Kurt wrote:
>4. Preparation. Yes, the fans at other schools are better prepared,
>particularly Cornell and Vermont. At Vermont, during the play-down
>round in 1992 Pete Ungaro and I (the WRPI crew that night, along
>with Pete's then-girlfriend, Pam the She-Nazi) were amazed that the
>student section was filled 45 minutes BEFORE the puck dropped. That's
>how seriously they took their job(?). Next RPI home game,
>watch how many students are still filtering in as the announcer
>starts the opening proceedings. Also, many schools, and I'll cite
>Cornell and Vermont again, perform their cheers and rituals so well
>they must practice them. Excellent organization on the students'
>part would produce a much better result overall. Ask yourself what
>little things happen at an RPI game the average person wouldn't know.
>Except for the "Sieve" chant following a goal and the "You suck" when
>the opposition is introduced, nothing really happens. Go to Vermont
>and Cornell to see how it should be done.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think at many other
schools, the student seating is general admission. This gives the
students a HUGE incentive to get there early. As an example, I was
just at the Maryland-Carolina basketball game on Tuesday. The game
was at 9:00pm. There were already 2,000 students lined up outside
Cole Field House when the doors opened up at 5:30. All ~4,000 student
seats were filled by the time the regular ticket doors opened at 7:30.
With assigned seating, why should anyone get there before opening
linups? Or, at worst, before team warmups? Nothing really happens
before warmups, anyway.
Things that happen at an RPI game: Yelling "PHONE!" when the press
phone rings; yelling "HALFTIME!" at 10:00 of the second period; the
"seive-funnel-vacuum-black hole" cheer; yelling "AWWWW SHIT!!" at
EVERY close missed scoring opportunity.
Waiting for the day ESPN picks up the ECAC final four...
Dave / RPI '91
LET'S GO RED!!
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