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re: Humble Petition: Play Hey Fightin’ Tigers

Posted on 9/7/26 at 7:45 pm to
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
50379 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 7:45 pm to
Did they play neck?
Posted by 62zip
One Particular Harbor
Member since Aug 2005
7008 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 8:52 pm to
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It got banned but way more recently than the 80s. They also played it Saturday night in the second half



It was 1987.

It's been back for at least 20 years.
Posted by 62zip
One Particular Harbor
Member since Aug 2005
7008 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 8:53 pm to
quote:

I am confident that they did not play it Saturday against Clemson. And I also did not hear it last year for the 2 home games I attended.



It was absolutely played and it's played every game.
Posted by 62zip
One Particular Harbor
Member since Aug 2005
7008 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

TIGER RAG was played under saban from 2000 to 2004. i was there in the stadium. was played many times before re banning. now when is the last time we played it? idk.



Saturday night.
Posted by Recoveringcajun
Banjo country
Member since Aug 2022
3054 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 5:46 am to
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My fellow students started the tomfoolery…


Bully on them! Bully on them and their tomfoolery! What other tomfoolery were your fellow students up to back in the day gramps?
Posted by Good Times
Hill top in Tn
Member since Nov 2007
25231 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 6:25 am to
quote:

What other tomfoolery were your fellow students up to back in the day gramps?


Wearing a coat and tie to the game.
Posted by Swamp Angel
West Georgia Chicken Farm Territory
Member since Jul 2004
10761 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 7:09 am to
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That’s Frank W.


Frank Wickes was GREAT! He had TGBFTL running like a well-oiled machine for many, many years. He's been a tough act to follow for other directors.
Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
7565 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 8:00 am to
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Wasn’t Tiger Rag banned after TDs in the 80’s during games because of calling opposing fans “a-hole” “a-hole” or am I thinking of another song?


They took it out of pregame sometime in the mid-late 2000s (maybe it was after 2010, but I don't think so) to create time to play both verses of the alma mater. Allegedly it had nothing to do with the "assholes" chant.
This post was edited on 9/8/26 at 8:02 am
Posted by misey94
Member since Jan 2007
37017 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 8:11 am to
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It was 1987. It's been back for at least 20 years.


We definitely played the entire Tiger Rag once per game from 93-97.

For anyone who hasn’t put 2 and 2 together, the chorus of Tiger Rag is played quite a bit every Gameday. It’s the stadium salute in Pregame and is played after every TD.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
179213 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 8:16 am to
It’s usually one of the first things the band plays when they get to the stadium. Unless you missed it then maybe the delay and condensed time before the game meant they didn’t have time for it.
Posted by 818 Tiger
Member since May 2026
192 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 8:47 am to
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You’ve clearly never had to play Hey Fightin Tigers 20 times in a football game or get booed by the crowd that rushed the field bc you played that instead of playing Neck


Are you implying that Hey Fightin Tigers is difficult technically?

Never once in 35 years of attending have I heard them play Hey Fightin Tigers even close to 20 times in a game.
Posted by 75EE
Houston
Member since Sep 2024
57 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 8:57 am to
Did they play “Hey Baby”
Posted by QB
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2013
9137 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 9:03 am to
His favorites song of all time has to be Neck.....
Posted by TexasTiger33
United States of America
Member since Feb 2022
16381 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 9:51 am to
I like that song
Posted by lsursb
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
12411 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:35 am to
quote:

I am confident that they did not play it Saturday against Clemson. And I also did not hear it last year for the 2 home games I attended.


They did. It was in the 4th quater, but they definitely played it.
Posted by LigerDropping
Laffy Taffy
Member since Oct 2021
322 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 7:34 pm to
quote:

You’ve clearly never had to play Hey Fightin Tigers 20 times in a football game or get booed by the crowd that rushed the field bc you played that instead of playing Neck
this is a true story , I have not
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