Roll Tide!

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Today's football chants or slogans include some classics such as the following:

Auburn: War Eagle

Tennessee: Go Vols

Florida: Gator Bait or simply Go Gators

LSU: Geaux Tigers

Texas: Hook 'Em Horns

Florida State: Scalp 'Em! Go 'Noles!

Ole Miss: "Hotty Toddy" Chant

Purdue: Boiler Up! (they're Boilermakers...)

Arizona: Bear Down Arizona!

Arkansas: Wooo Pig Soiee! (ever so classy!)

Oklahoma: Boomer Sooner

Kansas: Rock Chalk, Jayhawk

South Carolina: Go 'Cocks (really ?)

Kentucky: Go Big Blue!

Georgia: Go Dawgs!



Some are bizarre and require explanation. Some are plain vanilla. Some are somewhat creative. But none, and I mean none, roll off the tongue like Roll Tide. It can be a greeting, a farewell, a cheer, a condolence, a simple comment, or just the way Alabama fans greet each other in passing.

It is ageless. It is timeless. It is meant for good times as well as bad.

ESPN recognizes it. Take a look for yourself: It's not crazy. It's sports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4VClE&feature=player_embedded

P.S. I believe the "diner" spot was filmed in Rama Jama, because I was there that morning. They were closing at noon to film an ESPN commercial.