Sunday, November 13, 2011

My fight against unanimous cheering

First let me define unanimous cheering:
When a group, crowd, etc. practices or any other type of preparation for a cheer that is done unanimously by this group, crowd, etc.

Obviously I'm talking about cheering in sports {clarification: not cheerleaders -- the crowd/players}

Now I don't mind the normal "De-fense", mascot chants: eg. "Lets go Cavemen"
{for all those who might be outside of Utah -- yes, I am a Cavemen from American Fork High School}

But when you start making rhyming cheers just from imagination...that's most annoying.

Let's take the best/worst example of this unanimous cheering
SOFTBALL
Oh, boy.
Heaven help them.

Even when I was little and played, I hated and often refused to cheer.
Because of that I was critisized for not being a 'team player'
Don't get me wrong, softball the actual sport is awesome!
But this:

"Our team is hot, hot, hot.
Your team is not, not, not.
We're gonna win, win, win.
Your gonna lose, lose, lose."

is not awesome. yes, that is a real cheer.


This video is both hilarious and embarrassing.
It's ok if you don't make it through all the rules of being a byu fan.
I wouldn't either.



2 Teams that are KNOWN for this:

UCLA & BYU.

Ucla has their student body officers stand on a podium with a microphone.
When it comes time for a cheer they tell them which one and then count to 3 for them to start.

Byu's video speaks for itself.
P.S.
They sing popcorn popping on the apricot tree......

For those of you who just got offended because it is your passion,
just stop. Stop right now.

Learn how to cheer for your team without rhyming, a countdown, or anything like the above videos.

Ok carry on.

1 comment:

Beka said...

i just have to note the ONLY the marching band does popcorn popping. most of us think it is ridiculous and embarrassing :) just sayin. but no worries no offense taken. at least we aren't utah state.