come on get more original with the chants. The yuck the badgers was not real classy.
I liked it...
Quote from: injuryBug on December 08, 2012, 08:36:21 PM
come on get more original with the chants. The yuck the badgers was not real classy.
I cant believe youre gonna rip us when we were the loudest we have ever been for a game. How about you be original and not diss the student section for a change?
Quote from: injuryBug on December 08, 2012, 08:36:21 PM
come on get more original with the chants. The yuck the badgers was not real classy.
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Seriously if anything we, not the students, should have stood up more and been louder.
Complaining about the student section.... Looks like we are winning again!
Student body did fine and summed up the opionion of many on this board.
Count me in as .. loving the student section's passion and energy today, but the F*** the badgers chant is simply low class .. and bad karma.
Unless you waited outside for 8 hours I honestly dont think you have a right to complain.
There are only 2 teams against which I endorse that chant. ND is the other one.
Students are as lively as they've been in a long time this year. Not going to nit-pick the quality of their chants when they're present and into it. The Frack the Badgers chant is a tradition by now, it's been done half the game every home game against them for years, no need to give that up to show class. As least from TV the crowd as a whole also seemed more blue and gold and less red than in past years when we barely seemed to have an edge; though since tickets were still available yesterday that might say as much about their team and football distraction than us doing a good job of shutting them out of the BC.
I love hearing Bucky derided in the state of Wisconsin. I don't mind the frack the badgers chant at all....but it is several years running and time for a new one. When I was in school..the Mecca was 60-70% red so I could give a hoot what the students chanted as long as they were loud and wearing our colors. Looked like an absolutely electric atmosphere at the BMO tonight. Great showing my the MU student body.
Students did great. Loud and Proud.
I think the students were an embarrassment to a Catholic University. They also have no clue about anything when they are cheering the whole game that Wisconsin is overrated. Wisconsin is not ranked and therefore cannot be overrated.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on December 08, 2012, 08:52:46 PM
Count me in as .. loving the student section's passion and energy today, but the F*** the badgers chant is simply low class .. and bad karma.
Exactly especially with all the youth in the stands and we are a Jesuit institution. Loved the energy but it did not need to be the go to chant all game long.
Love the chant to start games
Quote from: bilsu on December 08, 2012, 09:02:31 PM
I think the students were an embarrassment to a Catholic University. They also have no clue about anything when they are cheering the whole game that Wisconsin is overrated. Wisconsin is not ranked and therefore cannot be overrated.
I really hope youre trolling.
Loved the poster - I'd rather be dead than Red.
Quote from: esard2011 on December 08, 2012, 08:54:33 PM
Unless you waited outside for 8 hours I honestly dont think you have a right to complain.
And you have a right to that opinion.
Quote from: bilsu on December 08, 2012, 09:02:31 PM
I think the students were an embarrassment to a Catholic University. They also have no clue about anything when they are cheering the whole game that Wisconsin is overrated. Wisconsin is not ranked and therefore cannot be overrated.
I kept hearing the chant as "over-rated" too, which wouldn't make sense. It was f-the-badgers, heard on ESPN2, thanks.
The over-rated chant was aimed at Decker. We did it when he shot a free-throw or had a turnover.
After the game the halls were filled with students shouting f--k the badgers. Totally classless.
Quote from: bilsu on December 08, 2012, 09:11:56 PM
After the game the halls were filled with students shouting f--k the badgers. Totally classless.
Ill agree that was a bit much but youre honestly going to say that you wernt like that as a teenager/early 20 year old. What bothers me the most is adults who act as if they are the student section. i.e. the Wisco fans behind the Badger bench.
Wasn't a huge fan of the "F the Badgers" chant but 10-12 years ago (ie when I was a student), I would have thought it was awesome.
The ultimate "F the Badgers" came from whoever's in charge of the Bradley Center music - playing "Jump Around" once the game was decided was a perfect ending.
the playing of jump around at that point was perfect. I just laughed at all the badger fans as they asked all the MU fans how our football team is.
Playing the Arkansas fight song after jump around would have been perfect!
Whatever, if you hate on our student section, eff off. We were awesome tonight.
Quote from: injuryBug on December 08, 2012, 09:29:49 PM
the playing of jump around at that point was perfect. I just laughed at all the badger fans as they asked all the MU fans how our football team is.
Had to watch the game on DVR, just finished it. Agree, Jump Around at the end was great. LOL.
The YUK the Badgers is definitely something I would have done as a student so I can't blame the students for doing it.
That was a pretty ugly basketball game. We were the better team on the floor, but hard to say how good we are. We certainly have some holes but happy for the win. #1500
Quote from: bilsu on December 08, 2012, 09:11:56 PM
After the game the halls were filled with students shouting f--k the badgers. Totally classless.
Next time I go onto someone's lawn to retrieve my ball I'll now know who's yelling at me to get off of it...... You should probably either 1) chill out or 2) stop being a college bball fan.... life is short man why spend the majority of it trying to find something to be angry about??
If I were to do the same then I'd probably say something to the point of.... "Gee the game was scheduled for 5pm for the past year.... maybe everyone else who isn't in the student section could figure out a way to get there on time..... just a thought"
Why does MU have two rows of press tables behind the basket on the students side? Why not put those tables on the other side and have the students right up to the baseline? It will look much better on TV.
Who are all these ....whatever, criticising the students for their chants! Hell ESPN guys kept on praising the students throughout the game. Do not know when you went to MU, but when I was there from '79-'83 it was worse... toilet paper thrown on the court, curse chants at refs constantly (been told to tone down or a tech foul against Marquette would be called), and opposing players were targeted... like Gminski sucks chanted by probably half of the crowd the whole game against Duke. So we are a Catholic institution, and I'm a proud Catholic, but the Catholic church is a much more worse example than our student section.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on December 08, 2012, 09:08:18 PM
I kept hearing the chant as "over-rated" too, which wouldn't make sense. It was f-the-badgers, heard on ESPN2, thanks.
You and injuryburg. youre a good player man
watching as many games as I do on TV, I do not know of any other game I have seen all year with a F the other team chant. Do it once or twice fine but what about a "we are Marquette" chant in its place a few times.
Quote from: injuryBug on December 08, 2012, 10:06:03 PM
watching as many games as I do on TV, I do not know of any other game I have seen all year with a F the other team chant. Do it once or twice fine but what about a "we are Marquette" chant in its place a few times.
Stop being so bitter deal with it. We won, we beat the Badgers you should be happy and have better things to do than insult college kids like you yourself were at one point.
Never realized what a bunch of ne'er-do-wells amd old farts were,on here.
Really? Ripping the students for swearing at UW? Quick tip...
It is a rivalry game against our most hated opponent! Get over yourselves and go back to watching made for tv movies so as not to hurt your precious little ears.
The students were fine and the place looked electric. Not my favorite chant but 10 years ago i was doing the same thing. Props to the fans and the team for defending home court.
To the haters, get over yourselves.
Damn, didn't know this board was connected to Badger basketball boards.
Quote from: GoldenZebra on December 08, 2012, 10:20:07 PM
To the haters, get over yourselves.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on December 08, 2012, 09:46:02 PM
Why does MU have two rows of press tables behind the basket on the students side? Why not put those tables on the other side and have the students right up to the baseline? It will look much better on TV.
If you did that, you'd have 5-8 rows of "ringside" seating. Remember, the seating in the BC was designed for the dimensions of a hockey rink, not a basketball court.
It's just typical of some people on this board to to criticize the student section no matter what.... do you want the students to be loud and somewhat vulgar or not give a crap??? I could understand if we do this every single game but it only happens once a year.... against Wisconsin... it's like you're damned if you do and damned if you don't around here...
The students were great. No need to criticize them for anything....even the chant was fine.
Right because Wisconsin's "F*** YOU" and "EAT S***" chant is classy. I'm not a student anymore, but I don't apologize for participating in the "F the Vadgers" chant. Maybe when I get a little older I'll learn to sit on my hands.
As long as the student section is going crazy who cares what they say. Someone has to keep the energy in the place
Quote from: Fanatic '11 on December 09, 2012, 12:47:33 AM
Right because Wisconsin's "F*** YOU" and "EAT S***" chant is classy. I'm not a student anymore, but I don't apologize for participating in the "F the Vadgers" chant. Maybe when I get a little older I'll learn to sit on my hands.
Annd we don't do the F*** the "insert random team here" chant every game too..... it's literally only done for the Badger game....
Quote from: injuryBug on December 08, 2012, 08:36:21 PM
come on get more original with the chants. The yuck the badgers was not real classy.
Give it a rest. Hearing the student section sing the national anthem to assist the 6 year old was one of the greatest things I've witnessed at the BC and got the crowd going. So give them credit for that class act. Maybe the old alums should be as classy to support a kid.
Students carried the crowd tonight. F*ck the Badgers indeed.
Quote from: ZiggysChestHair on December 09, 2012, 01:29:32 AM
Give it a rest. Hearing the student section sing the national anthem to assist the 6 year old was one of the greatest things I've witnessed at the BC and got the crowd going. So give them credit for that class act. Maybe the old alums should be as classy to support a kid.
This.
That was fantastic.
Quote from: ZiggysChestHair on December 09, 2012, 01:29:32 AM
Give it a rest. Hearing the student section sing the national anthem to assist the 6 year old was one of the greatest things I've witnessed at the BC and got the crowd going. So give them credit for that class act. Maybe the old alums should be as classy to support a kid.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
For the past few years, any time we talk about the students, it's that they aren't showing up, they aren't making enough noise, they aren't coordinated in their chants. Now that all of those problems have been solved, we are complaining that maybe they are too demonstrative? Give it a rest. The students have been fantastic this year. Looking across that student section tonight I was proud to see far less red over there than we saw in 2010 as well.
I give all the praise and respect I can to the student section this year for turning the BC back into a place that feels electric, that has home-court advantage. They have been fantastic. If I could say one thing, I guess it would be that they should never boo our own players. They haven't this year, not saying that, but it's happened in years past and I think that is FAR more classless than "Buck the Fadgers". Right now, the students have been superstars. Keep it up.
F- the Badgers was not in good taste. Let's stick with We are Marquette.
Watched the game at the MU bar here in DC and I thought the energy brought by the student section was amazing, set the tone. And you better believe it gave Diamond Stone a good impression....
I know USU started it, but the "I Believe That We Will Win" chant to start the game is just so much fun to hear. The F the Badgers chant happens every year, it just so happened that this year, the chant was coordinated well enough, to make it very audible on television. Something I'm proud of as an alum? Not really. Something I did as a student, hell yes. And I really cannot jab any of the students now for doing it.
I view the F*** the Badgers chant as a "unfortunate byproduct" of a fired up student section. I wouldn't trade the latter to get rid of the former.
WarriorInDC and The Sultan have it correct. Is it something we should encourage? No. Will it happen anyway? Yes. We're dealing with 18-22ish year olds who are pumped up for a big rivalry game and many of them are also pumped up on booze.
As I have said before I am fine with the chant a few times during the game, but the students could have gotten us old guys going even more if they started a "We are Marquette" chant at some point during the game. Maybe the students were too good last night and that made the chant more audible to everyone in the arena.
The students were great and loud last night. I texted a few friends not at the game that the students were as good as I have seen them and that was before the opening tip. Singing with the 6 year old was awesome.
Many of us old guys cannot participate in the the F the Badgers chant anymore cause we are with our young kids or have several young kids around us. I understand it is a special thing just for the badgers. I cannot stand them as much as anyone.
Keep being loud students it will help carry this team.
Regarding "We Are Marquette", I get the impression we'll hear that less. The leaders of the student section made it apparent that they want "We Are" to be used for special circumstances, when the team really needs them or when they're doing really well. I think they should use it a little more than they do because as you say, it gets the entire building involved, but I do like the idea of making the players earn it.
I willing to bet that most people on this board who went to the Wisconsin game while they were at Marquette chanted "F the Badgers" as well. I know I did.
Now I simply clap along to it ;D
Quote from: injuryBug on December 08, 2012, 09:29:49 PM
the playing of jump around at that point was perfect. I just laughed at all the badger fans as they asked all the MU fans how our football team is.
I usually hate when the play Jump Around. But at that point of the game it added an extra insult to injury, Nice job!!
I chuckled during Jump Around, because I knew it would frost the vadger fans. I was known to start "organic fertilizer" chants when I was in the student section, and I share the emotion toward becky, so, though I am not exactly proud, I'm not sad about it either. Student section held up their end yesterday.
Is it me or does Jim Burr look like a Badger? I thought the chant was directed at him, in which case it was deserved.
Btw, the student section has been great all year but definitely Stud of the Game last night.
The student section was electric yesterday! how could anyone complain about the student support regardless of what they chanted?
Unless you attended BYU or Oral Roberts, any person who ever attended college should know damn well that you simply cannot escape at least one off-color chant when a game starts after 4:00p.
I am happy the students showed up in good numbers and overall were quite clever.
Quote from: TallTitan34 on December 09, 2012, 11:54:31 AM
I willing to bet that most people on this board who went to the Wisconsin game while they were at Marquette chanted "F the Badgers" as well. I know I did.
Now I simply clap along to it ;D
I bought you a sweater vest for Christmas. ;)
I was thrilled to see the lines of students waiting to get in the BC when I got downtown, and more thrilled to hear them singing (as did I) the national anthem. The best, tho, was the noise and spirit they brought thoughout the entire first half. They were noticably more subdued in the second half, as was the MU energy on the court. I think the BC as a whole fed off the student energy last night, and don't know if the players second half lull caused the students lull, or, vice versa, or, if I should give credit to BoBo the Ryan for it.
Augoman
Agree on the students lining up early. We drove by there around 10:30 on way to Rick's funeral and kids were lined up already. If they wait outside that long on a cold, damp day they deserve to make a mistake or two.
bump, Goose.
Quote from: newsdrms on December 08, 2012, 10:00:38 PM
Who are all these ....whatever, criticising the students for their chants! Hell ESPN guys kept on praising the students throughout the game. Do not know when you went to MU, but when I was there from '79-'83 it was worse... toilet paper thrown on the court, curse chants at refs constantly (been told to tone down or a tech foul against Marquette would be called), and opposing players were targeted... like Gminski sucks chanted by probably half of the crowd the whole game against Duke. So we are a Catholic institution, and I'm a proud Catholic, but the Catholic church is a much more worse example than our student section.
Heck, when I was there (1974-1978), the Badgers were just another cupcake we beat four times out of four.
We knew we had Bucky ever since the "Al" incident with Old Man Hughes in the early 1970s. Be nice if we were back to this again.
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on December 08, 2012, 09:46:02 PM
Why does MU have two rows of press tables behind the basket on the students side? Why not put those tables on the other side and have the students right up to the baseline? It will look much better on TV.
This is a very good point/idea!...Bump so that it doesn't get lost on the shuffle
Quote from: APieperFan3 on December 10, 2012, 07:56:06 AM
This is a very good point/idea!...Bump so that it doesn't get lost on the shuffle
Having a little structure buffer between the students and the court of play is not a bad thing. I'm fine with it, prevents anyone from doing anything stupid.
Quote from: PTM on December 10, 2012, 08:34:07 AM
Having a little structure buffer between the students and the court of play is not a bad thing. I'm fine with it, prevents anyone from doing anything stupid.
That and there are expensive seats to be sold on the other end of the court. MU will not give up that revenue.
Quote from: Skatastrophy on December 10, 2012, 09:01:44 AM
That and there are expensive seats to be sold on the other end of the court. MU will not give up that revenue.
Technically, I do think any of those courtside seats are 'sold' but good point.
Despite the student section performance on Saturday, they do not need any additional seats that takes revenue.
Did MU really end up selling off student section tickets to the general public for the game?
Quote from: PTM on December 10, 2012, 09:19:28 AM
Did MU really end up selling off student section tickets to the general public for the game?
Either that, or they took two sections (429 and 430) away this year and never updated the seating chart.
Quote from: MUfan12 on December 10, 2012, 09:48:14 AM
Either that, or they took two sections (429 and 430) away this year and never updated the seating chart.
I'm pretty sure there were kids sitting in those sections for Colgate, but I could be wrong. Or they could have been allowed to sit there since there was no one there anyway.
I bought tickets in 429 off stubhub for me and my pops...I sat next to some mu students in grad school...I'd say a majority of the section was younger and 90% were mu fans
Seeing it on TV, the students were awesome and totally into the game. Tons of energy and made me really excited to get back for a game. Never been too thrilled about the F the Badgers chant, but I can definitely live with it. Keep it up!
Quote from: APieperFan3 on December 10, 2012, 07:56:06 AM
This is a very good point/idea!...Bump so that it doesn't get lost on the shuffle
Again... if you bring the students in courtside (or thereabouts), you're either going to have 5-8 rows on the floor before the risers (existing seating) start or you're going to have a 10 foot gap between the two rows of courtside students and the risers. If the point is to create a student section that is closer to the action, then a 10 foot gap between students is going to pretty much defeat the purpose. And if you have 8 rows of students on the floor - standing the entire game, mind you - nobody is going to want to sit in rows 3-8, because they're not going to be able to see anything.
Short of a complete interior renovation of the lower seating in the BC, there's no way to get the students closer to the floor without introducing more problems (or failing to solve whatever you set out to initially).
If you want an environment where the student section is "on top of" the opposition, then call the Milwaukee County supervisors and lobby them to reject any new stadium proposals.... when the Bucks skip town and the BC is condemned, MU will be forced to build its own basketball arena, and then we can have whatever we want.
I'm not a fan of the "F the whatever" chant and never will be. But, what's said during the game is one thing - I'm glad the students were loud and energetic. They've been awesome this year, and I hope they keep up their energy level.
What I could NOT stand was the taunting, flipping people off, screaming F-you directly at Badger fans in the hallways surrounding the student sections after the game. How that could be conceived as anything, but completely classless is beyond me. I watched numerous students go after any and every Badger fan not just the stupid punks causing trouble, but older fans just trying to get through the crowds.
Quote from: ultimate on December 10, 2012, 02:26:14 PM
I'm not a fan of the "F the whatever" chant and never will be. But, what's said during the game is one thing - I'm glad the students were loud and energetic. They've been awesome this year, and I hope they keep up their energy level.
What I could NOT stand was the taunting, flipping people off, screaming F-you directly at Badger fans in the hallways surrounding the student sections after the game. How that could be conceived as anything, but completely classless is beyond me. I watched numerous students go after any and every Badger fan not just the stupid punks causing trouble, but older fans just trying to get through the crowds.
Not disputing what you're saying, but unless you've got something more than anecdotal evidence that could be found at just about any major D-I school, I'm unfortunately going to chalk this one up to "happens at any rivalry game."
If what you're saying - and in the context you're presenting it - is true, then it is certainly very disappointing. This doesn't make MU any better (character-wise) than its rivals, but it certainly doesn't make MU any worse, either.
Quote from: Benny B on December 10, 2012, 03:42:50 PM
This doesn't make MU any better (character-wise) than its rivals, but it certainly doesn't make MU any worse, either.
Hooray!
Watched the game last night on the DVR... the crowd sounded incredible. And a lot of that had to do with the students.
One thing to be careful of... the "F the Badgers" chant sounded like "Let's Go Badgers" on TV. Maybe save that for when they come out for warmups, and drop it once the game starts/
Quote from: MUfan12 on December 11, 2012, 08:28:09 AM
Watched the game last night on the DVR... the crowd sounded incredible. And a lot of that had to do with the students.
One thing to be careful of... the "F the Badgers" chant sounded like "Let's Go Badgers" on TV. Maybe save that for when they come out for warmups, and drop it once the game starts/
I noticed it seemed to pick up/come out whenever a Badger fan came walking back into the student section. I don't like it all that much, but at least that made some sense and had me smirking from time to time.
As far as going after Badger fans in the concourse, I had Badger fans mocking my little (at the time 13 year old) sister after the loss at the BC two years ago. Its nice to pretend that we should be better than that, but screw it, you deal with a year of those haughty dipshits and its nice to have a proper release.
Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but thought i'd add some fuel to the fire since I am bored and would rather not study for finals.
E-mail to students from Larry today. In a nut shell, praised our support but went on the say that we must show more respect to opposing fans. He mentions offensive language and verbal abuse not being tolerated.
None of this is really surprising. Just shows that it did not go unnoticed by anyone.
Mind posting the email?
Quote from: MUfan12 on December 11, 2012, 01:02:30 PM
Mind posting the email?
Thank you for taking time out of your busy finals week preparation to support our men's basketball team on Saturday. The atmosphere at the Bradley Center, energized by the passion exhibited by more than 4,000 of you, was incredible and no doubt a contributing factor in our victory. The team and coaching staff could not be more grateful for your dedication and support.
At the same time, you represent Marquette University at every home game, and just as we remind our student-athletes, your actions create a national perception of our university and student body. While I certainly understand it is easy to get caught up in the emotion of the game we must show respect for fellow and opposing fans alike by representing Marquette University with class and dignity. Offensive language and verbal abuse directed at other individuals will not be tolerated and result in immediate dismissal from the arena and potential limitations on future attendance.
Thank you again for your support of our program and best of luck with finals.
Larry Williams
Vice President and Director of Athletics
I'm fine with that email, by the sounds of some posters it was necessary. Never go up to someone and act like a jackass.
Wonder if some Scoopers did an email campaign to LW regarding said disgust
Quote from: Warriors10 on December 11, 2012, 01:39:44 PM
Wonder if some Scoopers did an email campaign to LW regarding said disgust
A Scoop e-mail campaign to prompt an e-mail from the man with the sweaty hat? This may be our greatest contribution to society yet!