Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30)

[Dirty]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

As Flashy Man pointed out, we hold ourselves to a higher standard at MTU and we expect the student section to represent the university well.

Because the hockey team sure as hell doesn't.

 

[Gurtholfin]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Listen A-hole, we've already told you like 5 FCUKING TIMES, we don't really care if you and the rest of the badger fans want to be jerkoffs to us, we have fun on roadtrips regardless of how you treat us but as Yager pointed out personally this was his worst roadtrip. I don't really see that as being a bunch of whiney pu$$ies. We're just point out our observations based on experiences we've had in madison and comparing them to all over the country. I have actually avoided state street after a husky win before, because drunk badger fans can be very confrontational. At the same time, I have crashed on the floor of a badger fan's apartment before after a husky/badger game. All we're trying to say is the fact you guys have this "Whatever" attitude towards the vulgarity others direct to us doesn't make it ok. As Flashy Man pointed out, we hold ourselves to a higher standard at MTU and we expect the student section to represent the university well.

So at one point, it was our whole fan base. Then it was 10%. Now it seems that we've gotten to the heart of the matter. It's our student section that you have a problem with?

A student section that you knowingly direct their attention upon yourself by taking off your shirt, apparently? And you're less than in shape? And now you're gonna complain about the heckling you get because some youngsters seated near you hear this stuff? This stuff that, right or wrong, you help to get started in some way?

I think you lost me...

A-hole indeed.

 

[JohnsonsJerseys]

Well I thought it was obvious, but I'll spell it out for Bucky...

Well I thought it was obvious, but I'll spell it out for Bucky...

If it's so bad here, why would you people keep coming?

Well the short answer would be, we don't control the scheduling. We go where the team goes. When the WCHA starts giving us four games against Bucky in Houghton each year (which isn't going to happen) we'll stop going to the Kohl center. Don't worry, in a couple years our visits will stop when Bucky gets yanked out of the WCHA to join the "awesome" Bi6Ten Conference.

But even after Bucky has moved on, and the fans will have to F-bomb Penn State every 5th weekend, you can still take comfort in the fact that UW ranks as one of the top three engineering schools... in Wisconsin.

We've tried for years to be creative and clean in our taunts and show you how it's supposed to be done. We've taken our band on the road to the Final Five so that at least one good band shows up to entertain the crowd. We've even let you play OUR home game vs Bucky in Green Bay so you don't have to whine about the long drive home. Seriously what more do you expect us to do for you. We cheer for a team that hasn't won anything of note in a quarter century and we keep coming back week after week. We don't just jump on the bandwagon when our team suddenly gets hot. Show me someone who still stands behind their team when they win five games all season and I'll show you a real fan.

So we got swept...
That's alright, that's ok,
You'll be working for us someday.

Ryan J

PS
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Beat em’ Beat em’ MTU!

 

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

So at one point, it was our whole fan base. Then it was 10%. Now it seems that we've gotten to the heart of the matter. It's our student section that you have a problem with?

A student section that you knowingly direct their attention upon yourself by taking off your shirt, apparently? And you're less than in shape? And now you're gonna complain about the heckling you get because some youngsters seated near you hear this stuff? This stuff that, right or wrong, you help to get started in some way?

I think you lost me...

A-hole indeed.

There really is no point in arguing with you anymore because you keep taking pieces of what I say and ignoring the rest.

 

[Gurtholfin]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

There really is no point in arguing with you anymore because you keep taking pieces of what I say and ignoring the rest.

Let's just agree to disagree.

But I guarantee, if you sat by me at the KC, we would get along just fine. Until you took your shirt off, that is.

 

[Chuck Schwartz]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Michigan Tech Hockey: Our hockey team sucks, but at least our cheers are clean!

Honestly...no one cares. Get off your high horse.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Michigan Tech Hockey: Our hockey team sucks, but at least our cheers are clean!

Honestly...no one cares. Get off your high horse.

Even when miracling a loss to Tech, I'd much rather spend my time with the Techies than the Badgers. I've run into maybe 3, POSSIBLY 4 good Badger fans. That's a lifetime count. Hell, even UND (!!!!) fans have been more friendly, and we're talking the randoms, not posters or anything.

Edit: in your "defense," SCSU fans are still the worst I've ever come across.

 

[Yager]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Michigan Tech Hockey: Our hockey team sucks, but at least our cheers are clean!

Wisconsin Hockey: Our hockey team is above average, but visiting fans may be physically abused and we don't really care because the idea of traveling to where your team is playing is absurd!

Even when miracling a loss to Tech, I'd much rather spend my time with the Techies than the Badgers.

Do we get a choice in this? I'd kind of like to decline your prescence win or lose...

Crap, you are staying at my house in a couple of weeks

 

[bigblue_dl]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

I don't care if Tech got swept or if Badger fans are too vulgar. I still think the old bastard should croak.

 

[WeWantMore]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Wisconsin fans, not just a-holes, but also racists.

I agree with the writer though, that was a very odd decision.

 

[Biddco]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Wisconsin fans, not just a-holes, but also racists.

I agree with the writer though, that was a very odd decision.

Yeah I mean the Sioux weren't in town?!

 

[FueledByRamen]

Re: Well I thought it was obvious, but I'll spell it out for Bucky...

Re: Well I thought it was obvious, but I'll spell it out for Bucky...

But even after Bucky has moved on, and the fans will have to F-bomb Penn State every 5th weekend, you can still take comfort in the fact that UW ranks as one of the top three engineering schools... in Wisconsin.

Bah-ZING! We also have the 2nd ranked real estate program according to Forbes, a top 20 business school (at a public institution, mind you), lead the nation in Fortune 500 CEO's... and oh yeah, we also have world class programs in just about EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK ABOUT POSSIBLY MAJORING IN.

Don't think I'll be working for you any day soon.

I seriously love how much you guys whine after a sweep though, keep it classy.

 

[FueledByRamen]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Wisconsin Hockey: Our hockey team is above average, but visiting fans may be physically abused and we don't really care because the idea of traveling to where your team is playing is absurd!

When did physical abuse come into this? I still thought we were talking about the "Gastric Bypass" and "Husky Husky" chants from the student section? Was there a beating behind the Red Shed I missed?

 

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

When did physical abuse come into this? I still thought we were talking about the "Gastric Bypass" and "Husky Husky" chants from the student section? Was there a beating behind the Red Shed I missed?

When did I ever complain about your chants?

 

[Gurtholfin]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

When did I ever complain about your chants?

It's hard to keep up with whatever you guys are complaining about.

 

[Gurtholfin]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Wisconsin fans, not just a-holes, but also racists.

I agree with the writer though, that was a very odd decision.

Oh to be young and idealistic. What a stupid article.

 

[WeWantMore]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

Oh to be young and idealistic. What a stupid article.

I don't know... I'm very very un-PC, but I did think it was a really poor choice in costume, and an even weirder choice by the Kohl Center people to highlight them.

 

[CopperCountryBadger]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

I rarely ever post on here, though I read what gets posted from time to time. I think that I can offer a different perspective since I am a student season ticket holder for UW and I also used to live in Calumet, just north of Houghton. There's many nice Badgers fans out there, but overall I believe that MTU fans are nicer towards opposing fans. I'm not sure what the root cause of that is; perhaps it's the lack of recent winning seasons, but visiting fans at the JMSIA can cheer for their team more assertively without getting hassled in comparison to visiting fans here. While doing my dissertation fieldwork up there, I attended most of the MTU home games during the '08-'09 season. I once saw a row of UMD fans in the Tech student section calling Tech fans 'Northern rejects' without a strong rebuke from the Tech students. You can't do that in Madison. At the same time, I've been mildly harassed wearing my Badgers jersey at the KBC and on Shelden Ave. in Houghton. But that's to be expected.

Michigan Tech is a great school for some subjects, but as a few pro-UW posters have indicated, I'm not sure about the whole "you'll all work for us someday" chant being applicable. They have some good engineering programs, and the (still-flawed) NRC ratings are a better indicator of productivity as research institutions than we can attempt to rigorously compare on this board.

And as a diehard Badgers fan, I do think the student section here could be more creative with chants. I was hoping a 'go home yoopers' chant would be started the same way the 'go home coasties' chant was started last Halloween vs. UNH. There's some great chants, but some sayings do get stale. And there's some incredibly hockey-savvy students in the first level, but the Kohl Center's second bowl often has later-arriving casual fans who want to see a spectacle more than they appreciate hockey strategy, traditions, and historical rivalries. But I also regularly saw MTU students away from the penalty box section sitting down and seeming unenthusiastic, so any fan base has those.

And I agree that the Kohl Center staff should have never allowed those students stereotyping Native people to get attention on-ice during intermission. The guy to my right (I was in the fourth row behind the goal judge) summed it up when he blurted out, 'I can't believe that they allow this in such an educated city.' Ignorance of the history of race relations and post-colonialism is why most universities find it wise to offer courses on such matters. Not that I'm trying to start a flame war on this board by posting my above thoughts. It's always easier for people, myself included, to make inflammatory statements when we're behind a screen instead of face-to-face.

 

[FueledByRamen]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

I rarely ever post on here, though I read what gets posted from time to time. I think that I can offer a different perspective since I am a student season ticket holder for UW and I also used to live in Calumet, just north of Houghton. There's many nice Badgers fans out there, but overall I believe that MTU fans are nicer towards opposing fans. I'm not sure what the root cause of that is; perhaps it's the lack of recent winning seasons, but visiting fans at the JMSIA can cheer for their team more assertively without getting hassled in comparison to visiting fans here. While doing my dissertation fieldwork up there, I attended most of the MTU home games during the '08-'09 season. I once saw a row of UMD fans in the Tech student section calling Tech fans 'Northern rejects' without a strong rebuke from the Tech students. You can't do that in Madison. At the same time, I've been mildly harassed wearing my Badgers jersey at the KBC and on Shelden Ave. in Houghton. But that's to be expected.

Michigan Tech is a great school for some subjects, but as a few pro-UW posters have indicated, I'm not sure about the whole "you'll all work for us someday" chant being applicable. They have some good engineering programs, and the (still-flawed) NRC ratings are a better indicator of productivity as research institutions than we can attempt to rigorously compare on this board.

And as a diehard Badgers fan, I do think the student section here could be more creative with chants. I was hoping a 'go home yoopers' chant would be started the same way the 'go home coasties' chant was started last Halloween vs. UNH. There's some great chants, but some sayings do get stale. And there's some incredibly hockey-savvy students in the first level, but the Kohl Center's second bowl often has later-arriving casual fans who want to see a spectacle more than they appreciate hockey strategy, traditions, and historical rivalries. But I also regularly saw MTU students away from the penalty box section sitting down and seeming unenthusiastic, so any fan base has those.

And I agree that the Kohl Center staff should have never allowed those students stereotyping Native people to get attention on-ice during intermission. The guy to my right (I was in the fourth row behind the goal judge) summed it up when he blurted out, 'I can't believe that they allow this in such an educated city.' Ignorance of the history of race relations and post-colonialism is why most universities find it wise to offer courses on such matters. Not that I'm trying to start a flame war on this board by posting my above thoughts. It's always easier for people, myself included, to make inflammatory statements when we're behind a screen instead of face-to-face.

:sigh:

Reason has returned, folks. Time for this thread to die.

 

[The Rube]

Re: Could we interest you in a deer for a win? (Michigan Tech @ WisconSIN - 10/29-30

:sigh:

Reason has returned, folks. Time for this thread to die.

While wearing my Gopher jersey into the MTU section last year, I saw one of the fans give me an odd condescending look. It made me sad that the fan could be so mean. Why can't we just get along?