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jgvol

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #434 on: June 17, 2025, 10:08:28 AM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on June 17, 2025, 10:06:33 AM
BUT, a touristy, economic goldmine with a ton of gorgeous scenery to drive around and take in.  That's really my attraction, I can do without all the shows and tourist stuff in the actual town.  I mostly just like to see pretty nature scenes. 

There was something called the Alpine Slide in either Gatlinburg of PF that I had a blast on as a kid.  I'd probably do that again. 

We usually take a yearly sojourn over there --- usually while taking in a Vol game.  Stay in Gatlinburg.

It is beautiful, and that's what draws us back time and time again.  I wish to live in East Tennessee eventually.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #435 on: June 17, 2025, 12:07:45 PM »
Quick OT aside since you mentioned going to a Vols game.  

My dad lived in Knoxville for a year when I was about 8 or 9.  While staying with him in the summer he took me to see Neyland, along with a bunch of other stuff.  I remember thinking it was an impressive structure but I wasn't sure why I was supposed to care or why he was taking me there.  Maybe to go along with taking me to LSU/Ole Miss games when I was growing up, I think he just wanted to show me another venue, another place where other people got together en masse to do the same thing we do back home, but with different colors and different songs.  That might explain why I've always tried to stop and see college football stadiums when traveling, if one is in striking distance.  Never been to a game there, but I have seen the place from the outside.  

It's possible he's just a closet TN fan, but the dude sure has a lot of LSU crap around his house so that he hides it well.  
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #436 on: June 17, 2025, 12:15:00 PM »
I had a blast in Gatlinburg as a kid.  Any time our uncles would drive us there was a big deal.  A lot of my aunts worked there, at the Busy Bee I think it was called.

It's interesting how "nice things" can get ruined because people learn they are nice things.  I've driven US 129 now called the Tail of the Dragon a number of times when I was one of 2 or 4 vehicles the entire route, it's not a "good highway", and it's one to avoid today i think.  The Cherohala Skyway is still pretty nice.

My wife likes Highlands.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #437 on: June 17, 2025, 12:23:00 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on June 17, 2025, 12:07:45 PM
Quick OT aside since you mentioned going to a Vols game. 

My dad lived in Knoxville for a year when I was about 8 or 9.  While staying with him in the summer he took me to see Neyland, along with a bunch of other stuff.  I remember thinking it was an impressive structure but I wasn't sure why I was supposed to care or why he was taking me there.  Maybe to go along with taking me to LSU/Ole Miss games when I was growing up, I think he just wanted to show me another venue, another place where other people got together en masse to do the same thing we do back home, but with different colors and different songs.  That might explain why I've always tried to stop and see college football stadiums when traveling, if one is in striking distance.  Never been to a game there, but I have seen the place from the outside. 

It's possible he's just a closet TN fan, but the dude sure has a lot of LSU crap around his house so that he hides it well. 

I like to take in the "enemies" venues and traditions as well.  Maybe your dad was that way.

The SEC is pretty magical, and I can hate the school on gameday, but still think their "things", and traditions are really cool.

Speaking of "things".  What is this I've seen recently at LSU?  This "suck this Tiger D***, B***h!"

That's not cool.  At all.  @MikeDeTiger 
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #438 on: June 17, 2025, 12:31:05 PM »
Well, it's actually "suck that Tiger ****, *****," and it's not recent.  It's a chant the student section does along with one of the band's old fight songs, "Neck."  I'm not sure how long it's been going on, but for a long time now.  The university periodically bans the song because the student section (and inevitably other parts of the stadium) starts chanting it.  It has bled through microphones on tv several times that I recall, despite CBS and ESPN's best efforts to cut it out. 

They did that when I was at the A&M game in 2013 with UTerin03 and her husband.  She blushed and asked what was up with that, her husband thought it was hilarious. 

It gets banned, fans complain, they bring it back, more vulgar chants, it gets banned.....

Circle of life. 
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #439 on: June 17, 2025, 12:34:35 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on June 17, 2025, 12:31:05 PM
Well, it's actually "suck that Tiger ****, *****," and it's not recent.  It's a chant the student section does along with one of the band's old fight songs, "Neck."  I'm not sure how long it's been going on, but for a long time now.  The university periodically bans the song because the student section (and inevitably other parts of the stadium) starts chanting it.  It has bled through microphones on tv several times that I recall, despite CBS and ESPN's best efforts to cut it out. 

They did that when I was at the A&M game in 2013 with UTerin03 and her husband.  She blushed and asked what was up with that, her husband thought it was hilarious. 

It gets banned, fans complain, they bring it back, more vulgar chants, it gets banned.....

Circle of life. 

"Calling Baton Rouge" cool.

"STTDB" not cool.  And I'm by no means a prude, but Good Lord.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #440 on: June 17, 2025, 12:43:57 PM »
There's a chant/cheer break in the middle of our fight song, where the original 30s/40s/50s lyrics say "Hail, Hail, The Gang's all here."

Sometime in the 50s/60s that got switched to "Give 'em hell, Give 'em hell, Go Horns Go!" and that's what most of the old folks will say.

But since the 70s at least, Texas students have chanted, during that break, "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, make 'em eat shit."

And then of course when we're playing hated rival OU, it switches to "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, OU sucks."  You can hear this quite clearly on the TV broadcast every time the song is sung, which is after every Texas score and also after forced turnovers or other big plays.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #441 on: June 17, 2025, 12:47:33 PM »
Oh and to make it relevant to this thread, chanting "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, OU sucks" whilst watching the Texas Longhorns beat the hell outta OU, makes me happy.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #442 on: June 17, 2025, 12:52:56 PM »
Worst one I know of....

We don't give a damn about the whole state of Alabama, the whole state of Alabama, the whole state of Alabama....

We don't give a damn about the whole state of Alabama --- WE'RE FROM TENN-EE-SSEE!

Sung, of course.

Pretty tame compared to "suck this wang, unsavory lady".
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #443 on: June 17, 2025, 12:58:21 PM »
Back when I was in school and TTUN's band would play their fight song.  We would sign Hail to those M*****F*****, Hail to those old C***S******, Hail Hail to michigan the cesspool of the world.  and other things along those lines
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #444 on: June 17, 2025, 12:58:27 PM »
I don't think Dawg fans have a chant over about four words because it's hard to remember more than that.

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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #445 on: June 17, 2025, 01:02:17 PM »
My favorite Badger cheer has always been the rewrite of the Budweiser commercial: When you say Wis-con-sin, you've said it all!

That makes me smile, even right now typing it out on this screen. (The polka-ish song is now on repeat in my head.)

That said, as an adult, the "Shoot 'em like a horse" cheer that students hurl at injured players seems a little untoward. (Not sure if they still do that one.) As a student it was great fun.
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #446 on: June 17, 2025, 02:00:47 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 17, 2025, 12:43:57 PM
There's a chant/cheer break in the middle of our fight song, where the original 30s/40s/50s lyrics say "Hail, Hail, The Gang's all here."

Sometime in the 50s/60s that got switched to "Give 'em hell, Give 'em hell, Go Horns Go!" and that's what most of the old folks will say.

But since the 70s at least, Texas students have chanted, during that break, "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, make 'em eat shit."

And then of course when we're playing hated rival OU, it switches to "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell, OU sucks."  You can hear this quite clearly on the TV broadcast every time the song is sung, which is after every Texas score and also after forced turnovers or other big plays.
I don't think the "make 'em eat sh!t" is all THAT bad. It's certainly not on the STTDB level. 

Purdue has tried to quell for a long time the post first down cheer. It started, I think, as "1, 2, 3, 4, FIRST DOWN!" But then got extended to "1, 2, 3, 4, first down, b****!"

But with our recent teams, you don't hear it very often during games any more... We don't cheer that for the OTHER team, after all. 
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Re: OT - What made you happy today?
« Reply #447 on: June 17, 2025, 02:50:00 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on June 17, 2025, 02:00:47 PM
I don't think the "make 'em eat sh!t" is all THAT bad. It's certainly not on the STTDB level. 

It's nearly impossible to out-vulgar a bunch of Cajuns.  

That said, I want to reiterate that only goes with one song which the band doesn't even play for seasons at a time, and most of the gameday experience in Baton Rouge is outstanding and fun.  

.....in November, when it finally drops below 90 degrees......
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