Syracuse Defeats Seton Hall: The Photology
by Sean Keeley on Dec 29, 2011 9:30 AM EST
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PrintFirst and foremost, this is a photo of Syracuse Orange fans doing The Wave during Syracuse's 75-49 victory over the Seton Hall Pirates on Wednesday. I want all of these people identified and banned from the Carrier Dome.
By now you know about Fab Melo's big night. As you can see on the right, Seton Hall even tried to tackle Fab and hold him down. It didn't work.
I don't know what it takes to get on Team Jardine, though I have an idea, but it seems like a really fun team.
There was a lot of celebrating and dancing and flying through the air, like this and like so...
While Fab was the hero, Dion Waiters had such a good game it seemed as though he was floating on air for most of the game.
Maybe it's just me but I found it cocky when Michael Carter-Williams spent most of the second half playing while seated. MCDubz has a lot to learn.
C.J. Fair put together another solid game and leads the Orange in Yells Per Shot.
I wonder what Boeheim was saying to Kris Joseph here...
"Score."
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Absolutely, Orange out every game
Also the 80s and 90s were a pretty good time up in CNY Sean, Just let the people have their Wave! You still like Def Lep and Duncan Sheik right? :-)
Jimmy is actually looking at Triche
He’s probably trying telling the guys that is Fab ends up with the DD, then they all owe him a beer. Bet nobody thought they’d have to make good on that bet this year.
"That's no moon..."
"Now you will wittness the fire-power of this fully armed and operational Death Orange..."
Jimmy
is telling Kris: “Don’t score, that way we can look like the underdog longer, even though WE’RE #1”
Did anyone else find it interesting on a night where we cruised to a 26 point victory that we barely got mentioned on ESPN’s webpage?
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
I thought it was weird yea...
- team in the country opens conference play by crushing a solid, if not sexy, conference opponent and I don’t think it even made the side-headlines thing.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
To be fair, there were a few other top 25 matchups, including 2 teams getting their 1st loss.
We cruised to a win. There were bigger stories last night. I get it, and I’m not making a big deal of it.
Go Cuse!
by nymetsfan1226 on Dec 29, 2011 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
I get it too.
The Baylor-Miss St game was exciting too (I watched the end) and that was a Top 20 matchup. So yea, there were other stories. The #1 team cruising to victory over a lesser opponent isn’t much of a story I guess, but when your network has been claiming that #1 team isn’t deserving of the #1 ranking and they open conference play like that? I expected to see a mention at least I guess.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
Find these people and pistol whip them.
by Hoya Suxa on Dec 29, 2011 9:52 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
My wife said she was at a pottery class
Whos that guy shes with? And theyre doing the wave? I think Im going to be sick
by Pinker on Dec 29, 2011 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Looks like
Erik Estrada in the black put some weight on. Oh and as bad as the wave is, he’s doing it wrong. You’re supposed to raise BOTH arms.
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Dec 29, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Caption incorrect
The AP has corrected its caption for the top photo. The new caption just reads, “TICKLE FIGHT!!!!”
by zibby on Dec 29, 2011 9:59 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
That was a road game.
Whatever that means.
Meh, Syracuse will get their chance to beat up on a top team and my hope is that it’s a Monday night in April.
I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.
by Fly Rodder on Dec 29, 2011 10:48 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yes
Me too, but the Big East Gauntlet is upon us, and there are plenty of ranked teams that will give us a run for the money. (louisville, marquette, uconn, pitt, gtown)
We completely exposed Seton Hall for the paper thin 11-1 record they had, and completely shut down Pope and the Hall went with him…and after watching that game I am really not terribly worried about Depaul or Providence, and Im not even super worried about Marquette now, although they will be our first big BE test I think at this point.
if Seton Hall thought we brought the revenge, wait til Marquette
that was some BS 2nd rd loss…
F#&% the Big East
Looks like
Fab has really bad breath in waiters pick. I could see that
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Dec 29, 2011 10:18 AM EST reply actions
I was happy wtih JSouth
He was cold from 3, but found other ways to score and kept up on the boards, in 17 minutes he got 8 points and 5 rebounds. His length is really what makes him so useful in the zone -in ways that dont show up in the box score.
That was the other thing about last night
We made only 2 three pointers, yet still scored 75 and won by 26.
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Dec 29, 2011 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
15% from 3!
awful! but it didnt matter! We have shown we can shoot it when needed. I did notice that we sucked from beyond the arc
Even the score is misleading. If we hadnt put in walk ons in the last 2 minutes, it would have been 80-43.
Forgive my ignorance
But why do we hate people who do the wave?
Well
It’s awesome, if this is 1992.
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Dec 29, 2011 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I was there
And refused to participate in the wave (this kid is way too cool for that silliness), but I was sitting behind the girls team and it was the only time they cheered all night. They did laugh when Dion had his one-handed dunk though.
by JB44ever on Dec 29, 2011 12:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Im kinda with you
look at the joy in those people’s faces!!!
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Dec 29, 2011 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe I sound like an old man...
But these “dickbags” in the photo are mostly kids and families who spent their money to support the team in person… it feels a little mean spirited to hate on them because we’re just ‘too cool’ to do the wave anymore. They’re our own fans for crying out loud.
We gripe that no one goes to football games and ridicule those that turn out for basketball?
It’s not really a hot button issue for me, I’m just putting it out there since we’re going for a kinder, gentler TNIAAM in 2012. The wave is part of what I remember about the dome as a kid, why squash the tradition? I’ve never done it to try to seem ‘cool’.
by JT1Night on Dec 29, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I even said it's not a big deal in my post
Don’t discount my opinion by trying to make me sound like an extremist. It’s simply an opinion, in a comments section where I think we’re supposed to share opinions.
My point is valid, and the guy calling his own people “dickbags” usually isn’t the sensible compass of moderation.
It's a joke.
You didn’t like it. Fine. We’re talking about the freakin’ wave. I don’t need a lecture on how and who I shouldn’t needle.
It's not a lecture, and not aimed at you.
Don’t be so defensive. There are tens of comments hating the wave, beginning with the original post. I don’t think you’re a bad person, I enjoy your posts on this blog. I thought the Anti-Wave PSA is hilarious.
What’s the point of a discussion board if you don’t discuss? I said my piece, now I’m just responding to you being angry at me for not holding the exact same view as you on this one stupid thing. You’re totally right, we’re talking about the freaking wave. Still. I think we’re done here.
I think the wave
problem is more with the idiots who think it’s cool to start it more than actually doing it. It just says “I have no life, so I’m gonna make thousands of people stand up for 2 seconds, then sit back down.”
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Dec 29, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
pretty sure they were labled as dickbags for not wearing orange
Not for doing the wave.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
by Orange22 on Dec 29, 2011 1:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nope, it was the wave.
Some of those arrows point to Orange-wearers. Not that they shouldn’t be called out for doing the wave. And they definitely should be called out for not wearing Orange.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
I guess you're right.
The ones I could see on the side of the picture that shows up on my phone seemed to all be non-orange wearers but, scrolling over, there are some arrows to orange wearers.
I’m much more worried about people who don’t wear orange than people who do the wave. I actually like the wave in the Big House because it is coordinated and they do speed up, slow down, cross over, etc. so it looks really cool. My issue with the wave is that most of the time it just distracts people from cheering and from watching the game.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
by Orange22 on Dec 29, 2011 3:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I hate the wave
as much as anyone, but I’m never going to complain if fans are rooting for the right team, making some noise, and having fun. As long as they aren’t doing it when Syracuse is shooting free throws, I don’t see it as that big of a deal. Is it old and played out? Yes, but for parents and kids who come to the games it is something they like to do to make the Dome loud, and I support that.
by nickfeely8 on Dec 29, 2011 11:36 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I agree with that
Wave doesnt bother me if it causes moral and energy in the dome. If people do it to have fun and enjoy the game they spent money on, then so be it.
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Dec 29, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Dude
What else were we supposed to do during those long TV timeouts?
by amanda.c.dudley on Dec 29, 2011 11:25 AM EST reply actions
Not the wave?
Talk to your fellow Orangemen and Orangewomen. Discuss how great it is to see the length of the zone used so effectively to create steals. Wonder aloud if you were the only one around who had a feeling Fab would make the leap this year. Chant and cheer actual words instead of ’whoooooaaaaaaoooo".
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
Spit some game
Get some numbers
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
by tanman5 on Dec 29, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Here is the thing about the wave:
As a kid, it’s fun and looks neat. Once you are a teenager though, the novelty is gone and it’s just silly nostalgia, but not good nostalgia. This is why I wish Americans were better at chants and songs like those featured at soccer games. (MLS crowds are starting to get into it, but I haven’t seen any bleed over to other sports really.) More interesting, more variation, team specific but everyone can still be involved.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
To me
Soccer is like baseball in that you can not really pay attention for like half an hour and not miss anything. If the sporting even you’re attending can’t hold your attention, then you have to resort to other means of entertainment, like The Wave and coming up with creative chants.
"If I ain't gonna be part of the greatest, I gotta be the greatest myself." Busta Rhymes
by FeloniousPhunk on Dec 29, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
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Remove the wave and add in some chants, loud drums and other soccer-like celebrations.
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by StealthTurkey on Dec 29, 2011 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Right, but the Wave is so lazy compared to drums and creative songs/chants.
The interesting things is, apparently in Japan, where baseball is huge, the atmosphere is much more akin to a European soccer atmosphere with singing and chanting. If that kind of thing hung around the Dome instead of the Wave I think it would be much better.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
I have always really liked Penn State's Seven Nation Army chanting
We should find an equivalent. Find a way to do that for Shut it Down….
The student section
used to have some creative (read: obscene) chants when the Sitrus Society would play certain songs. That was until The Man put the kibosh on it by banning said songs from being played.
"If I ain't gonna be part of the greatest, I gotta be the greatest myself." Busta Rhymes
by FeloniousPhunk on Dec 31, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
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