Okay, to try to change it up from the overwhelming negativity about the direction of the program, I've got a bone to pick with the students. When did the students forget how to do the M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A chant after the Rouser? It's not difficult. Since I was little, I've always enjoyed the sound of an entire stadium/arena ringing with that chant in unison. Unfortunately, the students appear to have decided to no longer do the chant with the cadence set by the band, but to rush the chant, throwing everybody off. I never hear it in unison anymore. And it's a relatively recent development that happens at basketball games too. It's not difficult. The band sets the cadence. Stay on beat with the band. If you rush ahead, it sounds absolutely terrible. I know it's a small thing, but it's been bugging me since it first started.
Pet Peeve with the Students
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Bo Darville
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Dang whippersnappers!
It's true. I graduated from the U (admittedly, a grad school) two years ago, and I already am fitting in great with the blue-hairs around me.
They have rushed it forever. It is not new at all. Normally they get done with the whole thing before I hit "A."
Maybe I've only just started noticing it. By the by, I'm a fellow Gooner fan. Thankfully, Chamakh and Co. provided some salve on the wounds inflicted by the Gophers.
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The students aren't the only ones. A lot of people say it too fast. Or should I say, the band does it too slow. I too have been noticing this for years. How can we expect to beat South Dakota if we can't even spell Minnesota together? 