On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Erik Biever wrote:
 
> >A guy (Joe) who works at the University of Michigan brought his 4 yr old
> >niece and his brother to Friday's game against Brown University.  *[For
> >those who have not visited Yost, when a Brown penalty ended, the announcer
> >would say, "Brown full strength" and the crowd would respond, "...and they
> >still suck!" - no moral judgement on my part here - just relating a story.]*
> > On Saturday, his sister in law asked Joe how the game went.  The niece
> >answered "they still suck".    Joe and his brother broke out laughing, and
> >the niece is not allowed to attend any more hockey games!
>
> I think this is more sad than funny.  Casual profanity like this ruins the
> experience for many potential fans, not just at Yost but elsewhere too.  I'm
> sorry that Joe's niece won't grow up attending and enjoying college hockey.
 
Doesn't sound to me like the crowd ruined anybody's experience...I find
passing comments like that generally entertaining...Nothing directed at
anything but a uniform...
 
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