I am a Utah man (fan), sir, and I live across the green, Rutgers has eight total clichés, not seven, and 29 schools spell something out, not 28. 30, 2019, 5:40 p.m.): This page has been updated to reflect that Rutgers's fight song also includes spelling something out - the acronym RU - which was missed in the initial count. Sources: Spotify, school websites, news accountsĬORRECTION (Aug. Songs were counted as mentioning “men,” “sons” or “boys” even if those words were part of a compound word like “cowboys.” All cliché counts are based on the version of the lyrics available on that school's website.
Each song’s cliché count excludes the words of the song’s title.
We also limited our analysis to the lyrics sung most regularly and published by the school, so some verses won’t appear. We chose the songs that seemed best-known and best-loved. Notes: Some schools have more than one fight song, and some of the songs sanctioned as “official” by their schools aren’t the ones that fans most commonly sing out. Project by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine and Sara Ziegler.
