Comments on: Cheer, Cheer (but not too loud) – The Fans Respond

By: bass-pgh

bass-pgh — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:22:35 +0000

Advance the spheroid? That’s why Harvard will never have a great football program. Well, that and many other reasons. GO IRISH, BEAT TROJANS (but don’t hurt the Songgirls!)

By: jjb

jjb — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:16:16 +0000

In reply to joezee. You don't get it. Because I did care what they thought I did sit, and I lost the passion for cheering on my team. I will stay at home thank you very much.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:47:02 +0000

In reply to mikes1160. I watched that game last night and there were lots of folks sitting down.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:45:42 +0000

In reply to Stan.

Good point – if EVERYBODY is up on their feet then the ushers can’t do squat about it.

People who disapprove of that sort of fan behavior – don’t go to the games.

By: terry

terry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:42:06 +0000

I shoulda thought of this long ago and my apologies for not having done so sooner but;

Anyone out there remember Tom Lehrer from the 50s? He was a Harvard professor who wrote very witty songs and one of them was ‘Fight Fiercely, Harvard’. It had stirring lines like ‘advance that spheroid’.
Anyone else out there remember that?

By: terry

terry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:39:46 +0000

In reply to Spankey. so do i

By: terry

terry — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:59:11 +0000

In reply to Scott.

Right on! To put a dumbotron in the ND stadium would be a slap in the face to all the memories of every student who has ever gone to a game there.

I remember the Syracuse game (they had Ernie Davis) in 1962 when we won the game on a field goal after time had expired – the ND kicker had missed a field goal on the final play of the game but there was a roughing the kicker penalty and the ball was moved 15 yards closer and we won 17-15. The whole place went NUTS and we stormed the field and the ushers had sense enough just to get out of the way.

omt – those new colored helmets are silly, now matter what corporatespeak is offered up about them.

By: bass-pgh

bass-pgh — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:28:17 +0000

Attended the Pitt-ND game at Heinz field this year. Heinz has a jumbotron, Pitt dancing girls (really hot ones, too!) and is one of the quietest stadiums I’ve been to. A good portion of the fans are in the concourses the whole game drinking expensive beer and eating ($12.50 for a hamburger and fries!!!! no lie!). Heinz field is a really nice sports bar/grille with a football field in the middle! Is this what we want for ND stadium? I think not! Bottom line, you sit down when the band sits down!!! A great line, and words to live by, it’s short, simple and easily remembered. this should be the new rule, if we need rules. Go Irish, beat on the brats (Trojans) with a baseball bat, oh yeah!

By: Irish

Irish — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:02:22 +0000

In reply to joezee. No place on the ticket stub says you have to sit or stand, only for an allotted time period. This is America and if you want to stand the entire game then do it, we are free to. Also those that stand throughout the game paid for a ticket also, so they should be able to enjoy the as they see fit, even if you don’t agree with it. Standing the entire game does not seem like an outlandish and unheard of gesture at a sporting event. You have the justified means of telling someone to sit down in your own home, not a public event. If you don’t like it then stay home so you can control the environment.

By: mikes1160

mikes1160 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:48:21 +0000

In reply to joezee.

You don’t get it joezee. Have you been to a Springsteen concert? No one sits. A Chicago Bulls game during the Jordan era? No one sat. During the World Series game in St. Louis last night? No one sat.

This ain’t opera. I will be courteous. But I will stand. And I will be heard.

GO IRISH!!!!