> by Steve Allen-Shinn <[log in to unmask]>
>> by Robert Whitaker
>>The "you're not a black hole...you just suck!" cheer I believe originated
>>at Harvard's Bright Arena.
>[...]
>>This cheer has been around for awhile...I remember hearing it during the
>>1982-83 ECAC Quarterfinals, when RPI played at Harvard...
>By '83, the cheer had been all around the Ivies for a while. I know I
>first heard it around '81, but I can't recall where. I think it was at
>Cornell, UVM or possibly UNH. I do know that we (Brown Band) picked it
>up from one of the further away schools. First time I heard it at
>Harvard was over a year later, so I doubt that it originated there.
The Sports Illustrated article on the 1973 Championship (won by Wisconsin)
refers to it several times.
Cheers,
Mike
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