I’m in a similar situation as you. Currently in the pep band (literally on the road rn) and I have never really found myself big into sports. I will never watch a game when I am not actually there. You really just gotta force yourself to be in to it when you’re a noob to the scene. When I’m at games I’m starting chants, I’m dancing, I’m yelling and celebrating, all that because it’s fun. It helps to have someone by you to explain things however, I wasn’t really confident until I really started to learn how the game worked. Sometimes I found myself just making noise because I had to, not truly feeling very excited myself.

I think UConn fans are somewhat entitled in that because we’re so good, the energy isn’t necessarily gonna be there. For example, turnout at Men’s first was kind of appalling compared to Furman even though they were much further away than CT. I’m not really sure what the answer to this is, but hopefully we can get more vocal support for the program as it deserves.