[GoMarquette.com] Off The Court With The "Jump Around" Guy

[GoMarquetteSays]

Off The Court With The "Jump Around" Guy
         

For the thousands of loyal students attending men's basketball games at the Bradley Center, the coolest tradition currently going in Marquette hoops is not the playing of "Ring Out Ahoya," it's not singing of "Hail Alma Mater," nor is it heading straight to a local establishment with half of section 406 after the final buzzer.

It's R.A. (Rick) Smith. You probably know him as the "Jump Around Guy."
         

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[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Cue the posts about "jump around" being a UW thing...

[GoMarquetteSays]

Off The Court With The
         

For the thousands of loyal students attending men's basketball games at the Bradley Center, the coolest tradition currently going in Marquette hoops is not the playing of "Ring Out Ahoya," it's not singing of "Hail Alma Mater," nor is it heading straight to a local establishment with half of section 406 after the final buzzer.

It's R.A. (Rick) Smith. You probably know him as the "Jump Around Guy."
         

http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021609aaa.html
         

[buckchuckler]

That guy is awesome.

[Skatastrophy]

For the longest while (when he first made his jumbo-tron appearance) I thought that he was a younger guy wearing a Ron Burgandy costume.

I'm just pushing thirty, and the thought of jumping like he does for the amount of time he does makes my legs start to burn!

[4thAndState]

Jump Around Guy is one of many pieces that make MU basketball a great in-person experience. A winning team, with incredible individual talent are numbers 1 thru 10, but the game-day atmosphere is the swirl on the cake.

[NavinRJohnson]

He is certainly a great fan and an asset to MU, but regarding this statement at the end...

And as for the jumping?

"As long as people are excited and enthused about it I'll continue to jump."

This has already come up as a topic of conversation, and I would submit he may want to think about going out on top. I think it may be getting a bit stale.

[MarquetteBallin]

From the MU website:

http://gomarquette.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021609aaa.html

[LovinCrowder]

I heard that after our loss to Nova, he flew the flag outside of his office building at half mast

[TheDOC816]

I heard that after our loss to Nova, he flew the flag outside of his office building at half mast

This is true.

[Avenue Commons]

Here's what I like best about the guy:

"In addition to his presence courtside, Smith, who owns his own engineering firm, is an active fundraiser for the University and currently sits on the board of directors for Marquette's civil engineering advisory board. He's a key player in the $100 million fundraising effort for a new engineering building.

"It's going to be a world class facility for engineering students and I'm excited to bring attention to Marquette and the city of Milwaukee. Anything I can do to help the University is very important to me," Smith said. "To see the progress Marquette has made from my freshman year in 1968 to now is tremendously exciting."

[4thAndState]

Here's what I like best about the guy:

"In addition to his presence courtside, Smith, who owns his own engineering firm, is an active fundraiser for the University and currently sits on the board of directors for Marquette's civil engineering advisory board. He's a key player in the $100 million fundraising effort for a new engineering building.

"It's going to be a world class facility for engineering students and I'm excited to bring attention to Marquette and the city of Milwaukee. Anything I can do to help the University is very important to me," Smith said. "To see the progress Marquette has made from my freshman year in 1968 to now is tremendously exciting."

+1.
He's a great fan and supports MU at every turn. Consumate successful alum who gives back.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Possibly the one guy who isn't a douche?

[LON]

Possibly the one guy who isn't a douche?

Nice, definitely beat me to it.