Can you PLEASE come up with some other cheers besides TWO you use over and over and over again.
I'm talking about Go ..... Bears and Give Me a C.......
There are plenty to draw from.... Who You Rooting For, First and ten let's do it again, it's in the roof ( granted you need to alter the "we're gonna win the PAC Ten" line, You guys are just plain boring. There's no reason the "Clap your hands" cheer can't be initiated by y'all.
And......... above all.... pay ****ing attention and interject the Take Off Thst Red Shirt cheer. Red shirt should NEVER be in your rooting section... that should be YellLeader 101.
Just sayin'
Go Bears!!

You're too old to comment.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Boring really doesn't describe the lack of creativity. I agree 100% and have felt the same way for years. As another yell option how about actually spelling out the word CALIFORNIA which is really not that difficult. BEAR TERRITORY is one of the best college yells around and it should be yelled at the beginning of every game (as a threat) and if the Bears win, again at the end (in celebration).

The yells may be disappointing, but the filled rooting section at the Big Game certainly was not. The students showed up, filled the section and supported the team. It was hearwtarming to see. Thank you students!

Bobodeluxe said:

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You're too old to comment.

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When did people actually refer to the student section as the rooting section? 60's? LOL.

Or the mic men as yell leaders? And when was said mic invented?

Mic people need to focus and update. Even if it's with the old "aluminum" cheer.
Mic'ing isn't suppose to be an easy task where you wear kakis and get chicks/dudes.

Even uU is trying to update their "Utah Man" fight song:

"My name is Solomon Levi,
And my store's on Salem street;
That's where to buy your coats and vests
And ev'rything else that's neat;
Second-handed ulsterettes
And overcoats so fine,
For all the boys that trade with me
At Hundred and Forty-nine.
O Solomon Levi, Tra la la la la.
Poor Sollie Levi, Tra la la la la la la la la,"

That's sick, but they still got 17 players on the All-PAC-12 team this year.

Now boo-yah!

I wonder if there are tapes of the old cheers so the current Mic Men and Women can see how great those cheers were - "its on the roof" was my all time favorite. "Tell the whole damn world this is bear territory" and "roll on your bears" are also good. A problem with the "Go..... Bears" cheer with students and alumni each taking a part is that there is no ending - they just say something like "one more time" and then it ends. I know I'm an old timer, but in the old days they used to end with one big Goooooooooo Bears! and would roll their arms while doing the Goooooo part and pump a fist in the air while shouting Bears!! - the cheer had an ending, and everyone applauded at the end.

Emblematic of the Cheer Problem is our new way of doing "Hey Alumni....Go".

The old way: student section (initiated by mic men, off mic) initiates it. From the alumni side it's a spontaneous call, resulting in the alumni response. Simple and clear.

But apparently this was too taxing for the current crew. So now we have

The new way: the on-field Master of Ceremonies dude gets on the mic and says "On 3 let's do a "Hey Cal Fans...Go".

Does that mean we all start by saying "Hey Cal Fans..."? That's kind of stupid. And do we divide the Gos and the Bears east-west as always? We're all Cal fans, which side do we take?

The solution is simple:

Have Fiat Lux and Kate Scott hold a clinic. Easiest answer in the world.

In defense of the Mic-Men/Yell Leaders, the piped in music absolutely drowns out any activity the student/rooting section tries to do much of the time, particularly on 3rd down, when marketing pipes in their crap while the students are putting their hands over their heads and trying to create a crescendo. Absolutely inexcusable crap by the marketing people, but then they've taken the game away from the students and fans anyway.

And as for the age of anyone chiming in here...... who cares? Old(er) Blues have plenty to contribute based on traditions and experience. Their opinions have plenty of merit, and should be appreciated for the experiences and knowledge that are behind what they contribute.

So, if someone wants to call it the rooting section instead of the student section, or use the term "yell leaders" instead of Mic-Men, good! Bring it........more and more. There's something to be learned there.

Now.......Fiat.......can you and Kate work something out to help the..........."yell leaders"?

ColoradoBear said:

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Bobodeluxe said:

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You're too old to comment.

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When did people actually refer to the student section as the rooting section? 60's? LOL.

Or the mic men as yell leaders? And when was said mic invented?

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Well.....
For a great while, with few exceptions....
that's exactly what they have been.....
men, notice I don't include Kate as she was great....
holding a mic.
There has been little to no originality in decades.
I'm pretty sure the duty of a "micperson" is to get a very large group of people to "yell" not "mic".
But of course, that isn't really explained to "micpeople"
Most think the mic is for them to just banter in with hopes that some people are listening.
"OK Guys, we need to keep up the energy" (the score is 7-3 )
Give me a C
Give me an A
Give me a L
What's that spell?
Who are we?
Who's gonna win?
Gooooo
Beeeears!!

REPEAT 5 TIMES PER HALF

TomBear said:

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In defense of the Mic-Men/Yell Leaders, the piped in music absolutely drowns out any activity the student/rooting section tries to do much of the time, particularly on 3rd down, when marketing pipes in their crap while the students are putting their hands over their heads and trying to create a crescendo. Absolutely inexcusable crap by the marketing people, but then they've taken the game away from the students and fans anyway.

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This is weird and inexplicable. Piping in music on 3rd down doesn't generate any money, so there's nothing gained or lost. It's just being rammed down our throats by people who don't understand football or cheering.

"Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
C-A-L !"
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"Berkeleum, Berkeleum
Berkeleum, poo-bah!
Cal!
Rah, rah, rah . . boo-yah !"
__

"California !
Cal ! Cal ! Cal !
C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N- I-A !"
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"Cal !
Yo, yo, yo !
Bears ! Sis, boom, boo-yah!
C-A-L !"
__

There's the great nerd chant:

"Pericles, Sophocles, Peloponnesian War !
X-Squared, Y-Squared, H2SO4 !
Cosine, tangent, secant, sine !
Three point one four one five nine !
Go BEARS !"
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Maybe you wanna' philosophical cheer?

"Two, Four, Six, Eight;
God is dead and Nietzsche's great !
Kant, Hegel, Marx, Spinoza;
Come on Bears, hit 'em in the nosa !"
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"Fight, fight, inner light !
Kill 'em, Bears, kill !
Knock 'em down;
Hammer 'em senseless!
Do it 'til we reach consensus !
Go Bears !"
__

Or just play sportingly?

"Fight exuberantly!
Fight exuberantly!
Compel them to relinquish the ball !"
Go Bears!
__

Or not. . .

"They drink blood, smoke crack, and worship Satan;
Beat $uSC !
Go Bears!"

JSC 76 said:

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TomBear said:

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In defense of the Mic-Men/Yell Leaders, the piped in music absolutely drowns out any activity the student/rooting section tries to do much of the time, particularly on 3rd down, when marketing pipes in their crap while the students are putting their hands over their heads and trying to create a crescendo. Absolutely inexcusable crap by the marketing people, but then they've taken the game away from the students and fans anyway.

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This is weird and inexplicable. Piping in music on 3rd down doesn't generate any money, so there's nothing gained or lost. It's just being rammed down our throats by people who don't understand football or cheering.

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JSC,

You should send this to our athletic director who seems to be in love with piped in music. He doesn't understand what the college football game is; it's not a watered down version of the professional game.

After writing to him about my dislike of piped in music, I have determined he doesn't have an objective thought in his mind about this issue.

I think the stadium wide thing needs to be fixed in two ways;

A "C C A L" cheer sounds idiotic and is embarrassing. I don't know when "Give me a 'C'!" With an occasional call for a restart became an every-time "C C A L" but when you are asking a stadium size group on a PA system, it just sounds stupid. I would rather have a "c A L" for a stadium wide PA led cheer. That "No no no, for real..." Shtick works with small groups who are unsure of how loud they are socially permitted to be, not a PA cheer.

The Stadium announcer needs to stop messing up the 4th quarter drum lead spellout. A few games ago he gave really confusing instructions and ruined it. Starting next season, now that it's tradition, just pipe the drum in on the PA (mic the live drum), and rely on the students to drive the cheer. Boom Boom "C!" Is a simple, GREAT thing and I think it's taken hold enough that the students can carry it, as long as the drum is amplified to the whole stadium.

Roll on you Bears and Bear Territory and underused. Roll every 1st down across the 50, and Bear Territory needs to be brought back for pregame. That was a great idea that was implemented during a horrible time for Cal football. Reintroduce it, but make room for it in the pregame: ie sizzle video, then a stadium call for Bear Territory, that repeats until the team runs on the field. Basically use the chant to call the team to the field, rather than a sizzle video calling them to the field.

I don't have a huge issue with the micmen now. It's easier when people are hyped up. It's really hard to lead traditional chants when the team loses to any mediocre or above team, like the last decade. Next year they will be able to get any ol cheer going so more traditional stuff will naturally come back.

Bears2thDoc said:

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Can you PLEASE come up with some other cheers besides TWO you use over and over and over again.
I'm talking about Go ..... Bears and Give Me a C.......
There are plenty to draw from.... Who You Rooting For, First and ten let's do it again, it's in the roof ( granted you need to alter the "we're gonna win the PAC Ten" line, You guys are just plain boring. There's no reason the "Clap your hands" cheer can't be initiated by y'all.
And......... above all.... pay ****ing attention and interject the Take Off Thst Red Shirt cheer. Red shirt should NEVER be in your rooting section... that should be YellLeader 101.
Just sayin'
Go Bears!!

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You should get involved! Talk to the mic men and AD.
It would be great to bring back Ed Kleinhans and Kate Scott to help them. Complaining won't get it done, but massive action will.

YES - the piped in music kills the contributions of the mic-men, rooting section, and the Cal Band. Big game, when we were on defense, 3rd downs, staff DJ would flash "Make Some Noise" on the screens and simultaneously play loud music that drowned out the crowd noise. Totally counterproductive. I hate the piped in music. I want to hear the rooting section and the Cal Band leading all Cal fans in cheers and noise to support the team. The piped in music kills the crowd participation.

joe amos yaks said:

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"Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
C-A-L !"
__

"Berkeleum, Berkeleum
Berkeleum, poo-bah!
Cal!
Rah, rah, rah . . boo-yah !"
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"California !
Cal ! Cal ! Cal !
C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N- I-A !"
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"Cal !
Yo, yo, yo !
Bears ! Sis, boom, boo-yah!
C-A-L !"
__

There's the great nerd chant:

"Pericles, Sophocles, Peloponnesian War !
X-Squared, Y-Squared, H2SO4 !
Cosine, tangent, secant, sine !
Three point one four one five nine !
Go BEARS !"
__

Maybe you wanna' philosophical cheer?

"Two, Four, Six, Eight;
God is dead and Nietzsche's great !
Kant, Hegel, Marx, Spinoza;
Come on Bears, hit 'em in the nosa !"
__

"Fight, fight, inner light !
Kill 'em, Bears, kill !
Knock 'em down;
Garrote 'em senseless!
Do it 'til we reach consensus !
Go Bears !"
__

Or just play sportingly?

"Fight exuberantly!
Fight exuberantly!
Compel them to relinquish the ball !"
Go Bears!
__

Or not. . .

"They drink blood, smoke crack, and worship Satan;
Beat $uSC !
Go Bears!"

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and of course "That's all right. That's okay. You're going to work for us someday"

Jackieridgle said:

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Bears2thDoc said:

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Can you PLEASE come up with some other cheers besides TWO you use over and over and over again.
I'm talking about Go ..... Bears and Give Me a C.......
There are plenty to draw from.... Who You Rooting For, First and ten let's do it again, it's in the roof ( granted you need to alter the "we're gonna win the PAC Ten" line, You guys are just plain boring. There's no reason the "Clap your hands" cheer can't be initiated by y'all.
And......... above all.... pay ****ing attention and interject the Take Off Thst Red Shirt cheer. Red shirt should NEVER be in your rooting section... that should be YellLeader 101.
Just sayin'
Go Bears!!

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You should get involved! Talk to the mic men and AD.
It would be great to bring back Ed Kleinhans and Kate Scott to help them. Complaining won't get it done, but massive action will.

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Add Bob Tuck to this mix ...... I think he's still around

LunchTime said:

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I think the stadium wide thing needs to be fixed in two ways;

Roll on you Bears and Bear Territory and underused. Roll every 1st down across the 50,

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I think we can blame Baldwin/ the offense for the lack of opportunities to use the Roll on you Bears chant

To me, this has a lot to do with the overall "corporatization" of the game. In days of yore, the cheers came organically from the student section/mic men, and the band played when it got a chance. Now, everything is scripted down the second to accommodate all of the announcements, cute kid growls, pet contests, piped in music, karaoke, etc. The cheers and band music are simply part of a long, detailed agenda for the game. The cheers appear to be scripted as well, not just as to when they will be made, but what the cheer is.

MSaviolives said:

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To me, this has a lot to do with the overall "corporatization" of the game. In days of yore, the cheers came organically from the student section/mic men, and the band played when it got a chance. Now, everything is scripted down the second to accommodate all of the announcements, cute kid growls, pet contests, piped in music, karaoke, etc. The cheers and band music are simply part of a long, detailed agenda for the game. The cheers appear to be scripted as well, not just as to when they will be made, but what the cheer is.

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This actually explains a lot -- like, how much of the organized cheering (pre-game C-A-L, mid-game GO/BEARS) has been taken from the mic men and given to the on-field DJ guy -- the same guy who MC's the cute kid growls. I always assumed it was because the mic men were clueless and MC guy stepped into the void; but the explanation may be more sinister.

joe amos yaks said:

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"Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah!
C-A-L !"
__

"Berkeleum, Berkeleum
Berkeleum, poo-bah!
Cal!
Rah, rah, rah . . boo-yah !"
__

"California !
Cal ! Cal ! Cal !
C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N- I-A !"
__

"Cal !
Yo, yo, yo !
Bears ! Sis, boom, boo-yah!
C-A-L !"
__

There's the great nerd chant:

"Pericles, Sophocles, Peloponnesian War !
X-Squared, Y-Squared, H2SO4 !
Cosine, tangent, secant, sine !
Three point one four one five nine !
Go BEARS !"
__

Maybe you wanna' philosophical cheer?

"Two, Four, Six, Eight;
God is dead and Nietzsche's great !
Kant, Hegel, Marx, Spinoza;
Come on Bears, hit 'em in the nosa !"
__

"Fight, fight, inner light !
Kill 'em, Bears, kill !
Knock 'em down;
Garrote 'em senseless!
Do it 'til we reach consensus !
Go Bears !"
__

Or just play sportingly?

"Fight exuberantly!
Fight exuberantly!
Compel them to relinquish the ball !"
Go Bears!
__

Or not. . .

"They drink blood, smoke crack, and worship Satan;
Beat $uSC !
Go Bears!"

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I miss "Tie a rope to a tree/Let's go hang a referee!" for whenever the offcials blew a call or made a bad call against Cal (which was pretty often when I was a student and still pretty often now).

Anyone remember the mic guy who invented the chant that included "we have the class, to kick their ass".

It would have been in late 70s.

Couldn't use it now - not PC.

CalLax said:

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Anyone remember the mic guy who invented the chant that included "we have the class, to kick their ass".

It would have been in late 70s.

Couldn't use it now - not PC.

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I'm not sure you understand what "PC" means.* If anything, the proper objection would probably be one on the use of impolite words in mixed company, which tends to be more if a concern for older generations than younger ones. As such, it would be more likely to cause problems 30, 50, or 100 years ago than now.

*Then again, the term "PC" is used by those who wish to dismiss criticisms of their refusal to treat certain classes of people with basic dignity and respect.

CalLax said:

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Anyone remember the mic guy who invented the chant that included "we have the class, to kick their ass".

It would have been in late 70s.

Couldn't use it now - not PC.

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That was Ben Dixon.
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout......

THE OH YEAH CHEER

It's on the Roof
Oh Yeah
100 proof
Oh yeah
It's in the Locka
Oh Yeah
A 5th of Vodka
Oh Yeah
It's on the table
Oh Yeah
A Black Label
Oh Yeah
We start to smokin'
Oh Yeah
But there's no tokin'
Oh Yeah
Check out the score
Oh yeah
We want some more
Oh Yeah
We Know Our Goal
Oh Yeah
THE ROSE BOWL
Oh Yeah
(1977)
We dominate
Oh Yeah
The PAC Eight
(replaced in 1978 with)
We're gonna win
Oh yeah
The PAC Ten
Oh Yeah
We got the class
Oh Yeah
TO KICK YOUR ASS
OH YEAH
OH YEAH
OH YEAH


Unfortunately, Cal hasn't been able to back up that cheer much since..




GO BEARS!!!

That's the one! Loved Ben. Thanks.

joe amos yaks said:

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"Pericles, Sophocles, Peloponnesian War !
X-Squared, Y-Squared, H2SO4 !
Cosine, tangent, secant, sine !
Three point one four one five nine !
Go BEARS !"

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Hard truth: the 70s aren't coming back, and a new (more apathetic) generation is in charge.

Rah rah rah, sish boom bah, Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny, rah rah rah!

Bears2thDoc said:

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CalLax said:

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Anyone remember the mic guy who invented the chant that included "we have the class, to kick their ass".

It would have been in late 70s.

Couldn't use it now - not PC.

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That was Ben Dixon.
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout......

THE OH YEAH CHEER

It's on the Roof
Oh Yeah
100 proof
Oh yeah
It's in the Locka
Oh Yeah
A 5th of Vodka
Oh Yeah
It's on the table
Oh Yeah
A Black Label
Oh Yeah
We start to smokin'
Oh Yeah
But there's no tokin'
Oh Yeah
Check out the score
Oh yeah
We want some more
Oh Yeah
We Know Our Goal
Oh Yeah
THE ROSE BOWL
Oh Yeah
(1977)
We dominate
Oh Yeah
The PAC Eight
(replaced in 1978 with)
We're gonna win
Oh yeah
The PAC Ten
Oh Yeah
We got the class
Oh Yeah
TO KICK YOUR ASS
OH YEAH
OH YEAH
OH YEAH


Unfortunately, Cal hasn't been able to back up that cheer much since..




GO BEARS!!!

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Thanks for posting! One my favorites but sadly forgotten, the Lascaux cave art of Cal cheers

"The Brass Knockers " substituted for
"The Fifth of Vodka" as well as my wife and I recall.