benny_t
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-09-2015 09:35 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote: How about one side yells "MONARCHS", the other yells "REIGN"?
Or to tie into lions one side yells "Monarch" and the other yells "Pride". Either one would be better than ripping off Marshall. I still think at kickoff after the ooooooos we should do "O" "D" "U" as he kicks.
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Oduniceguy
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RE: Game Atmosphere
What about getting one side to chant "Hail" and the other side "Monarchs"? Or maybe trying to get the three sides to chant "Old"-"Dominion"-"Hail"?
It has ties with the alma mater and I seriously think we as a fan base should be getting more use out of "Old Dominion Hail". It sounds powerful, royal, and prestigious.
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09-09-2015 10:27 PM |
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Razor Ramon Monarch
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RE: Game Atmosphere
We are monarchs is original to odu because no one else is chanting MONRCHS.
Jesus and I thought I liked to complain.
Va tech does lets go Hokies. Marsha does we are Marshall. Georgetown does Hoya saxa.
Countless other schools do similar chants to these. The only truly original chant in all of college football is whoever did it first.
Ours will be original because we will be the only ones chanting we are monarchs.
Please do this before the game and disregard the naysayers. The vast majority of fans support this just like they supported the cannon.
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09-09-2015 11:04 PM |
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MonGNARch
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-09-2015 11:04 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote: We are monarchs is original to odu because no one else is chanting MONRCHS.
Jesus and I thought I liked to complain.
Va tech does lets go Hokies. Marsha does we are Marshall. Georgetown does Hoya saxa.
Countless other schools do similar chants to these. The only truly original chant in all of college football is whoever did it first.
Ours will be original because we will be the only ones chanting we are monarchs.
Please do this before the game and disregard the naysayers. The vast majority of fans support this just like they supported the cannon.
I didn't think about Marshall when i typed my post, but i don't think they do that BEFORE games, as in during the introduction (someone check that). Penn State uses it, plenty of others do too as a school chant. But when I first came to ODU and attended basketball games the Ted Heads would always yell "WE ARE!" to the student section, and we would yell "MONARCHS!" back. That was our thing, at least to me it was. When I was a cheerleader we used signs to break up the crowd to do that same chant along with our Blue/White chant. It sounds great and is a great rally call for the students/fans.
I am opposed to "Let's Go... Monarchs" up until Crazy Train plays simply because it is a complete copy of VT. I know they say Hokies and we would say Monarchs and we use two different songs, but its not about the words, it about what we do. I'm not opposed to splitting the crowd up for an chant, when its done well it sounds beautiful. I just don't want to literally copy the words and actions of another school across the state
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Mr.BigBlue
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RE: Game Atmosphere
Yes most schools use some form of chant with crowd involvement to do one thing......get the people in the stands INVOLVED !!!
I like ...let's go ...Monarchs...but will participate with anything that is started. The cheerleaders need to start this when they are lined up with the band down the field.
Really need a tradition for the start of the 4th quarter.....maybe raising the 12th Monarch Flag with a Howitzer ka boom when it reaches the top !!!
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09-10-2015 07:12 AM |
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monarx
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RE: Game Atmosphere
I agree with the above suggestion, for years we did "BLUE" "WHITE". The cheerleaders even had signs. We could certainly bring that back. It was pretty good when people participated.
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-09-2015 11:04 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote: We are monarchs is original to odu because no one else is chanting MONRCHS.
Jesus and I thought I liked to complain.
Va tech does lets go Hokies. Marsha does we are Marshall. Georgetown does Hoya saxa.
Countless other schools do similar chants to these. The only truly original chant in all of college football is whoever did it first.
Ours will be original because we will be the only ones chanting we are monarchs.
Please do this before the game and disregard the naysayers. The vast majority of fans support this just like they supported the cannon.
I agree with you RR! Thank you Dr. Chandler for your efforts to accomodate our fan requests as expressed here. I know we don't all agree with the form it should take, but I'm sure the majority of posters here join me in appreciating your openness and attention. I look forward to making the "We Are" ---- "Monarchs" crowd roar come to life. I'm sure that if we can get the crowd behind it we will experience a greatly enhanced amount of ODU pride. Thanks again.
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09-10-2015 08:28 AM |
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RE: Game Atmosphere
One other thing. If and when the wave gets started, it should never be while we are on offense. It should primarily be when the other team is on O. It's very distracting and that is half the point of it. Distract them, not us.
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paintedblue2
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-10-2015 09:22 AM)Old Dominion Wrote: One other thing. If and when the wave gets started, it should never be while we are on offense. It should primarily be when the other team is on O. It's very distracting and that is half the point of it. Distract them, not us.
+1000
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The Flagship
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-09-2015 07:46 PM)xxxoduxxx Wrote: Doesn't anyone see any resemblance between the proclaimers and wood selig?
Has Wood ever "havered"?
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The Flagship
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-10-2015 08:28 AM)paintedblue2 Wrote: (09-09-2015 11:04 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote: We are monarchs is original to odu because no one else is chanting MONRCHS.
Jesus and I thought I liked to complain.
Va tech does lets go Hokies. Marsha does we are Marshall. Georgetown does Hoya saxa.
Countless other schools do similar chants to these. The only truly original chant in all of college football is whoever did it first.
Ours will be original because we will be the only ones chanting we are monarchs.
Please do this before the game and disregard the naysayers. The vast majority of fans support this just like they supported the cannon.
I agree with you RR! Thank you Dr. Chandler for your efforts to accomodate our fan requests as expressed here. I know we don't all agree with the form it should take, but I'm sure the majority of posters here join me in appreciating your openness and attention. I look forward to making the "We Are" ---- "Monarchs" crowd roar come to life. I'm sure that if we can get the crowd behind it we will experience a greatly enhanced amount of ODU pride. Thanks again.
I still think Marshall "owns" the WE ARE part.
We should just do MONARCHS RULE.
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09-10-2015 09:53 AM |
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-10-2015 09:22 AM)Old Dominion Wrote: One other thing. If and when the wave gets started, it should never be while we are on offense. It should primarily be when the other team is on O. It's very distracting and that is half the point of it. Distract them, not us.
As soon as we get the ball something like this needs to be on the main videoboard:
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09-10-2015 09:58 AM |
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Razor Ramon Monarch
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RE: Game Atmosphere
If only "welcome to...........the jungle"
Matched up phonetically. It would be a fantastic chant if it didn't sound so awkward in scheme.
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09-10-2015 09:59 AM |
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RE: Game Atmosphere
"You're in!"
"The Jungle!"
meh
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09-10-2015 10:08 AM |
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bigblueodu
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RE: Game Atmosphere
How about just Jungle! If you could get 20K chanting JUNGLE, JUNGLE, JUNGLE..... that would be kinda freaky
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09-10-2015 10:52 AM |
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ETSUDB8-79
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RE: Game Atmosphere
How about:
1/2 of the stadium = Monarch's
1/2 of the stadium = Jungle
Then repeat a few dozen times...
The key will be making sure we clearly cheer that possessive "S".
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09-10-2015 11:38 AM |
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The Flagship
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RE: Game Atmosphere
(09-10-2015 10:08 AM)Cr8n Wrote: "You're in!"
"The Jungle!"
meh
Urine.
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RE: Game Atmosphere
Maybe time to revisit the "general quarters" idea at the start of the 4th quarter.........
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