toles16 on 11/11/2007 1:09:12 AM wrote:
who cares? virginia tech sucks
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Justafan on 9/19/2007 3:31:36 PM wrote:
To nrvhokie, The student section tried to do the "stick it in" cheer, but without the cadence of the drumline and the bands lead, it was not in unison and didn't sound to good. My wife and I sit with another couple who have been friends for years. We are all 50+ and fairly conservative and we all liked the "stick it in" cheer. I think Mr. Weaver overthought this one.
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nrvhokie on 9/17/2007 1:01:14 PM wrote:
sounds like there are quite a few people who like the cheer. someone had a good suggestion to just pump your fists instead of hips. I wonder if Weaver would ever tell us exactly how many complaints there were; I bet not as many as he would lead you to believe. I didn't go to the game or listen to it as I stated before I won't go to another VT athletic event until Michael vick hall is gone; but I am still a Hokie fan. Did the fans do the stick it in cheer anyway?
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vtdrumline00 on 9/14/2007 12:01:20 AM wrote:
Some history. I wrote this cheer in 1996. It was unveiled for the first time in the second quarter of the Orange Bowl against Nebraska. I was rank captain of the VTDrumline at the time. It was a year or two before the student body added their creative choreography to the chant. The rule was, we could only play it once the offense got inside the 20 yard line. The intent was to have a cheer everyone responded to, thus making it more difficult for the opposing defense to communicate on the field. It's unfortunate that such an embraced facet of the game has been removed. However, it's rewarding to know we have an athletic director willing to take initiative to move the program forward.
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Justafan on 9/13/2007 5:04:09 PM wrote:
I agree with aggiehokie. Political correctness can always be taken too far. I to was reseated a couple of years ago and ended up in section 35. After a year of profanity, fights, drunks throwing up and terrible treatment of the visiting fans behind us, we actually asked to be moved to section 21. While bad, it's not nearly as bad as section 35.
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Justafan on 9/13/2007 5:03:30 PM wrote:
While I do dilike the banning of the stick it in cheer, I am in favor of not booing. I can understand booing, but it really serves no purpose but to sometimes motivate the opposing team. However, I think it shows a definite lack of class when Hokie fans boo any of the Hokie players. They're our guys through thick or thin and you should support them all the way.
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Justafan on 9/13/2007 5:03:26 PM wrote:
While I do dilike the banning of the stick it in cheer, I am in favor of not booing. I can understand booing, but it really serves no purpose but to sometimes motivate the opposing team. However, I think it shows a definite lack of class when Hokie fans boo any of the Hokie players. They're our guys through thick or thin and you should support them all the way.
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Justafan on 9/13/2007 4:47:08 PM wrote:
I agree with aggiehokie. Political correctness can always be taken too far. I to was reseated a couple of years ago and ended up in section 35. After a year of profanity, fights, drunks throwing up and terrible treatment of the visiting fans behind us, we actually asked to be moved to section 21. While bad, it's not nearly as bad as section 35.
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bamboo on 9/13/2007 1:55:46 PM wrote:
Well, As a UVA fan, I have great respect for Tech academically and I felt the pain that most Virginians (and Americans) felt last April.
However, the Hokie fans are a very disrespectful lot. Maybe those at WVU are worse, but I definitely think that most fans are Charlottesville are much more respectful and civilized.
The turkey calls, the shaking of the keys, and the various yells diminish the class of the fans. The "stick it in, stick it in" doesn't belong in a football game (imo). I can understand how parents of young children are uncomfortable with that yell.
"Hokie Respect"???? I'll believe it when I see it.
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bamboo on 9/13/2007 1:54:21 PM wrote:
Well, As a UVA fan, I have great respect for Tech academically and I felt the pain that most Virginians (and Americans) felt last April.
However, the Hokie fans are a very disrespectful lot. Maybe those at WVU are worse, but I definitely think that most fans are Charlottesville are much more respectful and civilized.
The turkey calls, the shaking of the keys, and the various yells diminish the class of the fans. The "stick it in, stick it in" doesn't belong in a football game (imo). I can understand how parents of young children are uncomfortable with that yell.
"Hokie Respect"???? I'll believe it when I see it.
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alienderivative on 9/13/2007 1:45:04 PM wrote:
The chant can be cleaned up. Simple replace it with.........HOKEY-POKEY!!!
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AnOldHokie on 9/13/2007 10:55:02 AM wrote:
Apparently Mr. Weaver forgets that its a game. He needs to grow a pair and learn how to have some fun.
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rebelrk70 on 9/13/2007 10:17:05 AM wrote:
For the love of God Weaver!!!! Just because you sport wood while the chant is going on doesn't mean that the rest of us find it vulgar. This is just retarded.
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aggiehokie on 9/13/2007 10:05:13 AM wrote:
Blame it on political correctness.
While there surely have been some complaints--some people complain about sunshine--I dare say that there have been many more complaints about the AD's stand on this issue and the edict to forbid Stick it In. If JW wants to buttress Hokie Respect then maybe he should start with keeping the alcohol out of the stadium. I would invite the AD to section 21 on any game day to count the empty little bourbon bottles rattling around. I encourage the fans to just keep doing Stick it In even though the band is not playing it--60,000 plus voices are surely louder than the band and should resonate the fan's position to the AD's edict. Heil Jim!
Barry
Season ticket holder with terrible seats after the "normalizing" reseat edict a couple of years ago.
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cosmicblu on 9/13/2007 9:47:04 AM wrote:
This is beyond ridiculous. It amazes me how people sit around expending so much energy thinking about what they can screw up for someone. That someone can find that chant offensive is almost comical. Turn on the tube and and watch it if you want to get offended. I've seen worse on soap operas. This is a prime example of people needing to get a LIFE!!
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beagle on 9/12/2007 7:47:21 PM wrote:
I think it is ridiculous that it has been banned. Weaver is taking this "respect " thing to far. This is big time competitive college football and the crowd ( students, alumni, etc.) is just having fun.What is next.... letting every member of the team have equal playing time so we make sure no ones feelings get hurt!?
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chestergap on 9/12/2007 5:48:53 PM wrote:
The whole "Hokies Respect" program is becoming tiresome. Can you imagine being a visitor to Lane Stadium and being subjected to the constant images of the program. It is on all cups, ticket stubs and the most iritating "public service announcement" ever created (the jerk one). It is enough to make one wonder what kind of jerks Hokies are or were before the program. Personally, I've never understood booing any team that wasn't UVA or Miami. How can one honestly boo Western Michigan or Kent State? If the Marching Virginians want to do something clever, dump the Hokie Pokie and do a Jim Weaver/Dream Weaver parody.
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babamp on 9/12/2007 4:27:18 PM wrote:
BOOOOOO!!!!!! Are you kidding me!! This was the only original thing that they have (beside the school cheer but that is to long to do every down in the redzone). Why is everyone’s initial fix to anything is to take it away. Just tell the band to pump their fist instead of their hips. The crowd will eventually follow. Anything is better than “Let’s Go Hokies”. I am a long time Hokie and this is the most unmotivating chant I have ever heard. Still Weaver, com’on, I bet most folks didn’t even took it as sexual until someone else said something.
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KentuckyHokie on 9/12/2007 3:20:49 PM wrote:
There is nothing wrong with intimidating the opposing teams and overwhelming opposing fans with our cheers, but there IS something wrong with displaying sexually suggestive gestures on national TV or in public generally. It reflects poorly on you, your team, your school, and your upbringing. I get tired of hearing from friends and acquaintances about what bad sports we are, and there is no reason to add to the insult by putting our cheers in the gutter. Comon' Hokies, let's clean up our act.
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NuTriton on 9/12/2007 2:38:18 PM wrote:
If Weaver is so concerned about his "Hokies Respect" campaign, how about we stop using teams like William and Mary to bait our players? The schedules this man has fluffed over the years make Lane Stadium look like a training excercise for Bad Newz Kennels. Bring in REAL competion, and grill them on the field AND from the stands. THAT's respectful competition. And that's what will bring the Hokies some respect.
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squinch on 9/12/2007 2:00:37 PM wrote:
First - doing away with sexually suggestive gestures and lyrics at a sporting event is not "political" in any way shape or form. It could be termed societally correct but certainly not politically correct.
Second – I was placed in the awkward situation of being asked by my six-year old to explain what the hip-thrust meant. I know you “it’s a football game, after all” types probably think that a six year old should know all about sexual movements but I don’t.
Lastly – don’t take the “if you are offended by it then stay away” line with me. I should be allowed to take my six year old to enjoy a Hokie game and not have to worry about what he will be exposed to. It will not hurt anyone anywhere to do away with the chant
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carrpartyof2 on 9/12/2007 12:28:33 PM wrote:
Eegads, what's next? The team exiting the tunnel to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star instead of Metallica?
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fgarman on 9/12/2007 12:07:27 PM wrote:
Weaver is such a "twit". The sooner Tech fires him the better off they will be.
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proudhokie on 9/12/2007 11:20:27 AM wrote:
I, for one, think this is going WAY overboard.
I wonder if Weaver realizes that he is catering to a loud minority by banning the cheer?
I don't boo opposing teams and during the ECU game I did not participate in the wave when the pirates had a man down on the field.
The "Stick it in" cheer is a little "colorful", but completely harmless! It's not like it's unrelated to the play on the field. So what if people, myself included, put a little hip into it? I don't find it offensive at all and enjoy seeing similar displays of enthusiasm at other venues.
What next? The cheerleadering uniforms show a lot of leg/stomach. Some people complain when the people in front of them stand up--hope they don't complain too loudly.
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vtgirl01 on 9/12/2007 11:01:22 AM wrote:
Oh come on now people! This is a FOOTBALL game - not the ballet or the opera. There is nothing at all wrong with the "stick it in" chant that the Marching Virginian's created. Banning it is taking political correctness to a new level.
Please write to Mr. Weaver and ask him to reinstate the chant and cadence. There is nothing wrong with it!!
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kategrindstaff on 9/12/2007 10:50:13 AM wrote:
Send your disapproval of this chant ban to Jim Weaver at weaverj@vt.edu. Let him know how disappointed he's making everyone. I agree, VT fans are VERY respectful. It's part of the fun of the game to boo the other team and yell silly chants. It's part of the tradition as well. The only reason they are banning it is because sour-pusses sent him letters saying they disapproved. If everyone sends letters railing him about getting rid of the chant, he might re-instate it. I just hope the students and the fans keep the tradition going. He can't silence the crowd!! I, for one, will definitely be chanting. It's all in good fun; I don't know why Weaver can't understand that.
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batman on 9/12/2007 10:45:07 AM wrote:
I can understand the objections to Stick It In, but I think banning it is another symptom of the wimpification of VT sports (AKA Hokies Respect). Soon we'll be too busy being sweet to win.
We could take a hint from LSU fans - Great, hospitable people who settle it on the field. They were a pleasure to be around, but when the Hokies ran onto the field they booed, there's a chant when they score that I'm pretty sure involves "you suck", and we heard the dreaded "Over-rated" cheer before the game was up. But afterwards their fans shook our hands and shared a beer with us.
I bet their AD doesn't wear a blue blazer to games, either. Heaven forbid our own Athletic Director wear the orange and maroon.
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abugname on 9/12/2007 10:12:56 AM wrote:
What does it matter, the way their offense is they won't have to worry about that cheer
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bhoward4 on 9/12/2007 9:54:53 AM wrote:
This is ridiculous. The best part of a game are the cheers the fans do to support their team. The first Hokie game I went to, I was a little taken aback by the Stick It In chant but as soon as I figured it out I joined right in, along with jingling my keys on 3rd downs and waving field goal attempts away. Stick It In is an essential part of the Hokie game experience and I look forward to it at every game.
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nrvhokie on 9/12/2007 9:15:49 AM wrote:
Weaver is an idiot; you would think he has more pressing issues to deal with. Typical VT; put a bandaid on something that isn't broken. The athletic department has become something onto itself and thinks it is king. Stick it in Weaver; as put in your retirement papers.
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HeavD4VT09 on 9/12/2007 9:15:20 AM wrote:
We're not allowed to boo opposing teams anymore, and now we're not allowed to cheer our team?! We all understand Hokie Respect and what it stands for, but this is just going overboard. As a Virginia Tech student and fan, it wouldn't be right if opposing teams didn't boo us on the road. And if an opposing team had a chant similar to our "Stick It In," I wouldn't mind it one bit. Jim Weaver needs to have some Hokie Respect and let fans be fans.
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