• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      American sports fans literally don’t know any other chants besides “Let’s go (Team Name)! clap clap clapclapclap” for domestic games, or “U-S-A! U-S-A!” for international ones.

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        5 months ago

        We save our creativity and passion for the inevitable knife fight that turns into a gun fight in the parking lot after the game

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          5 months ago

          That’s just what I was thinking. Two OU fans can meet each other anywhere in the world and one can say “Texas,” and the other will say “Sucks,” without missing a single beat. The whole thing is a call and response between each half of the stadium:

          A- “Boomer”

          B- “Sooner”

          A- “Texas”

          B- “Sucks”

          Pretty coordinated for a bunch of blind-drunk undergrads. That’s just the first thing that came to mind, I’m sure many other teams have more elaborate chants

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            “Boomer” “Sooner” is an acceptable form of greeting in many parts of the state.

            Now, the best tradition is the flag run. I got to be on the side that ran at OU Texas one year. Imagine - 80 thousand people watching while you have a big blue Oklahoma flag draped around you like a cape - knowing that in just a second you are going to haul ass like a madman, have to quickly turn around, pivot and then make her wave.

            I hate both Oklahoma and football, but that was fun.

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        5 months ago

        Gotta give credit to the Nashville Predators fans, they have some decent chants, at least by north american standards. If a goalie let’s in a weak goal, they’ll chant

        "MURRAY, MURRAY, MURRAY

        YOU SUCK

        ITS ALL YOUR FAULT, ITS ALL YOUR FAULT"

        They chanted that at the (then) Penguins goalie Matt Murray in a Stanley cup finals game.

        Edit: https://youtu.be/z-GvGVOz6O4

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              Fair enough. I do love me a hockey crowd. I just wanted you to know you guys stole those jeers from the Fort Wayne Komets, whose fans most definitely certainly came up with them all on our own.

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                Sorry, my original reply came across a bit rude IMO.

                That’s awesome though, I wish more crowds would have better chants than “lets go team” etc haha. I see they’re the Oilers ECHL affiliate, that’s pretty cool, the Oilers are my 2nd team after the Habs. Living in northern Canada, I can’t see even minor league hockey so I’m jealous!