Gameday Experience

[gmutom]

It just seems ironic to me that we are are trying to brand our school and team as MASON, but our student section is branding themselves with the part we are trying to step away from.

If they were going to rebrand, Paulsen's Platoon would have been a modern twist of the original name.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

It just seems ironic to me that we are are trying to brand our school and team as MASON, but our student section is branding themselves with the part we are trying to step away from.

If they were going to rebrand, Paulsen's Platoon would have been a modern twist of the original name.

I would've preferred Max Power

 

[JPgmuswim]

I hate the G-Force name but I agree rebranding the patriot platoon isn’t a bad idea. Whatever helps get kids butts in the seats is good by me.

With a good season more students should come out.

 

[Mason2005]

I'll take G-force over platoon. Platoon sounds like a 70s army movie, G-force sounds like a early 90s cartoon.

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[dr. gunnie]

On the promotion schedule on the G Force website, it says that Nov 17th is 90’s night. Will we see a retro jersey that game?

Was really hoping for a 1989 edition this year for the 30 year anniversary of our first NCAA tournament trip.

Oh, I agree with everyone else. G Force name is kind of lame, but glad they are rebranding the student section. Don’t like the G Force logo either, would like it to have more connection to our logo and/or font. However, on the grand scale of things to complain about, it would rank on the bottom of the list.

 

[Five Two]

Maybe with the new name they'll move them next to the band. Wouldnt we want the loudest fans (in theory) to be closest to the opposing bench?

 

[GSII]

call it whatever you want as long as they pack the house and make it fun to watch them heckle the other team. Hell, give them a credit or two to come up with chants and creative ways to get under the skin of opposing players. that's how you become a FORCE.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Hell, give them a credit or two to come up with chants and creative ways to get under the skin of opposing players.

Now this is a great creative idea. Some might disagree but a credit or two among about 120 is not much but it may be what gets the student that doesnt usually go in the door. And in marketing, that's all you want; someone to try out your product.

 

[Falco]

I thought the marketing department did away with George, but here comes G-Force. I would of went with Mason Maniacs.

 

[JPgmuswim]

call it whatever you want as long as they pack the house and make it fun to watch them heckle the other team. Hell, give them a credit or two to come up with chants and creative ways to get under the skin of opposing players. that's how you become a FORCE.

Is heckling still allowed in college sports? I figured it was done away with in the anti-bullying era we live in.

I remember a group of Us swimmers went to watch men’s volleyball and heckled the Stanford team and Coach back in the day. Thier coach had a fit and came and yelled at us. Might have been Princeton, my memory is fading.

 

[dr. gunnie]

I see that there is a design contest for the Gold Rush shirts. Any current students want a design to enter? I have one, but I think you have to be a student (or at least I couldn't figure out how to enter it through the getconnceted.gmu.edu link they provided).

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

I would of went with Mason Maniacs.

Ooohh, good one! And this would also highlight the great Psychology/Mental Health department Mason has. And once a year, we could have a real "Maniacs Day" where psychotic patients get 1/2 off tickets and a coupon for a free Chik Fil-A sandwich while they attend games in their straightjackets.

 

[patriotchild]

I guess G-Unit didn’t make the cut... shame

Seriously, can we lack creativity and be any more inconsistent with our branding

Winning fixes everything though

 

[Jack Strop]

I guess G-Unit didn’t make the cut... shame

Yeah, I hear ya. Apparently G-Spot failed to make it out of committee as well. Or, perhaps that one is being held in reserve for a new basketball donor game-night hospitality room?

 

[TweederGMU]

Is heckling still allowed in college sports? I figured it was done away with in the anti-bullying era we live in.

I remember a group of Us swimmers went to watch men’s volleyball and heckled the Stanford team and Coach back in the day. Thier coach had a fit and came and yelled at us. Might have been Princeton, my memory is fading.

As a Heckling Hall of Famer and proud member of being thrown out of the Pat Center during a game club (I believe that club may be population of 1)..... I can sadly say that heckling is over. I haven't heard these Millennials yell or come up with a good chant in years....been way too long. I think their skinny jeans are too tight and they are busy playing Pokemon on their phones during games to care or even look up at the game. These are the digital age kids - they were given computers and gaming consoles at the age of 5 and were taught every platform and game under the sun. Sports and going outside to play was a never an option for them as they interacted with people through chat rooms, emojis, and a headset if they wanted to be bold. Throw in the facts that this generation is extra soft due to them not being able to let out their aggressions by playing sports or some physical activity - they do it over the computer or headset...... enter the whole cyberbullying stuff. More and more kids are receiving threats over digital than anywhere else and they don't know how to handle these threats except going to drastic measures or building up these angers internally. - This is a wormhole I went down so just my opinion.

Anyways..... college kids just don't seem to give a crap these days and would never think to heckle another person or make fun of them. The whole bullying movement over the years has made kids aware that making fun of people, even in sports, is totally unacceptable.

I feel like Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Street when he goes back to high school and realizes that the jocks are not the cool kids anymore and realizing what the universe has come to when the little tech/druggy sports is fascist kid (Dave Franco) becomes the cool kids in school. Yea.....burn in hell Franco.

Anyways.... show me a good heckler under the age of 23 at a game and shots are on me.

 

[TweederGMU]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa368X1Z2w

 

[mason89]

Unfortunately, "heckling" is now being equated to "bullying" when, if done properly and effectively, can be witty to the point of making the target laugh and thus throw off their game. There were many a game back in the day when members of the FSC would sit along the baseline close to the visitor's bench and heckle the opposition to this effect. Of course, it was much easier to get their attention when there were only about 2-3K in the arena...

 

[GMUSig03]

Unfortunately, "heckling" is now being equated to "bullying" when, if done properly and effectively, can be witty to the point of making the target laugh and thus throw off their game. There were many a game back in the day when members of the FSC would sit along the baseline close to the visitor's bench and heckle the opposition to this effect. Of course, it was much easier to get their attention when there were only about 2-3K in the arena...

Tweeder and I had a Delaware assistant coach get off the team bus and literally try to fight us.

Why were we outside near the bus an hour after the game ended? No comment. But I will say this - I'm sure Maurice Sessoms still has a huge forehead. "Sessoms, your forehead is HUUUUUUGEEEEE!!!!"

 

[PoorManProfit]

A throwback to the good old days of G Mas, so "G-Masses".

 

[MasonFanatic]

I made a CAA ref bust out laughing during a timeout once. He had his back to the student section and he was pretending to ignore us, but he heard me. It helped that the Brown Spaceship was mostly empty.