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Origin of Rammer Jammer
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:41 pm
I always wondered where the cheer came from since it sounded so similar to "Hotty Toddy." So, I googled it and came up with an article written for tuscaloosanews.com. Here it is
Rammer Jammer
Rammer Jammer
This post was edited on 9/17/13 at 4:42 pm
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Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:41 pm to Rebel89
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:42 pm to Rebel89
frick, the season is over and no one told me?
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:44 pm to Rebel89
Thx Rebs
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:45 pm to piggidyphish
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frick, the season is over and no one told me?
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:48 pm to Broyota2
Yeah it's an old article but it also has the origins in the text. Read
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:50 pm to Rebel89
sounds fricking ghey
Posted on 9/17/13 at 4:56 pm to Rebel89
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The Rammer Jammer cheer actually didn't appear until around 1982, said Kathleen Cramer, then the UA cheerleading sponsor and now associate vice president at UA's office of student affairs.
Cheerleaders composed the cheer/sas they rode back from an Alabama victory over Ole Miss in the early 1980s. The tune to Rammer Jammer was taken from an Ole Miss cheer.
"We made it up after an Ole Miss trip because they had some cheers that were uniquely theirs," Cramer said.
"It was patterned after that. We wanted to incorporate old cheers, as well as things particular to this state. And it was immediately popular."
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Thx Rebs
No prob bro ... glad to help
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Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:12 pm to Rebel89
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They then discussed different state symbols to use in the cheer, such as the state flower (Camellia), but eventually settled on the state bird, Yellow hammer, because it rhymed with Rammer Jammer.
Creative bunch there.
Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:16 pm to Mo Jeaux
Bama actually started using the "musical version" in 1980 and it was indeed copied from Hotty Toddy.
Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:19 pm to WRhodesTider
I don't mind that y'all copied it. The thing that is gay is every now and then I've had Bama fans say how we copied HT from RJ, and act arrogant about it.
It's pretty funny when I prove them wrong, but they always deflect to "well we do it better"
It's pretty funny when I prove them wrong, but they always deflect to "well we do it better"
Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:29 pm to Rebel89
Very informative.
I found this about the magazine:
I found this about the magazine:
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. Before it became a rallying cry and part of a title for a best-selling book, Rammer Jammer was The University of Alabama's celebrated humor and literary magazine. Published between 1924 and 1956, the Rammer Jammer captured a spirit and pride in The University of Alabama through jokes, articles, cartoons and photographs.
Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:39 pm to Rebel89
This is wrong.
"Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer, Give em Hell Alabama"
Is a very old cheer. Older even than me. It used to be a chant done throughout the game. Then sometime after 1975 it was decided that you couldn't cuss in cheers. The current "Rammer Jammer" done at the end of games started maybe as this article discussed, but the Rammer Jammer part is old. We also used to chant Hey (inserts name of opposing school) and repeat then "we're GONNA beat the hell outa you.
"Rammer Jammer, Yellow Hammer, Give em Hell Alabama"
Is a very old cheer. Older even than me. It used to be a chant done throughout the game. Then sometime after 1975 it was decided that you couldn't cuss in cheers. The current "Rammer Jammer" done at the end of games started maybe as this article discussed, but the Rammer Jammer part is old. We also used to chant Hey (inserts name of opposing school) and repeat then "we're GONNA beat the hell outa you.
Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:42 pm to Rebel89
I can't stand it and I wish we'd stop doing it. It sounds ridiculous when we do it after a close win, and it doesn't represent the class we aspire towards at any point.
That said, I look forward to singing it 12 more times this year.
That said, I look forward to singing it 12 more times this year.
Posted on 9/17/13 at 5:44 pm to bamasgot13
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I can't stand it and I wish we'd stop doing it. It sounds ridiculous when we do it after a close win, and it doesn't represent the class we aspire towards at any point.
I don't always like doing it. For instance last week we didn't beat the hell out of anyone. However last two BCSCG we did and I enjoyed it very much.
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