re: Least Cool Tradition in the SEC

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Here is what I don't understand… in front of a enormous student section there is no way all those students pay attention to the yell leaders to synchronize the yells.. hell at an MSU game you don't hardly notice the cheerleaders or anything because you have to focus hard to see what they are doing.

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Yes they do. The yells are more important than the game. Doing the yells correctly is more important than the game.

I have been to an A&M game where the Aggies missed a punt return for a TD because they were turning around to signal to the group behind them a cheer was going to happen.

Did anyone mention they have hand signals for each cheer. The cheerleaders do them to the fans in the lower sections and everybody excitedly turns around and signals them to the next section up and so on. Only after everyone knows what cheer they are doing do the Yell leaders start the yell.