Bear Territory
andrew pak
just curious...when did the "Bear Territory" cheer start? I don't
remember it during the 70's...
My two daughters love to yell it when we're watching the Bears...they
even got a small round of applause from Navy fans at the Aloha Bowl last
year (we sat in the 10th row, right behind the Navy bench)...of course,
they sing the "sanitized" version...seeing a 6 year old and a ten year
old say "damn" just isn't all that cute...
Andy Pak
Cal '79
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Lawrence Ross
I'm glad you asked! According to my fraternity's story, one of my
fraternity brothers, Ahmad Anderson, started the cheer in the early 80's
(maybe '82) at a bonfire rally at the Greek. Ahmad was also counselor in
L&S for over a decade. I maybe wrong, but the cheer actually is a
derivative of one of our fraternity cheers, so I tend to believe it. But if
people have a better story, let me know, I didn't get to Cal until '84.
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Chris Ferejohn
alp...@pacbell.net,Internet writes:
> I'm glad you asked! According to my fraternity's story, one of my
>fraternity brothers, Ahmad Anderson, started the cheer in the early 80's
>(maybe '82) at a bonfire rally at the Greek. Ahmad was also counselor
>in
>L&S for over a decade. I maybe wrong, but the cheer actually is a
>derivative of one of our fraternity cheers, so I tend to believe it.
>But if
>people have a better story, let me know, I didn't get to Cal until '84.
I'm pretty sure this cheer is not Cal-specific. I've heard a lot of
different schools use it (obviously with the appropriate mascot in
place of "bear"). I think it's just one of those generic cheers that
we happen to have appropriated. Not that there's anything wrong with
that.
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In a message dated 97-09-24 18:24:20 EDT, you write:
<< I'm glad you asked! According to my fraternity's story, one of my
fraternity brothers, Ahmad Anderson, started the cheer in the early 80's
(maybe '82) at a bonfire rally at the Greek. >>
Oops, I said Snyder's first year, but this sounds exactly right.
=Doug=
Matthew Del Bonta
I have to agre with Chris on the wide variety of "(Mascot) Territory"
Cheers. I went to Elk Grove High School (in Elk Grove, CA) and our mascot
was the Thundering Herd. Yeah, I know that sounds pretty funny... but
anyway... I remember from high school we did a cheer, only at the end of
the game when we had won... "You know it, you tell the story, you tell the
whole wide world this is HERD territory." I had never heard the
unsanitized version until I came to Cal. But the beat of the cheer was a
little different. Might it be that some high school cheerleading coach
invented the cheer back in the 70's (or something like that) and it just
migrated to Cal? Has anyone heard any other college do the cheer?
BTW... thanks to everyone who has responded to my earlier post... I read
all of your responses intently.
Go Bears!!! Beat U$C!!!
Matt
andrew pak
On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Matthew Del Bonta wrote:
> I have to agre with Chris on the wide variety of "(Mascot) Territory"
> Cheers. I went to Elk Grove High School (in Elk Grove, CA) and our mascot
> was the Thundering Herd. Yeah, I know that sounds pretty funny... but
> anyway... I remember from high school we did a cheer, only at the end of
> the game when we had won... "You know it, you tell the story, you tell the
> whole wide world this is HERD territory." I had never heard the
> unsanitized version until I came to Cal. But the beat of the cheer was a
> little different. Might it be that some high school cheerleading coach
> invented the cheer back in the 70's (or something like that) and it just
> migrated to Cal? Has anyone heard any other college do the cheer?
On the other hand, it could have started at Cal and been copied by an
unimaginative high school cheerleading coach. As I mentioned in a
previous post, my high school alma mater (and that of at least five
other high schools I know of), is a blatant rip off of "Hail to
California".
Hector A. Ruiz
> From: andrew pak <ap...@aloha.com>
> Date: Thursday, September 25, 1997 1:24 PM
[snip Matthew's original comments]
> On the other hand, it could have started at Cal and been copied by an
> unimaginative high school cheerleading coach. As I mentioned in a
> previous post, my high school alma mater (and that of at least five
> other high schools I know of), is a blatant rip off of "Hail to
> California".
...and believe it or not, Kiwanis International's organization hym, "Hail
Kiwanis", is also sung to the tune of "Hail to California" & has been for
decades.
Hector A. Ruiz '83
Luther Burbank Elementary School - Artesia, CA
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I entered UCB in 1978 this cheered did not exist until i shared it with the the UCB student body at the 1982 bonfire rally. i also grew up in the bay area and attended many UCB games as child the cheer did not exist. my fraternity brother lawrence ross is absolutely correct. I was a member of the team from 1978 -1982
ahmad anderson
ay, September 24, 1997 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, andrew pak wrote:
> just curious...when did the "Bear Territory" cheer start? I don't
> remember it during the 70's...
>
> My two daughters love to yell it when we're watching the Bears...they
> even got a small round of applause from Navy fans at the Aloha Bowl last
> year (we sat in the 10th row, right behind the Navy bench)...of course,
> they sing the "sanitized" version...seeing a 6 year old and a ten year
> old say "damn" just isn't all that cute...
>
> Andy Pak
> Cal '79
>