MikeKlezmer

Unfortunately, you're arguing a catch-22, and it's those catch-22's which will never put Albany in any top tier of exciting sports programs. There can be no product without hype: who is going to want to be in the marching band if nobody cares? That's like saying let's get a million students in the stadium first, and then get school spirit. Your attitude is the attitude of millions of skeptical sports fans across the nation who aren't willing to make improvements but complain that there are none. For Albany to become a legitimately supported athletic school, it's going to take a lot of hype and a lot of faith to develop any kind of product. We're all on the same team right?? Let's glorify Albany as best we can...but we have to work for that glory.

It is impossible to describe with accuracy the degree of school spirit that charges through a sell-out football stadium on gameday Saturday's. While the past few years have seen dramatic attempts to aggrandize the flavor of Great Dane excitement, grandiose football gamedays will not be possible here without more attempts to frill up the school spirit. The most impressive way to make the Danish football program stand out is to enlist a 300 piece marching band that will march around campus on Friday afternoons and remind the students that hey, we have a game tomorrow. Hey, why don't you tailgate tomorrow and pack the stadium once your pre gaming festivities are over. A band marching with cheerleaders, racc rowdies, and stuffed up life-sized Great Danes bounding throughout the campus is the best and quickest way to generate 50% student attendance at home games.