Video of students with new chant

[chapman]

I hate to be a d*ck, but absolutely not.

It's the student section, not the "alumni suggestion section". The kids should do whatever they want.

A lot of alumni doubted what they could do on Saturday, so we are the last people that should be making suggestions on what they should/shouldn't be doing. 

Agree.  Let them do what they want, which might not actually involve obsessing over a nickname that now hasn't existed since before some of them were born.  My suggestion to other alumni is to bring an extra gold or blue shirt to give to the 4-5 idiots that continue to wear red in the lower bowl, looking like absolute morons.  You can spot them on the video here without difficulty.

[Sir Lawrence]

My suggestion to other alumni is to bring an extra gold or blue shirt to give to the 4-5 idiots that continue to wear red in the lower bowl, looking like absolute morons.  You can spot them on the video here without difficulty.

Who was the young woman wearing a red dress that appeared to be a Marquette employee?

True story:  a neighbor of mine picked up a part time job at the athletic office.  Her first day on the job was a rather cold winter morning.  She wore a red sweater.  Cords kicked her out of the office, told her to go home and change, and to never wear red in the athletic office again.

[Henry Sugar]

Who was the young woman wearing a red dress that appeared to be a Marquette employee?

True story:  a neighbor of mine picked up a part time job at the athletic office.  Her first day on the job was a rather cold winter morning.  She wore a red sweater.  Cords kicked her out of the office, told her to go home and change, and to never wear red in the athletic office again.

That kicks ass.  Damn right Cords!

[warriorchick]

So, yes, this is a fan site, not a student site.  However I would like to make a suggestion to those students that might read this thread:

Why not assemble a group of like-minded students and start an official Spirit Club (although I am sure you kids could come up with a hipper name)?  It would only take 1-2 dozen of you to meet from time to time, brainstorm cheer and chant ideas, come up with the choreography, spread yourselves through the student section on gameday, and get them going.  There are many students who might not have the time or the inclination to be official members, but I bet 99% of those at the game would follow along once the cheer gets going.  You could even set up a web or Facebook page where you post the cheers ahead of time for the rest of the student body.

Look at what happened when a couple of guys came up with an idea 24 hours before game time with no real implementation strategy. What would it be like if there was formal planning?

Just an idea........

[MerrittsMustache]

So, yes, this is a fan site, not a student site.  However I would like to make a suggestion to those students that might read this thread:

Why not assemble a group of like-minded students and start an official Spirit Club (although I am sure you kids could come up with a hipper name)?  It would only take 1-2 dozen of you to meet from time to time, brainstorm cheer and chant ideas, come up with the choreography, spread yourselves through the student section on gameday, and get them going.  There are many students who might not have the time or the inclination to be official members, but I bet 99% of those at the game would follow along once the cheer gets going.  You could even set up a web or Facebook page where you post the cheers ahead of time for the rest of the student body.

Look at what happened when a couple of guys came up with an idea 24 hours before game time with no real implementation strategy. What would it be like if there was formal planning?

Just an idea........

There was something similar to this my freshman year at MU (98-99) but it disappeared by soph year. The team stunk and there was no Facebook, Twitter, etc so that didn't help. Given how easy it is to "reach the masses" today, I'd be surprised if something like this doesn't spring up again.

[MarquetteFan94]

That kicks ass.  Damn right Cords!

Cords would not allow anything red into the office....down to the paper clips and m&m's....true story.

[wyzgy]

I hate to be a d*ck, but absolutely not.

It's the student section, not the "alumni suggestion section". The kids should do whatever they want.

A lot of alumni doubted what they could do on Saturday, so we are the last people that should be making suggestions on what they should/shouldn't be doing. 

well o.k. then richard

[frozena pizza]

Agree.  Let them do what they want, which might not actually involve obsessing over a nickname that now hasn't existed since before some of them were born.  My suggestion to other alumni is to bring an extra gold or blue shirt to give to the 4-5 idiots that continue to wear red in the lower bowl, looking like absolute morons.  You can spot them on the video here without difficulty.

Agree, except for the girl in the pink sports bra they showed on TV.  She looked amazing.

[GGGG]

So if it doesn't happen at every game it makes what happened on Sat. less impressive? C'mon.

There was a 8 page thread crapping on the idea and they pulled it off. The internet geniuses (including me) doubted they could do it, and we were wrong.

Seems stupid to say that we should make some suggestions for future cheers, no?

The kids who came up with the idea(s) should be brainstorming some new ideas because obviously they have a much better understanding of the student section than the alumni on the internet.

+1.  Could not have said it better myself....

Student:  We want to do this cheer
Old Farts:  You don't want to do that cheer.  That will never work.  Back in the day...

<cheer works well>

Old Farts:  Well, that was pretty nice!  Now, here's how you can improve it...

[Henry Sugar]

Cords would not allow anything red into the office....down to the paper clips and m&m's....true story.

So you're saying that Cords was the Van Halen of Athletic Directors? 

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp

[klyrish]

It was really awesome, but it is a rip off. I like the cadence of it a lot, and the whole idea, but at the beginning of games I humbly submit that the students chant "Warriors come out to play" it has the same amount of syllables, is marquette specifc, time specific for the start or the game, and would probably be all kinds of awesome. PLus it doesn't have that wishy washy believe stuff in there.

I'm kind of sad there's no more games this year to try it. It has warriors in it, so the administration won't use its massive email list to promote it, but if this i believe chant catches on for next year, the student section could easily ignore it and use the cadence with the new words. Word gets out enough i think it could become really cool.

"WARRRRRRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY!"

Well, couldn't they officially have it as "MARQUETTE COME OUT TO PLAY" (same number of syllables again) to get the administration behind it and emailing it out to everyone but then have it unofficially known that it would be "WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY" when actually chanting it?

[GGGG]

So you're saying that Cords was the Van Halen of Athletic Directors?

Or was just a little nuts...

[BrewCity83]

Well, couldn't they officially have it as "MARQUETTE COME OUT TO PLAY" (same number of syllables again) to get the administration behind it and emailing it out to everyone but then have it unofficially known that it would be "WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY" when actually chanting it?

I like the way you think.

[boyonthedock]

Well, couldn't they officially have it as "MARQUETTE COME OUT TO PLAY" (same number of syllables again) to get the administration behind it and emailing it out to everyone but then have it unofficially known that it would be "WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY" when actually chanting it?

It's slightly different syllable wise (warr-i-ors vs. marrrrrrrr - quette) but close enough to work. ok, everybody remember this for next year. I know i will.