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By Stephen Guilfoyie ?J
When I was senior in high school, the band played
a cheer so good that it was ultimately banned because
sonic people had decided to be offended by the lyrics
"We're gonna beat the hell out of you."
It was my favorite cheer, but I didn't raise a fuss
because I was a senior on my way to college. Such a
song, 1 thought, could never be banned in a liberal
bastion of free thought.
But 1 guess history's urge to repeat itself does not
take into account how liberal a bastion of free
thought is. In my three years at USC, the Low Brass
Cheer has been banned ? twice. The only reason it
hasn't been banned this year is because the song
hasn't been played.
It's a catchy little tunc; it's a controversial little
tunc. Some people love and desire it. Some people
don't love it and are offended by it. The unofficial
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the offensive lyrics, I discovered.
Some Carolina "fans," whose IQ is no doubt
equal to the number of thumbs on their right hand,
substituted for the word hell in the unofficial lyrics, a
word which is not firctruck but starts with the same
letter and ends with the Inst thrpe
I talked to James Copenhavcr, director of the USC
Marching Band, and he seemed, frankly, tired of the
whole issue. Not with those who pervert the true
lyrics or with those offended by the perverted lyrics.
Not with those who say the word.
"I think it's a wonderful cheer myself, but you
can't educate people not to use the cheer's official
lyrics," he said.
The cheer creates controversy, he said, and it
wasn't in the best interests of the audience or the
band to continue playing the cheer.
"It wasn't worth the criticism. We alienated a
large portion of our audience," he said.
The Low Brass Cheer is (he Carolina Band's
catch-22. When they play it, sonic fans arc offended
by the use of the word that isn't firctruck. When thc>
stop using the cheer, some fans are upset.
They can't win playing the song. So Copenhaver
did what he thought was best, and didn't issue the
cheer to the band. It won't be played because the
band doesn't have it.
The funny thing, which surprises even myself, is: I
agree.
One hundred percent.
The band has many new songs that are more fun to
listen to than the Low Brass Cheer. The band plays
the most famous drinking song of all time. All wc
need is for some bright lad or lass to think up the
lyrics for a Carolina version.
I m talking about the band's "Louie, Louie,"
which has the same number of syllables as, for examples,
''Cocky, Cocky,'' ''Gamecock,
Gamecock," or even "Carolina, oh no, I say wc
wanna win. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Repeat." Or even
"Cocky's 2001." Make some lyrics for your group of
friends. Forget the Low Brass Cheer.
But before I go, a word to Nebraska coach Tom
()snornc and his L ornhuskers.
We're gonna beat the hell out of you.
But not the firetruck.
Stephen Guilfoyle is copy desk chief of The
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After USC's heartbreaking 31-26
loss to the Georgia Bulldogs last
Saturday night at Williams-Brice
Stadium, there was no grumbling or
eomplaining in the Gamecock locker
room. All that could be seen were
somber faces and urim expressions
of disappointment. ,
Certainly none of those faces were
as grim as that of USC's junior
wingback, Sterling Sharpe. Sharpe ,
had the opportunity to put the ^
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rcccption late in the fourth quarter,
but quarterback Todd Ellis' pass was
tipped and intercepted by Georgia's
Andrew Dotson at the five-yard line.
Sharpc and the Gamecocks had
suffered another close loss in
another game of what "could have
been."
Despite the interception that turned
out to be the decisive moment in
the game, Sharpe's statistics were
impressive, catching six passes for I
119 yards and one touchdown.
Sharpe, however, was not pleased
with his efforts.
"1 didn't come up with the ,
catch," he said. "It went right I
through my hands. 1 let a lot of people
down, including myself."
Sharpe, who has emerged as a
team leader this season, spoke for
me enure team in saying tne
Gamecocks failed to execute in the
second half when the game was still
on the line.
"We should have went on and put
them away like Coach (Joe) Morrison
told us to. I know I for one
didn't play up to my potential," he
j said.
If Sharpe did not play up to his
potential against the Bulldogs, college
football foes may have to triple
team the Glenville, Ga., speedster,
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season.
sistency for the Gamccocks this
season. He has scored a touchdown
in each of USC's games so far and
has even been accountable for more
points this season than placekicker Jttv
Scott Hagler, the most consistent
kicker in Carolina football history.
Nebraska
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ihoma's All-America defensive lineman
season.
Iiile Osborne may be crying wolf, USC
1 coach Joe Morrison isn't trying to hide
espect tor the Cornhuskers.
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orrison doesn't think the Gamecocks,
iy quarterback Todd Ellis, will suffer an
tional letdown following the narrow loss
icorgia last weekend.
1 think we'll be emotional come Satur"
he said. "I think our players certainly
crstand they're going up against one of
loo programs in the country. Thev a
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lie game kicks off Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
/illiams-Brice Stadium.
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