Folk of the same town and the same team, banded together, representatives, diplomats in knitwear.
But the entire team banded together and stood firmly behind our teammate in support.
The team has formed a fan council, which has determined everything from the team's name, to the team band's name ("Sound Wave"), to the team's scarf design.
The Indianapolis Star reported last March on parents who were hanging banners over their garage doors and sticking signs in their front lawns announcing that their children had earned a spot on a school team, band or club.
"It's a very strong field and we have a very young team," Band told BBC Radio Jersey.
With limited space to perform, the squad members stuck to pom-pom shaking as the beat of the Seahawks' team band, Blue Thunder, revved up fans for an evening of beer, buffalo wings and Seahawks trivia.
If you can get the guy talking about something he's really passionate about - whether it's a favorite sports team, band, author - then you're on to a winner.
Just be on the lookout for things that the person says during the course of a casual conversation to see if it can lead to some common ground, such as a favorite sports team, band, or even the fact that you and the person both have five siblings.
The separation was pivotal to meeting federal guidelines that have instructed colleges for several decades that drill teams, bands and pep squads cannot be considered athletic programs for Title IX purposes.
It was a collage of hundreds of incongruous images: logos of colleges, sports teams, bands, and video-game companies; a transcribed monologue from "Star Wars"; likenesses of He-Man, David Bowie, the "Mona Lisa," and a former Prime Minister of Finland.
