If the AggiePack is loud and wild, they can change the game by being on the visitor sideline. Think Reno...they were nuts and distracting. If the Aggie pack really loud, they can mess with the calls from the sideline. They need to own this! They had to move Fresno State back to their student side because it was so wild (they actually did some bad stuff). Take pride in being part of the game students!

OA, you make a good point. Hopefully the powers that be will at least look into the situation and make a well thought out decision.

FaceMask, this is a great idea. We could have him get the crowd fired up.

I can't wait to see the reaction of those in attendance when a cowboy in chaps and a pair of six-shooters runs into Aggie Stadium.

I say get rid of the Bossy Cow Cow. Put it in the archives. Do not ask the Aggie Pack to recite that embarrassing ditty anymore. If you have noticed, most of the students can barely bring themselves to recite it above a whisper after the announcer proclaims, "And now the Bossy Cow Cow!"

Sorry fans of Aggie lore...that thing is ridiculous in this day and age! This is a modern, world class university not a tiny rural college out in the middle of the sticks. :-d

I could NOT agree more!

Isn't Bossy Cow Cow Band-uh's schtick? I agree with all of you, it's time to file it away in the history books.

as a more recent band-uh alumni, most of them hate doing it too. I think it's only around for nostalgia.

yeah I learned it in band way back. I'm fine with a 30 second cheer that is totally unique (quirky) to Davis. But if they decide to retire it, I won't miss it.

There were moments even in the last four years where the students showed some life and willingness to screw things up from our position on the sideline.

My personal favorite was when an assistant coach for an opposing team was so loud that we could actually hear him talk to his unit from the first few rows. So naturally my friends started shouting his instructions verbatim back at him. He got started getting a lot quieter with his instructions after that.

and who is going to break the news to Mrs. Dr. Mike, no more bossy cow cow!

As a current student sitting in the student section, it seems like most of the students don't understand the game and that we can actually help the team by being loud behind their bench. If the student section is on the visiting sideline then that gives the students a chance to heckle the opposing team. When this happens there are students who start apologizing for it. I was thinking we are at at football game and the students don't want to risk hurting the other teams feelings. SMH.

It didn't matter where we were......pretty sure they heard us from the endzone at Toomey.

Welcome aboard!

You make a great point, something I've also noticed, particularly when new international students come to sporting events. They want the "college life", but it seems like they often don't know what's going on, they get on their iPhones, and leave at halftime.

One idea. I've seen some DI schools have a fun student-education demonstration(s) - partly taught by players themselves. They do this as soon as new students move to campus.

I think that would be a great idea. It would make the rest of the student population understand that the athletes are students as well. They are not a separate group.

I also think it may help spread Aggie Pride a little bit. Sometimes it feels like a lot of students don't take pride in going to Davis. When you walk around Berkeley and talk to some students they radiate pride for their school. I haven't felt that here.

Lux, interesting feedback... can you tell us if you are a lower or upper classman?

Unfortunately, that same attitude has been around for a long time. Felt the same way when I was an undergrad.

Can confirm, San Diego State did that and I thought it was really cool. They had football coaches and players teach us passing, kicking, footwork, and running drills in exchange for a free shirt, poster, and burger afterwards. It seemed like several hundred people went and RAs brought their floors and everything.

Too many alumni have told me the same thing. Must have something with being up the road from Cal and being the second choice of so many students.

Take this for what it's worth as I haven't been at Aggie Stadium since the '14 season, but I have been, for the most part, woefully disappointed with the Aggie Pack MC's since the graduation of some members here on AST. A thorough lack of knowledge of rules, strategy, etc., is very evident. When you pronounce "Gabe Manzanares" as "Gabe Marinara," it's past time to turn in your microphone.

AP doesn't need a characters or "super fans" to be relevant - in my opinion that's so hokey, disingenuous, and will be sniffed out as such by the intelligent student body. Athletic events need to be a destination, a communal experience with both friends and random students alike. I met some of my closest friends on campus at athletics, whom I would have never run across anywhere else on campus if not there with our academic interests being almost on different ends of the spectrum.

Too much time being articulate!
Too little time being enthusiastic!
Put down the glass of Merlot & pick up some Pom-Poms! This is Division one football!