junglehusky
Molotov Cocktail of Ugliness
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My section was okay, here and there were guys making noise consistently on defense, rest of the folks were clapping and sometimes cheering when something good happened or on 3rd down. Typical UConn crowd. The rows in front were a mix of 40-ish couples/families, a group of older men, and students/young alumni.
Maybe 10 minutes into the game a youngish guy and his dad (or at least a guy old enough to be his dad) get in. Young guy may or may not be buzzed, but he's not sloppy drunk (I think). Wearing a shirt with the previous version of the Husky logo.
He's cheering loudly on defense, that great, I join in, others join in. Navy gets the first down and is driving, people sit down, guy tries to get everyone to stand back up and cheer, but the whole section is sitting down now. "COME ON!!! YOU GUYS DON'T CHEER? MAKE SOME NOIIIIIIIIIIIZE!!!!!"
There's another Navy 3rd down, people cheer, Navy picks it up, people sit back down.
Guy is pissed. "AREN'T YOU ALUMS?" Yes, actually, we are. "THEN GET UP AND CHEER! COME THE duck* ON"
People are not impressed, trying to ignore. He's talking to the group of older guys in front of him, they're trying to laugh it off or whatever, he keeps talking... and talking and talking and talking and talking.
"THERE's 30,000 UCONN ALUMNI!"
I'm not sure what else he said at this point, something about conferences and what if alumni were cheering the team on... but then he short circuits.
First down - "30,000 ALUMNI"
Second down - "30,000 ALUMNI" (to the guys in front of him)
Third down "GET UP... 30,000 ALUMNI" (to the people behind)
Navy picks up a first down "30,000 ALUMNI WHY DON'T YOU CHEER"
etc., etc.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU"
Group in front turns around "Ok, guy, we got it, fine... I got it alright?"
"30,000 ALUMNI"
Guy's dad (?) tells guy it's enough, shut up.
Guy does not stop
"ALL THE ALUMNI ARE duck*ING BUMS"
By the way, during this time we are getting up to cheer when it's like, normal to cheer - after plays on offense, while the play is being called when Navy has the ball, getting up for third downs even while Navy is going up 14-3 ...
"30,00 ALUMNIIIIII..."
The four older gentlemen in front leave, move to another section.
Oh and guy is the only person standing making the same level of noise that normal people make on defense "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" when UConn is calling a play on offense. Apparently he wants the crowd to get loud so Shirrefs can't audible or hike the ball? I guess?
"YOU GUYS SUCK"
He has actually done the exact opposite of what his goal was. It's amazing. People are rolling their eyes, annoyed, maybe on edge with this social misfit getting on their nerves, not into the game (of course, the score at this point had a lot to do with it).
Mercifully he and his old man get up and walk down to annoy another section. Or maybe he left, I don't know.
UConn scores a touchdown.
Section erupts, gets on their feet and cheers loudly.
Maybe 10 minutes into the game a youngish guy and his dad (or at least a guy old enough to be his dad) get in. Young guy may or may not be buzzed, but he's not sloppy drunk (I think). Wearing a shirt with the previous version of the Husky logo.
He's cheering loudly on defense, that great, I join in, others join in. Navy gets the first down and is driving, people sit down, guy tries to get everyone to stand back up and cheer, but the whole section is sitting down now. "COME ON!!! YOU GUYS DON'T CHEER? MAKE SOME NOIIIIIIIIIIIZE!!!!!"
There's another Navy 3rd down, people cheer, Navy picks it up, people sit back down.
Guy is pissed. "AREN'T YOU ALUMS?" Yes, actually, we are. "THEN GET UP AND CHEER! COME THE duck* ON"
People are not impressed, trying to ignore. He's talking to the group of older guys in front of him, they're trying to laugh it off or whatever, he keeps talking... and talking and talking and talking and talking.
"THERE's 30,000 UCONN ALUMNI!"
I'm not sure what else he said at this point, something about conferences and what if alumni were cheering the team on... but then he short circuits.
First down - "30,000 ALUMNI"
Second down - "30,000 ALUMNI" (to the guys in front of him)
Third down "GET UP... 30,000 ALUMNI" (to the people behind)
Navy picks up a first down "30,000 ALUMNI WHY DON'T YOU CHEER"
etc., etc.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU"
Group in front turns around "Ok, guy, we got it, fine... I got it alright?"
"30,000 ALUMNI"
Guy's dad (?) tells guy it's enough, shut up.
Guy does not stop
"ALL THE ALUMNI ARE duck*ING BUMS"
By the way, during this time we are getting up to cheer when it's like, normal to cheer - after plays on offense, while the play is being called when Navy has the ball, getting up for third downs even while Navy is going up 14-3 ...
"30,00 ALUMNIIIIII..."
The four older gentlemen in front leave, move to another section.
Oh and guy is the only person standing making the same level of noise that normal people make on defense "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" when UConn is calling a play on offense. Apparently he wants the crowd to get loud so Shirrefs can't audible or hike the ball? I guess?
"YOU GUYS SUCK"
He has actually done the exact opposite of what his goal was. It's amazing. People are rolling their eyes, annoyed, maybe on edge with this social misfit getting on their nerves, not into the game (of course, the score at this point had a lot to do with it).
Mercifully he and his old man get up and walk down to annoy another section. Or maybe he left, I don't know.
UConn scores a touchdown.
Section erupts, gets on their feet and cheers loudly.
