Popular Post huKSer Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, Fru said: https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Board/103723/Contents/KU-Traditions-Hog-Calling-Time-In-the-North-End-Zone-you-tube-71446885/ "As the person responsible for bringing this song to Jayhawk Nation, let me clear up a couple of things. First, I graduated from high school in Nebraska (Kearney), I learned this campfire song in Boy Scouts there, and so Husker fans (and Razorbacks), chill - it's all in fun. It was started my freshman year (Aug 1977) when myself and three other guys weretrying to kill time before run-in by singing classic barbershop quartet songs. Fellow tubas John Clayton & Gordon Lankenau, with drum major Steve Gordon, and I ran thru a few songs to scattered applause and had time to do one more. I pulled Hog Calling out and said to just follow my lead with the chorus and call/response & "preaching". The people listening laughed and next week we were asked to do it again. And so it started. By the time I marched my last game as a student (1981), it had elevatedto most of the band gathering around to join in. I continue to be amazed that the tradition continues, and continues to evolve. It's for the band members; it's not a diss of other states or mascots. It works for us or it would have stopped long ago. Enjoy it if you "get" it, don't watch if you don't. I guarantee the past, present and future band members won't care. 2007-2008 KU ISU game where we were undefeated and 11-0. There was truly no better day to be a KU JAYHAWK!" FWIW This absolutely cannot be a real tradition 1) Traditions only exist for 1 1/2 years. 2) It is NOT internationally known. 3) Nobody waved 13 Quote Link to comment
DrunkOffPunch Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Moiraine said: This picture proves it. Iowa fans are nazis. 3 Quote Link to comment
Mike Mcdee Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 6 hours ago, knapplc said: Oh, you're about half a dozen tweets short on this train wreck of an accusation. Here's her final, final, seriously this time final take on The Wave. Actions of a few reflect poorly on all. Duly noted. 2 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Overkill Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 9 hours ago, Moiraine said: Iowa players hate sick kids too. Great find. Someone please tweet this @ her -- unless someone already has. Quote Link to comment
Fru Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 14 hours ago, Mike Mcdee said: Actions of a few reflect poorly on all. Duly noted. Well you know what they say, "Judge an entire group by the actions of a few" 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Caven Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 To be fair this was something that I noticed as well. Almost all of the Husker team was waving as well as all of the Husker coaches. In all of the other games this year, the active players on the field take about 30 seconds to wave from wherever they were on the field and then huddle up and get their heads back in the game. That is what didn't happen this time. All of the coaches and players on the sideline were waving, but the defense didn't. To be fair they were backed up against their own goal line at the time and were trying to keep it a one score game so they definitely had other things on their mind. It didn't make me mad or think that they don't like the kids - they just were focused on the game. By the time they got back to their sideline the coaches were probably turning to start coaching them up. This is probably also why the band member noticed as the players were right in front of the band when the waving started. (And yes it was a dumb thing for her to take to twitter about). The Wave started last year as that was the first year that the hospital existed. You can see the top floors - including the observation floor where all of the kids that are able to leave their rooms go for the game - from everywhere in the stadium. Those too sick to leave their room they try to get on the upper floors facing the stadium so they can see as well. For the first few games last year it was just the fans as Ferentz didn't want the story to be about the team in any way and he thought that the team waving would shift focus, but then one of the visiting teams asked our athletic department if they could wave as well and so the teams and officials started to join in. 2 Quote Link to comment
Swiv3D Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 49 minutes ago, Caven said: To be fair this was something that I noticed as well. Almost all of the Husker team was waving as well as all of the Husker coaches. In all of the other games this year, the active players on the field take about 30 seconds to wave from wherever they were on the field and then huddle up and get their heads back in the game. That is what didn't happen this time. All of the coaches and players on the sideline were waving, but the defense didn't. To be fair they were backed up against their own goal line at the time and were trying to keep it a one score game so they definitely had other things on their mind. It didn't make me mad or think that they don't like the kids - they just were focused on the game. By the time they got back to their sideline the coaches were probably turning to start coaching them up. This is probably also why the band member noticed as the players were right in front of the band when the waving started. (And yes it was a dumb thing for her to take to twitter about). The Wave started last year as that was the first year that the hospital existed. You can see the top floors - including the observation floor where all of the kids that are able to leave their rooms go for the game - from everywhere in the stadium. Those too sick to leave their room they try to get on the upper floors facing the stadium so they can see as well. For the first few games last year it was just the fans as Ferentz didn't want the story to be about the team in any way and he thought that the team waving would shift focus, but then one of the visiting teams asked our athletic department if they could wave as well and so the teams and officials started to join in. So basically shes doing exactly what Ferentz was trying to avoid by shifting the focus on the team and her 4 Quote Link to comment
Caven Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Swiv3D said: So basically shes doing exactly what Ferentz was trying to avoid by shifting the focus on the team and her yep Quote Link to comment
onlyHskrfaninIL Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 who cares what an iowa band member says. the wave is super lame Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hopefully Emma Johnson's photo will emerge to a meme-level status around here. 1 Quote Link to comment
AlaSker Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Maybe next year when we play Iowa at home, we can just stop after the first quarter, call out Emma Johnson on the speakers and give her the friendly bird? 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 30 minutes ago, AlaSker said: Maybe next year when we play Iowa at home, we can just stop after the first quarter, call out Emma Johnson on the speakers and give her the friendly bird? I think after the game all 90k should wave to the Iowa team as they exit. 3 Quote Link to comment
Swiv3D Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 hours ago, onlyHskrfaninIL said: who cares what an iowa band member says. the wave is super lame And why is it super lame? Quote Link to comment
CheeseHusker Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Stephen @brindleyMX More That Iowa band member Emma Johnson was called to the Presidents office about her false claim. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bigred_inSD Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 27 minutes ago, CheeseHusker said: Stephen @brindleyMX More That Iowa band member Emma Johnson was called to the Presidents office about her false claim. Who is this guy? Is he believable? Poor Emma Quote Link to comment
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