WEBVTT - Being a D1 Cheerleader at a Power Five Conference 0:00:04.978 --> 0:00:07.778 Beyond the Megaphone is a production of I Heart Radio 0:00:07.978 --> 0:00:14.258 and the College Athletes Network. Hey everybody, this is Nathan 0:00:14.498 --> 0:00:18.298 and you're listening to Beyond the Megaphone on the College 0:00:18.338 --> 0:00:21.178 Athletes Network. Please subscribe to the podcast that you never 0:00:21.218 --> 0:00:23.858 miss a new episode. This can easily be done via 0:00:23.858 --> 0:00:25.898 the I Heart Radio app. Also, you can find me 0:00:25.938 --> 0:00:29.258 on Instagram and Twitter at our Nathan Paris and you 0:00:29.298 --> 0:00:32.818 can find me on Instagram at Cassidy with a double 0:00:32.978 --> 0:00:36.378 yse Nie stuff. We got that Twitter? Have you No? 0:00:36.658 --> 0:00:40.098 I actually went on my Twitter, um today. I have 0:00:40.178 --> 0:00:43.858 a Twitter Twitter, but it's I haven't used it since. 0:00:47.058 --> 0:00:52.018 So a lot of my Twitter feed is like mag 0:00:52.058 --> 0:00:56.978 convoys like nash Gar and Cameron Dallan direction one direction 0:00:57.138 --> 0:01:04.018 type beat. So Cassie, how are you doing. I'm doing amazing. Yeah, 0:01:04.178 --> 0:01:11.698 living a dream. I'm living a dream. So what's really 0:01:11.778 --> 0:01:16.818 nice about me and Castie's lives is we are constantly busy, um, 0:01:16.818 --> 0:01:19.298 which is good. We we do it to ourselves, you 0:01:19.378 --> 0:01:21.658 know what I mean. I would not change it by 0:01:21.658 --> 0:01:24.498 any means, but it definitely gets a little. I blame 0:01:24.538 --> 0:01:28.698 nobody but myself. What's that? I blame nobody but myself? Oh, yeah, yah, yeah, yeah, 0:01:28.778 --> 0:01:31.498 this is a million percent in my fault. So hey, 0:01:31.658 --> 0:01:36.738 we want to talk about expectation versus reality in terms 0:01:36.778 --> 0:01:40.098 of the world of game day cheerleading, because a lot 0:01:40.098 --> 0:01:43.418 of times, you know, we're sharing for the fans and 0:01:43.458 --> 0:01:46.658 all the fancy is a bunch of people and these 0:01:46.818 --> 0:01:50.738 weird costumes being really loud and really extra for no reason, right, 0:01:50.858 --> 0:01:53.898 I mean that's kind of like the basic like, oh 0:01:53.978 --> 0:02:00.178 here come, the cheerleader is always doing the most. So basically, 0:02:00.218 --> 0:02:02.938 what we want to do today is talk about all 0:02:02.978 --> 0:02:07.018 of the different things at or kind of behind the scenes, 0:02:07.378 --> 0:02:10.418 things that maybe most people don't see or don't think 0:02:10.418 --> 0:02:15.378 about when we do what we do. So what the 0:02:15.458 --> 0:02:18.578 ladies get to do is get up two hours before 0:02:19.058 --> 0:02:22.658 we're supposed to be there and put on what's called 0:02:22.738 --> 0:02:25.618 game day ready. Castie, would you explain to them what 0:02:25.778 --> 0:02:27.898 game day ready is. See, I feel like I'm not 0:02:27.938 --> 0:02:29.938 the right person to talk to you about this because 0:02:30.058 --> 0:02:35.018 I do my game day makeup every day, but today, um, 0:02:35.058 --> 0:02:37.818 like I can get ready pretty fast, but like a 0:02:37.858 --> 0:02:40.778 lot of the girls don't wear makeup every day, so 0:02:40.818 --> 0:02:42.538 it takes them like a little bit longer. I'm just 0:02:42.578 --> 0:02:46.778 like used to I'm used to slang so hard every day. Okay, 0:02:46.818 --> 0:02:50.418 so you got you like your own sleigh routine. Yeah, yeah, 0:02:50.658 --> 0:02:57.978 what's your fastest time? M five minutes? Not by choice? 0:02:59.218 --> 0:03:02.818 Explain that for me? Um, what was that like the 0:03:02.858 --> 0:03:09.058 second game, second second football game of this season, so 0:03:09.098 --> 0:03:14.578 we got to be there a fifteen and yeah, that's 0:03:14.618 --> 0:03:21.338 a whole another situation. But um, I did not wake up. 0:03:21.898 --> 0:03:24.458 I didn't wake up like that was not like I 0:03:24.498 --> 0:03:27.938 was asleep. I could have slept for so long and 0:03:28.058 --> 0:03:30.018 I don't know how I got up. And it's by 0:03:30.058 --> 0:03:32.098 the grace of God that I set an alarm for 0:03:32.138 --> 0:03:34.538 eight am because I was planning on leaving at eight am, 0:03:34.818 --> 0:03:36.218 So I was like, you're I gotta be out the 0:03:36.218 --> 0:03:39.738 door alarm. That was my like okay, you gotta you 0:03:39.738 --> 0:03:43.258 gotta go, like you gotta go now. No that it 0:03:43.338 --> 0:03:45.938 turned out to be my no, you gotta get out 0:03:45.938 --> 0:03:53.538 of bed alarm. And I literally remember I was putting 0:03:53.738 --> 0:03:57.538 on my uniform, putting my hair in, like my my 0:03:57.578 --> 0:04:02.538 bow in, and also like simultaneously like letting my lashes dry. 0:04:03.698 --> 0:04:06.898 Like I was a mess. And I think I left 0:04:06.978 --> 0:04:10.498 my room at like eight oh seven. So you did 0:04:10.538 --> 0:04:15.258 all that in seven minutes and I still slid, like 0:04:15.258 --> 0:04:17.418 I literally ate that game up. Well, I was like, 0:04:17.618 --> 0:04:19.578 I was thinking about like when you showed up and 0:04:19.618 --> 0:04:21.098 you told us, You're like, yeah, I get up ten 0:04:21.138 --> 0:04:23.258 minutes ago. I was like, there's no way because it 0:04:23.258 --> 0:04:27.498 looked like normal. Luckily, I normally, for at least like 0:04:27.538 --> 0:04:32.818 morning games, and usually for um like afternoon games, I'll 0:04:32.858 --> 0:04:36.338 curl my hair the night before, so then I just 0:04:36.378 --> 0:04:41.778 have to like, oh this, Like I just like huh. 0:04:44.058 --> 0:04:47.258 But yeah, Luckily that night before I curled my hair, 0:04:48.018 --> 0:04:50.458 so that was out of the way, and then I 0:04:50.938 --> 0:04:58.698 will say I didn't wear any foundation that day. So crazy. God, 0:04:58.858 --> 0:05:04.218 I hate the guy's routines so much. I was, um, 0:05:04.458 --> 0:05:07.418 j C, he's the night, not tonight, the day of 0:05:07.498 --> 0:05:10.138 the last game we just had when we have to 0:05:10.178 --> 0:05:12.978 be there at like and Jonah had just gotten on 0:05:13.058 --> 0:05:17.178 the shower and I was like, we have to leave soon. 0:05:17.298 --> 0:05:19.338 Like you realize that Jona is a funny example because 0:05:19.338 --> 0:05:21.138 he doesn't have to do his hair. He's like trained 0:05:21.178 --> 0:05:23.378 his story to do exactly what it needs to do. 0:05:23.578 --> 0:05:26.298 Like it looks styled, don't even wrong, it looks style, 0:05:26.338 --> 0:05:28.138 it looks good. But it's like he's trained his hair 0:05:28.298 --> 0:05:33.778 too dry and exactly what it looks amazing. Yeah, that's 0:05:33.778 --> 0:05:37.618 so funny. Yeah, I mean if it's uh, we gotta 0:05:37.738 --> 0:05:42.458 I'm like, um five, I'll start like that's insane. It's 0:05:42.498 --> 0:05:45.058 as you put on your uniform and and I'm a 0:05:45.098 --> 0:05:48.058 bad example because I like to, you know, make sure 0:05:48.218 --> 0:05:52.818 all my hair is looking good or everything. Um. But yeah, 0:05:53.338 --> 0:05:56.978 it probably takes like three minutes, you know. Three. Yeah, 0:05:57.338 --> 0:05:59.538 it must have to shave. That's a different story, but 0:05:59.778 --> 0:06:07.018 like ten. Yeah, your life is so hard. Yeah, it's tough. 0:06:07.298 --> 0:06:09.458 So after we all get ready, after we all get there, 0:06:10.338 --> 0:06:14.338 we go into the stadium. For football, we use the 0:06:14.378 --> 0:06:18.218 corners locker room. For basketball, we have our own locker room, 0:06:18.378 --> 0:06:20.298 our locker rooms in the Simbly Hall, so it makes 0:06:20.338 --> 0:06:23.138 it nice and easy. Um, and we just hang out, 0:06:23.218 --> 0:06:26.818 you know, vibe. Um. I usually in charge of the 0:06:26.898 --> 0:06:31.458 music because I feel like most people come in n 0:06:31.658 --> 0:06:34.738 not really ready to roll, and I'm like that has 0:06:34.778 --> 0:06:37.738 a change, So play some good music, get everybody going, 0:06:38.658 --> 0:06:41.498 act a little bit over the top, just to get 0:06:41.538 --> 0:06:45.618 everybody awake most of the time. Um. And then we 0:06:45.698 --> 0:06:49.138 go to let's let's go football first, Yeah, go to 0:06:49.178 --> 0:06:52.698 the walk that actually might be one of my favorite 0:06:52.698 --> 0:06:55.538 parts of game day. I think that's my favorite part 0:06:55.538 --> 0:06:59.218 of game really, like overall, it's definitely top three for me, 0:07:00.138 --> 0:07:03.738 like overall, as in football season or like basketball and 0:07:04.178 --> 0:07:09.218 football season, football season. Probably, yeah, at least this year, 0:07:09.658 --> 0:07:12.618 walk us to what is the walk because now you 0:07:12.698 --> 0:07:16.898 have both perspectives, do have both perspectives. Ten minutes prior 0:07:17.098 --> 0:07:21.778 to like the team walking out, Um, there's the Red Steppers, 0:07:21.818 --> 0:07:24.978 which is our dance team, and then there's our team, 0:07:25.098 --> 0:07:28.498 and then the band is behind us and the band 0:07:28.658 --> 0:07:37.538 the Marching hundred, Marching hundred, yes band they like, will 0:07:37.578 --> 0:07:43.218 play um different you know band chance and stuff like that, 0:07:43.978 --> 0:07:46.738 and we'll cheer along with them. We'll do some cheers 0:07:46.778 --> 0:07:51.898 here and there and just be super obnoxious until it's 0:07:51.898 --> 0:07:56.698 time for us to leave. So the cream co ed 0:07:56.738 --> 0:08:01.938 team will lead the walk, um, and they'll join in 0:08:01.978 --> 0:08:04.458 the pathway at the very end and just you know, 0:08:04.578 --> 0:08:07.578 cheer on the football team as they're walking into Memorial Stadium. 0:08:07.658 --> 0:08:12.378 And then a Crimson Ladies will stand on the side 0:08:12.418 --> 0:08:17.058 of the stairs and just like cheer along to Indiana 0:08:17.138 --> 0:08:21.298 or Indiana, which is our school song as the team 0:08:21.298 --> 0:08:23.338 boks by. So you guys don't move when they walk. 0:08:23.818 --> 0:08:25.938 We do that straight to the tail game. I didn't 0:08:25.938 --> 0:08:28.538 even know that because I can't see like that far 0:08:28.578 --> 0:08:31.018 down The path we're talking about is like about a 0:08:31.058 --> 0:08:36.938 hundred yards. Um, so maybe not like me, I have 0:08:36.978 --> 0:08:39.418 no concept of it's pretty far, and so when there's 0:08:39.418 --> 0:08:41.138 all these people, it's like you can't really see what's 0:08:41.178 --> 0:08:43.098 going on. I always try and like find like the 0:08:43.178 --> 0:08:45.178 end of the football line because I'm like, I can 0:08:45.178 --> 0:08:49.778 only say, like, let's go Indiana. So many times it 0:08:49.858 --> 0:08:51.498 was pretty cool because we get too high five other 0:08:51.578 --> 0:08:55.218 players and it's like, I'm not Gonnas. The last game, 0:08:55.418 --> 0:09:00.018 Tom Allen gave Jaden a high five let's go, and 0:09:00.058 --> 0:09:04.378 things like the first thing that happened Tom Allen. I 0:09:04.418 --> 0:09:07.098 love Tom Alan every time he comes over and gives 0:09:07.138 --> 0:09:09.178 all the cheerleader sci fis before the game. It's pretty cool. 0:09:09.738 --> 0:09:13.538 Just a very down Toroth guy. Um okay, So the walk, 0:09:13.818 --> 0:09:16.338 that's what happens there. I really enjoy it. I love 0:09:16.378 --> 0:09:19.498 hearing the band because that's my roots, and I always 0:09:19.498 --> 0:09:24.218 get to see them march on. I get to see 0:09:24.218 --> 0:09:27.418 them march afterwards and get to uh see all my 0:09:27.498 --> 0:09:31.498 friends who are still in the band, which is really fun. Um, 0:09:31.698 --> 0:09:34.098 let's talk about when we have some of the media there, 0:09:34.578 --> 0:09:38.858 because really what I you like to utilize us as 0:09:39.378 --> 0:09:42.938 an extension of the marketing department because we're all about 0:09:43.098 --> 0:09:46.938 you and we're always over the top, so it's like perfect, Um, 0:09:47.218 --> 0:09:50.098 we'll have big ten game day college game day. We 0:09:50.098 --> 0:09:53.138 had that one once last year I think, um, and 0:09:53.178 --> 0:09:57.058 then recently we had Fox Sports come, which was really cool. 0:09:57.178 --> 0:10:00.058 I didn't get to go to that didn't get really 0:10:01.098 --> 0:10:02.938 what do you do with the alumni them? That was 0:10:02.978 --> 0:10:05.218 actually super cool. It was really sweet to there, Like 0:10:05.338 --> 0:10:07.818 it was just it was a cheer alumni was just 0:10:07.898 --> 0:10:11.298 alumni alumni in general. But they like loved that we 0:10:11.298 --> 0:10:13.818 were there. They loved talking to us. And I got 0:10:13.898 --> 0:10:15.978 to talk to like a lot of really cool people 0:10:16.298 --> 0:10:18.458 and actually quite a few of them there had like 0:10:19.218 --> 0:10:23.738 girls who had cheered um at I you before. Yeah, 0:10:23.818 --> 0:10:28.338 it was it was really cool, super sweet people umly 0:10:28.418 --> 0:10:31.418 appreciated us. It was very low key, just like us 0:10:31.538 --> 0:10:35.698 walking around as there. Um, they had like breakfast foods 0:10:35.778 --> 0:10:39.178 and it smells so good. Oh my gosh, it smells 0:10:39.298 --> 0:10:43.458 so freaking good over there. But um, it was really fun. 0:10:44.458 --> 0:10:47.898 Well okay, so Fox Sports was pretty cool because I 0:10:47.898 --> 0:10:50.618 mean you would not believe the cameras that were over there. 0:10:50.658 --> 0:10:54.658 I mean probably. I was talking to Ryan about it 0:10:54.698 --> 0:10:56.258 and he was like, was that so cool? And I 0:10:56.298 --> 0:10:59.778 was like, Brian, I wasn't there. I wasn't even there. Okay, 0:11:01.058 --> 0:11:05.978 come on, Brian ran But so they had like, um, 0:11:06.138 --> 0:11:08.058 the stage that was like, you know, a little football 0:11:08.098 --> 0:11:10.018 field was the stage, and then they had like the 0:11:10.058 --> 0:11:13.738 Fox Sports robot guy out there. It was like doing 0:11:13.778 --> 0:11:18.098 his thing. So that was kind of cool. Um, there 0:11:18.098 --> 0:11:20.658 was an unfortunate amount of Michigan fans that had like 0:11:21.298 --> 0:11:24.818 snuck into that area, so like it was almost split. 0:11:25.618 --> 0:11:29.898 I was like, are you kidding me? Um? But we 0:11:29.898 --> 0:11:31.178 we got to do all that, and then we were 0:11:31.178 --> 0:11:33.738 on the TV and you could see like what was live, 0:11:34.178 --> 0:11:37.378 so that was kind of keeping you involved. Um. I 0:11:37.418 --> 0:11:39.618 was like right behind Hayden, so it didn't really get 0:11:39.618 --> 0:11:43.778 a lot of FaceTime there. I was lately behind Hayden 0:11:43.818 --> 0:11:46.658 and JP. I was like, great, so I'm not gonna 0:11:46.818 --> 0:11:49.818 be seen at all on the TV, just my forehead 0:11:49.858 --> 0:11:54.298 just peeking over JP's shoulder. So it's fine. Those kind 0:11:54.298 --> 0:11:57.338 of things before the game is just something that it 0:11:57.578 --> 0:12:02.138 really just keeps us involved all three hours before kickoff. 0:12:02.698 --> 0:12:06.578 I mean you think about we're pretty much going NonStop 0:12:07.178 --> 0:12:09.858 from if it's a new kickoff, we got to essentially 0:12:09.898 --> 0:12:13.218 be there at at the latest, right and then we 0:12:13.298 --> 0:12:17.458 started nine and we're on our feet, moving running around 0:12:17.818 --> 0:12:20.858 meeting people. We're in the like the tailgate lots and 0:12:20.898 --> 0:12:23.458 things like that, like saying hi to people. Some you got. 0:12:23.538 --> 0:12:25.018 You get the little nuggets that come up and want 0:12:25.018 --> 0:12:27.698 to take a picture, and that's always so fun. Um. 0:12:28.658 --> 0:12:31.578 The little boys like parents are like, dona picture and 0:12:31.578 --> 0:12:35.738 they're like no, they're just so embarrassing. Mom. Yeah, um 0:12:35.938 --> 0:12:39.418 posted up exactly. And uh, Sam and Jet are always 0:12:39.778 --> 0:12:44.058 playing pick up football with the little guys are always 0:12:44.618 --> 0:12:52.578 doing something active. It's scary a break, just relax, you know. 0:12:52.658 --> 0:12:55.778 Those boys eat that up. Oh my gosh. That's so 0:12:56.018 --> 0:12:59.458 that's like their best like that's their best life. Right. Yeah. 0:12:59.658 --> 0:13:01.578 They're like, yeah, the football game was fun, but I 0:13:01.618 --> 0:13:06.178 get to play with the so um really one here 0:13:06.538 --> 0:13:11.618 that's super fun. Um. So when we talk about the 0:13:11.658 --> 0:13:15.138 pregame stuff for basketball, we do this thing where we 0:13:15.378 --> 0:13:17.138 it's kind of like basically what you did for the 0:13:17.138 --> 0:13:20.818 Oleminal Association. Uh on that football game, we go into 0:13:20.938 --> 0:13:23.458 what's called Cook Hall. Um. It's where a lot of 0:13:23.498 --> 0:13:27.098 the alumni and donors will go before the game and 0:13:27.138 --> 0:13:30.098 we have a little pep talk by some of the 0:13:30.138 --> 0:13:33.618 assistant coaches, and then we're all in there intermingling with people, 0:13:34.338 --> 0:13:36.818 UM saying Hey, this year, I'm gonna be handing out 0:13:36.858 --> 0:13:39.498 my business cards as I'm walking to be like, hey, 0:13:39.698 --> 0:13:42.898 maybe you want to hire me. I'm actually looking for 0:13:42.898 --> 0:13:45.658 a job right now. I'm actually open to the job 0:13:45.738 --> 0:13:49.818 search right now if you were interested in hiring a cheerleader. Um. 0:13:49.858 --> 0:13:52.018 But no, that's super fun and it's just like really 0:13:52.018 --> 0:13:54.778 cool to like not have to be on but like 0:13:55.018 --> 0:13:58.858 still be cheerleading mode with just a couple of people, 0:13:58.938 --> 0:14:01.178 you know, face to face instead of just like looking 0:14:01.258 --> 0:14:03.538 up into the sea of red. That's kind of what 0:14:03.578 --> 0:14:05.938 makes it worth it. Definitely makes it more tiring, but 0:14:05.978 --> 0:14:07.298 I think it makes it worth it because that's where 0:14:07.338 --> 0:14:09.618 you get all the like really cool one on one 0:14:09.658 --> 0:14:12.138 moments with some people, and that's the things you kind 0:14:12.138 --> 0:14:15.938 of remember more so than just you know, everything else 0:14:16.018 --> 0:14:19.818 that we will talk about when we come back. You 0:14:19.858 --> 0:14:25.058 see that glided over to that. Um. When we come back, 0:14:25.058 --> 0:14:27.738 we're gonna talk about football game day. Okay, we're gonna 0:14:27.778 --> 0:14:31.458 talk about when we get into the stadium, UM, talk 0:14:31.538 --> 0:14:35.418 about the run on with the band, Shout out the band, um, 0:14:35.458 --> 0:14:38.578 and just all the stuff that we're doing. UM from 0:14:38.578 --> 0:14:41.378 the first quarter of the fourth quarter. So you are 0:14:41.418 --> 0:14:46.098 listening to Beyond the Megaphone. I'm Nathan and this is 0:14:46.138 --> 0:14:55.258 the College Athletes Network. Welcome back to Beyond the Megaphone 0:14:55.338 --> 0:14:58.538 on the College Athletes Network. This is Cassidy and this 0:14:58.618 --> 0:15:01.778 is Nathan. Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss 0:15:01.818 --> 0:15:07.098 another show already. So we're in the stadium, everybody's ready 0:15:07.098 --> 0:15:14.538 to roll, and you hear the drum cadenced. I cannot 0:15:14.538 --> 0:15:17.738 tell you how hype every time. I could listen to 0:15:17.778 --> 0:15:20.058 it a million times, and every time when I hear 0:15:20.058 --> 0:15:22.058 that one, two or three or four, bam, and then 0:15:22.058 --> 0:15:25.298 everybody goes, whoa, you know what I'm saying, Oh my gosh, 0:15:25.858 --> 0:15:29.378 it's And I have the best job in the whole 0:15:29.378 --> 0:15:34.138 stadium this year because I get to run on the 0:15:34.258 --> 0:15:39.418 all girl Crimson six time national champions soon to be 0:15:39.498 --> 0:15:44.378 seven on the way UM every Saturday. So that's like 0:15:44.418 --> 0:15:47.378 the coolest thing in the world. UM. It's also nice 0:15:47.378 --> 0:15:49.298 because it's like, oh my gosh, there's cast they remember 0:15:49.298 --> 0:15:52.378 when we were on the same team. Um, but also 0:15:52.458 --> 0:15:56.538 because I'm Crimson's biggest fan, true or false, Okay, just 0:15:56.538 --> 0:15:59.778 making sure. So that's super fun. But me and JP, 0:16:00.138 --> 0:16:03.178 me and j Pizzle get to run the big flags on. 0:16:03.818 --> 0:16:06.698 That's been like the dreams since I got to college, 0:16:06.938 --> 0:16:08.658 since I was in the band. Literally, that was like 0:16:08.658 --> 0:16:10.778 one of the selling points when I was trying to 0:16:10.858 --> 0:16:14.658 figure out if I wanted to do band or Yeah, 0:16:14.658 --> 0:16:16.698 the big flag I was like, I want to do that. 0:16:17.058 --> 0:16:19.218 It looks so dope. I want to hold a flag 0:16:19.338 --> 0:16:22.058 dot weighs way too much and wave it all over 0:16:22.098 --> 0:16:25.978 the place in Memorial Studium pretty much. That was sophomore 0:16:26.258 --> 0:16:30.138 year Nathan stot process. Um, so we do that, we 0:16:30.138 --> 0:16:33.138 get to we get to run everybody on. We're down 0:16:33.138 --> 0:16:38.418 in the front um. We try and get that side involved. 0:16:38.698 --> 0:16:40.658 We call that the alumni side. That's where a lot 0:16:40.698 --> 0:16:44.218 of the parents and alumni and just g a people 0:16:44.218 --> 0:16:46.858 are so like they might not be as invested in 0:16:46.898 --> 0:16:49.858 the sports as maybe the other side, which is all students, 0:16:49.898 --> 0:16:52.618 and they're just hyped up ready to roll. So but 0:16:52.858 --> 0:16:54.978 they still do a good job. Every time, you know, 0:16:55.018 --> 0:16:58.058 we're down there. They're pretty interactive, I think. I mean, 0:16:58.098 --> 0:17:01.338 I don't know, I don't know. It's different for me 0:17:01.458 --> 0:17:04.098 this year because I'm on the side closest to the 0:17:04.138 --> 0:17:08.498 await side. Yeah. So, and especially like the past few 0:17:08.578 --> 0:17:14.898 day I can't go in an episode where I like, 0:17:14.938 --> 0:17:19.738 don't forget out of where I don't forget how to speak. Anyways, 0:17:20.218 --> 0:17:25.098 the past few games there have been a lot of 0:17:26.298 --> 0:17:30.058 away people, so that section like I'm literally cheering to 0:17:30.098 --> 0:17:34.018 the away people and I'm like, here we go. They're 0:17:34.058 --> 0:17:38.818 like boo, And I'm like how many times I hear 0:17:38.858 --> 0:17:42.138 go blue? Too many during the machinan game? I mean. 0:17:42.138 --> 0:17:43.938 That's the thing is, like all we were in the 0:17:43.938 --> 0:17:47.498 Big Ten Conference, so all these amazing teams they have 0:17:47.578 --> 0:17:51.618 this these traveling fan bases that travel so well, and 0:17:51.698 --> 0:17:53.538 so we get to ours and it's like half and half, 0:17:53.578 --> 0:17:57.458 which is unfortunate, but it's fine. Um we do run 0:17:57.498 --> 0:17:59.458 on UM. We get to run the team on. The 0:17:59.458 --> 0:18:02.218 band comes out, they do all their formations, they kill it. 0:18:02.418 --> 0:18:05.618 Of course. UM we're kind of like the ornaments of 0:18:05.658 --> 0:18:10.618 that whole production. UM vocabulary. Yeah, and then and then 0:18:10.658 --> 0:18:12.578 we have the team run on so there's two run 0:18:12.658 --> 0:18:14.538 ons during run on how many times? As I said, 0:18:14.618 --> 0:18:17.058 run on so far, lots of running, lots of cardio 0:18:17.218 --> 0:18:22.698 asthma everywhere. Yeah, it's rough. So then with like six 0:18:22.738 --> 0:18:25.378 minutes ago or maybe like you know, three or four, 0:18:26.498 --> 0:18:29.818 you hear that hear that intro, You hear the fire 0:18:29.938 --> 0:18:33.178 machines start going off, and you know it's it's game time. UM. 0:18:33.298 --> 0:18:35.058 And so then we get to run the team out 0:18:35.658 --> 0:18:38.578 of where they're coming out of. UM. That was kind 0:18:38.578 --> 0:18:40.338 of scary because it's like you got a bunch of 0:18:40.378 --> 0:18:43.178 like three pound athletes behind you and you're like, oh, 0:18:43.258 --> 0:18:46.218 I really need to pick it up on this one. UM. 0:18:46.378 --> 0:18:49.618 But it's super fun. That's I think that is my 0:18:49.738 --> 0:18:52.378 favorite part of game days. I liked doing the run 0:18:52.458 --> 0:18:54.538 on last year because I didn't have a flag. I 0:18:54.578 --> 0:18:57.738 have a flag this year, and I'm like usually the 0:18:57.778 --> 0:19:00.818 O or the E, and so I'm like, I'm in 0:19:00.858 --> 0:19:03.258 the back. I'm in the back, and I'm just like 0:19:03.778 --> 0:19:07.178 so scared that I'm gonna get you. Hear the steps yeah, 0:19:07.298 --> 0:19:10.618 literally literally, like I can smell the smoke from the 0:19:10.698 --> 0:19:14.658 fire that's like happening. And last year I was like 0:19:14.738 --> 0:19:18.498 at the front and I would just like run. But 0:19:18.778 --> 0:19:20.218 the thing I sucked about that is I'd have to 0:19:20.258 --> 0:19:22.618 run super fast and then run super fast all the 0:19:22.658 --> 0:19:27.218 way back. It's like the full we do the full field. Yeah, 0:19:27.378 --> 0:19:30.858 there's a full two D but like literally put me 0:19:30.898 --> 0:19:36.858 on the team like offensive line right here. Yeah, what 0:19:36.898 --> 0:19:39.578 would you say is the hardest thing about staying engaged 0:19:39.578 --> 0:19:42.338 and staying involved why we're out there on the field. 0:19:42.658 --> 0:19:47.738 In terms of football, definitely the weather. Weather. It has 0:19:47.778 --> 0:19:52.978 a huge impact on like how my game performance is 0:19:53.658 --> 0:19:57.858 because it's there have been games where I'm freezing my 0:19:57.898 --> 0:20:00.738 butt off. I don't think I'm going to survive games 0:20:00.738 --> 0:20:03.018 where I literally had to sit out the last quarter 0:20:03.058 --> 0:20:07.538 because it was so hot, and games where I literally 0:20:07.658 --> 0:20:11.418 came home and like took a like took a shower 0:20:11.458 --> 0:20:16.338 outside because it was raining so hard. Yes, Idaho, Like 0:20:16.418 --> 0:20:20.658 there are very few games that are like good weather. 0:20:20.738 --> 0:20:22.378 Like the last game we had was good weather, but 0:20:22.578 --> 0:20:25.258 it was still a little cold at the prest to 0:20:25.578 --> 0:20:29.218 have been Yes, we've gotten lucky. Yeah this has been lucky. 0:20:29.298 --> 0:20:32.538 But that made up for Idaho. Yeah, oh my gosh, 0:20:32.658 --> 0:20:39.258 talk about so Idaho. It was like was it raining 0:20:39.298 --> 0:20:41.538 when we got on the field. It was perfect weather. 0:20:42.298 --> 0:20:43.978 That's what I thought. I thought it was nice, and 0:20:44.018 --> 0:20:47.178 then something bad just had to happen, and it starts 0:20:47.378 --> 0:20:53.378 pouring down rain, like pouring wearing my long lashes, and 0:20:54.498 --> 0:20:55.858 I don't know how they stayed on that game, Like 0:20:55.858 --> 0:20:57.258 I literally don't know how they stayed on the game. 0:20:57.298 --> 0:21:01.018 And my eyes were burning because my last blue was 0:21:01.058 --> 0:21:04.418 like running into my eyes and I couldn't see anything, 0:21:04.538 --> 0:21:10.738 and I just remember like doing um Alma mater, I think. 0:21:11.098 --> 0:21:16.698 And then we went into zombie and I had to 0:21:16.738 --> 0:21:23.538 get into a prep hold a sign and yes, I'm 0:21:23.578 --> 0:21:26.298 pretty sure I did a stunt. Did I don't remember 0:21:26.378 --> 0:21:28.178 cut that out because I don't remember if that's true, 0:21:29.138 --> 0:21:32.738 but I'm pretty sure I got into a stet. Yeah, 0:21:33.338 --> 0:21:35.658 well we did shoulder sets, so you probably did. It 0:21:35.778 --> 0:21:40.018 was just a prep. Yeah, I don't know. I have 0:21:40.058 --> 0:21:42.898 to look back at that. But that that run on 0:21:43.418 --> 0:21:45.738 pre game was so fun. I was so scared I 0:21:45.778 --> 0:21:51.978 was going to fall. I was like changing the ilex, 0:21:51.978 --> 0:21:55.418 spreading my toes, like trying to run on like my 0:21:55.698 --> 0:21:59.298 flat footage so I didn't slip. So self aware of 0:21:59.298 --> 0:22:03.058 how my feet are moving, socks are like soaking way 0:22:03.098 --> 0:22:05.258 I can feel it like slashing around in my shoes, 0:22:05.458 --> 0:22:08.818 like absolutely disturbing my My shoes smoked so bad after 0:22:08.818 --> 0:22:13.338 that game. Here's the thing about like the extreme weather problems, 0:22:13.458 --> 0:22:15.978 you know what I mean with with football. Most of 0:22:16.018 --> 0:22:18.418 the time, when it's really hot, people will stay. Uh 0:22:18.458 --> 0:22:21.778 that's you know, most people can handle that. Um. When 0:22:21.778 --> 0:22:25.258 it rains, people usually leave. We don't get a lot 0:22:25.258 --> 0:22:28.378 of people to stay. Or when it's like super cold. Um, 0:22:28.458 --> 0:22:31.898 here's something that we can't do is leave. You know, 0:22:32.018 --> 0:22:36.538 we are locked in start to finish and so um. 0:22:36.618 --> 0:22:38.618 And not only just they are on the sidelines. We 0:22:38.658 --> 0:22:41.378 have to be engaged. We have to be calling cheers, 0:22:41.378 --> 0:22:44.538 we have to be stunting when it's safe to do so. Um. 0:22:44.698 --> 0:22:48.818 You know, we have to be for them tumbling Uh 0:22:48.978 --> 0:22:54.538 me not so much getting there almost there, um, trying 0:22:54.538 --> 0:22:57.298 to get there. I'll get it. Um. But you know, 0:22:57.338 --> 0:22:59.898 like it doesn't matter really what the weather is. Like, 0:22:59.938 --> 0:23:02.058 we have to do our job either way. That's how 0:23:02.138 --> 0:23:05.458 Julie always presented to us. It's like it's not exactly 0:23:05.458 --> 0:23:07.538 just showing up, It's a job, you know what I mean. 0:23:08.058 --> 0:23:11.218 So I think that that's been something that kind of 0:23:11.258 --> 0:23:17.098 gets misconstrued from fans to us just like, you know, 0:23:17.098 --> 0:23:20.018 because I'll be done and I'll be exhausted and my 0:23:20.098 --> 0:23:22.618 parents be in town. They're like, all right, how was that. 0:23:22.698 --> 0:23:25.058 I'm like, I just I just need to sleep, dude. 0:23:25.098 --> 0:23:27.218 I feel so bad when like my parents come and 0:23:27.218 --> 0:23:29.338 want to like spend time with me after a game, 0:23:29.378 --> 0:23:32.178 because I will like pass out in like a five 0:23:32.218 --> 0:23:35.218 minute car. Right. Well, it's also just like I've been 0:23:35.298 --> 0:23:39.098 on so long. Yeah, I just knew, like, yeah, I'm 0:23:39.138 --> 0:23:43.738 just stare at a wall for a couple. Yeah, let's 0:23:43.738 --> 0:23:46.938 talk about a third quarter. So what we do here 0:23:46.978 --> 0:23:50.578 at I you tradition that our cheering program does is 0:23:50.658 --> 0:23:53.618 we actually go into the stands during the third quarter 0:23:54.058 --> 0:23:58.658 to rile up the crowd, uh large or small. We 0:23:58.738 --> 0:24:01.138 are there to try and get the crowd involved and 0:24:01.218 --> 0:24:05.138 keep the crowd involved after halftime. Um. And so that 0:24:05.338 --> 0:24:07.218 is actually one of the hardest things to do because 0:24:07.218 --> 0:24:10.938 you can't stunt because we're on the steps. Um. You 0:24:10.978 --> 0:24:14.418