Canisius College - Azuwur Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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' r'M'Hfwff, ,.s,,W,, ' V. ,. an s,W.,W...WW.s..,,,,,,..,',.,.m W ' ' ,,q,,,0g,f,f,f,f,f A iiff , A ' iQ'?fVJf?Uh2rivW -4 V , , f ' if ' ' ' ' ' ' V' ' l I ts J. V The Griffs Are Alright! The Griffs Are Alright! That unlikely cheer first surfaced from the dorm block during the New Hamp- shire game in January and the refrain subsequently became the rallying cry of the 1975-76 Canisius College basketball season. The Griffs Are Alright! There is a danger that in analyzing the four-word phrase its meaning may be overstated, its effect undermined. The risk must be taken here because the impli- cations of that one simple cheer are most important. Two years ago the Golden Griffins reigned as champions of the Little Three. Last season, the Griffs boasted a lineup of Top Twenty talent the likes of which has never before been seen on this campus. And yet, no one would have ever labeled those Griffs as alright. The word would never have entered your mind. Their talents far exceeded the simple term alright. And their actions off the court were certainly not alright. Several ugly incidents caused an antagonism be- tween many students and these non-al- right Griffins. Even more crucial was the fact that this collection of potential All Americans tended to associate only with each other. There was rarely so much as a casual relationship between the stud on the court and the student in the stands. But no more. The Griffs Are Alright! This cheer was a genuine, spontaneous response on the part of a small, dedicated band of Griff-fans. The dorm block was the one glittering exception to the ram- pant aloofness which bathed the rest of the Aud on Saturdays. After the stunning upset of Little Three foe Niagara University, the NU stu- dent newspaper said: The Griffs played 182 , ,,,.. , -..M sz, a J 4 over their heads and the Eagles were be- low par. Canisius was further encouraged by the vocal support of the student body, something that is lacking at NU. They may be rowdy, classless and smashed, but God love 'em. Rowdy and smashed they were, no doubt. But the members of the section proved they were definitely not class- less when, at the season finale, they pre- sented plaques, which they had paid for themselves, to the three graduating se- niors: Craig Prosser, Tim Stokes and Billy Leonard. The Griffs Are Alright! Unlike the sentimental Thank You Sabres, lwhich was a cheer of forgive- ness after the overmatched, young Buffa- lo hockey team had lost to Montreal in its initial Stanley Cup competition several years ago! this chant was not intended to say that losing was alright. To the con- trary, it was first heard at a victory, and it