Best/Favorite Cheers

[Beeeej]

It was.  And after they finally realized their error, and there was a moment quiet enough, I turned back again and shouted, "Did you get three credits for that?"  Much laughter ensued.  :-D

Beeeej

[cth95]

I finally figured out why many of you refer to this school as UHN! ::doh::

[Rich S]

easy...that's the Math that's used at RPI.  :-}

[andyw2100]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet. I can't say it's my favorite impromptu cheer, but the first time we chanted "We want Weder" when he wasn't even in the rink was pretty classic. Someone refresh my memory, please...did we do this against Colgate, the next year, after he had graduated, or was it against some other opponent sooner than that? I tried to find this out on my own, by looking for "The Ballad of Matt Weder", as suggested in the FAQ, but couldn't find it.

Thanks.
                         Andy W.

[RichH]

[quote andyw2100]I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet. I can't say it's my favorite impromptu cheer, but the first time we chanted "We want Weder" when he wasn't even in the rink was pretty classic. Someone refresh my memory, please...did we do this against Colgate, the next year, after he had graduated, or was it against some other opponent sooner than that? I tried to find this out on my own, by looking for "The Ballad of Matt Weder", as suggested in the FAQ, but couldn't find it.

Thanks.
                         Andy W.[/quote]
Heh...I'm surprised my ISP from two moves ago still has it up, but here ya go:

http://home.stny.rr.com/rhovorka/weder.htm

[ebilmes]

[quote RichH]
Heh...I'm surprised my ISP from two moves ago still has it up, but here ya go:

http://home.stny.rr.com/rhovorka/weder.htm[/quote]

That's priceless. ::woot::

[jtwcornell91]

[quote andyw2100]I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet. I can't say it's my favorite impromptu cheer, but the first time we chanted "We want Weder" when he wasn't even in the rink was pretty classic. Someone refresh my memory, please...did we do this against Colgate, the next year, after he had graduated, or was it against some other opponent sooner than that?[/quote]

It was against Clarkson in the very next game:

http://www.amurgsval.org/squishy/placid.5.9.html

[RichH]

[quote andyw2100]I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet. I can't say it's my favorite impromptu cheer, but the first time we chanted "We want Weder" when he wasn't even in the rink was pretty classic. Someone refresh my memory, please...did we do this against Colgate, the next year, after he had graduated, or was it against some other opponent sooner than that? I tried to find this out on my own, by looking for "The Ballad of Matt Weder", as suggested in the FAQ, but couldn't find it.

Thanks.
                         Andy W.[/quote]

To actually answer your question, the first time "We want Weder" was started against an opponent other than Colgate was during that '96 streak down the stretch (as JTW91 referenced).  It wasn't that funny, but it happened.  It wasn't until after the playoffs when the chant really meant something.  So pretty much all through '96-'97 at home vs. weaker opponents did that catch on fiercely.  There was a game vs. Colgate around 1998 (I think) when I heard that he or his parents were in the crowd that he was very very amused or annoyed that we were still doing it.

[andyw2100]

Thanks Rich and John.

It --was-- the Lake Placid "We Want Weder" that I recall as, at least to me, being the funniest, because of the irony. When I posted above, I remembered being really amused, and remembered why (the fact that Weder wasn't there), but had just forgotten the location, and the exact circumstances.

Thanks.
                   Andy W.

[ursusminor]

[quote 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:: ?[/quote] Well, it was a rather big bee. ::rolleyes:: I have a vague recollection, which I wasn't able to substantiate by Googling, that The Swarm originated with the football team, as in "swarming defense".

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

During the '81 ECAC consy at The Garden the entire Cornell section started the "It just doesn't matter!" cheer.  That was one of the first times I had a hard time cheering because I was laughing so much.

"Our team's sleeping!" was definitely another one.

[Jim]

Just an individual cheer, but yelling out "raise your hand if_______" when the ref raises his hand before faceoffs is fun.  I prefer to yell "raise your hand if your wife beats you."

[Bio '04]

I liked this story that Angry "A" posted a few years ago about when the fans at Brown mispronounced Baby's name:

All I'm saying is that the enthusiasm at Lynah is obviously fantastic, both opposing coaches mentioned it after their games this weekend. Let's just try to be a little more intelligent. If anyone remembers, I think it was two years ago that we played at Brown and our band couldn't make it. This meant the situtaion was ripe for multiple Lynah chants, along with impromptu ones. My favorite fo these was after the small Brown fan section began yelling out Bâby's name with the an incorrect pronunciation. I screamed out, "It's pronounced B[ah]by, there's a circumflex over the 'a.'" From the faithful behind me I suddenly heard "circumflex, circumflex, circumflex..." I've never felt more proud of the faithful. I use that story to help explain what it's like to be a Cornell hockey fan.

http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,28486,28572#msg-28572

[jy3]

then there is always the infamous "fatty ate waldo" cheer after the 'gate band referenced suicides....right after one had happened...a lot of people were upset about the fatty ate waldo cheer...not sure who started it...

[Robb]

I always remember fondly '97 Lake Placid.  Vermont had been heavily favored to win the league (Perrin & St. Louis's senior year), but they couldn't pull it together, finished 3rd, and lost their QF series at home to Princeton.  Many UVM fans had already bought tickets to Lake Placid, and were there making a nuisance of themselves.  One guy in particular ("The Fat Guy Sucks!") directed so much vitriol at the Cornell fans that he got himself kicked out of the arena.

But I digress.  Anyway, there was enough bad blood going that Cornell fans started a "Where is Vermont?" cheer and, even better, as Clarkson was destroying Princeton 5-1, "Princeton beat Vermont!"

You just have to love using one team's misfortune against another to bludgeon yet a third team...:-D