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Finally, the underwear man came through the door, greeted by a weak cheer. The Harvard men were shepherded downstairs to a room where a rehearsal was in progress...
...frustrating experience to be a cheerleader for the Boston Patriots. Harvard fans are known for their lack of enthusiasm at times, but nothing compared to the Boston rooters. Especially since the Pats have won only one game this year. I mean, how you ask somebody to yell a Victory cheer when his team has just fumbled the ball for the fifth time in a row? At one point,the score was 24-17, and it really looked as of "our boys" might have a fighting chance. So we did both victory cheers really fast, before the Jets had a chance...
Being an optimistic bunch, we had prepared a whole list of offensive cheers-the old standards (We want a touchdown; let's go; fight) plus a few original little goodies like our kick-line can-can cheer and "shaboom"--but our repertoire was sadly lacking in defensive cheers and in this game that was a serious mistake. After we'd screamed "hold that line" for the fifty-second time, we decided maybe it would be better if we just kept quiet until the Patriots got the ball...
...complementary ticket and donated six to members of the Radcliffe administration (last year all the Deans came to the game, but apparently once was enough). Since these complementary seats are all together, they form a nice block of people who are genuinely interested in the cheerleaders and would even cheer...
...instead of the Patriots were in Fenway Park. These seats are so far away from the field that it's really difficulty to establish any sort of communication. Our fans were so distant that they couldn't hear what we were saying; and if they tried to cheer along, there was necessarily a time gap just because of the time it takes sound to travel. So when we were screaming "block that kick," they were still on "hold that line...