Posted on 08/09/2006 7:42:28 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL
Which school has the best fight song? The debate has been raging for years and will continue to rage long after any of us are alive. The truth is that the context in which the song is played is often more important than the song itself. For example, you're sitting in Michigan Stadium watching your beloved Wolverines face Ohio State in a tight game. With a minute remaining and Michigan up by three, the Buckeyes are marching down the field and threatening to score when Leon Hall intercepts a Troy Smith pass and returns it for a touchdown, sealing the victory. At that point, the Michigan fighting band could play Livin' la Vida Loca and, as Morgan Freeman said in Shawshank Redemption, it would sound "so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. it would sound like the greatest piece of music you've ever heard." In other words, the emotions of a moment can cloud your objectivity. That's where we come in. After spending the past week hunkered down in the SIOC listening studio, weve poured through hundreds of fight songs and have come out with our Top 5. 1. "The Victors," University of Michigan 2. "Anchors Aweigh," U.S. Naval Academy 3. "Boomer Sooner," University of Oklahoma. 4. "Rocky Top," University of Tennessee 5. "Notre Dame Victory March," Notre Dame Those are ours. Take a listen and give us your Top 5.
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And with Ron Zook as coach, you won't have to hear it too many times, because they won't score.
The BEST fight song, of course, always that of your own undergraduate college.
Hence:
"VMI Spirit"
Oh, Clear the way, VMI is out today,
We're here to win this game;
Our team will bring us fame,
In Alma Mater's name.
For though the odds be against us we'll not care.
You'll see us fight the same,
Always the same old Spirit,
And we'll triumph once again;
And though defeat seems certain, it's the same with VMI.
Our battle cry is Never Never Die.
Chorus:
For when our line starts to weaken, our backs fail to gain,
Our ends are so crippled, to win seems in vain;
The Corps roots the loudest, we'll yet win the day,
The team it will rally and fight -- fight -- fight! RAY
! We'll gain through the line and we'll circle the end,
Old Red White and Yellow will triumph again;
The Keydets will fight 'em and never say die,
That's the Spirit of VMI.
"Don't Stop Thinking about Tommorrow" by Fleetwood Mac.
"I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech"
I'll second that!
On Wisconsin! On Wisconsin!
Bounce right off that line.
Run the ball three times a series,
Punt on fourth and nine.
On Wisconsin! On Wisconsin!
Every week's the same.
Drink, fellows, drink, drink, drink,
Forget this game.
Or....
Cheese Wisconsin, cheese Wisconsin
All you eat is cheese
Kraft Velveeta Mozzarella
Pass the Gouda please
(CHEESE CURDS NOW!)
Sorry - couldn't help myself. I don't like Wisconsin (as a school, being a fan of other big 10 schools - the state is just fine). But anyone who doesn't have Wisconsin's fight song at or near the very top of their list is insane... :)
Asst professor in mathematics.
Just a minute, here...
The National Champions,
the University of Texas Longhorns,
deserve the recognition of...
Carr has been slipping in recent years. He needs to regain some of the old momentum.
I read not too long ago that Carr was responsible for one of the Big Ten referees losing his job, and now the guy is suing. He lost his job because he had only one eye.
I feel for the guy, but the Big Ten has a reputation for referees who miss obvious calls. We can't be hiring referees who have only one eye.
Go Irish!
Couldn't be any worse than with Ron Turner as coach.
How on earth one school could produce so many NFL players in such a short time frame and stink so terribly is beyond me.
With their new recruits, I'm expecting 4-8 or so this year, possibly as good as 7-5. People may think that's horrible at Florida, but keeping Illinois at 7-5 or better would be a miracle. :)
Now if Illinois could only barely break .500 in basketball, heads would roll...
We're gonna fight, fight fight
for FSU
We're gonna scalp 'em SEMINOLES
We're gonna win, win, win, win, win
this game
and roll down to make those goals
For FSU is on the warpath now
and at the battle's end
She's great
so fight, fight, fight, fight
for victory
SEMINOLES of FLORIDA STATE!
F-L-O-R-I-D-A....
S-T-A-T-E!
FLORIDA STATE! FLORIDA STATE! FLORIDA STATE!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
BOOM boom boom boom BOOM boom boom boom
OOOOOOOoooOOOoooooooOOOoooooOOOOooooooo
Beer, beer for old Notre Dame.
Bring on the cocktails, we want champagne.
Send the freshmen out for gin,
Don't let a sober sophomore in.
We never stagger, we never fall.
We sober up on wood alcohol.
All the loyal faculty lie drunk on the bar room floor!
Beer, beer for old Notre Dame.
Bring on the whiskey, bring on the dames!
We drink wine or beer or gin.
Don't let a sober person in!
We never stumble, we never fall.
We sober up on wood alcohol.
As our loyal sons go marching
Back to the bar for more!
FIGHT ON!
See you in November.
P.S. The Coliseum has a new, sharp lawn mower.
The very best of all time: NOTRE DAME.
The second best: MICHIGAN.
All others pale in comparison.
Ya Mustang Mania Rocks
or at least it did once.
Go Griz! U of Montana!
Most of them are here:
http://fightmusic.com/index.html
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