Comments on: West Virginia Cheer Crosses the Line

By: Vox Populi » Déjà vu for WVU

Vox Populi » Déjà vu for WVU — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:02:53 +0000

[...] March and is WVU’s 3rd loss in its past four games. The moral of the story? Don’t talk smack about [...]

By: Hoya-Saxa

Hoya-Saxa — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:45:26 +0000

“Sapp is crap” is fair game, and just makes it sweeter when Sapp burned WV with the three. “Where’s my laptop?” is also fair game, and we don’t lose any class by using it. You take all the fun out it if you eliminate cheers like that.

The cheers about Roy and JJ, however, should not be used.

But what I want to know is, what rhymes with Hansbrough? How about “Duke is Puke!”

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:06:37 +0000

Yes, homophobic cheers are wrong. I think we should arrest the Georgetown fan who made the “Brokeback Mountaineers” sign at last years game. Better yet, lets also throw the book at the Verizon Center camera man and the videoboard operator who displayed it for all of Verizon Center to see. Of course, that’s all in good fun and as lame as “Roy likes boys”. The only difference is its not funny when you are on the receiving end of a childish taunt. As a NoVa resident and WVU alum, I never knew that Georgetown was constructed of glass? Maybe you shouldn’t be throwing rocks….

Best of luck,

Chris

By: GetReal

GetReal — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:22:59 +0000

Are we so thin-skinned that we have to buy into that stupid notion that we have to watch every word we say because it might “offend” someone? It’s a sporting event and such things are to be expected. Why not focus on something of true consequence? Worrying about cheers at a basketball game is beyond ludicrous.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:44:14 +0000

Wow you have to be kidding me. Would a homosexual be offended at “Roy Likes Boys” I mean come on. I think not. Its as harmless as “Sapp is Crap”. This is why people feel they always have to be politically correct. This was stupid to even mention! Thought it was going to be Don Imus worthly. Wow what a worthless read!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:55:59 +0000

Much ado about nothing.

By: Dima

Dima — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:26:54 +0000

For the record, I’d like to point out that the “Redickulously Gay JJ” sign was NOT beind held up by a Georgetown student, or at the very least, not one sitting in the student section. I have personally seen at least one instance of the GU Athletic Department taking away a sign that may have been considered offensive (”Dixon has ED,” in reference to Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon).

Having been to more than a few different college basketball venues, I can say with confidence that the Hoya student section, with the inevitable but relatively few exceptions, is one of the classier and least vulgar or tasteless ones. And anyone who thinks “Where’s My Laptop” isn’t classy doesn’t understand what the term means.