I've thought this was awesome ever since I first heard the history it about a year ago. I am all for bringing this back. You have to realize though, it will take a few games of real effort to get people to do it and for it to catch on. You need the Yell boys, you need Facebook, and I think a write-up in the Batt is essential. It was the article in the Battalion that put the watermelon rind yell over the top.

Yeah I realize that it is going to take awhile to catch on, Bobinator and I have already been talking to several guys, I've talked to Lans (head yell leader) and he doesn't quite understand all of it but thats what the Facebook group is for, and he said that he has to talk to the Ben and Fletcher about it. They're pretty busy b/c of Corps block right now, so its all completely understandable if it doesn't happen right away.

Using the resources we have on TexAgs, it should be no problem to get it going. I think once the yell boys get back to me on it, we can move forward and get notices put in the Batt, and get videos made demonstrating it and etc.

So for the most part, we've set the processes in motion to get it going, the only thing against us now is the time it'll take to get it going, and if everyone understands what its all about.

So what I ask is everyone who supports this idea, tell anyone you know that's a fan of Aggie Basketball/sports about it. The position I'm always trying to hammer home is how it resembles that of Rock Chalk Jayhawk, and how it was basically ripped off by Texas for their fight song.

Again, Thanks for the support guys. I really can't wait to see this in action.

Gig 'Em Ya'll!!

forgot to include my sig in the last one.

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Good work, R****!

Lousy filter!

Is someone going to write a letter or a guest column in the Batt explaining it all?

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Not just yet, although it would be cool to do so, IMO it'd be way more organized if we could do it as an official chant. I really want to try and get the school/athletic dept. to sponsor it, instead of it just being a chant that a bunch of students decided to do. That way it'll be here for a long time.

If we have the support, we could try it out at the next game, but b/c it's not a yell, it may be harder to get students to do something they don't completely understand. Also, it'd be hard w/out some demonstration to see, and I'd really prefer that a demo of it be done by the 12th Productions team, rather than amateur video.

Really, I want to make sure that everyone understands the history of it before it's actually done.

I would be willing to wait a few weeks to get it completely organized before we try it out, so it doesn't end up sounding like crap. This may be a little longer than some people would like, but I think if we just wait a little while, it'll become a great and revered tradition that happens only at Reed.

I do agree that it needs to be well organized before trying it out for real, but time is kinda running out with only 4 more home games plus any NIT games that we hopefully won't have to worry about. If we don't get it done this season I'm worried that the buzz about it could be gone by next year. I could be wrong though.

Yeah, I'm kind of worried about that too. My realistic goal is to get it implemented by the Texas game on the 16th. That gives us another week to get everything prepared and sorted out. But if not, I'll still be here next year, as the 5 year plan dictates. And I'll be pushing for this from here on out.

ttt

It's like sunshine on a cloudy day.

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I know right?

On a high note, the facebook group has almost 300 members in less than two days.

It sounds like a good idea, except for the echo part. I think that'll mess up more than anything, you'll get overlap between the two sides, and you won't be able to tell what is being said. I'd stick with just a unison chorus for now until everyone knows what we're doing, and then implement the echo.

Yeah I'm leaning more and more to doing it that way. I think the echo would be cool, but it might be too complicated to pull it off. Which sounds kinda silly, but its true with as many ppl as we have.

correction, 361 members in two days for the facebook group. amazing guys, keep it up!!
The yell boys should be done with their voting for corps block soon, so we should have their full attention in a little less than a week. Thanks again for all of your help and support!!

Gig 'Em!!

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update: 500 members as of 5:00 on Feb. 6. please join and invite ppl to join if you can.

Thanks and Gig 'Em guys!!

Oh, Nathan Walkup, Donald Sloan, BJ Holmes and BFD joined too.
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Instructions for explaining something so simple to a mass of people for immediate use:


Make some cardboard Signs (that simply read)::

Farmers Fight

Make a dot, and have someone with rythem bounce the ball along the words....

Like an old school sing along subtext!

well... i will be at the game tomorrow.

1) i am not quite sure singing "farmers fight" to the cadence of "taps" is as much bone chilling as it is silly. but if you can pull it of, then perhaps you can make a silly fool of me.

2) something just feels "unoriginal" about hummming the words to the taps cadence. seems silly, but thats just be me and my spoiled expectations. taps is taps... .it should be left alone, in my opinion.

3) now that i have thoroughly pissed you off... which was not my aim. i will be rocking the "rock chalk chant" once the aggies have secured the victory. kstate was a victim of this "rock chalk by proxy" last year, when the george washington band (i am almost certain it was them) struck up the tune ksu fans fear most. if i can get a little help (if and only if your farmers fight chance fails), i would be much obliged.

4) beat ksu. i hate them.

5) over and out.

treading lightly is not my way... and Turgeon looks like a Jayhawk too.

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Unfortunately it is too soon for us to try it next game, so sorry to disappoint.

The whole point is that it is something that we used to do a long time ago, something that used to mean a lot to us. Imagine if Rock Chalk died like people thought it would a long time ago, and ya'll tried to bring that back, obviously it's different, but the really simple cadence and words are what make it so haunting and awesome, yet can also seem silly.

Farmers Fight to us, is something that we can bring back as a Basketball tradition, something that we don't have much of other than traditions that we basically emulate from other schools b/c we like them.



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ya i think it will take awhile before people stop ragging us (sorry no pun intended) for this chant because it will seem kind of out of place, but that it still is worth it

I just invited all the rest of the bball team that wasn't already invited

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UPDATE!!!

I made a video showing how it is to be done. Don't worry, no singing involved just yet, it's just made to alleviate any and all questions regarding how the words fit with the song. This video assumes normal style of taps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq5d5bwcchA

That gave me chills.

Outstanding, R*ggy!

R****09

That was great. I suppose it would be out of the question to play that video on the overhead court screens so people get the idea quickly.

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you are going to hate my opinion. i demonstrated this "chant" out loud, this past weekend, trying to get a feel for how it sounds. and brothers please listen to me... im telling you, this is a HUGE fail. do not embarrass the taps. please. taps is for flag ceremonies, funerals and lights out. i have never ever seen it for any other occasion. having the "corp" at this school should imply that you understand this. this is not an original cadence/chant... i was under the impression that you were after something original. it nothing more than overlaying words to something that already has its own highly recognized significance. kind of like what sean "puffy p-diddy small eyes sissy" combs does to classics. fire away... im sure you will move forward WITHOUT me on this one. but this is not the bone chilling chant you are after. i promise you that.

edit: ok, maybe my history of taps is not 100% accurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps

but still... im not on board. i will be embarassed. thank god i have the rock chalk to call home on this one.

[This message has been edited by jayhawk_sandwich (edited 2/11/2009 3:19a).]

Look at this school, believe me, we know the significance of Taps. You do not have to try to educate us on that, we got it.

What you fail to understand is that we are not creating something new here. We are not simply putting words to an existing song, as it seems to you. This Farmers Fight to the tune of Taps is the original Song of Texas A&M before the War Hymn and the Spirit were written. This is nothing new, it is something we used to do a long time ago.

You may think it is a fail, but I can guarantee you that if you didn't have Rock Chalk, and tried to instill that in the present era, you would have an extremely hard time doing so because of it's simplicity and rhyming scheme.

You want the actual history of it? Read the OP, or check here: http://www.music.utexas.edu/LonghornBand/History/Songs.aspx

Demonstrating it to yourself out loud is redundant. A single person does not make a chant sound haunting, even Rock Chalk wouldn't with a single person, so don't try to use that logic there.

Look Jayhawk, over 800 people support this idea, many Athletes included. That alone warrants the notion of bringing this back.



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i have understood this was a resurrection from the very beginning... somethings are best left history's cellar.

final words for me: an idea accepted by 800+ people is not necessarily a good one. i know you want to go down in history as the one who resurrected this chant, but going down in flames is not the way you want to go down.

i guess im spoiled with the rock chalk chant. i hope this works for you. it does not take too much to imagine the farmers fight being recited by 800+ and sounding absolutely ridiculous. i am just pointing out that it will sound ridiculous and will not produce the desired affect (as an impartial observer). but then again, i find many of the traditions here redundant...

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This is a valid point *ahem*skyrocket*ahem*

I think it's worth trying.

It would be better right before team intros and then at the end of a game when a win is assured.

If it sucks then immediately abort.

I am all for it. Jayhawk Sandwich's opinion doesn't matter to me. I think it would be cool, respectful, and we might have an added bonus...The players would know that we brought this back as a support for them. We rag on them all the time (me included, mainly Turge) but just think what it would do for their spirit. My grandaddy used to say "Even a mangey dog likes to be scratched behind the ears every now and then."

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Actually, from the time I started this, I did not want it to be about me. This is about my school. I am not in this to have any glory attached to my name, I don't need it. I'd rather it be attached to the hundreds of people who care about it and support it enough to bring it back. People aren't supporting me, they are supporting the chant itself. I'm not trying to be a yell leader or some dumbass fish camp counselor trying to leave their legacy at A&M by creating some stupid new tradition (Stomp yell, rocket yell, A-G-G-I-E-SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS <- god I hate that one, uncover, singing hump it in the spirit, etc.)

In fact, there are several people working towards getting this chant installed, maybe it won't be bone chilling, but it used to be awe inspiring, and that is quoted from Col. Hunnicut. We're are moving forward as best we can with this. That is all.