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Rock Defender [53]
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why the hatred toward the "woohoo"?
Sep 25, 2012, 10:27 AM
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serious question...When I became a Clemson student it was already a part of the cheer.
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"?
Sep 25, 2012, 10:29 AM
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It doesn't add a thing, it just sounds stupid.
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I was gonna say something, then...
Sep 25, 2012, 10:33 AM
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I read your post and that pretty much sums it up.
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"? Asking
Sep 25, 2012, 10:30 AM
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proves you wouldn't understand
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"? Asking
Sep 25, 2012, 10:32 AM
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Which of us are you referring to ?
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"? Asking
Sep 25, 2012, 10:34 AM
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the one who's post I replied to. not you. and I dont think you asked anything
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"? Asking
Sep 25, 2012, 10:36 AM
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well 67 gave you a great answer. do you think it improves or adds something positive? of course it doesnt. it sounds silly
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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Thats a fair point 74, but for the same reason you hate it
Sep 25, 2012, 10:47 AM
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... which I'm assuming was that it wasn't around when you were in school...
Younger Alums and current students like it, because it's what they always done. It's THEIR tradition.
I for example, cant remember a time in my life where the woohoo wasn't included (and my first football game was a 2 years old. I also have a crappy memory, so it may have been added later than that.... regardless, my highschool and college days, there was always a wohooo. It's our tradition. Not saying its not tacky or silly-sounding, but its the tradition that I grew up knowing.
And lets be honest it could be worse (SEC!! SEC!! or Woooooo PIG SUEEEEEEY)
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Rock Defender [53]
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young people are also currently wearing shorts and
Sep 25, 2012, 10:59 AM
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black dress socks pulled up to their knees with boat shoes. Doesn't mean it's cool or correct.
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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yes SOME people. They also just as many OLD dudes
Sep 25, 2012, 11:01 AM
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in knee socks and boat shoes around.
There are plenty of normal dressing, normal acting, die-hard, orange-blooded young tigers and you need to get over that. You were no the last class that ever graduated from Clemson.
Get your head out of your ###.
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110%er [9666]
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Yep - I think my Dad started that fashion statement when he
Sep 25, 2012, 11:05 AM
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was about 55.
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I don't even really like it. I just hate hearing older tiger
Sep 25, 2012, 11:10 AM
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slam FELLOW young alums for their traditions. People claim to be All In/love clemson and yet bad mouth half of the still living alumni base.
makes me sick.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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Lol your narrow minded.***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:08 AM
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Savant [470]
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Re: Lol your narrow minded.***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:12 AM
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Rock Defender [53]
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lol
Sep 25, 2012, 11:14 AM
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Re: lol - whoops
Sep 25, 2012, 11:15 AM
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: Thats a fair point 74, but for the same reason you hate it
Sep 25, 2012, 11:43 AM
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any person in the country that follows NCAA sports could understand where "pig sueeeeeey" comes from, but why has this noise/yell/howl/whatever it is, become a part of Clemson "tradition?"
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That doesn't make it sound less dumb***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:55 AM
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"? Asking
Sep 25, 2012, 11:48 AM
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Something that was great was changed for some reason. It was not part of our traditional fight song and so I don't like changing a great Clemson Tradition. Besides is sounds stupid. I never do the Woo Hoo!
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"? Asking
Sep 25, 2012, 10:48 AM
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I've never been one to keep with tradition strictly for tradition's sake. If a woman wanted to wear a different colored (though still classy and elegant) dress on her wedding day, I wouldn't be bothered.
That said, if you're going to mess with tradition, you should improve upon it, or at the very least, don't do anything to make it worse.
The WooHoo doesn't improve the traditional cheer, it makes it worse. To extend the wedding analogy above, it wouldn't be like wearing a dress of a different color, it would be more like showing up to the altar in WonderWoman Underoos.
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We weren't doing it in the late '90's when I was there.
Sep 25, 2012, 10:39 AM
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I can remember going to a game somewhere between '00 and '02 with a coot buddy of mine. The band struck up the Tiger Rag, and there it was. I honestly did not know what to think. He and I just looked at each other with confused looks on our faces, I shrugged, and he busted out laughing.
The woohoo is ridiculous. It embarasses me every single time I hear it.
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: We weren't doing it in the late '90's when I was there.
Sep 25, 2012, 10:43 AM
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My first game was the '03 season opener against UGA.
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Ouch! That was a tough start!***
Sep 25, 2012, 10:48 AM
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Rock Defender [53]
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Re: Ouch! That was a tough start!***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:00 AM
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yeah it was definitely a rough start. Quite possibly the most miserably hot game i've ever been to as well. Had horrible sun poisoning after.
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110%er [9666]
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(If you hadn't WooHoo-ed, you wouldn't have gotten sun
Sep 25, 2012, 11:03 AM
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poisoning.)
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Savant [470]
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That sounds about right, timing wise.
Sep 25, 2012, 10:50 AM
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The point is it's not traditional and serves no purpose besides injecting the ghey into our football program.
After all, the era of "Clemson pulling a Clemson" began when we start woo-hooing.
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gheyness factor***
Sep 25, 2012, 10:40 AM
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110%er [9666]
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1) It makes Tiger fans sound like a bunch of girls at
Sep 25, 2012, 10:48 AM
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cheerleading camp.
2) See #1.
I know us old guys don't like anything that breaks with tradition. (FYI - the C-L-E-M-S-Ooooooooo-N was added relatively recently as well.) I wasn't a big fan of that - but I could handle it. But the WooHoo just (see #1).
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Joey B... See my post above for a young folks perspective.***
Sep 25, 2012, 10:49 AM
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Well, then I blame your parents! :-)
Sep 25, 2012, 11:00 AM
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My sons have grown up with the WooHoo - but they don't do it because they know it sounds a little (ok, a lot) on the feminine side.
If it's silly sounding and you know it's silly sounding, then don't do it.
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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Its tradition for me... and honestly it never crossed my
Sep 25, 2012, 11:03 AM
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mind that it sounded feminine... Always thought it sounded much more country/redneck.
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110%er [9666]
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In all seriousness, the OP asked about the hatred toward the
Sep 25, 2012, 11:10 AM
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WooHoo.
When it started (sometime in the '90s) - I instantly thought it sounded like a bunch of high school girls WooHoo-ing. Plus, it was marring our beloved Tiger Rag! I have seen/heard opposing fans openly laughing at it. It started at about the same time that Clemson football started it's decline. I associate nothing good with it.
Long before I ever got on TNet, I was cringing everytime I heard the WooHoo.
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Orange Blooded [4774]
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Fair enough, thanks for not being a ####. Always refreshing.***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:12 AM
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personally, I don't like it because it sounds feminine and
Sep 25, 2012, 10:50 AM
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football and mens basketball are masculine sports. If you want to woo-hoo, do it at the womens tennis matches or the womens soccer games.
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All-In [27366]
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The 'WooHoo' is to Clemson Football as...
Sep 25, 2012, 10:50 AM
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this is to an otherwise nice piece of hardware.
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Hard to sound ghey and redneck at the same time,
Sep 25, 2012, 10:55 AM
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but the woohoo accomplishes that.
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^^^ Authority ^^^***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:38 AM
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I honestly don't know - since the band is SO QUIET
Sep 25, 2012, 11:05 AM
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hearing the "woo hoo" is the only way I know when to start my "T" "I" "G".... you get the point.
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Re: I honestly don't know - since the band is SO QUIET
Sep 25, 2012, 2:31 PM
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If you're doing "T" "I" "G" during Tiger rag then you've got worse problems to be dealing with......
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"?
Sep 25, 2012, 11:15 AM
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Because it's extremely ghey!!
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It sounds dumb.
Sep 25, 2012, 11:19 AM
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It seems about as cool as adding a coordinated giggle at the end of the national anthem.
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Rock Defender [53]
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DON'T GO MAKING FUN OF US YOUNG PEOPLES
Sep 25, 2012, 11:23 AM
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TRADITIONS MAYBE ANTHEM GIGGLES ARE IMPORTANT TO US DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT YOU OLD FART?
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^ feels good about himself behind a keyboard.***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:30 AM
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Rock Defender [53]
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feel pretty good in person too, but then again, I can
Sep 25, 2012, 11:34 AM
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take a joke.
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Misspelled douchebagery***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:37 AM
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Rock Defender [53]
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LOOK HOW SIRRIUS AND ANGRY I AM.***
Sep 25, 2012, 11:38 AM
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Lol Obed im just joking come one man
Sep 25, 2012, 11:49 AM
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see what I did there?
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110%er [9065]
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You're part of the problem, then, because you continue to
Sep 25, 2012, 11:25 AM
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say it.
What would you say to "woo-hoo" becoming part of the National Anthem, for example - would that make sense to you?
Tiger Rag doesn't include it - period.
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It's an abomination that adds nothing to our fight song
Sep 25, 2012, 11:29 AM
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and takes away a great deal. I cringe every time I hear it. It's senseless. Has nothing to do with Clemson. I'm not looking for Tiger Rag to be improved upon. The idea is just ridicuous. But if you really wanted to, I would much rather here some chant in cadence at that point that references the Tigers (I would not even begin to suggest something...not my forte).
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i remember the first time i ever noticed it
Sep 25, 2012, 11:43 AM
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i was watching from home on TV. i was like 'what the heck was that?!?!?'
it sounded like a bunch of hick country girls.
is that what we REALLY want to portray as a top notch university and athletic department and as alumni?
i for one do not want to be thought of as "hick" as a graduate from Clemson.
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"?
Sep 25, 2012, 11:54 AM
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It is gay and it sounds like a bunch rednecks woohooing in unison.
Disclaimer: No gays were harmed during this post.
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Orange Blooded [2683]
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The start of the WooHoo coincides with the decline
Sep 25, 2012, 11:58 AM
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in Tiger Football defensive dominance.
Coincidence? I think not.
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It's something you would hear during a Richard Simmons
Sep 25, 2012, 12:02 PM
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workout video, not at a Clemson Tiger football game. Please do your part to have student orientation leaders NOT teach it to new students. It's not a generational gap thing either as it says nothing FOR Clemson, it's just girly noise. It's almost like giving back a little momentum to the other team after we score or make a big play due to its very high gheyness quotient.
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You're all excited about Clemson...
Sep 25, 2012, 12:03 PM
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the team just ran down the hill or just scored, the band is playing Tiger Rag...
...and here comes that ###' 'woohoo' to suck the air out of your very lungs...
AND it ruined Clemson football.
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Re: why the hatred toward the "woohoo"?
Sep 25, 2012, 1:19 PM
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because in college football, home team advantage is huge and there is something about 80,000 woo-hooing in what is supposed to be a war-like atmosphere. To me, the woo hoo removes (or has removed) the intimidation factor from the Valley.
for example...take FSU's tomahawk chop and warchant. Replace the warchant with the woo-hoo and imagine how different the atmosphere would be
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Rhetorical Test:
Sep 25, 2012, 2:22 PM
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Who above 'woohoos?'
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You serious Clark?***
Sep 25, 2012, 2:33 PM
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Re: You serious Clark?***
Sep 25, 2012, 2:38 PM
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I'm afraid this young buck is too young to even get that reference...it's a sad world we're becoming...We might as well go get Justin Beaver to do a pregame concert before we play the coots....the woohooers would get so fired up....
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