For most of the 40 seasons since he created UCLA’s iconic basketball cheer, Larry “Frisbee” Davis would feel affirmation in the earsplitting response of Bruins students inside Pauley Pavilion. As he watched a student perform his cheer last month during a game against Arizona, Davis experienced considerably less pleasure. It’s nothing compared to what I started and what it became.”The Frisbee Cheer has devolved, its inventor feels, into something more sterile and choreographed than originally intended. The school knows how to reach me.’ — Larry DavisLarry Davis Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times Larry "Frisbee" Davis is photographed at his home in Porter Ranch on Feb. 16. Larry "Frisbee" Davis is photographed at his home in Porter Ranch on Feb. 16.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2017 00:38 UTC