Friday, October 16, 2009

#2 Boston University Men's Ice Hockey

Obviously.

Some colleges have football. Others are basketball mad. Boston University students are crazy for...hockey.

It makes sense, considering the generally arctic conditions on Comm Ave, but since BU's football team has been undefeated since 1997, and the basketball team has pretty much not had any expectations in close to a decade, hockey is the only sport to get behind for BU students.

BU students and alumni congregate at Agganis Arena for every home game, creating a crowd of generally close to capacity, cheering on the 26 cockiest males at Boston University with a variety of creative chants and rituals. Sasquatch takes his shirt off and goes buck wild in the 3rd period. The legendary Chris Parks directs the BU band to a multitude of crowd favorites such as Let It Rock. The Hot Dog and Jesus...well, they attend the games. And somehow BC sucks, even if the Terriers are nipping at the heels of Lowell.

All freshmen buy season tickets and try to get into T's pub to get a chance to (GASP) meet some of the players one night.

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