Great list! I absolutely hate that Michigan has such a "catchy" fight song. These three you listed are college football elite, when it comes to fight songs.
I love how Texas A&M's fight song revels in being the "little brother" to the Longhorns. Everyone else resents being Little Brother, but they turn it into a point of pride.
I especially like Texas A&M''s tradition (around 1:10) when the whole stadium starts swaying back and forth to their fight song.
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No idea if there are actual official words to it, but the first time I remember hearing it was at the 2007 game, and a group of fans sang the following:
Great list! I absolutely hate that Michigan has such a "catchy" fight song. These three you listed are college football elite, when it comes to fight songs.
Yes, I don't like Michigan either (or USC, LOL) but credit where it is due, they have memorable fight songs, which is what a fight song is supposed to be.
In my mind, these are the only fight songs that matter (AKA a critical mass of sports fans that have no association with these schools can recognize them):
(10-01-2020 09:06 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote: In my mind, these are the only fight songs that matter (AKA a critical mass of sports fans that have no association with these schools can recognize them):
Michigan
Notre Dame
USC
Wisconsin
I would swap out Wisconsin for Oklahoma. Everyone knows "Boomer Sooner" as soon as you hear it, and because Oklahoma has been so successful over the years you hear it a lot in big games on TV.
(10-01-2020 09:06 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote: In my mind, these are the only fight songs that matter (AKA a critical mass of sports fans that have no association with these schools can recognize them):
Michigan
Notre Dame
USC
Wisconsin
I would swap out Wisconsin for Oklahoma. Everyone knows "Boomer Sooner" as soon as you hear it, and because Oklahoma has been so successful over the years you hear it a lot in big games on TV.
To be honest, I didn't know USC's or Oklahoma's until I just looked them up now. They never really stuck in my head like Michigan, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Purdue, or Texas A&M.
Now that I've listened to them, I like Oklahoma's fight song. I don't like USC's at all; it's boring.
One thing I've noticed - the Big 10 schools usually do a better job at performing their fight songs. Most other schools (not all, but a lot of them) sound like high school bands in comparison.
(10-01-2020 09:06 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote: In my mind, these are the only fight songs that matter (AKA a critical mass of sports fans that have no association with these schools can recognize them):
Michigan
Notre Dame
USC
Wisconsin
I would swap out Wisconsin for Oklahoma. Everyone knows "Boomer Sooner" as soon as you hear it, and because Oklahoma has been so successful over the years you hear it a lot in big games on TV.
To be honest, I didn't know USC's or Oklahoma's until I just looked them up now. They never really stuck in my head like Michigan, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Purdue, or Texas A&M.
Now that I've listened to them, I like Oklahoma's fight song. I don't like USC's at all; it's boring.
One thing I've noticed - the Big 10 schools usually do a better job at performing their fight songs. Most other schools (not all, but a lot of them) sound like high school bands in comparison.
I can't bring Michigan's, Notre Dame's or USC's to my mind, but I know I would recognize them as soon as I heard them. However, I have no idea what Wisconsin's fight song is.
No idea if there are actual official words to it, but the first time I remember hearing it was at the 2007 game, and a group of fans sang the following:
"We are losing, like we always do. NOOOOOOOOOO!"
(for those who don't know, here's the tune)
and now I can't unhear those lyrics.
USFFan
Ha, don't blame them. The best version is this dude singing it opera-style:
(This post was last modified: 10-01-2020 11:43 AM by CitrusUCF.)