> 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 +----------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Michael Patrick Bresina | America's always had a problem | | [log in to unmask] | with illegal aliens. Ask any Indian. | +----------------------------+----------------------------------------+