As Super Bowl XXXVI comes to New Orleans, Loyola students have been recruited to work security, sell hotdogs and tell people not to stand in the aisles at the Superdome on Sunday. The Loyola cheerleaders have gotten the opportunity to contribute much more than that to the Super Bowl experience. According to Brandi Boatner, president of the cheerleading squad, Loyola, Tulane and Nicholls cheerleaders joined NFL players and the All Star Cheerleaders in teaching a clinic of more than 1,000 middle school cheerleaders last Saturday. The girls from the clinic will flaunt their new moves during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Boatner said that the clinic was the opportunity of a lifetime and that even though the women don’t get to see the game live, it was a wonderful experience just to give the younger girls such a great time. During the day-long clinic, Loyola’s cheerleaders got to meet Jessica Simpson, race car driver Mary Ann Pavoski and several NFL players. The celebrities spoke to the young cheerleaders about being “cheerleaders of life” and exhibiting a positive attitude at all times.Loyola cheerleaders have also been offered the opportunity to appear live on Saturday’s episode of Total Request Live. According to Boatner, the Loyola cheerleaders will be in their maroon and gold uniforms and have been assigned the job of “cheering on the celebrities as they enter the room.” They can be seen live Saturday at 11 a.m. or on the taped broadcast at 7 p.m.The cheerleaders were originally offered a spot in the end zone at the Rock ‘N’ Jock football game, an annual sporting event featuring celebrities, which is shown during halftime on MTV. But, according to Boatner, the gig required outfits that were too risque for a Jesuit school. “MTV really likes scantily clad women,” she said.
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Cheerleaders get up-close and personal with NFL
From staff reports
January 31, 2002
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