Alcala Yearbook 2001

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All across the co untry th ere a re ded ica ted fans w ho come togethe r to s upport th eir a thl e bc depart– ment throu gh v ic tori es and d efea t. Eve ry sc hoo l has th em, eve ry tea m th anks th em countless ly for th eir e ffo rts and love, but very few sc hoo ls ac tu a Ily have the ou trageo us a nd enterta ining reputation tha t the Hoo li– ga ns a t o ur very own schoo l possess. Over the past few years, the Bleac her Brigade, or " Hoo li ga ns" as they have deemed th emse lves, have made th eir way into numerous newspapers a nd sports hi g h lights as those crazy fa ns a t the University o f San Diego. Where they come one, th ey come a l I, w he ther it be socce r, vo ll ey ball, foo tball . or baske t ba ll. o, the ir rowdy crowd ca nnot compa re to th a t of Duke or Stanford; however, th eir uni queness is Lmbea tab le. Dressed up in random a ttire, s hout ing·o rig ina l cheers s uch as "sea world , sea wor ld, we got s hamu-ed" when th ey disag ree with a cal l made by a referee. The Hooliga ns a re by far one in a million, and as th ey grow in numbe rs each yea r, th eir tradi ti ons grow th a t mu ch s tronge r. "We li ve a nd die throug h Torero a thle ti cs. To s tate the obv io us we a re USD's b igges t fans." -Jos h Brown, Lncom ing Hooli gan Pres ident.

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