The Show is the name of the student section of San Diego State Aztecs. They are best known for their vocal and creative support of the Aztec athletics, especially the men's basketball team. The uniqueness and creativity of The Show sets them apart from the rest of the students. They came up with the idea of ​​waving a gigantic cut-out face during a free throw. They have come with many songs and traditions. The Show has three designated sections in Viejas Arena, parts M, L, and K, which are located behind the basket near the guest bench. They emphasize creativity rather than uniformity. Their website has sections for their history, media, gameday, blogs, and message boards.
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Name
During the early days of The Show, a fan posted on the SDSU sports message board, "You think you are the whole show." That is a statement that leads to a raucous part of the student who takes the name "The Show."
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Initial history
The history of The Show can be traced back to the 2001-2002 men's basketball season. With the opening of Cox Arena in 1997, now called Viejas Arena, the men's and women's basketball teams moved across the street from the Peterson Gym. Two years later, SDSU moved to the Western Mountain Conference. Also happened that year was the recruitment of former head of University of Michigan basketball coach Steve Fisher. The team struggled for Fisher's first two years at SDSU, winning 5 and 14 matches apiece. It was during the 2001-02 season that the program turned around. Led by Al Faux, Tony Bland, and Randy Holcomb, the team finished with a 10-4 conference record, and will be 21-12 overall. This is the best record for school in almost 20 years. During the season The Show was formed by a small group of 6-8 fans who came together to support the team. Some SDSU students, while some are still in high school.
During the West Mountain Region Boys' Basketball Tournament of 2002, SDSU experienced great disappointment as number five seed. In three consecutive days, SDSU beat four BYU seeds, one seed of Wyoming, and is set to face favorite UNLV hometown in the finals. With Aztec holding a lean lead as the countdown clock, SDSU fans start lining up on the front line to hurry up the court. Just as the last bell will sound, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila footballer looks at a Rebel fan and declares, "Remember today, when the Aztecs come to your arena and rush to your court!" The bell rang and SDSU had just won their first Western Mountain tournament title Conference and was set to go to the Division I NCAA Basketball Tournament. On the way to Chicago here was a group of casual friends forming the foundation of what would become The Show.
Big head
Before the 2002-2003 basketball season, a member of The Show was watching a BASEketball movie, where opposing players did whatever it took to distract one another when they shot. He took this strategy and combined it with the use of athletes and celebrity boxes at Pardon the Interruption . It was during a road game on Long Beach State that the first Big Head in college basketball history used. As Long Beach players stepped into the free throw line, members of The Show revealed a large chunk of an unattractive version of Michael Jackson. Long Beach players take double take, bend over laughing, and miss the free throw. Since then The Show has added more heads every year. In the summer basketball season 2011-12 San Diego State Aztecs, The Show has around 125 great heads used during the game. The head is distributed at the bottom of the section at half time, and is used during the second half of the home game when the opponent is on the free throw line. Since it appeared in the ESPN The Magazine 'edition on December 19, 2005, documenting the origin of the head, the student sections across the country have joined forces with trends including Kansas and Marquette.
Costume
Costume has been an important part of The Show since its inception. While many parts of the students felt the need to dress up in uniformity, The Show boasted his creativity and individuality. In fact, one of the Command Shows reads "You have to wear two kinds of clothes for the game: red and black, or whatever you want." Show 'clothes are designed to be funny, ridiculous and intimidating as possible.Emage, clothes, and accessories "Conor Mongon, one of the original Show members was quoted as saying," we equate it almost to the Mardi Gras parade. Everyone out there having fun, gone crazy. " ESPN columnist Dana O'Neil described The Show as, "an absurd, weird, illogical part of a student in San Diego State, where no costume is considered too weird." Many of The Show's costumes from the past few years have been posted on blogs on the WordPress The Show page.
Songs and songs
The Show is rich in tradition by bringing out songs and creative songs for the game. Song/song list includes:
- Aztecs Bombaye - Originally from Rumble 1974 in the Jungle battle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, Ali is greeted with shouts of "Ali bombaye! Ali bombaye!" which means "Ali kill him!" or "Ali defeated him!" It was during the SDSU-BYU 2005 football game that "Bombaye Aztecs (pronounced Boom-Bye-Yay)" started. An African exchange student starts shouting "Aztecs bombaye!" to pump SDSU players. Every time students start the song, something good happens to the Aztecs. The Show will later adopt him for a basketball game. Not using all his luck, The Show will only use the singing in a terrible situation, when the team needs to stop.
- "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora - A Show staples for years.
- "I'm sure we'll win!" - During the 2010-11 season, The Show put their own spin on the singing, started in the Navy and was adopted by the Utah State. The Show has a famous SDSU alumni as a guest and helps lead the singing before the game. The following year, SDSU used the singing as the basis for their marketing campaigns, including nationally broadcast 30-second ads in which SDSU students, alumni including Ralph Rubio and Jerry Sanders, and residents of San Diego shouted it out.
- "Uprising" by Muse - Started during the West Mountain Men's Basketball Tournament 2010. A member of the show heard the song playing on Thomas & amp; Mack Center and since then, The Show has performed choruses before the game accompanied by Aztec Pep Band, and acappella randomly during the game. Currently this song is performed immediately after the song I Believe.
- "Bro Hymn" by Pennywise - Beginning during the 2011-12 season, the band Aztec Pep played this song as a music entry team while The Show sang along with rhythm.
- "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes - Also starting in 2011-12 season, The Show started performing an acappella version of a tap.
The Show has a Twitter page under the regularly updated @TheShowSDSU handbook with general athletic information, trash talks about other schools, and other topics. Currently, the account has more than 5,000 followers. Under the original handle "The__Show", the initial goal of this account is to tweet out of the basketball game score.
Banner
During the 2011-12 season, The Show introduced a giant banner into their repertoire. The banner was paid by the Associated Students of SDSU and made its debut at home games against UNLV on January 14, 2012. A few minutes before the launch, Show revealed a banner, covering the front. Banners remain until the team comes to court.
Controversy
Standing behind the spell "Nobody likes us We do not care," The Show has a history approaching, if it does not cross the line on occasion. The first controversial act by The Show was during the 2010 game against former BYU Mountain West Conference rivals, a school owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, or Mormon). For this home game, several dozen Events members wore Mormon missionary clothes, wearing white button-down shirts, black ties, and bicycle helmets. The move was criticized by Seth Davis, author of Sports Illustrated. He was described as an acrobat as "a completely classless movement by a few dozen San Diego State students dressed up like Mormon missionaries to mock BYU when Cougars came into town on Saturday night.Curring the opposition is fine, but there are some things that are forbidden , and religion is from them. "Towards the end of the game, with the loss of SDSU, fans started shouting" You're still Mormon. " During this match, one sign is attacked for crossing the line. It says, "Which wife gave you mono?" This refers to Jimmer Fredette's recent bout with mononucleosis and polygamy in early LDS history. BYU players see the mark and laugh at it. The next season, the two teams entered the top 10 in the country during their meeting in Viejas. A few weeks before the game, an SDSU student tried to get inside Jimmer's head by creating a Facebook event that invited students to "Jimette's Pike Jimmer Boyfriend because Jimmer can not poke himself." In the description, the students were told that his mission was to "disturb, disturb, distract and irritate the opponent." More than 7,000 people were invited to the event, which has photos of Jimmer's girlfriend (now wife) Whitney Wonnacott and his Facebook profile. Other students began selling "I poked Jimmer's girlfriend" shirts. These shirts are forbidden for games, but some students manage to sneak in with them. For the game, hundreds of members of the Show were wearing Mormon equipment, though the letter was emailed to students from Fisher's coach, where he said, "We know that the energy and enthusiasm brought by The Show is what makes Viejas Arena one of the heaviest houses court in this country.It is important to remember that when you are in the student section, you represent something bigger than yourself.You represent the State of San Diego... We can not cross over to unfathomable and unpleasant topics , especially mocking a person's religion. "During this game, there are many signs and posters referring to Mormonism, including" Hi mother (s), "" Jimmer Freddette is a fake idol, "and" Aztec Basketball is my religion. " During the 2012 West Mountain Conference Tournament, members of The Show sent a tweet from The Show's Twitter account that ridiculed UNLV's legendary basketball coach camera shoot, Jerry Tarkanian. Some of the tweets that were sent included "Will Tark will live on Saturday to see us rush to court for the third year in a row?" "Tarkanian made Tom Ables (senior fan elder of SDSU) look like Channing Tatum." and "Tarkanian looks like a dog (bleep)." San Diego Union-Tribune Authors Don Norcross responded by writing articles that said tweets were sent in bad taste.
See also
- Booster club
- The athletic college
- State of San Diego Aztec
- Viejas Arena
References
External links
- CSTV's Hoops Odyssey, January 17, 2007, The face in the crowd (article link)
- The SDSU Show official web page
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