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Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years, fans attending a University of Maryland football game rubbed the bronze statue of their terrapin mascot, Testudo. Traditions like these are visible statements of school loyalty, and they are part of why college sports are unforgettable. College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others details not only the well-known traditions of major universities, but also the obscure customs of smaller schools. Approximately 1,200 traditions are captured, covering almost every college sport.
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Traditions Personally Witnessed by the Authors* $2.00 Bills (Football), Clemson University* The 12th Man (Football), Texas A&M* A capella national anthem (Basketball), Harding University* Aggie War Hymn (Football), Texas A&M* "Air ball" (Basketball), Duke University* Alma Mater (Various Sports), University of Notre Dame* Baptist (Southern), Tunes (Various Sports), Wake Forest University* Battle for the Leather Helmet (Football), Clemson University andBoston College* Battle of the Blues (Basketball), Duke University and the Universityof North Carolina* Between the Hedges (Football), University of Georgia* Bevo (Football), University of Texas* Big Red's Birthday Party (Mascots), Western Kentucky University* Blowing a Conch Shell (Swimming), Rollins College* Boomer Sooner and Oklahoma! (Football), University of Oklahoma* Bowden Bowl (Football), Clemson University and Florida StateUniversity* Budweiser Jingle (Football & Basketball), Georgia Tech* Calling of the Hogs (Football), University of Arkansas* Cameron Crazies (Basketball), Duke University* Candy-Striped Warm-Up Pants (Basketball), Indiana University* Clapping Until Team Scores (Basketball), University of Tennessee* College Game Day Flag (Football), Washington State University* Colored-Lights on the UT Tower (Various Sports), University of Texas* Cowbells (Football), Mississippi State University* Cutting Down Basketball Nets (Basketball), North Carolina StateUniversity* Drake Relays (Track and Field), Drake University* Duel in the Desert (Basketball), University of Arizona and ArizonaState University* First-Friday Parade (Football), Clemson University* Fish Toss (Ice Hockey), University of New Hampshire* Flyover during National Anthem (Football), Army-Navy* Frog Horn (Football), TCU* Gator Chomp (Football), University of Florida* Governor's Cup (Football), University of Georgia and Georgia Tech* "Hail to the Victors" (Various Sports), University of Michigan* "Hang on Sloopy" (Football), The Ohio State University* Head of the Charles (Crew), Many Schools* Helmet Stickers (Football), Florida State University* "Hey, John" (Ice Hockey), University of New Hampshire* Hook 'em Horns hand sign (Football), University of Texas* How 'Bout Them Dawgs? (Football), University of Georgia* Howard's Rock (Football), Clemson University* Ice-skating Cheerleaders (Ice Hockey), University of Minnesota* Iconic Venues (over 50 of the most historic)* Keeper of the Frog Horn (Football), TCU* "Kernkraft 400" (Basketball), Wake Forest University* Kiss-Your-Date (Football), Texas A&M* Krzyzewskiville (Basketball), Duke University* March On (Football), Army and Naval Academy* Martha, the Mop Lady (Basketball), Indiana University* Midnight Yell Practice (Football), Texas A&M* Most played Southern rivalry (Football), Auburn University-Universityof Georgia* Most played rivalry (Football), Lehigh University-Lafayette College* Mutual res
