New UVA Cheer Sheet Features Gilbert!
Well, with Duke on tap for Local No. 5 Virginia in what Jerry Ratcliffe calls "the biggest basketball game at Virginia since 2000," it would figure that the cheer sheet generators would be on high-alert. (You'll recall that Nathan Fowler previously published a UVA cheer sheet, and that I then stole his work, leading to plenty of pithy comments.)
(For the record, here's what a student columnist says of tomorrow night:
Tomorrow, we will begin to learn whether the home environment of the John Paul Jones Arena can match U-Hall's environment of several years ago. Although it remains to be seen whether the JPJ has too much of an "NBA feel," we will learn Thursday night whether the arena can be transformed at the will of its fan base into an intense home court environment.
Although frankly, the column is more notable for the extended riff on using a urinal next to Coach K. It's the longest first-person account of using a urinal next to Coach K that I've ever read, by far.)
Anyhow, the Cavs Kids' Duke cheer sheet has one solid thing going for it, if my e-mailer is to be believed: pictures of Gilbert Arenas on the back of every cheer sheet. Attention Official UVA Beat Writer Adam Kilgore; you must include this in your game story. That's a legitimately fine idea, assuming it hasn't been used elsewhere. The rest of the cheer sheet....well, they're trying. I want them to be happy. I want them to be rowdy and crazy and kooky and disruptive and all that they want themselves to be. I also want for them never again to express the desire "TO PUMP PLAYERS UP WHEN WE ARE IN A SLUMP, NOT ONLY WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING AMAZING." Here's what I received:
Welcome to the biggest home game of the year. We average close to 90 ppg at home, and to clench [sic, I think] this game we have to be loud constantly-Please stay standing for time outs. Also, we need to be loud when we aren't playing so well to pump the players up, not just when they are playing well.
Opponent introductions: Chant Where is J.J? clap clap clap clap clap, the whole time.
Opponent Free throws: Same as last time, starting on the left, going to right.
Player/Coach Chants: USE THESE CHANTS TO PUMP PLAYERS UP WHEN WE ARE IN A SLUMP, NOT ONLY WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING AMAZING.
-Jason Cain- "Jay-Son-Cain" instead of "UVA" for made free throws.
-J.R Reynolds- Fits right into a cheer, also, "Forty, Forty" like the "airball" chant
-Lars- "L-A-R-S Lars Lars Lars"
-Sean Singletary- Sin-gle-tar-y, clap clap clap clap clap. Hold up 4's on each hand for free throws
-Mamadi- "Ma-ma-di, Ma-ma-di"
-Dave Leitao- As we all know, he loves to stomp to show his disapproval of bad calls by the ref's. "Leitao's Stomping" followed by five stomps instead of claps will be loud and very effective.
-The referees are likely to favor Duke with everything. Chant "8-on-5, 8-on-5." If they are screwing us.
The Dirt:
• #21 DeMarcus Nelson- Only scores 14.5 points per game: Less than JR and Sean. He's NBA bound, but hark on him for being overrated.
• #2 Josh McRoberts- He is way overrated, but instead of chanting that, "Sean is Better."
• #30 Jon Scheyer- Bases his game off of JJ Redick. His dad made a highlight video of JJ for him and he watches it. "You're not J.J." Also, he always hangs his mouth open when he's playing. "Keep-Your-Mouth- Shut, clap clap clap-clap clap" or "'Fish Face' clap-clap 'Fish Face' clap-clap"
• #3 Greg Paulus- He is very slow, and can't play with his left hand at all. "No left hand." He also used to play quarterback, and he should have stayed there because he isn't going to the NBA. "Go play football."
• "Not your court" to Coach K.
Also, a 5 star recruit, Ed Davis will be in attendance. He is a Patrick Patterson-caliber player from Richmond, scored a quadruple triple the other night, and he would be great here. Class of '08, "We want Davis"
Be louder than you have ever been before for the whole game. Go absolutely crazy.
By Dan Steinberg |
January 31, 2007; 4:01 PM ET
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Posted by: littles | January 31, 2007 4:12 PM
I'd kill myself before sitting in that student section. For smart kids they sure don't know what the hell they're doing.
Posted by: Unsilent Majority | January 31, 2007 4:38 PM
What does Gilbert have to do with anything?? Seriously.
Posted by: AV | January 31, 2007 4:42 PM
i like the fact that someone actually had a quadruple triple and no one, NO ONE in america has heard about it...
really, a quadruple triple....!?!?!?
that's a lot pts... not to mention a lot of rbs and assists and steals or blocks!!
(yes it's probably a typo, but i can't help ragging on UVA... ;p)
Posted by: hmmmmm | January 31, 2007 4:46 PM
AV,
probably cuz the fact of gilberts comments on how much he'd score on Duke if he got to play them... ;p
Posted by: hmmmmm | January 31, 2007 4:48 PM
As a UVa grad, these cheer sheets are so lame. But that's what happens when your Athletic Department tries to "cultivate atmosphere" like a fricken zucchini.
Posted by: JJones | January 31, 2007 4:50 PM
A kid scored a "quadruple triple"? So he got like 100 points, rebounds, assists, and blocks? In one night? You would think that would have made bigger headlines, or at least the Greater DC-area Sports Blog.
Posted by: Steven | January 31, 2007 4:51 PM
Sorry Hmmmmmmm, my bad. You beat me by 5 minutes!
Posted by: Steven | January 31, 2007 4:56 PM
That's a whole lot of lame cheering that's going to happen tomorrow night.
Posted by: John | January 31, 2007 4:59 PM
"...clench..."?!
Come on. I may have gone to the University of Thugs - College Park, and I may have a shortage of blazers and ties, but I can at least write correctly. Even if they had actually used the word they were going for (clinch, I'm guessing), it would have been a poor sentence.
Actually, now that the word clench has been used, I wonder why there has been nothing in the bog about boxing. The sport has more than enough colorful characters and strange happenings. I know we don't draw the big fights to this area, but there are gyms and local fight nights.
Posted by: Chest Rockwell | January 31, 2007 5:09 PM
I have checked the validity of the cheer sheets with a few UVA students. They are also a quick laugh on TechSideLine and met with mixed reactions on LeSabre.
Posted by: sitruc | January 31, 2007 5:32 PM
Seriously, that's the gayest thing I've ever seen.
When will students (and sadly this goes beyond UVgay) realize that they look stupid when they try to emulate Duke's dorky chants?
I'm turnin into an old man I guess, but back in my day student sections used to have an impact and gain great reputations by being loud, smart, and simple. Instead, we're seeing the Tom Green ization of college basketball.
Posted by: Markus V | January 31, 2007 6:00 PM
uva haters unite.
just jealous you didnt go to Mr Jefferson's University. anyways, im not goin to game, but i have candidacy exam in 6 days. i'll be watchin the game at home while i drink arrogant bastard ale, in protest of the fact that while JPJ is an NBA-style arena they do not offer NBA-style concessions such as BEER.
HI DAN.
Posted by: Ed Lee | February 1, 2007 9:00 AM
It's pretty silly, to be sure -- but I'd rather have that than the "you suck" vulgarities that make College Park look like a community of working-class lunkheads. (And I'm a Maryland alumnus.)
Posted by: Vincent | February 1, 2007 10:50 AM
First of all, let me just say that in comparison to the lone cheer sheet I've seen passed out at an American game, this is genius. The cheer sheet included such useful information as the fact that one of the opponents was a history major and another was part of student government which was "lame."
Secondly, will people get off this crap about refs favoring Duke? It has gotten well beyond pathetic. I've watched many many Duke games and I've never seen a ref blatantly call something in favor of Duke that shouldn't have been called in favor of Duke. Sometimes a Duke player will force some contact, but that's just smart playing. They drive to the basket and get the call (though not so much this year).
Posted by: KC in DC | February 1, 2007 4:06 PM
how about an extra 2 seconds?
hehe.
Posted by: Ed Lee | February 1, 2007 5:25 PM
The cheer sheets are admittedly not very clever at all, and practically every student in the UVA fan realizes that. I understand that you posters assume that we actually follow the directions on the sheet. In fact, not a single one of those cheers was chanted in the game last night. We were mostly too busy biting our nails and sighing in mixed relief and consternation.
Posted by: andy | February 2, 2007 7:09 PM
The students in the UVA section actually didn't use the cheer sheet once during the game, as is usually the case, since they are just as aware as all of you are at how painfully unfunny the chants are.
Posted by: andy | February 2, 2007 7:11 PM
Well, I am sorry to see that someone else- even UVA- has folks who want to do a freakin' cheer sheet. The dorkiest school I know of has these lame things and they think it makes them so cool, especially on tv. My favorite part of watching their games is to check out the crowd- it's a mix of desperados and crowd-following numbskulls. There is nothing wrong with actually watching the game- cheering or clapping or even clenching (whatever) when it gets tense. But this staged freak show just detracts from the play on the court, no matter what team or rivalry is involved. UVA, lose the cheer sheets and you will quickly rise a step or three above the soul-less automatons in Durham.
Posted by: unc fan | February 11, 2007 10:56 PM
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that's a horrible cheer sheet ... they need to just stop that ... if you are going to do a cheer sheet ... at least come up with something witty ...
"Sean is better", "You're not JJ" ... I mean, c'mon man!?
and as far as "dirt" goes, some of that stuff is just pathetic ... wow Demarcus Nelson only scores 14 ppg ... you shouldrealyl give it to him over that!!!!
how about something along the lines of a poster for Scheyer and his wide mouth thing he's got going on ... get some ideas from the following link ...
http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=174&FIX=1#S=174&F=2580&T=23346