Sweet Caroline
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This needs to be "I-S-U," in place of the "ba ba ba." Let's at least customize it for us.
ISU fans thinking Sweet Caroline is unique to us is just as cringy as Michigan fans thinking Mr. Brightside is theirs. Both are played at a TON of sporting events and are about as generic "white people gettin turnt" songs as they come.
Our only special song is Juicy Wiggle. Accept it and move on.
Our only special song is Juicy Wiggle. Accept it and move on.
It was popularized by the Boston Red Sox who started playing it after victories in 1997.
Exaggerating obviously but it felt like we lost a disproportionate amount of times they played that song, back when it was played in the second half of competitive games.
Fully embrace the entire Neil Diamond catalog. There's gotta be somewhere to squeeze some of Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show into the gameday playlist. Replace that Jackie with more cost effective Neil Diamond impersonators a la Saving Silverman.
It started out as the song played between 3rd and 4th quarters, not the victory song. It's a kumbaya kind of song, and killed the energy in the stadium at the time we needed to ramp it up. Much better as a victory song.
I agree, really hate it but have just learned to accept it. I think it started somewhere between 2005 and 2011. First I remember it was after the game against #2 OSU. I hadn't attended a game in person since Nebraska in 05 or 06 and don't recall it at that one. Of course, we lost that one with some terrible calls by the officials so possible it was started after victories earlier.
Mr. Brightside is awful as well. I've been told its popular because it has like 3 notes so drunk people can sing it. Makes sense. I suppose it they started flashing 67 on the screen all game I would just accept it as well.
I remember 2007 there being a debate and eventual determination that it'd be a third/fourth quarter song. Since 2017ish its moved to being a postgame song after big wins.
Wasn't arguing that it isn't better as a victory song. I was just challenging the contention that the choice of song between quarters didn't just cause losses, but caused losses in the majority of games in which it was played. If ISU can just find the right 4th Q break pump up song, ISU will never lose again!
The poster who posted that has admitted that it was some serious exaggeration.
Agree. Seahawks stole the 12th man thing from Texas A&M. And i may have read somewhere that the 12th Man thing actually started at Iowa a long-long time ago, but aTm football popularized it. The Seahawks thing (and Sweet Caroline) shouldn't annoy me but it does.
So there's our problem. We weren't winning games in 1997!! In fact, we were 1-10. I guess no Sweet Caroline for the Baylor victory that year.
I love that song. Don’t think it fits but love it.
