I have a notebook page covered with individual examples of DePauw sportsmanship, some of which are more sporting than others. The most memorable example of DePauw sportsmanship that evening came after the diving event. I presume that the pussy to which they were referring belonged to the numerous mothers and younger sisters in the audience, as the female DePauw students cheerfully joined in on this little cheer as well. Cementing our reputation, Wabash looked on in an unsportsman-like appalled silence, although Coach Pebworth did at least manage to restrain herself from giving the audience the finger, spitting at the crowd, or whatever else Coach Fenlon would have done in similar circumstances. I'll go out on a limb here and guess that DePauw is probably not the example to follow either.
Professional sports is definitely the wrong place to look for exemplary sportsmanship.
The players and spectators in the WBA are well behaved enough, but then it's kinda hard to get worked up about games where the scores rarely break into two digits. Still, the NCAA demands sportsman-like behavior from our players and fans, and we are duty bound to comply. There are two ways that I can see us going on this. The first is that we could exercise common sense, sit quietly in our seats, and occasionally indulge ourselves in limp, soundless claps like the types you see at British tennis matches. The second, my old stand-by, is that we all get screaming drunk before the games, and hang chickenwire in front of the home team bleachers.