Alum Calls Out Cheerleaders at Hoops Games

[Metz]

Not sure what BGSU finished in Orlando, but I know UK won the 2005 competion held in Mid January (the 14th time since 1985), Not to sound mean but BG's team, if they were there, didn't make it to the semifinals, FWIW.

Not to sound mean here, but no one ever said they were any tournaments yet.

Quoting Schad, "Isn't it true our cheer team will be in that national competition in Orlando that airs on ESPN during the dog days of summer?"

[Metz]

At least our cheerleaders are standing and cheering throughout the game.

Which is more than 90% of our fans do...

[Metz]

As a result, fans fill in the gap. We have the Anderson Animals, for instance, and other fan troupes that seem to do a better job.

I'm going to disagree with this statement. I have yet to be held 20 feet in the air in a mini-skirt leading a cheer

[transfer2BGSU]

I have yet to be held 20 feet in the air in a mini-skirt leading a cheer

THANK GOD!

[Metz]

I have yet to be held 20 feet in the air in a mini-skirt leading a cheer

THANK GOD!

I wasn't saying it was a bad thing. Although, if someone can hold me up there...w/o the skirt and without dropping me...I'd do it!!!

[transfer2BGSU]

I don't EVER want to see you in a mini-skirt

[Metz]

I don't EVER want to see you in a mini-skirt

Right back at ya!!!!

[BGBADBOY1]

Thank guys for all support!!!!!!!!!! This is what I emailed back to our good ole friend Russ

Dear Mr. Frye
Hi, I'm cheerleader for BG from BG. I think that you should know the whole story before you write a letter to the editor about the cheerleaders. First of all we are a young squad! Only 3 returning guys and 5 returning girls on the co-ed and our all girl squad is brand new, it is very hard to find new guys to come out and even try it, and even when we do get new guys they have to learn everything from tumbling to how to throw girls in the air(come and try if you think it is so easy). This is why we do pretty much the same thing year after year. You have to start with the basics, it's just like your not going to teach peewee footballs player the run-shoot it just too hard to grasp, just like its too hard for new guys and girls to do more difficult stunts and pyramids!
Second of all we are doing this not because we are on scholarship but because we like to cheer on BG. There are no full scholarships or book scholarships given to any of us. We are not paided in anyway or given a credit like the pep-band! We practice over 8 hours a week not counting the games we attend or the extra workouts we put on ourselves to stay in shape. This is very time consuming plus b/c we are not give scholarships or anything about 90% of us also have jobs so we can pay for school, apartments, and ect. That is the main reason why our rollover is so high, people have to simply quit to make it in life (school and basic needs come before cheerleading)! Also we are governed by what athletics tells us what we can do! We are not allouded to cheer during timeouts while announcement are taking place and they have picked other people to threw balls and shirts to the crowd so we are kind of getting screwed here! So i think you owe an apology to the cheerleader for embarrassing them in our school paper! please call me if you have any question (419-308-4353)!
have a nice day

[transfer2BGSU]

This is very time consuming plus b/c we are not give scholarships or anything about 90% of us also have jobs so we can pay for school, apartments, and ect. That is the main reason why our rollover is so high, people have to simply quit to make it in life (school and basic needs come before cheerleading)! ...please call me if you have any question (419-308-4353)!

Great letter but don't plead poverty and then give out a cell phone number

[hammb]

This is very time consuming plus b/c we are not give scholarships or anything about 90% of us also have jobs so we can pay for school, apartments, and ect. That is the main reason why our rollover is so high, people have to simply quit to make it in life (school and basic needs come before cheerleading)! ...please call me if you have any question (419-308-4353)!

Great letter but don't plead poverty and then give out a cell phone number [/quote

Cell phones generally more more financial sense than a land based phone line. Unless he was going to go without a phone entirely.

[Falconfreak90]

"paided", "allouded"?? :shrug:

[BGBADBOY1]

ok....so english isn't my strong point ....that wasn't for a grade!

[BGorDeath]

ok....so english isn't my strong point ....that wasn't for a grade!

Hope you clean it up before you fill out an application.

[Falconboy]

You better clean up that grammer dude or patrickbg will bust your chops!

[cheer4BG]

Hello to everyone reading this forum...........Although there were some negative response to the cheerleaders in the BG news, I would like to say that any feedback is important and essential to any sport or activity. As captain of the co-ed squad, one of our main goals this year was to get noticed and appreciated more by the student body, falcon fans, and anyone else who comes to the games.

We met this goal becuase we have received both positive and negative critizism from spectators. We have a lot of people on our squads (especially guys) who have never done this type of thing before in their lives. We all practice very hard and often and are not receiving any type of schloarship or any university credits for all of our effort. We are also some of the most faithful fans because we cheer at every game and are present regardless of class conflicts. (there are special circumstances)

As a future teacher, I know it is important to notice areas of weakness. We received numerous compliments after the Toledo game about our energy and we have really tried to get the CHEER-LEADING aspect back into the games. Some of our guys try and do simple things like start claps, bang on their megs, and high five the fans in the stands. I agree we could always be better. Some things we hope to try at the next game, are a FALCON spellout on the floor, and we want to make larger signs, in hope that more people will yell if they have visual aids

I know this is long and I apologize, but I just want to thank everyone again for their comments. One thing I find important to note is that the gentleman who commented to the BG News did a lot of complaining, but offered no suggestions. Again, as a teacher, I value the importance of constructive feedback. I have said it before and I will say it again, we are always open to suggestions from fans, players, coaches, alumni, and anyone else who supports the falcons.