re: It Won't Be Long Now

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I gotta defend the Aggies on this one. Tradition is what the SEC is all about -- and we don't all have to have the same traditions. Who would even want that? There's nothing wrong with coordinated cheers. Anyone ever heard Alabama fans chant Rammer Jammer? Or Hotty Toddy (okay, bad example). How about LSU's band fanfares followed by "Geaux Tigers." Anybody have a problem with the calling of the Hogs? Or ringing cowbells? Kentucky has that "Cats, Cats, Cats" cheer with the weird cat scratch gestures. Georgia fans bark for God's sake. Florida has Mr. Two Bits and they sing "We are the Boys" -- while swaying arm in arm. USC has sandstorm -- and half the stadium yelling "Cocks" at the top of their lungs. Auburn has a bird flying around the stadium. Could cheers coordinated by yell leaders be any more annoying that singing Rocky top ("Wooo!") eleventy-million times? Yeah, yeah, fine -- mock them for being crotch grabbers. They don't care. They heard it all when they were in the Big Bevo. Give them shite all you went, but don't expect them to change.

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