Origin of the “We Are...” chant?

[HouWarrior]

From 69 on I have heard the MU "We Are" cheer.

I distinctly remember being bothered when we heard some DePaulers in the late 70s doing the "we are" thing...and back then I believed MU invented it...dont  know that now, but I would strongly agree Depaul were simply later knock offers of us. Depaul back then (Ray Myers, Corzine, et al)was always quite amusing as they thought we were their archrivals and .....MUers did not reciprocate.

Personally, I considered ND the archrival (no UW wasnt no 1 archrival to MU in the 70s...at least in my view) but...I think ND looked at UCLA in BB and USC in FB as bigger games, along with the Mich game. Domers here would know better what ND thought

Any how .....nowadays whenever I am watching MU BB on TV and start clapping the We Are cheer ...My Wife quickly blurts out ...We Are Marshall...that darn movie makes it look like their cheer

[oldwarrior81]

I always thought "numen flumenque" translated to "white man stand in boat".

[MUEng92]

I just assumed UW invented it years ago, MU copied them and then they moved on to inventing Jump Around.

[4everwarriors]

Any y'all able ta translate inta jive, hey?

[Dr. Blackheart]

MU invented Jump Around at sporting events too

[alexius23]

I recall chanting it in the original Latin.

Nunc est bibendum

[Warriors4ever]

I looked at the Wikipedia link, and I do not see the line about Je suis Marquette.  Did somebody edit it out that is against our claim?

[Benny B]

I looked at the Wikipedia link, and I do not see the line about Je suis Marquette.  Did somebody edit it out that is against our claim?

Damn... those vandalism filters are getting pretty sophisticated.

[mu03eng]

Damn... those vandalism filters are getting pretty sophisticated.

So Benny is gonna Benny?

[cheebs09]

Damn... those vandalism filters are getting pretty sophisticated.

I actually saw it in there and figured it might have been true. I'm still trying to find gullible on the ceiling, but it's taking awhile.

[MU 1971]

i Was a Freshman in 1967 and heard the cheer at our 1st game, which, I recall was against St. Thomas of MN. I initially thought it an odd cheer (that's why I recall it vividly), but quickly became a big 'fan' of the "We Are Marquette" cheer.

BTW, my wife and I attended a MU at Penn State game in 1978 (defending National Champions is how we were introduced!) and never heard the PS faithful utter a single "We are Penn State" cheer.  Perhaps they did have it, but I didn't hear it that day.

Finally, I have always thought that this was an original MU cheer, but had no proof.  So, as it happens, in conversation with a co-ed grad who was a cheerleader in the mid-1950's (this conversation occurred around 2009), she confirmed that she led the "We are.. cheer back then.

Still, no definitive proof, but we can go back as far as the mid 1950's based on this person's memory, which I believe to be accurate.

MU - 1971 - Only undefeated regular season 26 - 0

[warriorchick]

BTW, my wife and I attended a MU at Penn State game in 1978 (defending National Champions is how we were introduced!) and never heard the PS faithful utter a single "We are Penn State" cheer.

Because they are ashamed.

[Windyplayer]

Because they are ashamed.

"WE ARE deliberating on whether we are PENN STATE."

[mu03eng]

BTW, my wife and I attended a MU at Penn State game in 1978 (defending National Champions is how we were introduced!) and never heard the PS faithful utter a single "We are Penn State" cheer.  Perhaps they did have it, but I didn't hear it that day.

Interesting, I've been a Penn State since I was old enough to remember and I've always heard/known the We are Penn State thing.....in fact when I first got to MU I thought we stole it from them. My dad graduated in 73 from PSU and doesn't have any recollection of it being done then so I'm assuming PSU stole it from MU.