Pollard's and Jeff Johnson's email to Cyclone alley

[Flag Guy]

I'll bet amongst themselves the great majority would rather it be clean wholesome fun but as usual few knotheads create the kaos.

If this is true then they shouldn't be blind sheep and chant with the few bad apples...

Of course they'd be blindly chanting with CA insted but... it'd atleast be clean wholesome fun that they want....



There seems to be a tug of war going on right now in the Alley - things were cleaning up for a while but there has been a little bit of a resurgence of the "You suck" insted of "Go State"

I'm not sure if "Don't know the words" ever went away because to be honest, most people probally still don't know the words. Telling the not to swear isn't going to change that one...

[throwittoblythe]

I haven't had a chance to go through this entire thread and read it, but this story relates exactly to what we're talking about:

El Paso Times - NMSU basketball chant will result in technical foul

[4429 mcc]

I haven't had a chance to go through this entire thread and read it, but this story relates exactly to what we're talking about:

El Paso Times - NMSU basketball chant will result in technical foul

Actually it doesnt.

Those people are yelling A-hole to directly to a player. We're talking about YOU SUCK to really a team more than a player and a song(s) one our own, the other I guess to the team. I see a big difference.

[throwittoblythe]

Actually it doesnt.

Those people are yelling A-hole to directly to a player. We're talking about YOU SUCK to really a team more than a player and a song(s) one our own, the other I guess to the team. I see a big difference.

Ok, so the use of the term "exactly' was a bad choice.

Ahem...this story relates in GENERAL to what we're talking about.

I could see the refs handing out technical fouls for the use of organized vulgar chants toward the opposing team and/or their players. Obviously, they wouldn't give us a T for Go Cyclones Go! because it isn't directed at anyone.

[EggMcClone]

This made me laugh:

Spanish replacement words also will be met with technical fouls.

Dang, they thought of everything....except sign language!

[tejasclone]

This made me laugh:

Dang, they thought of everything....except sign language!

Can they use German or Russian instead?

[CyPlainsDrifter]

I find it funny how there's a underlying theme by many in this thread that we can't have a home court advantage without being profane.

Agree. JJ said it best.... all the profanity is just low class. We can have a great home court advantage without it. We did once and we could again.

It's also entirely possible that if it doesn't get toned down, Cyclone Alley could go away. Maybe these emails are a shot across the bow to the students.... I really don't know.

JP went out of his way to get the students great seats to make them happy and get them involved and to gain some home court advantage. It's entirely possible that he could reverse his decision on this and send the students back to the balcony, where they used to be. Pure speculation on my part obviously.

[DaddyMac]

It's also entirely possible that if it doesn't get toned down, Cyclone Alley could go away. Maybe these emails are a shot across the bow to the students.... I really don't know.

JP went out of his way to get the students great seats to make them happy and get them involved and to gain some home court advantage. It's entirely possible that he could reverse his decision on this and send the students back to the balcony, where they used to be. Pure speculation on my part obviously.

That could very possibly be the case.

It's happened before under Gene.

[gocubs2118]

I can guarantee that Cyclone Alley won't change because of these emails.

[CyAggie]

Then look for something stronger next time, would not suprise me at all

[DaddyMac]

I can guarantee that Cyclone Alley won't change because of these emails.

Are you saying that the chants and such won't change? Or that you don't believe that there is anychance of JP changing things up?

[gocubs2118]

Are you saying that the chants and such won't change? Or that you don't believe that there is anychance of JP changing things up?

The Chants will not change, until they start throwing people out or doing something like that I don't think anything will change.

[CyAggie]

It will only change if the students take leadership or ownership on the change

[wonkadog]

Some students are still in the balcony, FYI. Also, back when I first started college there were quite a few students still in the balcony and we still had the "rotation" where you only got to sit in the lower bowl for a few games. I don't know if going back to this system would be "sending the students back to the balcony where they used to be." Was there a time where students were only in the balcony? Maybe you're talking about when we played in the Armory.

[DaddyMac]

Some students are still in the balcony, FYI. Also, back when I first started college there were quite a few students still in the balcony and we still had the "rotation" where you only got to sit in the lower bowl for a few games. I don't know if going back to this system would be "sending the students back to the balcony where they used to be." Was there a time where students were only in the balcony? Maybe you're talking about when we played in the Armory.

I think one of the first years that Gene moved the students into a single "section", it was pretty much balcony only. It was purely a money move and he didn't even deny it.

After some wrangling, they got the lower end(s). But I don't think that was the initial plan.

That was after I graduated, but not long after. Don't know if we went a season with no students down low or not.

But I do remember the hoopla surrounding that move.