OT: Nerd Alert - Top 5 College Fight Songs
In an effort to get this in prior to the non-OT season, what are your top 5 college fight songs?
Here are mine, in order:
- Michigan - The Victors (of course)
- Auburn - War Eagle
- Alabama - Yea, Alabama
- Georgia Tech - Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech
- Texas A&M - Aggie War Hymn
A lot of SEC representation here for me but I think ND is a bit overrated as well as USC (overplayed) and none other in the Big Ten stand out to me, really.
What say you?
August 26th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^
The Victors.
There is no other fight song remotely close.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
Seriously? There's a lot of good fight songs out there, man.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
Seriously.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
To paraphrase the Budweiser jingo, there is no other one, there's only second best.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:22 PM ^
HAIL TO THE VICTORS
August 26th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
1. The Victors
2. The Victors
3. The Victors
4. Western Michigan fight song
5. Slippery Rock fight song
(I don't like fight songs of teams I don't like)
August 26th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 4:34 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^
It may be blasphemous, but I always appreciated MSU's fight song.
That said, I don't think anything comes a close second to The Victors. Maaayyybeee, On Wisconsin.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:35 PM ^
Seriously? MSU??? I did my undergrad there and I still think their fight song sucks.........
August 26th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
That was my high school fight song and yeah, not a fan at all. Super slow.
August 26th, 2015 at 7:22 PM ^
Agreed--an awful dirge.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^
Archaic British expression..."fighting with a vim".
Yawn.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
Go right through MSU
Watch the other team's points keep growing
Spartan teams are bound to lose 'cuz they drink too much booze
Rah! Rah! Rah!
See our team is weakening
We're going to lose this game...
Fight! Fight! Go team fight!
Victory for MSU's opponent!
Not all the words fit that well with the music, but it's still fun to sing.
August 26th, 2015 at 4:15 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
"Fight! Fight! Rah Team Fight! misery for MSU!!"
August 26th, 2015 at 8:59 PM ^
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August 27th, 2015 at 1:19 AM ^
Man, I really got negged for simply appreciating MSU's fight song (for which I don't know the name of, nor care).
Let me re-iterate; Victors, by a long shot. Then, maybe, we can talk On Wisconsin and Rah Rah What is Your Profession?
August 26th, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
Not a Texas fan but I'm pretty sure it's "Eyes of Texas"?
August 26th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
Obviously the Victors stands alone but their are other team fight songs I'm ashamed to admidt I like a little bit
1. Notre Dame's Victory March
2. Michigan State's Fight Song
3. On Wisconsin (my Elementary school Webster in Pontiac, Michigan actually stole the melody from this for our "fight song")
4. Tennessee's Rocky Top
5. USC's Fight On (hate hearing it in Rose Bowl's though)
August 26th, 2015 at 3:37 PM ^
Rocky Top is underappreciated, in my opinion. Behind the Victors, and the service academies' fight songs, Rocky Top might be the next best.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^
Small world. I grew up on Ottawa Dr in the heart of Indian Village in Pontiac.
The amazing thing is I can still remember the words to that damn song now almost 50 years since I last sang it...(to the tune of On Wisconsin)
We're for Webster
We're for Webster
Where we learn our rules
And we never will forget
Our days at Webster school
(repeat)
August 26th, 2015 at 4:15 PM ^
On Wisconsin is the most popular tune in the country for high school fight songs. I think two schools in my high school conference, including mine, used it.
August 26th, 2015 at 4:42 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
of one fight song. Every other pales in comparison. The other teams might as well not even bother. Just play some AC/DC or something.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
2) USC (the 1st half)
3) M-I-N-N-I-S-O-T-A. Minnesota! Minnesota! Heeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaayyyyy GOPHERS!
4) AFA
5) notre dame
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August 26th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
X equals negative b
Plus or minus the square root of
B squared minus 4 A C
All over 2 A
And for you can fill the ~3 beat rest with something derogatory about Notre Dame
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August 26th, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^
The Victors (duh), Clemson and Texas. I don't think Rocky Top is the Tennesee fight song, but it should be.
August 26th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
1. The Victors
2. Aggie War Hymn
3. Rocky Top
4. The Eyes of Texas
5. For Boston
August 26th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
Don't want to come off snarky, but For Boston? Come on--I went to B.C. for a few years back in the 80s and heard it at Alumni Stadium in all possible varieties. It sucks. Do any B.C. alums even know the words to that?
August 26th, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^
1. The Victors
2. Seminole War Chant (FSU)
3. Fight On with Tribute to Troy intro (USC)
4. Rocky Top (Tennessee)
5. Victory March (Notre Dame)
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August 26th, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
The Victors, The Victors, The Victors, The Victors, The Victors...
August 26th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^
...but they have #2 fight song.
Best:
1. The Victors, of course
2. ND
3. On Wisconsin
4. Anchors Awheigh
5. USC - Fight On
Honorable Mention: Minnesota. Have no idea what ski-u-ma means, but it's a catchy tune.
Most ridiculous:
1. Oklahoma - not only stolen from Yale, but the 'lyrics' - yeesh.
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner, OKU
Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, OKU
Yes, those are the actual lyrics.
2. Utah - sounds like "Mickey Mouse Club", and few students/alumni know lyrics
3. MSU - "fighting with a vim?"
August 26th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
In the 40's there was a popular novelty song (By Kaye kaiser I think) that went
Yabba dabba dabba dabba said the Mondey to the chimp, The note progression for the Yabba dabba dabba dabba was the same as MSU's first few notes, just broken into 4 notes for each tone instead of one.
August 26th, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^
Get out of my head. That's almost exactly the post I was going to write. Except mine doesn't have ND at 2:
1. The Victors, of course
2. Anchors Aweigh
3. On Wisconsin
4. Far Above Cayuga's Waters (not technically a fight song, but it's on my UM band Greatest College Marches CD, so I'm calling it good)
5. ND
I also think Oklahoma's is the worst, for the reasons you named.
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