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So UCONN has 2 highly recognizable stadium cheers. One that is usually started by an average fan (Big Red) and another that is heard frequently from the fans ... but never led by the cheerleaders.
#1 - About 12 years ago I made some big white letters for the cheerleaders. I noticed that the entire stadium had a difficult time seeing Big Red. I wanted the entire stadium to be able to synchronize to the U-C-O-N-N UCONN UCONN UCONN cheer after a score. I understand that Big Red pretty much has a patent on this cheer (and I did not want to steal his thunder), but I thought it was a little easier for 40,000 fans to see and be led by the cheerleaders on the field with big, white letters. Sometimes it works pretty well.
#2 - Each year, when I deliver the letters to the cheerleaders, I ask them if they have ever given any thought to the UCONN HUSKIES WOOF cheer. This cheer is started generically by numerous fans all over the stadium almost all game ... but I can't recall a single instance when the cheerleaders led the entire stadium with this cheer. That, to me, is incredibly odd. A cheer which almost everyone knows ... conducted almost all game long by random fans ... but almost never organized stadium wide by the cheerleaders. How can that be? It is literally the 2nd best known UCONN cheer and very unique to UCONN fans.
We had that pre-game guy trying to get fans to yell BLUE & WHITE. WHAT?? BLUE & WHITE?? THAT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL UCONN CHEER!! I don't ever recall a UCONN cheer that included BLUE & WHITE. That attempt was totally misguided and failed miserably.
While attending away games at WVU and Michigan ... I witnessed cheer leaders prompting each half of the stadium with 1 word each. One half would start while the other half responded. GO ... BLUE ... & LET'S GO ... MOUNTAINEERS. It was incredible how quickly the stadium caught on and knew what to do. That was very effective cheer leading ... prompting an entire stadium in unison.
Why can't we have that at the Rent??
SO ... MY ANNUAL CHEER RANT:
Dear Cheerleaders - I will make props for you that read "UCONN" & "HUSKIES". The only thing you need to do is raise those letters on each half of the stadium to get the crowd to cheer in unison ...
UCONN ... HUSKIES ... UCONN ... HUSKIES ... HUSKIES ... UCONN ... (& 40,000 fans together) ..... WOOF!!!!!
#1 - About 12 years ago I made some big white letters for the cheerleaders. I noticed that the entire stadium had a difficult time seeing Big Red. I wanted the entire stadium to be able to synchronize to the U-C-O-N-N UCONN UCONN UCONN cheer after a score. I understand that Big Red pretty much has a patent on this cheer (and I did not want to steal his thunder), but I thought it was a little easier for 40,000 fans to see and be led by the cheerleaders on the field with big, white letters. Sometimes it works pretty well.
#2 - Each year, when I deliver the letters to the cheerleaders, I ask them if they have ever given any thought to the UCONN HUSKIES WOOF cheer. This cheer is started generically by numerous fans all over the stadium almost all game ... but I can't recall a single instance when the cheerleaders led the entire stadium with this cheer. That, to me, is incredibly odd. A cheer which almost everyone knows ... conducted almost all game long by random fans ... but almost never organized stadium wide by the cheerleaders. How can that be? It is literally the 2nd best known UCONN cheer and very unique to UCONN fans.
We had that pre-game guy trying to get fans to yell BLUE & WHITE. WHAT?? BLUE & WHITE?? THAT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL UCONN CHEER!! I don't ever recall a UCONN cheer that included BLUE & WHITE. That attempt was totally misguided and failed miserably.
While attending away games at WVU and Michigan ... I witnessed cheer leaders prompting each half of the stadium with 1 word each. One half would start while the other half responded. GO ... BLUE ... & LET'S GO ... MOUNTAINEERS. It was incredible how quickly the stadium caught on and knew what to do. That was very effective cheer leading ... prompting an entire stadium in unison.
Why can't we have that at the Rent??
SO ... MY ANNUAL CHEER RANT:
Dear Cheerleaders - I will make props for you that read "UCONN" & "HUSKIES". The only thing you need to do is raise those letters on each half of the stadium to get the crowd to cheer in unison ...
UCONN ... HUSKIES ... UCONN ... HUSKIES ... HUSKIES ... UCONN ... (& 40,000 fans together) ..... WOOF!!!!!
