FB: Empire 8

[sjfcards]

Says the guy from the land of the cowbells.

If I could start a petition to get rid of the cowbells as well I totally would. Not just from Fisher, but from all sports. Cowbells, Thunder sticks, and vuvuzellas...Lets ban them all.

Man I am angry tonight.

[maxpower]

Vuvuzelas = stay.

Thundersticks = go.

Cowbells = eh, anyone but fisher can have 'em. I'd say cortland too, but the cowbell might be too technical an instrument for them anyway.

[AUPepBand]

Yeah I gotta go with Utah here. Maybe if it was still "ha ha", but I never perceived the chant as arrogant or anything like that, certainly no more than a fight song. I think its total silliness (a good thing) undercuts any arrogance there is.

I have to say you may get your wish anyway Bombers798891. At Cortaca last year i could barely hear the chant, and NO ONE i heard (save for me) was responding to Chuck. I know this is Cortaca and all bets are off, but it was depressing.

My only dislike for the booga booga cheer, as stated before, was the reason it was being heard--that the Bombers had found the end zone--again! And Pep remembers (like it was yesterday) when he was chatting with the tailgatin' FDC outside ButterField that he hoped the band would have a chance to play the fight song as the Saxons had been shut out in prior meetings.

On Saxons Warriors!

[AUPepBand]

Vuvuzelas = stay.

Thundersticks = go.

Cowbells = eh, anyone but fisher can have 'em. I'd say cortland too, but the cowbell might be too technical an instrument for them anyway.

+k for that state school reference

[sjfcards]

Vuvuzelas = stay.

Thundersticks = go.

Cowbells = eh, anyone but fisher can have 'em. I'd say cortland too, but the cowbell might be too technical an instrument for them anyway.

Hilarious...+K

[Bombers798891]

Yeah I gotta go with Utah here. Maybe if it was still "ha ha", but I never perceived the chant as arrogant or anything like that, certainly no more than a fight song. I think its total silliness (a good thing) undercuts any arrogance there is.

I have to say you may get your wish anyway Bombers798891. At Cortaca last year i could barely hear the chant, and NO ONE i heard (save for me) was responding to Chuck. I know this is Cortaca and all bets are off, but it was depressing.

That's because 90% of the fans at Cortaca don't know anything about the football team and are just there to get drunk(er). One of my major pet peeves

[sjfcards]

Yeah I gotta go with Utah here. Maybe if it was still "ha ha", but I never perceived the chant as arrogant or anything like that, certainly no more than a fight song. I think its total silliness (a good thing) undercuts any arrogance there is.

I have to say you may get your wish anyway Bombers798891. At Cortaca last year i could barely hear the chant, and NO ONE i heard (save for me) was responding to Chuck. I know this is Cortaca and all bets are off, but it was depressing.

That's because 90% of the fans at Cortaca don't know anything about the football team and are just there to get drunk(er). One of my major pet peeves

I can see how that gets annoying, but at the same time, I would rather have a game like Cortaca with some fair-weather fans, than not have a game like that at all.

[maxpower]

Yeah I gotta go with Utah here. Maybe if it was still "ha ha", but I never perceived the chant as arrogant or anything like that, certainly no more than a fight song. I think its total silliness (a good thing) undercuts any arrogance there is.

I have to say you may get your wish anyway Bombers798891. At Cortaca last year i could barely hear the chant, and NO ONE i heard (save for me) was responding to Chuck. I know this is Cortaca and all bets are off, but it was depressing.

That's because 90% of the fans at Cortaca don't know anything about the football team and are just there to get drunk(er). One of my major pet peeves

It's also due to the disintegration of the FDC. I think tecmobowler should quit his job and devote his life to the furthering of his "baby" organization...

[AUPepBand]

Pep is pleased to report that the Kazoo has the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval as a non-offensive instrument for fan use at football games.

[lewdogg11]

Random tangent: I really hate the "Booga Booga" chant. Maybe I'm growing bitter and jaded, but at the very least, save it for meaningful times. Bust it out in the 4th quarter against Cortland. Or when you take a lead late in a game. Or maybe 15 years from now when we host another NCAA game.

But I hate hearing it in games Ithaca's up 40 points in the 3rd quarter against Utica or Frostburg. I know, I've turned into Johnny Sportsmanship over here, but I'm wondering, what do other people think?

Pep has always hated the "Booga Booga" chant but mostly because it's another confirmation that Pep's Saxons have just gotten scored on.

While on the topic of sportsmanship, should the Pep Band NOT play the fight song on a Saxon score when AU is up by 30? At what point does one lay aside such a tradition in deference to sportsmanship?

Pep, with all due respect, a school fight song from a school founded in 1836 and a chant of mostly gibberish, directed less in celebration, and more in mocking, do not equate in my book.

The last line of the chant, which is now, "Rah, rah, rah, rah" used to be "Ha, ha, ha, ha" before they were told to change it. Play the school fight song. Chant "Let's go Bombers!! (Or Saxons)" But this chant is not the same thing

I always found the chant rather arrogant, personally.  And, this is not a hit at Ithaca, but I just don't think their program is nearly as dominant anymore to be able to back up that arrogance.

Yea the chant is a little stupid but come on.  I never even knew the opposing side could even hear the chant.

I don't know how it is normally construed, but I remember the Ithaca game at RPI in 2001 and not only did the chant come off as arrogant, but they sent people to jump around in front of the RPI alumni screaming it trying to provoke us.  It was pretty classless.  But that obviously doesn't reflect the football program as much as some drunk idiot students.

[AUPepBand]

Getting back to the action ON the field as opposed to the action AROUND the field, Pep finds it quite interesting that Ithaca and Alfred have two common out-of-conference opponents in Frostburg State and Widener.

Frostburg State is likely working its way into the Empire 8 schedule; but the common opponent in Widener is interesting. Also, Ithaca has one of the "Shoes" with Union (LL) visiting Butterfield this Saterday, while Alfred will travel to RPI (LL), the "other Shoe," and play in the new (UNKNOWN) ACRONYM Stadium in Troy Oct. 16.

[Jonny Utah]

Random tangent: I really hate the "Booga Booga" chant. Maybe I'm growing bitter and jaded, but at the very least, save it for meaningful times. Bust it out in the 4th quarter against Cortland. Or when you take a lead late in a game. Or maybe 15 years from now when we host another NCAA game.

But I hate hearing it in games Ithaca's up 40 points in the 3rd quarter against Utica or Frostburg. I know, I've turned into Johnny Sportsmanship over here, but I'm wondering, what do other people think?

Pep has always hated the "Booga Booga" chant but mostly because it's another confirmation that Pep's Saxons have just gotten scored on.

While on the topic of sportsmanship, should the Pep Band NOT play the fight song on a Saxon score when AU is up by 30? At what point does one lay aside such a tradition in deference to sportsmanship?

Pep, with all due respect, a school fight song from a school founded in 1836 and a chant of mostly gibberish, directed less in celebration, and more in mocking, do not equate in my book.

The last line of the chant, which is now, "Rah, rah, rah, rah" used to be "Ha, ha, ha, ha" before they were told to change it. Play the school fight song. Chant "Let's go Bombers!! (Or Saxons)" But this chant is not the same thing

I always found the chant rather arrogant, personally.  And, this is not a hit at Ithaca, but I just don't think their program is nearly as dominant anymore to be able to back up that arrogance.

Yea the chant is a little stupid but come on.  I never even knew the opposing side could even hear the chant.

I don't know how it is normally construed, but I remember the Ithaca game at RPI in 2001 and not only did the chant come off as arrogant, but they sent people to jump around in front of the RPI alumni screaming it trying to provoke us.  It was pretty classless.  But that obviously doesn't reflect the football program as much as some drunk idiot students.

You might be thinking of the first down people.  The booga booga chant is usually done by just one guy and he is usually on the ithaca side and turns around and cheers with only the IC people.  The first down club people will (or did) get in your face and taunt you.  They will also do their cheers from all parts of the field, including the home stands.

[AUPepBand]

...Pep is waiting to hear from techmobowler...

[lewdogg11]

Random tangent: I really hate the "Booga Booga" chant. Maybe I'm growing bitter and jaded, but at the very least, save it for meaningful times. Bust it out in the 4th quarter against Cortland. Or when you take a lead late in a game. Or maybe 15 years from now when we host another NCAA game.

But I hate hearing it in games Ithaca's up 40 points in the 3rd quarter against Utica or Frostburg. I know, I've turned into Johnny Sportsmanship over here, but I'm wondering, what do other people think?

Pep has always hated the "Booga Booga" chant but mostly because it's another confirmation that Pep's Saxons have just gotten scored on.

While on the topic of sportsmanship, should the Pep Band NOT play the fight song on a Saxon score when AU is up by 30? At what point does one lay aside such a tradition in deference to sportsmanship?

Pep, with all due respect, a school fight song from a school founded in 1836 and a chant of mostly gibberish, directed less in celebration, and more in mocking, do not equate in my book.

The last line of the chant, which is now, "Rah, rah, rah, rah" used to be "Ha, ha, ha, ha" before they were told to change it. Play the school fight song. Chant "Let's go Bombers!! (Or Saxons)" But this chant is not the same thing

I always found the chant rather arrogant, personally.  And, this is not a hit at Ithaca, but I just don't think their program is nearly as dominant anymore to be able to back up that arrogance.

Yea the chant is a little stupid but come on.  I never even knew the opposing side could even hear the chant.

I don't know how it is normally construed, but I remember the Ithaca game at RPI in 2001 and not only did the chant come off as arrogant, but they sent people to jump around in front of the RPI alumni screaming it trying to provoke us.  It was pretty classless.  But that obviously doesn't reflect the football program as much as some drunk idiot students.

You might be thinking of the first down people.  The booga booga chant is usually done by just one guy and he is usually on the ithaca side and turns around and cheers with only the IC people.  The first down club people will (or did) get in your face and taunt you.  They will also do their cheers from all parts of the field, including the home stands.

I don't know, i just remember a couple jerks jumping in our faces yelling 'BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA'.  They must not have liked our 'IC Dumb People' signs or something.

[Jonny Utah]

Random tangent: I really hate the "Booga Booga" chant. Maybe I'm growing bitter and jaded, but at the very least, save it for meaningful times. Bust it out in the 4th quarter against Cortland. Or when you take a lead late in a game. Or maybe 15 years from now when we host another NCAA game.

But I hate hearing it in games Ithaca's up 40 points in the 3rd quarter against Utica or Frostburg. I know, I've turned into Johnny Sportsmanship over here, but I'm wondering, what do other people think?

Pep has always hated the "Booga Booga" chant but mostly because it's another confirmation that Pep's Saxons have just gotten scored on.

While on the topic of sportsmanship, should the Pep Band NOT play the fight song on a Saxon score when AU is up by 30? At what point does one lay aside such a tradition in deference to sportsmanship?

Pep, with all due respect, a school fight song from a school founded in 1836 and a chant of mostly gibberish, directed less in celebration, and more in mocking, do not equate in my book.

The last line of the chant, which is now, "Rah, rah, rah, rah" used to be "Ha, ha, ha, ha" before they were told to change it. Play the school fight song. Chant "Let's go Bombers!! (Or Saxons)" But this chant is not the same thing

I always found the chant rather arrogant, personally.  And, this is not a hit at Ithaca, but I just don't think their program is nearly as dominant anymore to be able to back up that arrogance.

Yea the chant is a little stupid but come on.  I never even knew the opposing side could even hear the chant.

I don't know how it is normally construed, but I remember the Ithaca game at RPI in 2001 and not only did the chant come off as arrogant, but they sent people to jump around in front of the RPI alumni screaming it trying to provoke us.  It was pretty classless.  But that obviously doesn't reflect the football program as much as some drunk idiot students.

You might be thinking of the first down people.  The booga booga chant is usually done by just one guy and he is usually on the ithaca side and turns around and cheers with only the IC people.  The first down club people will (or did) get in your face and taunt you.  They will also do their cheers from all parts of the field, including the home stands.

I don't know, i just remember a couple jerks jumping in our faces yelling 'BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA'.  They must not have liked our 'IC Dumb People' signs or something.

Maybe they didn't like you.