One of the perks of sitting behind the pep band at the football game was that we were also next to the student section. They are a rambunctious lot and almost as entertaining as the game. Their role, of course, is twofold. To cheer for the home team and to roast the opposition, which on this occasion, they did with impressive levels of organization. Sure, their chants may have lacked some of the complexity and, ahem, lyrical imagination, shall we say, of premiership football, but their simple formula was effective and delivered with precision.
After a little warm up with Seven Nation Army, they settled into a four syllable system. As the visiting team made their first foul, they were ready with a quick round of YOU-CAN’T-DO-THAT, followed by a BU-TTER-FIN-GERS after a subsequent missed catch. As the home team pulled ahead they found the ideal moment for a WHY-SO-QUI-ET (I guess the US version of You’re not singing anymore) but followed up soon after with WE’LL-CHEER-FOR-YOU and capped it all off with the ultimate show of confidence - chanting FOR the away team. In the 4th quarter, as the score widened further still, they brought out IT‘S-ALL-O-VER. But the final chant and, perhaps the killer, delivered after a late touchdown by the visiting team was IT’S-STILL-OVER. None of it was delivered with real malice, of course, and it kept us smiling.
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