T-Swift - UConn

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Foghat or bust is what I always say...

Avatar sez Peter Gabriel to me.

Appreciate the post. Serious question - what would we who have been paying attention for the last 5, 10, or 20 years expect of our athletic department other than to rip off a tired or lame tradition from some other school?

Please have this not be a serious question, any more than charging theft is a serious claim.

Here to knock Taylor Swift.

She can take it, even shake it off.

Providence banners be like

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I didn't realize they had such a good year in 2014.

I was only talking about your quit the BE thread which pissed me off.

I couldn't care less about Taylor Swift, You have to admit, using the EXACT same song is lame as f.

...and yet, a solid notch above your weighing in with how we should "admit" to your chosen take. If it rankled you or others, maybe it was better than merely seeing Clingan smiling & singing. I wouldn't choose the song, and it struck me as unoriginal the first time I heard it, but I'm three times as old as the kids singing. And ftr, while I'm not full-on Swiftie, I do like her quite a lot.

She actually wrote a nice note to the team and congratulated them on their year.

https://x.com/aldurham01/status/1534216546591068160?s=20

Providence Friars men's basketball team gets note of congratulations from Taylor Swift

The pop star sent the program a note after the fans adopted her song, 'You Belong With Me,' as a home anthem.

www.providencejournal.com

Nice note, nice t-shirts, terrific song.

Btw, why not post in Ucon thread that you spend time here, as a response to the guy who disliked the UConn fan's post in that PC board thread?

Much of the 'quit BE' thread was comments criticizing the idea. What about it pissed you off?

He's been quite ill.

True.

“You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?
Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7… Minute… Abs.
Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin’ there, there’s 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?”

This is the kind of thinking the athletic department marketing team needs.

BTW, I struggle how to perceive or understand Husky fans who also root for Kansas. We have one of those idiots too

Struggle no more: consider a UConn grad going to law school at Kansas.

That OP is a sad, strange little man; and he has my pity

Hey, that's the guy who taught me the word "loyalier" that you're talking about.

Its not that providence owns the rights to Taylor Swift...its more, I'd be pissed if Yankee Stadium tried passing off Sweet Caroline as their own thing.

It's bad enough that Brooklyn native Neil Diamond fills Fenway.

Fun thread on a slow news night, though #10 Memphis lost at home to unranked USF.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Because they were the best team in CBB and won the title? We played hard. I was happy with the effort.

BTW, I struggle how to perceive or understand Husky fans who also root for Kansas. We have one of those idiots too.

It’s not complicated when you graduated from both schools.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Wow, this is such a weird topic. Even weirder because of the fact that a Providence fan is here defending it.

Trust me, if any team wants to play Jock jams, we are not going to claim we had it first. Much like Providence should do for Taylor Swift.

 

[caw]

I guess for me it's all about how long the school has been doing it. I mean we aren't talking Sweet Caroline or New York New York here. PC keeps it going for 50 years and then they can lay claim to it being their theme song. If I were to guess it's a phase at UConn and PC.

 

[upstater]

Just curious, do people call her T-Swift or is that just teenage girls?

Teenage girls call her Tay-Tay. Get with it, man.

 

[upstater]

This is what the kids call CRINGE:

They return from a commercial break and what do I hear? “We belong together” by our girl. Not only that but they cut the music and the crowd continued to sing. Obviously not nearly as well as us.

The guy is enraged but he's confused Taylor Swift with Pat Benatar.

 

[uconnfan68]

Avatar sez Peter Gabriel to me.

Please have this not be a serious question, any more than charging theft is a serious claim.

She can take it, even shake it off.

I didn't realize they had such a good year in 2014.

...and yet, a solid notch above your weighing in with how we should "admit" to your chosen take. If it rankled you or others, maybe it was better than merely seeing Clingan smiling & singing. I wouldn't choose the song, and it struck me as unoriginal the first time I heard it, but I'm three times as old as the kids singing. And ftr, while I'm not full-on Swiftie, I do like her quite a lot.


Nice note, nice t-shirts, terrific song.

Btw, why not post in Ucon thread that you spend time here, as a response to the guy who disliked the UConn fan's post in that PC board thread?

Much of the 'quit BE' thread was comments criticizing the idea. What about it pissed you off?


True.




Struggle no more: consider a UConn grad going to law school at Kansas.


Hey, that's the guy who taught me the word "loyalier" that you're talking about.

It's bad enough that Brooklyn native Neil Diamond fills Fenway.

Fun thread on a slow news night, though #10 Memphis lost at home to unranked USF.

Brooklyn has a lot in common with Boston when it comes to Yankees.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

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2 for 2 on the photoshops tonight.

 

[FriarJ]

Avatar sez Peter Gabriel to me.

Please have this not be a serious question, any more than charging theft is a serious claim.

She can take it, even shake it off.

I didn't realize they had such a good year in 2014.

...and yet, a solid notch above your weighing in with how we should "admit" to your chosen take. If it rankled you or others, maybe it was better than merely seeing Clingan smiling & singing. I wouldn't choose the song, and it struck me as unoriginal the first time I heard it, but I'm three times as old as the kids singing. And ftr, while I'm not full-on Swiftie, I do like her quite a lot.


Nice note, nice t-shirts, terrific song.

Btw, why not post in Ucon thread that you spend time here, as a response to the guy who disliked the UConn fan's post in that PC board thread?

Much of the 'quit BE' thread was comments criticizing the idea. What about it pissed you off?


True.




Struggle no more: consider a UConn grad going to law school at Kansas.


Hey, that's the guy who taught me the word "loyalier" that you're talking about.

It's bad enough that Brooklyn native Neil Diamond fills Fenway.

Fun thread on a slow news night, though #10 Memphis lost at home to unranked USF.

Where to begin. I will begin and end with Everybody on that board knows I post here and I take a ton of crap for it. What rankles me is whatever trolls come from here and don’t own who they are. Adub, Deepster, Alex? They did it right. This massive mangina Phats3445? He’s just a troll and a coward. It’s surely one of you. What a little biotch

 

[FriarJ]

Wow, this is such a weird topic. Even weirder because of the fact that a Providence fan is here defending it.

Trust me, if any team wants to play Jock jams, we are not going to claim we had it first. Much like Providence should do for Taylor Swift.

Defending it? I was embarrassed for the huge players holding her note. (I know, she’s beyond famous) the song and the singing it? It’s cringe as hell and I wish it would go away. The only thing cringier? Copying it. Just own it.

 

[formerlurker]

q

2 for 2 on the photoshops tonight.

 

[WrenchFan69]

She actually wrote a nice note to the team and congratulated them on their year.

https://x.com/aldurham01/status/1534216546591068160?s=20

Providence Friars men's basketball team gets note of congratulations from Taylor Swift

The pop star sent the program a note after the fans adopted her song, 'You Belong With Me,' as a home anthem.

www.providencejournal.com

In 2016, Taylor Swift donated $1989 to UConn's HuskyTHON which was quite cool

Taylor Swift Donates $1,989 for UConn’s HuskyTHON Fundraiser

Taylor Swift made dreams come true for one UConn student and devoted Swiftie.

www.billboard.com

 

[Deepster]

Defending it? I was embarrassed for the huge players holding her note. (I know, she’s beyond famous) the song and the singing it? It’s cringe as hell and I wish it would go away. The only thing cringier? Copying it. Just own it.

Again. It was one of four songs they sang at an extended break. And the fact you’re here because of it is really sad. I’m sorry this is the high point of your season.

You’re officially pathetic.

 

[uconnyankee]

Just curious, do people call her T-Swift or is that just teenage girls?

She prefers I call her Tay Tay.
Just sayin.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Taking lesser program "traditions" and elevating them nationally is what arrogant and spoiled fan bases do.

 

[willie99]

I’m glad someone said it. This will never catch on. Especially not when they’re blasting the clip over the speakers.

Well, it was pretty amazing at the game that night, and the loud speakers had nothing to do with it

It was the crowd singing, after the clip ended. It was fun. There's simply no denying it

 

[John]

Providence banners be like

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Now i know what was going on in college basketball during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.

 

[AD DB Burner]

Well, it was pretty amazing at the game that night, and the loud speakers had nothing to do with it

It was the crowd singing, after the clip ended. It was fun. There's simply no denying it

My quote reply was in reference to the wolf of Wall Street scene that another poster brought up, not the Taylor swift song.

 

[cohenzone]

My son had it played at his wedding several years ago as he and his bride finished their vows. The Connecticut contingent wax laughing and his wife’s criwd from California had no clue.

I should not type with my glasses off

 

[87Xfer]

How's this a 5-page thread?

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Jumping back in with some ideas for the folks in the AD:

Don't we already have our own fight song that students and fans could be encouraged to sing?

Could we pick another song and start our own tradition? For those that think I'm knocking Taylor Swift, I understand she might have a whole catalog of songs that are fun to sing along to. Or, as me and 12 friends did in the Carrier Dome in 2012, the crowd could sing "We are the champions" by Queen.

Or, encourage reciting famous quotes from UConn history? Starting with "That's what happens when you ban us!"?

Could we do something that facilitates a little bit of pride in the State of Connecticut?

Why not do something to highlight all the banners hanging from the rafters?

What about handing out 3 dollar bills with Cam Spencer's face on them and encouraging students to make it rain when he hits a 3? I did this in Pittsburgh in 2009, with bills with AJ Price's face on them (although if I recall it was Craig Austrie that triggered the rain) and I can assure you the opponent's fans did not like this.

Etc, etc, etc.

I was going to beat on you a little for your first post with that negativity, but I appreciate that you came back with ideas. I particularly like the Queen "We are the Champions". I think that would be great at tipoff so the TV world and our opponent get to hear it.
To add on, why not have UConn put a couple grand into getting Cameo videos of folks saying stuff. Maybe there's nobody on Cameo worth paying, but just thinking outside the box. I'd love to have Nicholson saying "You can't handle the Huskies!".

 

[fatlucy]

Five pages of this bull spit?

 

[Scot-e]

I’m going to call her Tay tay after that lovely note.

 

[HuskyCLT]

A Taylor Swift song being the biggest drama coming after a game must mean we played well

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Michael Bolton is from Connecticut, it would be pretty cool if this became our theme song and if we could get him to show up at home games to sing along with the crowd.

THAT would be great. D’Amelio, get on it.

Serious question, did anyone who has not actually attended a game at the Dunk even know this is a thing they do at PC? It’s not exactly one of college basketball’s storied traditions. I was never aware of it until this thread. And I still can’t get myself to give a . As the parent of a diehard Swifty, this song is among the worst in her catalog. Do Blank Space or Cruel Summer and we’d be cooking with gas.

 

[Palatine]

There is a rumor that the Red Sox stole Sweet Caroline from from Pee See.

Pee See is also claiming to be "the walrus."

 

[Fairfield_1st]

THAT would be great. D’Amelio, get on it.

Serious question, did anyone who has not actually attended a game at the Dunk even know this is a thing they do at PC? It’s not exactly one of college basketball’s storied traditions. I was never aware of it until this thread. And I still can’t get myself to give a . As the parent of a diehard Swifty, this song is among the worst in her catalog. Do Blank Space or Cruel Summer and we’d be cooking with gas.

I had no clue it was a thing.

 

[BIIIG]

It was the crowd singing, after the clip ended. It was fun. There's simply no denying it

Which is exactly what Providence does....

I got no problem with the students singing it and having a good time with it. Hell...its a great time. Its more the nonstop telling Providence what a lame fan base they are and then directly playing the same song they play, at the same time in the game, and cutting it off at the same lyrics they do. I got no problem with anyone in attendance enjoying it...i'm more like cmon UConn gameday productions. You saw somethign worked for someone else and just copied it entirely.

For everyone always having such strong opinions of Providnece sucking in here, its funny that no one knew about this song even though it comes through on TV audio clearly each time they play it. Almost like no one actually watches them, just talks shit blindly. You'd think for not having beaten Providence AT Providence since 2013, there'd be a little more rationality here.

 

[Burger King]

Taylor Swift Reached Out To The Providence Team And Sent Them Gear 2 Years Ago Cause She Heard About It, But Yeahk Random Guy In Trumbull CT Didn't Hear About It So Must Not Actually Be A Thing

 

[FearThePups]

Defending it? I was embarrassed for the huge players holding her note. (I know, she’s beyond famous) the song and the singing it? It’s cringe as hell and I wish it would go away. The only thing cringier? Copying it. Just own it.

Just curious Friar J. Why are you on a UConn forum board? Asking for a friend.