BC and BU fans have a higher level of intelligence when it comes to
hockey. Yes, they've been known to use some colorful language in their
cheers, but the environment doesn't seem to be as bad or hostile as when
I've been out at UMass.
I went to the one of the BC games at Conte forum with some friends
(including children). We were sitting right next to the BC pep band.
The kids in the BC band were very gracious and funny (even after my
friend's daughter fessed up to rearranging their music folders when left
unattended before the game).
james acheson wrote:
> right, that and "safety school", but I always ask what the name of
> the 2 schools on the other side of the river are, and how come they
> did not go to one of them and that usually shuts them up.
> I also ask about the Chemical Engineering program at BC and the entire
> school of engineering. Also, when the "fans" are focused on the
> school and not on hockey, I don't give them a heck of a lot of my time.
>
> BU, at the old barn, in my opinion was the BEST atmosphere, those fans
> were there for a hockey game, and not to trash talk. they understood
> the game and when Bredan, the Terrier, Walsh EARNED a stupid penalty,
> the fans let him know it. At UMass, and at UNH, the fans scream that
> the ref is a moron.
> At UMass, nobody watched the game and every time BEllamy crushed a
> Minuteman, the students near me taunted the minuteman, they were there
> to be idiots, not to see a hockey game.
>
> Tim has Umass right where he wants em!
> Scott, if you are still in Lowell and need a ride out this Friday and
> Sat, let me know. we will be going to support the team with the
> lackluster efforts.
>
>
>
> */Scott Lerman <[log in to unmask]>/* wrote:
>
> I just read a couple other messages from students that were at the
> games this weekend. I'm gonna have to disagree with you and say
> that no, I really don't need to go. I think I'll just take your
> word for it. I would be interested in seeing the kind of stuff BU
> and BC students say to them though. I'm sure phrases like "what's
> wrong, couldn't get into a real college?" are quite common.
>
> On 3/4/07, *james acheson* <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> you need to go
> it is not the cheers in the stands, everything sucks, that
> bothers me... it is the stuff on the concourses.
> last night, i was told, by a bunch of kids that maine sucks,
> and that Bellamy sucks (I was in my Bellamy jersey), I was
> screamed at, "BELLAMY, GET OUT OF MY STATE"
> my daughter, in a Maine jersey was told, "Maine sucks, what
> are you, a five year old fag?", she is nine, and a pretty good
> hockey player, make your own assumptions as to her
> sexuality...s he has not taked up softball yet.
> 2 years ago, my 9 year old son, at the ice cream stand (I was
> stupid enough to let him go there on his own... I would not
> have let him go in a big city, like at BU or Minn, but I
> figured Amherst was safe), at the ice cream concession stand,
> as the server put his ice cream on the counter, a student took
> it from him, and told him that Maine sucked. He came back to
> me with tears streaming, bawling... welcom to UMass.
>
> Scott, I don't think that anything that happens at any other
> Hockey East arena approximates this kind of crap.
> I think that the crap that comes out of the mouths of people
> at UNH and at PC, IN THE STANDS, is worse, but the crap that
> happens to your face at UMass takes the cake.
> the only upside... Tim has UMass right where he wants em...
> get ready for a 2 game sweep this coming week.
>
>
> */Scott Lerman < [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>/* wrote:
>
> I've never been to a game at UMass, so I can't really
> speak from personal experience, but I can't really imagine
> how they could be much worse than the places I have been.
> I don't remember Lowell being all that bad, and I don't
> know about Vermont or Providence, but bad language from
> the student section seems to be the rule instead of the
> exception.
>
> On 3/3/07, *Nonni Daly* < [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> And, who can forget that lovely religious school in
> Chestnut Hill where, when Maine fans cheered
> M-A-I-N-E GOOOO BLUE!, their fans would respond with
> M-A-I-N-E F*** YOU!! Even a letter to the president
> only elicited a really warm and fuzzy and not to the
> point response from one of his underlings.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> God forbid I should go to a heaven where there are no
> horses! ~~ R. Graham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Lindsay Huntoon
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:17 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Maine Home Ice
>
> Scott - I've been to all of the HE rinks except
> for Providence; IMHO
> UMass has the most hostile environment.
>
> james acheson wrote:
>
>> Merrimack's student section does that?
>> I mean I go to a lot of games, but I do not sit
> near him, so I cannot
>> hear him...Ditto the student section at Lowell,
> ole what's their
>> names... those 2 in the red jerseys.
>>
>> and Lindsay has an axe to grind with UMass ever
> since some student
>> took my 8 year old's ice cream when I was dumb
> enough to think that I
>> could send him alone to the concessions stand...
> he came back with
>> tears streaming, bawling... Michael was in a
> Maine jersey, and the kid
>> who took it told him that Maine sucked.
>>
>> */Scott Lerman <[log in to unmask]>/
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> * wrote:
>>
>> On 3/3/07, *Lindsay Huntoon*
> <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> < mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>> he Mullins Center is a nice rink, but
> probably my least
>> favorite place
>> to watch a college hockey game, primarily
> due to trash talking
>> of the
>> UMASS student section. It seems that
> every cheer includes the
>> words
>> "s*&k", "b*&Ls*#t", or " a@@h**e
> <mailto:a@@h**e>". All of this AFTER the
>> public addess
>> announcer says that "foul language wil
> not be tolerated"
>>
>>
>> You haven't been to games at BU,
> Northeastern, or Merrimack? I
>> think Maine may be the only school in Hockey
> East where the
>> student section doesn't use "You suck" for
> 90% of the game.
>>
>> --
>> Scott Lerman
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