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jenny_wildcatOkay, so remember how Utah State beat Utah in an extremely close game last Wednesday?
Yup, sure do.
Remember how the fans stormed the court afterward?
Two out of two.
Remember how people outside Cache Valley give a flying leap about how good the team really is and not just about how insane the fans can be?
Oh yeah, neither do I.
The latest in a long line of Aggie-fan-complainers comes from David James of KUTV Channel 2 News in Salt Lake City. He says that USU fans shouldn't have stormed the court after the U-USU nailbiter last Wednesday. I will admit, I was not among the mass running down the stairs onto the court (mostly because I was up in the nosebleeds seat and didn't want to make the effort), but I'm getting tired of the only thing I hear about Aggie Basketball outside of Cache Valley is how "rude", "obnoxious", "unsportsmanlike", etc. etc. the fans are (we've heard it all). I say, the team is good, let us have our fun and get our jibes in while we can (heaven knows that basketball season is about the only time we have that chance). In this case, the game was very close and very exciting. There were moments when it looked like the Utes would win. Every one of us was praying that Jaycee Carroll's and Chaz Spicer's threes would go in and that the Utes wouldn't score. Every one of us was tense over the outcome of the game. Say what you will about that the Aggies were favored to win before and all the analysis that goes on before the game, but the game isn't won until the clock reads 0:00 and the scoreboard shows that your team scored more than the other team.
The best part about being a fan of any sport is the emotional highs and lows you ride during a close game. That emotion manifests itself differently depending on if you win or lose. For Aggie fans, it came in the form of everyone going out onto the court to congratulate the team. I figure that the Utes blew the us out in football on our own field, it's only fair to swipe away a basketball game that is well within their reach. Losing a game that you could have won is much worse than losing in a blowout. The hardcore fans are just as much a part of the game as the players and they are entitled to celebrate with the team on the floor.
James compares us Aggie fans to NFL showboaters like Terrel Owens and Chad Johnson, which made no sense to me. When those guys make touchdowns, it's just them, the football and the camera in a selfish "I'm so wonderful and you should worship me" way. When hundreds upon hundred of excitable fans storm the court to celebrate, it's a teeming mass of blue and you have no idea who is who except for maybe Chaz Spicer, who the students have just hoisted onto their shoulders to carry off the court (which, he didn't ask for). It's about supporting the team that you are immensely proud of and kudos to the team for sharing their success with the students and fans of Utah State.
I seem to remember a time when people complained that fans at the Delta Center were too loud during Jazz games and it actually became an issue that needed fixing at the NBA level. Nobody in Utah was agreeing with the national media, who insisted on displaying a decibel-reading-meter on TV every time the fans got too loud for precious MJ, Scottie Pippin and Dennis Rodman to handle. Honestly, the only people that the mainstream Utah media care about is the population of Davis County south to Provo. It's only when someone is in trouble or there's something to complain about that they look beyond their little Wasatch Front bubble and sports is no exception.
I say "Aggies all the way" and I'm going to scream loud, even if little Granny-Stick-in-the-Mud out on the East Bench thinks I'm too extreme.
It's my college experience, not hers.
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
Yup, sure do.
Remember how the fans stormed the court afterward?
Two out of two.
Remember how people outside Cache Valley give a flying leap about how good the team really is and not just about how insane the fans can be?
Oh yeah, neither do I.
The latest in a long line of Aggie-fan-complainers comes from David James of KUTV Channel 2 News in Salt Lake City. He says that USU fans shouldn't have stormed the court after the U-USU nailbiter last Wednesday. I will admit, I was not among the mass running down the stairs onto the court (mostly because I was up in the nosebleeds seat and didn't want to make the effort), but I'm getting tired of the only thing I hear about Aggie Basketball outside of Cache Valley is how "rude", "obnoxious", "unsportsmanlike", etc. etc. the fans are (we've heard it all). I say, the team is good, let us have our fun and get our jibes in while we can (heaven knows that basketball season is about the only time we have that chance). In this case, the game was very close and very exciting. There were moments when it looked like the Utes would win. Every one of us was praying that Jaycee Carroll's and Chaz Spicer's threes would go in and that the Utes wouldn't score. Every one of us was tense over the outcome of the game. Say what you will about that the Aggies were favored to win before and all the analysis that goes on before the game, but the game isn't won until the clock reads 0:00 and the scoreboard shows that your team scored more than the other team.
The best part about being a fan of any sport is the emotional highs and lows you ride during a close game. That emotion manifests itself differently depending on if you win or lose. For Aggie fans, it came in the form of everyone going out onto the court to congratulate the team. I figure that the Utes blew the us out in football on our own field, it's only fair to swipe away a basketball game that is well within their reach. Losing a game that you could have won is much worse than losing in a blowout. The hardcore fans are just as much a part of the game as the players and they are entitled to celebrate with the team on the floor.
James compares us Aggie fans to NFL showboaters like Terrel Owens and Chad Johnson, which made no sense to me. When those guys make touchdowns, it's just them, the football and the camera in a selfish "I'm so wonderful and you should worship me" way. When hundreds upon hundred of excitable fans storm the court to celebrate, it's a teeming mass of blue and you have no idea who is who except for maybe Chaz Spicer, who the students have just hoisted onto their shoulders to carry off the court (which, he didn't ask for). It's about supporting the team that you are immensely proud of and kudos to the team for sharing their success with the students and fans of Utah State.
I seem to remember a time when people complained that fans at the Delta Center were too loud during Jazz games and it actually became an issue that needed fixing at the NBA level. Nobody in Utah was agreeing with the national media, who insisted on displaying a decibel-reading-meter on TV every time the fans got too loud for precious MJ, Scottie Pippin and Dennis Rodman to handle. Honestly, the only people that the mainstream Utah media care about is the population of Davis County south to Provo. It's only when someone is in trouble or there's something to complain about that they look beyond their little Wasatch Front bubble and sports is no exception.
I say "Aggies all the way" and I'm going to scream loud, even if little Granny-Stick-in-the-Mud out on the East Bench thinks I'm too extreme.
It's my college experience, not hers.
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
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Date: 2006-12-11 05:45 am (UTC)But one can't help wondering what you would say if some other team like . . . say . . . BYU did the same thing. How would you feel then?
One is reminded of a certain UofU BYU game where a certain person was not happy about some fans reactions.
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Date: 2006-12-11 03:50 pm (UTC)You're great with robots and feelings, Hermione, but you're clueless when it comes to Quidditch. ^_^ (At least, I think that's the quote. It's in OotP)
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Date: 2006-12-11 05:14 pm (UTC)Isn't it " . . . but you just don't know Quidditch" or " . . . you just don't get Quidditch" or something like that?
OH, yeah sure. Go ahead and try to "justify" it (thanks for giving me the word BTW ^_^). I'm sure you would do the same thing if that was your team. "That is the material point."