A cell phone rang in the office the other day. Happens all the time, right?
Thing is, this ring was different. Not a chime. Not a bell.
It was the Florida State “War Chant.”
I know everyone is partial to their favorite school’s fight song. It’s the one that makes you stand up and clap, that stirs those memories of days gone by and those hopes of days to come.
But hearing the “War Chant,” better known as the tomahawk chop, got me thinking about great fight songs. (In case you’re having trouble getting any of these links to play, try going to this website and finding your favorite.) A couple years back when Oklahoma played Florida State in the Orange Bowl, the Sooner coaches blasted the “War Chant” repeatedly during practice. They were trying to create crowd noise, and I’m sure there was an added benefit of making the players sick and tired of the Seminoles.
Really, though, I thought it was cool. That’s one of my favorite fight songs. Here are a few others:
* Tennessee’s “Rocky Top.” OK, I know this one probably gets tiresome if you hear it all the time, but in these parts, it is rare to hear this classic.
* Southern Cal’s “Fanfare, Tribute to Troy and Fight On.” Sure, it’s a long title, but how cool are the trumpets and trombones. Makes you want to stand up and march around.
* Texas A&M’s “Aggie War Hymn.” The Aggies are a conference foe in these parts, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a cool fight song.
And in case you want to hear “Boomer Sooner” or “Ride ‘Em Cowboys” or any other fight song, there’s a website called College Fight Songs. It has pretty much any fight song you could want to hear, and if you aren’t already in the mood for college football season, you will be once you browse around that site for a bit.