Re: Boston University 2009-2010 Season Thread Part the One
My input on cheering, and the Ole cheer in particular: I am admittedly only one weak voice in 119 so I can't do much about this, but my recommendation is that one strong voice step up and cheer really loudly from 118. I know this sounds obvious, but I have wasted multiple PK's this season being distracted from the ice and frantically scanning 118 looking for mouths moving so that I can catch on and cheer along. If there was a loud voice that a good number of people could hear, then enough people would chime in (in unison! what a novel concept!) and the noise would grow and make it easier for the student section as a whole to follow along.
The shorter, simpler chants don't seem to have as much of a problem, and I know the fate of this cheer in controversial, but I personally like it. Like I said above I'm not the loudest voice but I'll cheer to the best of my ability. The Miami /Bemidji/mixed fans that surrounded my friends and I in DC were always confused at our relentless Ole-ing, but we didn't care. It's weird and we like it, so we cheer it. As long as I can hear it, I'll continue to cheer it.
As far as other cheers, I love the creativity going on this season. Everyone else has said it, but the Arnold incident was beyond great. And I really enjoy all chants that go between 108 and 118. The only thing that concerns me is how many times do we go back and forth with the goalie-sieve? Because it starts to die out and get pathetic because people don't know when to end it. Maybe a note should be added to the next Dirty Laundry about that. And is that a cheer than ends with "Parkerrrrrrrrr" ? If not, it should be. Every cheer that ends with Parker is ok in my book.
And this is where I end my rambling about chants. I may be a new poster, but I've spent enough time on here to know that you talk about fans/cheering/students when you want to avoid talking about what's going on on the ice. We're no where near that point, so as you were...
Is anyone else concerned about the number of injuries haunting this team?