![]() ![]() Unborn sailors will someday hear that echo, and it will likely become known as a haunted ship.Īll of this will come to pass because some folks from Arkansas wanted pork instead of roast beef. This sound will be echoing in the depths of the USS Ranger for years to come. Hopefully, these folks will have a nice generic cheer, something old-fashioned like: “Rah rah, sis boom bah, go Sun Devils.”īut from that one section of the stadium will come this forlorn oooooooohing like the sound emerging from the mist in a Stephen King movie. Consequently, this won’t be one big hog bog hoedown. Indeed, ASU’s teams are known as the Sun Devils. This animal is a member of the family tayassuidae, which I presume is pronounced something like: “Tay-yah-soooooey-day.”Īlas, Arizona State’s fans do not seem inclined to call the hogs indigenous to their neighborhoods. This beast, which resembles the razorback on the Arkansas helmet, is described as the New World counterpart of the swine. Now the school is making its claim to the cheer legally binding by obtaining a sound trademark for the Hog Call. hear victorious Razorback teams execute after contests - requires two more Hog Calls. ![]() However, it will interest the gentleman from Arizona that the javelina is listed, though not in any detail. University of Arkansas fans have been calling the hogs nearly as long as their Razorbacks have been playing football, making Wooo Pig Sooie one of the most recognizable cheers in collegiate athletics. A chant of Woo Pig Sooie is known worldwide as a Hog Call. You know how nicknames are the rage these days. This would not seem to be a pig, and I forgot to check and see if it was the nickname of an Arkansas lineman. After ‘Calling The Hogs’ with the entire arena, the British icon was visibly entertained. ![]() Arkansas fans absolutely delighted Harry Styles at his concert earlier this week. In fact, the only razorback I found in the encyclopedia was the razorback whale. Harry Styles ‘Called The Hogs’ With Arkansas Fans And Was Incredibly Entertained By ‘Woo Pig Sooie’. I guess the Arkansas Razorback has more to do with pigskins than pigs. Remarkably, there was nothing about either an Arkansas pig or an Arkansas razorback. Under pig, I found Beltville, Palouse, Yorkshire Large White, Berkshire, Spotted Poland China, Chester White, Hampshire, Duroc, Maryland, Minnesota and Montana, among others. Flip to another volume and I would understand about these razorbacks-and maybe javelinas. However, under hog with one G and a lower case h, it said: “See pig.” I found James Hogg, Quintin Hogg and Thomas Jefferson Hogg. I hastened to the office and looked up hog. I thought the encyclopedia might be helpful. It is even fashionable to debate which university has the best football team, though that question will be resolved Sunday evening. These pre-game affairs usually develop into no-win debates over which state is the best or the most beautiful. I don’t think anyone from Arkansas can even spell that name, let alone say it. This fellow Brent Brown, the executive vice president of Arizona State University, was standing at the microphone. This was not to end when the Arkansas folks settled back in their seats, because Arizona State was not about to let the Razorbacks hog the spotlight. ![]()
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