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Last week, we reported on how the university would like to re-brand the student sections for all the sports and call them one name.
Of course, they’re asking students to vote, because the names the athletic department came up with were pretty lame.
So there are several student movements trying to get their write-in-vote name to win, and of course, they’re using Facebook to get their message out.
This first group wants to rename our “student section The Domicile. Of course, this is an affectionate reference to that awesome commercial that Cal had a couple of years ago for its first Holiday Bowl appearance. It truly is an awesome commercial. Let’s watch:
Oh Tedford, you’re so smart.
Another group wants to call the “student section The Epicenter.” Now that’s just awesome and it’s poking fun at the fact that the Hayward Fault runs directly underneath the stadium. Now if you’re concerned about basketball games and the name, “The Epicenter,” well, it still works, kind of. The Epicenter will be just a couple of blocks east if there is an earthquake on the fault line.
Of course there are traditionalists. One group just wants to keep the names the same and rename the “student section The Student Section.” And then there are just lame suggestions, “like the Bear Area.”
Of course, why are we renaming the student sections anyways? Some people love the oh-so-fear-striking (read: unintimidating) “The Bench” moniker for men’s basketball games.
Someone, who claims to be an intern for the athletic department, offered this explanation on Facebook.
bq. I am an intern for the Marketing department and I helped brainstorm some of those ideas… by the way, we don’t really like them very much so that’s why we asked for help. Just an FYI about the goal of this is that it is not just for football… the idea is that we can have a branded, defined student section at any sport. That really would bring fans together at sports like Field Hockey or even Volleyball–this is a common thing at other colleges and universities. I agree that football’s student section is just fine, and wouldn’t dream of trying to fix something that’s not broken. I just would like to encourage you to keep your minds open to the benefits this could bring to our athletic programs.
So you’re saying that you came up with some of these lame suggestions, like “Blue Crew” and “Bear Force?”
And if we had a suggestion it would have to be *The World’s Biggest Hyphy Party.* Yeah.
Earlier: “Cal Doesn’t Want Students Coming Off The Bench“
