Yeah, but good ol' NT is too cool for something like this...

[SilverEagle]

Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo: The story behind TCU's unusual chant

Story by Caroline Vandergriff • Yesterday 6:52 PM

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FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – When TCU takes on Georgia in the National Championship game, viewers across the country will be introduced to one of the most unique cheers in college football. 

'Riff Ram Bah Zoo' may sound more like a Dr. Seuss poem than a rallying cry, but it is a beloved tradition for the Frogs. 

Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo 

Lickety, Lickety, Zoo, Zoo 

Who, Wah, Wah, Who 

Give 'em Hell, TCU. 

Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo: The story behind TCU's unusual chant (msn.com)

 

BUT(way) down the corridor of years North also has a stupid yell. 

The young lady (dressed like my grandmother in her youth) is waving a pennant from the North Texas State Normal era. 1901-1923. Considering how she is dressed; she would be from the pre-1920's. That would then make our stupid yell/chant older than TCU's stupid yell/chant. 

[Green with Envy]

Why does she have a roll of toilet paper?

[untcampbell]

I'll stick with down the corridor of years, we'll drink lots and lots of beers. For North Texas....

 

GMG

[tmjerm]

We could get Pedigree to do the stadium rights if we picked that chant back up.  Bow wow chow chow. 

[MeanGreen22]

Is it about being “too cool” for it or is it we have no idea this even existed. Sorry I’m not well versed in the chants/sayings we used as a teacher college during the pre-Great Depression years.  

[drex]

Don't you wish you had brought a roll of toilet paper to some of our football games?

[Cr1028]

2 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

BUT(way) down the corridor of years North also has a stupid yell. 

The young lady (dressed like my grandmother in her youth) is waving a pennant from the North Texas State Normal era. 1901-1923. Considering how she is dressed; she would be from the pre-1920's. That would then make our stupid yell/chant older than TCU's stupid yell/chant. 

I figure as long as you change “we are the students of T.N.C.” to “we are the students of U.N.T.”, should be fine.

[rcade]

Our weird 110-year-old cheer sounds like a reference to music in porn movies ("bow-chicka-wow-wow").

Edited January 5, 2023 by rcade

[GrandGreen]

Tulane's fans in the Cotton Bowl used their hundred and something year old chant throughout the game.

 

[GMG_Dallas]

31 minutes ago, rcade said:

Our weird 110-year-old cheer sounds like a reference to music in porn movies ("bow-chicka-wow-wow").

And so it shall be OnlyFans Stadium.

[Zeleny' Orel]

3 hours ago, Green with Envy said:

Why does she have a roll of toilet paper?

I believe that is a hand muff to keep hands warm on those cold game days.

[TripleGrad]

 

[Daddy Dumpsalot]

But does TCU have tortillas?

[eppy4life]

if any continue this chant I bet it was talons.  they always did good spirit.  

[NorthTexasWeLove]

3 hours ago, drex said:

Don't you wish you had brought a roll of toilet paper to some of our football games?

This. This is actually an idea. After wins, the student section rolling itself would be pretty cool (after wins). 

[emmitt01]

1 hour ago, eppy4life said:

if any continue this chant I bet it was talons.  they always did good spirit.  

I learned this as a member of Talons in 1998

[Glory to the Green]

2 hours ago, eppy4life said:

if any continue this chant I bet it was talons.  they always did good spirit.  

This is my first time hearing of it.  I attended UNT from 2001-05. Was never a member of the Talons, though.  

[Rudy]

18 hours ago, eppy4life said:

if any continue this chant I bet it was talons.  they always did good spirit.  

Talons used to.  I doubt they still do. 

[CMJ]

The chant was found in an old Yucca, if I recall, by one of our members (Chris Latham) around 1997/1998.  We tended to use it as an intra-organization chant "We are the Talons of UNT."  I believe our hope at the time was it would eventually catch back on.

[UNTLifer]

I don't get the title of the topic.  Why does it state that NT is too cool to do this?

Edited January 6, 2023 by UNTLifer

[SilverEagle]

21 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

I don't get the title of the topic.  Why does it state that NT is too cool to do this?

It was my attempt at being sarcastic/cynical about my/our alma mater. "We're too cool for stuff like that" was always the attitude/vibe of the students at North Texas when I attended (early 70's). They'd roll their eyes and/or smirk at other schools and their corny traditions. Meanwhile the good ol' cool North Texas football-basketball teams were getting their collective asses kicked by those cornballs.

And just in case my point is not clear enough. The Texas school with one of the biggest cornball traditions is on the verge of being national champions. 

Edited January 7, 2023 by SilverEagle

[UNTLifer]

49 minutes ago, SilverEagle said:

It was my attempt at being sarcastic/cynical about my/our alma mater. "We're too cool for stuff like that" was always the attitude/vibe of the students at North Texas when I attended (early 70's). They'd roll their eyes and/or smirk at other schools and their corny traditions. Meanwhile the good ol' cool North Texas football-basketball teams were getting their collective asses kicked by those cornballs.

And just in case my point is not clear enough. The Texas school with one of the biggest cornball traditions is on the verge of being national champions. 

Probably right considering the attitude of a poster on here. Considering how old that cheer is now, they don’t have time nor care about that. 

[SilverEagle]

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Probably right considering the attitude of a poster on here. Considering how old that cheer is now, they don’t have time nor care about that. 

Two things.

1. "They don't have time or care" should be the sub-title of our university's official name..."University of North Texas" (we don't have time or care about traditions)

2. "Considering how old that cheer is"...maybe we could stir up some interest now that "The Gilded Age" series has become so popular. Maybe we could get them to have an episode where they attend a football game, and the crowd uses our chant/yell.

[SilverEagle]

On 1/5/2023 at 2:00 PM, drex said:

Don't you wish you had brought a roll of toilet paper to some of our football games?

I'd say too many to count.