Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win?

isuno1fan

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I'm the superstitious type....gotta quit playing that going into the 4th quarter. Save it for victory celebration. Damn song is a jinx in close games.
 

CyArob

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I'm the superstitious type....gotta quit playing that going into the 4th quarter. Save it for victory celebration. Damn song is a jinx in close games.

I hated the timing as well.
 

isuno1fan

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The source of my pain at ISU games used to be Jeff Johnson cheer time, but it has now become Sweet Caroline going into the 4th.

Save the song for victories only.....please.





Pretty please.
 

CyCrazy

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Agreed it should only be played after wins. Otherwise it just sucks and is lame as hell.
 

iowastatefan1929

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oklahoma state last year; then it fed into desert storm i think. can everyone please just stop.
 

isuno1fan

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

I don't remember playing it going into the 4th against OSU last year. Can somebody validate this claim? I do know we played it after we won because I have video of that. In between the 3rd and 4th though???? Hmmmm.
 

iowastatefan1929

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i am 99% sure they played it between 3rd and 4th quarter of last year against osu and fed into the techno beat desert storm. Then they played desert storm right before the onside kick I think.
 

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

Was pretty sure last year it was a victory song.
 

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I don't remember playing it going into the 4th against OSU last year. Can somebody validate this claim? I do know we played it after we won because I have video of that. In between the 3rd and 4th though???? Hmmmm.

It was absolutly not played between the 3rd and 4th of the OSU game last year.
 

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Agreed it should only be played after wins. Otherwise it just sucks and is lame as hell.

STOP playing the stupid song!! It is not a song that fires up the stadium, in my opinion, other than I guess the women like it.
 

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

Being superstitious, I was more upset about the pre-mature cannon firing when they thought Lenz caught the touchdown and shortly after was the Woody fumble.
 

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Sweet caroline rocks period.unless its the utah game.and the first down horn got taken away for about 2 minutes as well.two things that make my day more enjoyable.the horn and sweet caroline
 

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I agree. I've really grown to hate the song, regardless of circumstances. But I accept that it's become a tradition so I can live with it. BUT ONLY AFTER A WIN AND NOT UNTIL THEN. We should be firing up the crowd for the 4th quarter not putting them to sleep with Sweet Caroline.
 

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I agree. I've really grown to hate the song, regardless of circumstances. But I accept that it's become a tradition so I can live with it. BUT ONLY AFTER A WIN AND NOT UNTIL THEN. We should be firing up the crowd for the 4th quarter not putting them to sleep with Sweet Caroline.

I said something similar after the K State game. Going into crunch time and the stadium is rocking to...a soft rock song about JFK's daughter? I'm going to email Jamie Pollard right now.
 

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Seriously, I thought they figured it out last year? What happened?
 

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

Yep. Sweet Caroline is the reason we lost. No other reason than the fact that the team and crowd heard a song in between quarters.
 

Cubsfan

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

They played it between quarters at the Okie State game. And the entire student section sways and sings to it, not to mention half the adults. Hardly seems to put anyone to sleep.
 

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

If we are going to have a really crappy song to use as our tradition can't we find our own instead of stealing some else's crappy tradition?
 

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Re: Has Sweet Caroline ever been played in a close game going into the 4th and we win

oklahoma state last year; then it fed into desert storm i think. can everyone please just stop.

desert storm.....lol.

Anyway, I'm glad we're finally getting some more groundswell opposition to Sweet Caroline on the board here. Last year you would be shouted down and humiliated if you said anything negative about it.
 

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