I hate the Cyclone Power chant

ForbinsAscynt

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Never liked Cyclone Power or Sweet Caroline.
I’m liking the Kill Chant for basketball and think Won’t Back Down has become a cool 3Q song so I don’t hate all fun.
 
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Yeah every school has the same sort of call and repeat chant thing and "power" isn't unique thing but it's alright.
 

carvers4math

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I like when students from about a decade ago sit by us in JTS. They go through all the different motions to songs and cheers. Cyclone Alley curly haired girl and her friends were by us one game, it was a blast from the past.

I like Juicy Wiggle but don’t like watching geezers like me dancing to it. I look away so I don’t see my husband flailing around
 

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Is "Cyclone Power" the cheer that was basically "taught" to the fans before a football game and we were told this was going to become a tradition? Or am I misremembering? Either way...the best traditions are organic...no need to invent a tradition!

I think I remember Cyclone Power from 80's basketball games.
 

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Ok, here are a few of my gameday takes:

Cyclone Power is fun when it’s a good crowd.

Juicy Wiggle needs to completely replace Sweet Caroline.

Black jerseys are awesome for football. Gold basketball jerseys are the kiss of death.

Jock jams to start the game should get replaced with something new.

The hand crank tornado siren thing is dumb.

Rushing the court / field is just good fun.

Clone cones are great. Without them it would be much harder to drag my kids to as many games as I do.
 

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I liked the FU Refs at the end of the OSU game.
Remember the years the studen section would even chant "the refs F* sheep!" over and over then they would follow it up with "the sheep said no!" Not sure when that ended but I clearly remember it being chanted loudly at both FB and BB games when I was a student. Not saying it was a classy chant but refs used to hear a lot worse things than they do now.
 

Macloney

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That might be...I do recall being at Trice and having someone lead the fans in a "new" tradition/cheer. I just thought it was so odd to be intentionally starting a tradition.

I'm pretty sure. I can still do all of my high school's cheers and can recall any commercial jingle I've ever heard. My wife loves/hates my rendition of hits like AE's "Yo-lite" and the 80's Blue Bunny song. Don't get me started on the Newton Sizzlin Sam's song.

I have a knack for useless knowledge that will never be worth anything.
 
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Not exactly sure.
Remember the years the studen section would even chant "the refs F* sheep!" over and over then they would follow it up with "the sheep said no!" Not sure when that ended but I clearly remember it being chanted loudly at both FB and BB games when I was a student. Not saying it was a classy chant but refs used to hear a lot worse things than they do now.
That was a common chant at the hockey arena in the early 90s. Then again I was there when the crowd and opposing team was fighting over the top of the glass.