re: Rocky Top is the coolest SEC tradition. Change my mind….

quote:

---

Rocky Top is the coolest SEC tradition. Change my mind….

---

The 5 Most Retarded SEC Traditions.

"(3) The “woo” in Rocky Top

A personal subject, to be sure, and a contentious one at that. Rocky Top is a fantastic unofficial fight song. It encapsulates both the culture and landscape of the Smoky Mountains. More importantly, it is annoys opposing fans worse than a case of King Pubic Crabs.

For those who don’t know, let me fill you in on the background of the “woo”. Decades ago, Rocky Top was a serious ode sung by men as tribute to the heroes on the field and the land in which they lived. It was sung in proud and severe tones as whiskey was guzzled, much like the Vikings of Northern Europe. Then came Mary Francis Henderson of Shelbyville, TN, who attended the 1976 Vandy game with her Phi Mu sisters. She did not know the words to Rocky Top, but after 7 vodka and Tab’s, she decided she needed to participate. She interrupted her girlfriends’ babbling and uttered these now famous words, “Oh my God, Rocky Top needs to be more sassy!“

And so the “woo” was born. Rocky Top always starts well, but the “woo” crashes over me like Oprah on skis. I hear an especially enthusiastic “woo” from behind, and turn around to find four 14 year old girls cheering proudly. After the song, they sit down and begin text messaging each other, even though they are sitting side by side. They patiently wait for the next “woo” opportunity.

The “woo” represents everything wrong with modern college sports. After I hear it, I expect the “Fun Police” to begin shooting T-shirts into the crowd via air cannons. I anticipate mini-parachutes to come falling from above carrying certificates for free Rally’s burgers. The “woo” is horrific, atrocious, degrading, nauseating and unjustifiable. Even Lulu and Junior disapprove."