Iowa Band Member accuses Huskers of not participating in "The Wave"

23 minutes ago, knapplc said:





OK, a little off-topic here, but do you know why the KU band still sings this song before games?  Any knowledge of the history behind it, or why they still sing it when we aren't in the same conference anymore?

Click to expand...


https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Board/103723/Contents/KU-Traditions-Hog-Calling-Time-In-the-North-End-Zone-you-tube-71446885/

"As the person responsible for bringing this song to Jayhawk Nation, let me clear up a couple of things. First, I graduated from high school in Nebraska (Kearney), I learned this campfire song in Boy Scouts there, and so Husker fans (and Razorbacks), chill - it's all in fun. It was started my freshman year (Aug 1977) when myself and three other guys weretrying to kill time before run-in by singing classic barbershop quartet songs. Fellow tubas John Clayton & Gordon Lankenau, with drum major Steve Gordon, and I ran thru a few songs to scattered applause and had time to do one more. I pulled Hog Calling out and said to just follow my lead with the chorus and call/response & "preaching". The people listening laughed and next week we were asked to do it again. And so it started. By the time I marched my last game as a student (1981), it had elevatedto most of the band gathering around to join in. I continue to be amazed that the tradition continues, and continues to evolve. It's for the band members; it's not a diss of other states or mascots. It works for us or it would have stopped long ago. Enjoy it if you "get" it, don't watch if you don't. I guarantee the past, present and future band members won't care. 2007-2008 KU ISU game where we were undefeated and 11-0. There was truly no better day to be a KU JAYHAWK!"

FWIW

 
Fru said:
https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Board/103723/Contents/KU-Traditions-Hog-Calling-Time-In-the-North-End-Zone-you-tube-71446885/

"As the person responsible for bringing this song to Jayhawk Nation, let me clear up a couple of things. First, I graduated from high school in Nebraska (Kearney), I learned this campfire song in Boy Scouts there, and so Husker fans (and Razorbacks), chill - it's all in fun. It was started my freshman year (Aug 1977) when myself and three other guys weretrying to kill time before run-in by singing classic barbershop quartet songs. Fellow tubas John Clayton & Gordon Lankenau, with drum major Steve Gordon, and I ran thru a few songs to scattered applause and had time to do one more. I pulled Hog Calling out and said to just follow my lead with the chorus and call/response & "preaching". The people listening laughed and next week we were asked to do it again. And so it started. By the time I marched my last game as a student (1981), it had elevatedto most of the band gathering around to join in. I continue to be amazed that the tradition continues, and continues to evolve. It's for the band members; it's not a diss of other states or mascots. It works for us or it would have stopped long ago. Enjoy it if you "get" it, don't watch if you don't. I guarantee the past, present and future band members won't care. 2007-2008 KU ISU game where we were undefeated and 11-0. There was truly no better day to be a KU JAYHAWK!"

FWIW
Click to expand...


This absolutely cannot be a real tradition

1) Traditions only exist for 1 1/2 years.

2) It is NOT internationally known.

3) Nobody waved

 
Moiraine said:
Ds4j3rpXcAAiosC


Iowa players hate sick kids too. 
Click to expand...




Great find.  Someone please tweet this @ her -- unless someone already has.

 
To be fair this was something that I noticed as well.  Almost all of the Husker team was waving as well as all of the Husker coaches.  In all of the other games this year, the active players on the field take about 30 seconds to wave from wherever they were on the field and then huddle up and get their heads back in the game.  That is what didn't happen this time.  All of the coaches and players on the sideline were waving, but the defense didn't.  To be fair they were backed up against their own goal line at the time and were trying to keep it a one score game so they definitely had other things on their mind.  It didn't make me mad or think that they don't like the kids - they just were focused on the game.  By the time they got back to their sideline the coaches were probably turning to start coaching them up.  This is probably also why the band member noticed as the players were right in front of the band when the waving started.  (And yes it was a dumb thing for her to take to twitter about).

The Wave started last year as that was the first year that the hospital existed.  You can see the top floors - including the observation floor where all of the kids that are able to leave their rooms go for the game - from everywhere in the stadium.  Those too sick to leave their room they try to get on the upper floors facing the stadium so they can see as well.  For the first few games last year it was just the fans as Ferentz didn't want the story to be about the team in any way and he thought that the team waving would shift focus, but then one of the visiting teams asked our athletic department if they could wave as well and so the teams and officials started to join in.

 
Caven said:
To be fair this was something that I noticed as well.  Almost all of the Husker team was waving as well as all of the Husker coaches.  In all of the other games this year, the active players on the field take about 30 seconds to wave from wherever they were on the field and then huddle up and get their heads back in the game.  That is what didn't happen this time.  All of the coaches and players on the sideline were waving, but the defense didn't.  To be fair they were backed up against their own goal line at the time and were trying to keep it a one score game so they definitely had other things on their mind.  It didn't make me mad or think that they don't like the kids - they just were focused on the game.  By the time they got back to their sideline the coaches were probably turning to start coaching them up.  This is probably also why the band member noticed as the players were right in front of the band when the waving started.  (And yes it was a dumb thing for her to take to twitter about).

The Wave started last year as that was the first year that the hospital existed.  You can see the top floors - including the observation floor where all of the kids that are able to leave their rooms go for the game - from everywhere in the stadium.  Those too sick to leave their room they try to get on the upper floors facing the stadium so they can see as well.  For the first few games last year it was just the fans as Ferentz didn't want the story to be about the team in any way and he thought that the team waving would shift focus, but then one of the visiting teams asked our athletic department if they could wave as well and so the teams and officials started to join in.
Click to expand...
So basically shes doing exactly what Ferentz was trying to avoid by shifting the focus on the team and her

 
Back
Top