Question Brian cant answer

I don't like it. It sounds even more annoying then "you suck chant".

I think it's better than the "You Suck", more classy, and from what Boerma described, he weaves in portions of The Victors at different pitches. He calls it the Intimidation Cheer:

http://michigandaily.com/content/video/blue-2-marching-band-puts-pressure

Initially, this was an extension of "Key play" third downs. Done with keys attached to your hand: finger through a key ring, fist the keys, punch out and extend your fist while jiggling keys.

edit: most still do it without keys attached now. it's pretty effective when everybody had pom-poms (MSU last year), or if everybody had a towel.

there was already an entire post explaining and discussing this chant earlier today.

Watch Duke fans on any opposing team free throw. Same thing. Makes sense in hoops, not in football. Nothing intimidating about that.

He would do the mock tomahawk chop deal then wiggle his fingers at the end of the arm extension. I don't remember him making any noise during it. I do remember him talking to the guy next to him at the same time though.

The whole act seemed silly to me, but the there was probably something to it. When one guy in a section does it, it looks a little off.

I think the "You Suck" chant during the band playing Temptation after a 3rd down stop needs to come to an end. I don't remember the chanting during the arm chop growing up going to games, and from my recollection it started sometime in the 2003 season when they were also pushing the "Claw" thing instead of the arm chop (that claw thing was overrated too). Seriously though, chanting "You Suck" is pretty tasteless and I think makes us look bad, I mean, that's the best thing we could come up with?
I'm all for starting new traditions in addition to the old ones, but this is one that I think needs to go. Anybody else get kind of embarassed when we make a big 3rd down play and then tarnish it by chanting something you would hear on a playground over and over? Just wondering if other people felt the same way, GO BLUE!...

Wouldn't it be great if the entire stadium did this "intimidation" chant with 100,000 towels waving at the opponent before their 3rd down play? It might really help get the crowd really loud when the other team is still in their huddle instead of just when they get up to the line. Hopefully this cheer will catch on outside the student section.

Also, I agree that this is much better than chanting "you suck" when the band plays temptation or jingling keys.

Woh there. I doubt anyone's losing sleep. But as for "it's here to stay," the "you suck" chant isn't that old. It's not some timeless tradition - it started popping up, IIRC, around my junior year (2002). I'm quite sure that it could go away if there was a critical mass of energetic/creative students in the student section. Cheers evolve/change all the time. But yes - I won't lose sleep over it, regardless.

If you recall, the "you suck" chant originated from the pre-game introduction of the opposing team. The students would yell out "you suck" after each name.

I believe this is how "you suck" found its way into Temptation -- just another opportunity to say it.

Those of you who have been at this year's games may have realized player introductions are no longer emanating from the PA system. Instead they are posted on the video board.

Which brings me to my conclusion. It may be that Michigan is trying to scale back the opportunities for the "you suck" chant. I think they may have made it worse. What will people between the ages of 18-21 do if they are told they can't do something? They do more of it.

"You suck" may be here for a while.

I'll second those that think this new "chant," or whatever we want to call it, is lame. Witnessing this thing come into existence my senior year, I was first perplexed, then disappointed. From the perspective of the student section, it looks silly. From watching on TV, it, well, doesn't look like much of anything. I have no idea how the rest of the stadium views it.

Is it better than using keys? Yes, but so is AIDS. Intimidating? To who? An 8 year old maybe, but I don't think we're exactly scaring the other team. Just start yelling the second the other team gets into the huddle.