OttoinGrotto
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She hot?What about the tradition of having a designated opponent fan stripped down to her underwear?
She hot?What about the tradition of having a designated opponent fan stripped down to her underwear?
Sounds more like a lack of offense on the SU players’ part rather than too much clapping by people not actually on the court to me.They started the game on an 18-0 run.
and if we don't score in the first 3 minutes and 16 seconds by the time the song ends just literally set the dome roof on fire . evacuate the building and postpone the game.The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!
We don't need no water—Let the burn!
Burn, , burn!
not really. but that's a girl who pays her debts. she's no welcher and i admire that.She hot?
So let me get this straight: The standing/clapping can help the team, but never hurt the team?Sounds more like a lack of offense on the SU players’ part rather than too much clapping by people not actually on the court to me.
When did I say it helped the team? I only commented because of your ludicrous premise that the fans lost a basketball game.So let me get this straight: The standing/clapping can help the team, but never hurt the team?
And if it doesn’t help the team either, then why do it at all?
She hot?
Yes, I believe the crowd can have an effect in games. Ludicrous.When did I say it helped the team? I only commented because of your ludicrous premise that the fans lost a basketball game.
Well, besides the added vulgarity from SU fan lyrics (which honestly, don't love chants like that at games anyways), Gary Glitter is a pedo, so there's that.When they killed the lovely “hey! You suck!” song and chant, a part of me died inside.
We could go back to this.
Or not.
You said the fans lost the game, not that they had an effect. I'm bailing on this absurd back and forth.Yes, I believe the crowd can have an effect in games. Ludicrous.
I can see where it hurts if the first basket proves hard to come by, as it just adds pressure.You said the fans lost the game, not that they had an effect. I'm bailing on this absurd back and forth.
I attend so few basketball games that it doesn't really impact me much directly. I'd like to see it stay, simply because it's a tradition, as lame as it may be. If it were to go away, I'd just chalk it up as one more thing that came and went.I can see where it hurts if the first basket proves hard to come by, as it just adds pressure.
I can see where it helps energy and adrenaline wise(and perhaps rattling some opponents a bit) as the game is about to start and the place is rocking.
I’m not married to the “stand and clap” necessarily having to last until our first basket.
Frankly though - I don’t see how you stop it, even if they decided they wanted to? Trying to stop it would actually probably make people get more into it.
Yeah, what’s wrong with this? It got people up and moving. So what if it is “old?” It’s timeless and energetic! Something being old does not mean it is bad (she says defensively).It's of an era, dated for sure.
But that song and John Wallace dancing at midcourt was probably more peak "stand-and-clap" than anything from the last 35 years.
As opposed to, say, "Welcome to the Jungle" and Mr. Excitement squealing at a bunch of people who'd rather sit and not clap.
I've modified my clapping in those games over the last few years. Only clapping while we are on defense. Makes more sense to try and get the D fired up as you say.I remember liking the clapping tradition when I was a student back in the late 80s / early 90s. However, over the years, I've become to dislike it, particularly during one of those games where we're struggling to get on the scoreboard. It tends to highlight how long it's taken us to score during those kinds of games. I'd rather clap (as a taunt) until the other team scores. Get our D fired up and mock the other team's offense.
Yes I'm sure there is one but I can't think of a more nonsensical tradition in all of sports. Not from a stupidity standpoint but from a strategic standpoint. It does little to nothing to help team and creates awkwardness and potentially tightness over time. The reverse (until opponent scores) makes 100x more senseIs this post from the year 2000? The answer was an emphatic YES back then too.
Exactly. It seems like these threads go in a cycle - bemoan the lack of SU traditions, complain about the few existing traditions we do have, say other schools traditions are stupid when discussing ideas.It should absolutely NOT be gotten rid of. Every year, there are posts lamenting our lack of traditions. So we should get rid of one of the very few...maybe the ONLY one we have? Sure, we stole it from New Mexico. But that was long ago and it is now ours.
We once had the "Who's He?" cheer, but that was defanged so as to not offend the masses.
We once had the Manley Zoo. In an effort to appear more sporting, SU neutered The Zoo by moving it to the other end of Manley and calling it The Kennel Club. It was OK but by the time we moved to The Dome, it was no more. Perhaps even prior to that, I no longer recall.
For football, we have the keys thing, but many schools had that before us. I seem to recall Purdue doing it many years ago when Leroy Keyes was there. It isn't even a tradition.
When I was a student, the freshmen had placard cheering at football games. We stole that too, probably from a southern California school where the cheerleaders didn't wear woolen uniforms and brush the occasional snowflake from their hair. By the end of my freshman year, I think it was gone.
Contrary to what people post annually, traditions cannot be "created". They develop organically. The stand and clap thing may be hokie to some and boring to some, but it is ours. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. It's a free country. But it should not be officially ended. We have so little else.