "Redhawks" as their nickname/mascot and had some horrible bird costume.  It was so hated that the RPI fans joined in with the Clarkson fans with a "KFC!  KFC!" chant.[/quote]

Does Colgate still have the "maroon prune?" Or did it take its own life?

[redice]

[quote ursaminor][quote redice]My favorite:   1984 or 85 ECAC tournament in Boston.   RPI's goofy-looking mascot is skating on the ice during intermissions.   I'm sitting there thinking to myself:  "what the f__K is that?"   Then I hear someone in my row say: "what the f__k is that?"   Immediately followed by a chorus of many chanting:  "what the f__k is that?"    I wouldn't want to hear that kind of language on a steady basis.  But, the spontaneity coupled with my own personal thoughts, made it very funny for me.  Priceless!![/quote] And who won the ECAC tournament in both of those years? :-}


Just for the record, that was The Swarm. It was supposed to look like a bee.[/quote]

For 20+ years, I've wondered:  "What the f__k was that?"   I've always known it looked like a bee.   Now I know its name:  The Swarm.  I'll sleep better tonight!  :-D

[Trigger]

I also recall a regional against UNH back in 2001 or 2002 when some girls with signs were out of order, spelling UHN, and our crowd began the UHN chant. No one from UNH understood, which made it even funnier.

[marty]

[quote RichH][quote ursaminor][quote redice]My favorite:   1984 or 85 ECAC tournament in Boston.   RPI's goofy-looking mascot is skating on the ice during intermissions.   I'm sitting there thinking to myself:  "what the f__K is that?"   Then I hear someone in my row say: "what the f__k is that?"   Immediately followed by a chorus of many chanting:  "what the f__k is that?"    I wouldn't want to hear that kind of language on a steady basis.  But, the spontaneity coupled with my own personal thoughts, made it very funny for me.  Priceless!![/quote] And who won the ECAC tournament in both of those years? :-}


Just for the record, that was The Swarm. It was supposed to look like a bee.[/quote]

Oh, that reminds me of this: There was also the unfortunate period of time when RPI decided to try "Redhawks" as their nickname/mascot and had some horrible bird costume.  It was so hated that the RPI fans joined in with the Clarkson fans with a "KFC!  KFC!" chant.[/quote]

The Cornell fans at Troy, for two years in a row used:

"Warm up the Grill" to greet the "Redhawk".  The Redhawk in a fine spirit of self-deprecation responded with his (or her) hands on hips in mock disgust.

And while on the topic of RIP mascosts - how the hell does one bee qualify as a swarm ::screwy:: ?

[Rich S]

Or..."your coach beats the other team."

[ebilmes]

[quote Trigger]I also recall a regional against UNH back in 2001 or 2002 when some girls with signs were out of order, spelling UHN, and our crowd began the UHN chant. No one from UNH understood, which made it even funnier.[/quote]

I think I remember this being 2002 in Worcester.