Show I fr I c cb b I I Rounding the Bases fight song ban is ridiculous Jeren W. W Canning Managing Editor Once again another university's administration is cracking down on inappropriate behavior at school football games The Colorado State University Athletic Department decided to cancel the playing of a avideo avideo avideo video and song that they felt wasn't family friendly The video played between the third and fourth quarter of every home football game shows former fonner Athletic Director Fum McGraw singing a song to the football team that basically pokes fun at every one of rivals The lyrics diss teams from Colorado Utah and Wyoming but none of the wordings are anything too serious According to the video Colorado College is for sissy boys Denver University is for ministers true drinkers go to Colorado School of Mines and mothers would rather see their sons dead than see sec them attend B BYU YU or Wyoming The University of Utah gets it too with Utah is for your times which doesn't make much sense to me Rightfully the University of Colorado at Boulder chief rival gets the worst treatment Before Id I'd see him in Boulder Id I'd see sec my son in Hell There is nothing wrong with a school dissing their rivals The same thing happens here in Utah Utah pokes fun at BYU On Utah's Alumni BYU is referred to as the Boys Down South Kittens The cancellation of the song went unannounced and unnoticed at until the football team got wind At that point star Running Back Kyle Bell took a stand by forming a group on Face ook the collegiate networking site Within a afew afew afew few hours of starting the group its membership grew to over Soon after the students of Colorado State jumped into action starting by the circulation of petitions to get the song and video reinstated As of Sunday the administration of stood firm finn by their decision Bell and his fellow teammates simply say it is isa isa isa a matter of school pride When the team hears the song between the quarters it gets them excited and pumped up Apart from a select few who felt the song was offensive a large majority loves the song Internet message boards have been buzzing over the issue of school pride Fum Song is no different than Utah Man ManAm ManAm ManAm Am I 1 or The Cougar Song For either school a game wouldn't be the same if you didn't hear the band playing it after each touchdown The Rams referred to in the song as their former name name were completely in the right to defend their schools school's song If Utah students hadn't defended the U on the mountain it would be gone bv by now Colorado State Fight Song 0 f i f 1 r 1 s J Ill I'll sing you a songs a N s ng of f. f cone college a day day- 4 Arid And tell you y e J f to go 00 goA coo A o wh where where t. e is- is r. f knowledge W 1 Boulder sp spends your yourl d dough 0 U g h N CC qC for your sissy sissy yf your y boys r Utah for your times DU PU for fot yo your your r. r ministers For drunkards drunkard School of Mines l s. s D Dont Don't nt send m my y bo boy boyto t to to Wyoming U. U U. U A dying lYIng mother said sald Dont Don't send my b boyto boys boy y to Brigham Young Young- Id I'd rather see J him lum rh dead f But send him to theole the ole better etter br th thC than than- j C Cornell orne 11 Before Id I'd see himin him in Boulder r Td Id d see my son in it Hell |