Who started the "WE ARE...." chant???

[psufan]

Penn State
or
Marshall

[Brutus8907]

the first time i heard it was when the Marshall movie came out.

[seofan_via_dublin]

Penn St has been doing it for years.

So has Marshall.

Any info on the psu fan pages as to when they started it, psufan?

[dragonsfan24]

Penn State started doing it around the same time Marshall did which according to many Marshall alums was around the late 1970s-early 1980s. There are several other schools that do a "WE ARE..." chant, like Virginia Tech ("WE ARE...VT!") but PSU and Marshall are recognized for it so much that they have become synonymous with both universities.

[boogerred]

My dad (who played football at Marshall) said they were doing the chant in the fall of 1971.

[Tigercannon71]

Actually it started out as WE ARE SPARTANS! This chant was first heard in 480BC when King Leonidas stood at the front of his 300 Spartans on Thermopylea field to intimidate the visiting Persians. Needless to say it didnt work. The Spartans would go down to defeat in this legendary game.

[madpolecat]

And what would be the Greek translation of, "We are Spartans?"

[Peake]

If you ask someone inside the Marshall Athletic Department they will say PSU. They said it wasn't popularized untill the late 80's at Marshall.

[psufan]

Got this from hutnington new said that marshall started in 1988.
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/070 ... r-wam.html

Video on gopsf tells in 1948 Penn State was invited to the cotton bowl and there was controversy over playing an African American, Wally Triplett, for the first time, the vote for penn state to play in the cotton bowl was challenged and when the captain, Steve Suhey, was asked if they would hold a meeting to discuss the decision to play Triplett he said, "We're Penn State....there will be no meetings" this evolved into the stadium cheer, "We Are....Penn State"

http://www.gopsf.com/video/watch/118

[marshallman]

Funny? I went to Marshall and we did it in early 80's not 88

[tomcat fan]

i heard it at ou when marshall played them a few yrs ago. maybe just a couple thousand marshall fans but when they did the chant it was very loud

[psufan]

Funny? I went to Marshall and we did it in early 80's not 88

im not say that it is factual, i thought it would be reliable cuz its a huntington media site and that was the only thing i could find on the subject from marshall, do u know how long before you attended marshall that they were doing the chant?

[Just_A_Fan]

good viedo fine psufan, by going on that viedo i would say penn started the chant, around 1950's. Again great viedo fine pretty cool sutff.