The Wave: Get It Outta Here

debbie downer

kids love the wave so be happy for the kids

but mid-wave last night i realized nothing put that win in the Spurs face like not even paying attention to the game with 5 minutes left, and i started participating.

New rule: Only do the Wave when up by 20 points against playoff teams with 5 minutes left in the game.

Screw the curmudgeons who concentrate on the game. You can yell at Travis Outlaw while getting up to put your hands in the air. Not hard.

I agree 100% with SergioFTW. Well, I said with 4 minutes or less, but close enough.

Up 20+
Against a real team.
Under 4 minutes.

The fans are there to have fun. And seriously, if you think that the players didn’t love the wave, you’re nuts. Roy is going to come out and beat the Lakers by 20 himself just to see another wave!

The crowd was into it for about 3 minutes despite the game being over. And quite frankly, its not the first time its happened this year, just the first time it has carried over to the lower bowl such that the entire stadium was involved. You are there to have fun. Just go with the flow.

“Let’s do the Wave at the Agency on Thursday!!!”

In exceptional circumstances the Wave can be permitted, but let’s not let this become a habit we don’t want to look like Mariner fans.

I’m a season ticket holder, and I was at the game last night. I like the wave because it’s totally Oregon. We’re just dorky like that and we don’t even care. Afterall the Wave started in the Northwest. It only happens on rare occasions in the Rose Garden, which I think is appropriate. It’s the first time I’ve seen it this year. I saw it once, maybe twice last year. I like that the fact that it adds insult to injury to the hated Spurs as we blow them out.

As far as the Chalupa Chant. I tolerate it, sort of like I tolerate Blaze, which is just barely. The worst is when it’s a tight game hovering around 100 points, and the chant starts. That’s just embarrassing. I think the game should take precedence at that point.

On the subject of Blaze though, I caught a tee shirt at my upper level seat last night for the first time in like 10 years. Then when I opened it and looked at it, I saw that it wasn’t a Blazer shirt, but actually had a special Blaze the Trail Cat insignia. At first I was disgusted, but after a while I just thought it was funny. It’s kinda like the wave – You just gotta go with it.

…who were 12 year season ticket holders in the 300 level….who said that in 6 years they had never seen the wave go all the way around…They were certainly tickled…It was an awesome sight. We love our Blazers! …..pretty awesome to see too veteran fans doing the wave! :)

They are gonna remember that crap.

I bet the chicks totally dig you.

Those are some of my fondest memories, doing the wave when i was a kid, there’s no way I’m going to let those overzealous fans have as much fun as I used to, ban the wave dammit.

1) Chants of “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too!”

2) All those sitting in Section 302 do the Macarena for a chance to win a Tickle-Me-Elmo doll

3) All the Blazer fans at the game yell out “We’ve got spirit, yes we do! We’ve got spirit, how bout you?” and celebrate when Spurs fans do not respond loudly.

who hung out at the Memorial Coliseum, I thought it was FANTASTIC. It was fun. It was 20,000 (okay, maybe only 11,000 participated) people having fun as one in the spirit of the team. The only thing I didn’t like was that the wave was killed by Chalupa chants.

The wave is part of PTB history. Bring it on.

I’d much rather do the wave than have all the noise, contrived, unnecessary attempts at manufacturing enthusiasm and constant advertising shoved down our throats — all of which are more prevalant and obnoxious than the wave.

It was totally fun. And it was cool to see it start in the top and then move down into the lower bowl. It’s awesome to be blowing out the Spurs and screwing around doing the wave. Even the Spurs were laughing.

The other day’s wave was about a 6.5/10

Who pooped in your cereal?

What’s next – no chanting?

I see several wave attempts each year. It usually takes four or five tries before the sections “down stream” start to catch on. Even then it rarely makes it around the RG once let alone five times! I think the wave is fun and it rarely happens so where’s the harm? I do think that guy trying to get it started a second time is a little over the BlazersEdge but to each his/her own.

Most importantly, the kids love it.

The “beef heart attack” chant is what gets me. In a blowout, fine. A close game, no way! And I also think the Blazers should have to win for the Chalupa to be handed out.

I don’t cash in the coupons anyway. I’m saving them all and will hopefully be able to purchase a Taco Bell store using coupons only….wish me luck!

That is where everyone rushes the first couple of rows at the same time giving a appearance of an avalanche. I am thinking if we blow out the Lakers we should do this.