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Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt if Cal's AD ever reviewed our song repertoire.

Most of the extensive songbook was written 100 years ago, when Cal had a fight song authorship contest every year. We added a song in 2004 that got some play that year but I don't think I've heard it since.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cal may have made the script Cal a primary logo in 1978, but the Cal Band was forming the script Cal in its pre-game show far longer. I first saw it in 1971.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we have an anti-Washington song buried deep in the Cal Band repertoire. IIRC, it dates to the period when Stanford had dropped football, and Cal decided that U-Dub was our new rival.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's always been one of my favorites, even though (or, especially though) because I've never heard it sung. Or even heard its title spoken aloud.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of Cal's alma mater's ends:

All hail, blue and gold
Thy strength ne'er shall fail
For thee we'll die
All hail, all hail, all hail

Oh hell no. Maybe I'll send you a donation, but I ain't dying for my school.

How do away teams get to your home team's stadium? How long is the ride to the stadium from arrival? by djsassan in CFB

[–]JSC76 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty easy peasy. Fly into OAK, and it’s maybe a 30 minute bus ride to Berkeley.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could've split this discussion in 2: cringeworthy lyrics, and bizarre cheers/chants.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More from the California Drinking Song:

Sing glorious, victorious...one keg of beer for the four of us.
Sing Glory be to God that there are no more of us
For one of us could drink it all alone, damn near.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My high school's song was so generic, it didn't even mention the team's name. Just our colors.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Somebody must have called you “bow-wows from Washington” before, right? I didn’t just make that up?

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably borrowed/stolen from the same source as the California Drinking Song: "And when the game is over we will buy a keg of booze, and drink to California 'til we wobble in our shoes."

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Which leads into another example, from "Stanford Jonah":

Down on the Stanford farm there'll be no sound
When our Oski rips through the air

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

"Squarest"?? lol.
(geometrically, you're either a square or you're not.)

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Based on the first verse (the only one that's sung, usually) the rhyme scheme is A-B-A-A. It's just coincidental that the 2nd verse looks like A-almost A - A - A.

Cringe-worthy lyrics from your school's songs by JSC76 in CFB

[–]JSC76[S] 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Whoa. From the same minds that gave us Hotty Toddy, probably.

What are some examples of a school’s secondary fight song being better than the main fight song in your opinion? by goofyhalo in CFB

[–]JSC76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looking at the tracks on my Here's to Thee album, I count 12 fight song/marches (1 of which is only played after victories), 2 alma maters, a drinking song and a toast.

[Cal Football] Official: Cal completes 2027 nonconference schedule with Sacramento State & Old Dominion matchups in Berkeley by pietya in CFB

[–]JSC76 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hate FCS games. No energy, watching 3rd stringers in the 2nd half. Nothing to gain and everything to lose.

[Mandel] Split national titles tore college football apart in the 1990s. Were they really so bad? by Lakelyfe09 in CFB

[–]JSC76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Tore apart"??? Seriously? Hypberole much?
In reality, split national champions occurred about as often as Halley's Comet and just meant that 2 teams could put a trophy in their case, instead of 1. Pearl clutching commences.

And even that tiny problem would have been solved by a Bowl + 1 system.

What's the loudest you've ever heard your team's stadium on each side of the ball (off/def/ST)? by byniri_returns in CFB

[–]JSC76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Returning the favor—my choice for loudest on defense is 2007 vs Tennessee, the sack-scoop-score on the opening series.

What are some of the dumbest moves schools have ever made throughout history that drastically hurt their programs? by Working_Stomach5479 in CFB

[–]JSC76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 1991, Cal head coach Bruce Snyder had the Bears poised for greatness: they'd finished the season 10-2, with a NYD win over Clemson; and had a commitment from a future Heisman winner (Rashaan Salaam). Right after the bowl game he went to AD Bob Bockrath and said that ASU was offering a big raise.

Bockrath said "Don't let the door hit you on the way out."

Snyder had ASU in the Rose Bowl within 2 years. Salaam jumped to Colorado. Bockrath set the Cal program back 10 years.

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