Who has the best fight song?

[George S. Patton]

Auburn fight song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgZV74zSbwc

[George S. Patton]

Texas Tech very underrated. Get your guns up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBh4y5wKvR8

[that's great raplh]

And I like Boomer Sooner even if the tune is borrowed.

yale is better

[couch 'em]

I couldn't find the lyrics, but the fight song for Devils Lake HS in North Dakota, before the PC/religious crowd made them change mascot away from the Satans, involved everyone yelling SATAN! SATAN! You have to give bonus points for great novelty value like that.

[BIGHORSE]

What's wrong with all of you bozo's??? There are some fight songs that I think are pretty cool, but, these are by FAR my favorites!

http://www.fightmusic.com/mp3/conf-usa/ ... quence.mp3

http://www.fightmusic.com/mp3/conf-usa/SMU__Peruna.mp3

http://www.fightmusic.com/mp3/conf-usa/ ... le_Cry.mp3

Those 3 songs are my favorites, but dont expect our "fans" to like them.

[couch 'em]

Everything that Big State School does is better. Why can't we be more like Big State School?

[2112]

the music frim the halloween movie....gets me fired up......after that.....i dig the mustang fight song.....

[No Quarter]

couch 'em wrote:

I couldn't find the lyrics, but the fight song for Devils Lake HS in North Dakota, before the PC/religious crowd made them change mascot away from the Satans, involved everyone yelling SATAN! SATAN! You have to give bonus points for great novelty value like that.

For novelty value I'd think you have to give the Carlsbad NM highschool fight song a whirl although I've never heard it. The team is named, "Cavemen."

In Georgia the Cairo HS team is the Syrup Makers or some such and that has all kinds of possibilities. In Macon there used to be a Lanier HS and the teams were nmaed the, "Poets."

And in Chattanooga there is or used to be a private school with "Purple Pounders" for a team name.

[White Helmet]

You have the Progresso Red Ants here in Texas

[HB Pony Dad]

Campus Mascot
How the Banana Slug became UCSC's official mascot

The Banana Slug, a bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk found in the campus's redwood forest, was the unofficial mascot for UC Santa Cruz's coed teams since the university's early years. The students' adoption of such a lowly creature for a team mascot was their reaction to the fierce athletic competition fostered at most American universities. UCSC has always offered a wide-ranging physical education and recreation program designed to appeal to the greatest number of students, but it has based its approach on some unusual ideas: that athletics are for all students, not just team members of major sports; that the most important goal of a collegiate physical education department should be to introduce as many students as possible to lifelong physical activities; and that the joy of participating is more important than winning.

In 1980, when some campus teams wanted more organized yet still low-key participation in extramural competition, UCSC joined Division III of the NCAA in five sports. Since the application required an official team name, UCSC's then chancellor polled the student players, and out of this small group emerged a consensus for a new moniker--the sea lions. It was a choice that the chancellor considered more dignified and suitable to serious play than the Banana Slugs. But the new name did not find favor with the majority of students, who continued to root for the Slugs even after a sea lion was painted in the middle of the basketball floor.

After five years of dealing with the two-mascot problem, an overwhelming proslug straw vote by students in 1986 convinced the chancellor to make the lowly but beloved Banana Slug UCSC's official mascot. By the time the chancellor had left office, he was won over to the proslug camp, even to the point of featuring the Slug on his personal holiday card.

In May 2004, Reader's Digest named the Banana Slug the best college mascot. The Banana Slug even figured in a court case involving campus mascots. Judge Terence Evans, writing the opinion for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, stated the following: "We give the best college nickname nod to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Imagine the fear in the hearts of opponents who travel there to face the imaginatively named 'Banana Slugs'?" (Crue et al. v. Aiken, June 1, 2004)

Our Sammy the Slug mascot has been appearing around campus at sports events and other functions. And, when the men's tennis team played in the NCAA championships, their T-shirts read: "Banana Slugs-No Known Predators."

UC Santa Cruz Foundation trustee Anne Neufeld Levin wrote a children's book, Sally Slug, illustrated by UCSC alumna and former Foundation trustee Patricia Rebele. The book, published in 2002, is available at slugstore.ucsc.edu. Proceeds from sales of the book benefit the UCSC Foundation and provide for art history purchases and exhibits in the library.

"Fight Song" creates an entirely new image of the Slugs "leaping toward a dunk...oozing lots of spunk," "zipping through the grass....gonna kick your @ss," "...slather you with slime...we win another time." It even includes the requisite crowd participation cheer.

And for the 'lil slug...

[couch 'em]

I'm sure this will offend someone to even suggest, but I wonder how long until "Nazi" can be a mascot. 200 more years? Before you post 'that's horrible you ______', think about the centuries of death and terror caused by Vikings across all of Europe, but they are a good mascot. Eventually Nazi WILL be acceptable, and the theming will be amazing.

I'm also suprised there aren't more Mongol/Ghengis Khan mascots.

[George S. Patton]

I like our fight song and our alma mater. They will always carry a special place for me because of my affiliation with the school.

But taking a step back and evaluating our fight song vs. others, it's just OK.

I'm sure others will differ but that doesn't change the way I feel about the school.

[PonyLaw_aTm]

I'm sure this will offend someone to even suggest, but I wonder how long until "Nazi" can be a mascot. 200 more years? Before you post 'that's horrible you ______', think about the centuries of death and terror caused by Vikings across all of Europe, but they are a good mascot. Eventually Nazi WILL be acceptable, and the theming will be amazing.

I'm also suprised there aren't more Mongol/Ghengis Khan mascots.

Im not sure Nazi will ever be a mascot, not because of the atrocities, though. Vikings were a people group, Nazis are members of a political party. Not too many Bolsheviks (sp?), Whigs, Fascists, or Communist mascots running around.

As assuredly as I post this, someone will post examples of political party mascots.

[Bergermeister]

Dallas Hall is on a hill

SMU is "The Hilltop". If you have ever been out on the balcony adjacent to the dome of Dallas Hall (the highest accessible perch) you will see a terrific view of downtown Dallas and the area. Photos have been taken from this vantage point since Dallas Hall was built. I have film positives from the mid 1920s and actual photos from the late 40s. If you have not been, ask for access sometime when you want to do something "different".

[couch 'em]

Im not sure Nazi will ever be a mascot, not because of the atrocities, though. Vikings were a people group, Nazis are members of a political party. Not too many Bolsheviks (sp?), Whigs, Fascists, or Communist mascots running around.

As assuredly as I post this, someone will post examples of political party mascots.

People think of WWII era Germany collectively as "nazis". Might as well be Spartans or anything else.

Side note, I just realized that you could probably get away with be the "Huns" and having everyone run around in WWI German pickelhaubes. How awesome would it be to look out into the crowd and see 30k fans all wearing: