Originally Posted by
DukeDevilDeb
I have had tickets since the mid 1980s and thought the crowd on Monday was great... don't understand what Coach wanted. We Crusties upstairs WERE jumping up and yelling, clapping, as were the students.
As to the Crazy Towel guy, he is there every time and the students call for him every time. It has now moved to the 4th quarter (which is fine with me). the interest of the Crazies and the camera operators seems to have shifted to two men (One usually brings lights; the other always wears his shirt with the 5 National Champs on it.) They come on during a song usually done in the second half (Every Time We Touch) and they jump up and down and raise their hands. The camera goes back and forth between them... and it is great fun to see the upstairs fans getting some love from the entire crowd.
As long as I've been there, I have not seen the Crazy Towel Guy on the monitor. Honestly, I have trouble understanding what he does and why the students call for him at all. I know he has been there forever... once made a promise that he would attend every home game for all Duke teams and nearly died (!) trying to live up to that. But I think his unique appeal has disappeared, replaced by these other two men... and perhaps it is time to have that over. The fact that, at some times, students are yelling louder for the Crazy Towel Guy than they are for the team bothers me--especially as I do not understand why.
Let's beat Notre Dame today!