Another team copying the Harvard of the Midwest

[Eye]

Watching U of A and UCLA right now and Jump Around just came on after another Derrick Williams highlight reel dunk. More royalties for the Crimson of the Midwest.

[TedBaxter]

Well, Tom Oates informed me that Erik Schrody is a UW alum.

[79Warrior]

Watching U of A and UCLA right now and Jump Around just came on after another Derrick Williams highlight reel dunk. More royalties for the Crimson of the Midwest.

willliams is an absolute beast. They have a great atmosphere down there in Tucson.

[NavinRJohnson]

I have been listening to that song since when, about 1990? Heck, I went to every single UW-Madison football game the year they finally went to the Rose Bowl, I think in 1993, and have absolutely no recollection of their claim to some sort of ownership or originality related that that song until the last 6-12 months that they have been bitching about it. I can't say I even knew that it was played at all until the last year or so, so I don't quite get it.

If someone can document for me that they somehow  did something original, or something that should be recognized or protected, I'm all ears(79 I know that's not your point. Quite the opposite I'm sure). Otherwise, it seems to me that the loudest cries of others copying them are coming from a bunch of douche bag college kids who weren't even born when that song was first released.

[GGGG]

Badger football fan here...the first time I distinctly remember it being a big deal is during the Dayne Heisman year.  It may have been around before that, but I don't have much recollection of it being played.

[dsfire]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Randall_Stadium#Off-the-field_traditions claims UW started using it in 1998, though the cited source doesn't actually say it started then, just that it was played (and the source appears to be a Badger fan site).

[GGGG]

OK, that makes sense.  The Dayne Heisman year was 1999.  The reason I remember that game is they clinched the Rose Bowl, and Dayne clinched the rushing record the last game of the year against Iowa on national television.  They showed the crowd "jumping around" and waving towels of some sort after the 3rd quarter.

[NavinRJohnson]

Ok, so assuming that account is correct...what's with the claims of 'copying' that come out of those morons now and again? Are we to believe that October 10, 1998 was the first time that 8-10 year old song was played at a sporting event? It was in Mrs. Doubtfire for crying out loud.  Man, I hate them.