Rock Chalk

I looked it up on a couple of websites... Then realized I have no idea what it means. If you figure it out I could use a tutorial.

nitromaxx98 wrote:

Anybody know what the points spread is?

Two very similar teams meet Monday night to conclude the college basketball season when co-No. 1 seeds Memphis (38-1) and Kansas (36-1) face off in San Antonio for the NCAA championship, with the Tigers 1.5-point favorites (over/under: 146.5) on WagerWeb.com.


link-a-dink-a-dunk

KU is 36-3. Hopefully after tonight it will be 37-3!!!

This games over kids, Memphis is gonna pull away right here.

i have an ulcer.

i have a headache

MY HEART HURTS lol

Im very stressed!!!! this is a GOOD game!!!

I have a neck ache from clinching muscles... crazy.

OVERTIME!!! WAHOOO!!! Come on Jayhawks!!

OMG. Overtime. I need a drink. I'm so not going to be able to sleep tonight.

kansas has it, JUST BREATH!!!!!!!!!!!

Great game KU, congratulations from a Wildcat fan....

what a game!!!!!

HELL YEAH!!! WOOOHOOO!

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!

BigCreek wrote:

Great game KU, congratulations from a Wildcat fan....

same here, way to go, KU!!!!!

nobodysbusiness wrote:

HELL YEAH!!!

My thoughts exactly!!!!!!

I love this game.

Way to go, KU!!!!!

What class, Self says thanks to "all the past players and all the past Coaches" knowing that Roy was sitting in the audience. (wearing a KU shirt lol)

And now Bill Selfish will take the 6 million signing bouns and head to Stillwater

slickjay12 wrote:

And now Bill Selfish will take the 6 million signing bouns and head to Stillwater

He'll get a big ole raise from KU... I think he'll stay.

dz724 wrote:

slickjay12 wrote:

And now Bill Selfish will take the 6 million signing bouns and head to Stillwater

He'll get a big ole raise from KU... I think he'll stay.

Maybe but KU can't afford to pay like the rich oil men of Oklahoma

BigCreek wrote:

Great game KU, congratulations from a Wildcat fan....

My sentiments exactly. Congrats!

My brackets turned out okay after all!!! I even beat my hubby in his own pool!

YES. JAYHAWKS

HI FIVES ALL THE WAY AROUND



*POURS BEER OVER EP AND OZ'S HEAD TO CELEBRATE*

slickjay12 wrote:

I HATE THE JAYCHICKENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY SLICK! I GOT YOU A NEW DECK OF CARDS FOR THOSE POKER GAMES.

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK BABY!!!!!!!

Ummmmm.... I fell asleep in the first half.

Could somebody give me a recap?

I wish I could go to Lawrence today instead of work. I did hear that Goodwin's would have championship t-shirts by 10 am. (Mom heard it on the radio)

I'm still on top of the world with the victory last night. I was really impressed with the Jayhawk sticker Roy Williams had on. My friend and I are having a ceremony at my place tonight because we are framing the lucky KU shirt I have been wearing. I bought the shirt last year when I went to KU vs Nebraska at Allen Fieldhouse. I wore the shirt the night the Jayhawk football team won the Orange Bowl and I have worn it throughout the NCAA tournament. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!



This goes out to all those critics who said KU didn't have what it takes to win the national title.

Let's see if they can win a National title in a real sport FOOTBALL

The KU team has some wicked talent. The players and Self all deserved this win. They played hard, they played clean, they played a helluva game.

slickjay12 wrote:

Let's see if they can win a National title in a real sport FOOTBALL

Dude, bitter much? I think we all know by now that you hate KU. Feel free to quit beating your dead horse anytime.

Im a die hard K-State fan but even I have to give KU credit for a hard fought tourney and congratulations on winning the National Championship.

Oz wrote:

The KU team has some wicked talent. The players and Self all deserved this win. They played hard, they played clean, they played a helluva game.

I couldn't agree more Oz...they fought hard and it payed off...... end of story!!!!!

luv2cook wrote:

Im a K-State fan but even I have to give KU credit for a hard fought tourney and congratulations on winning the National Championship.

The Rock Chalk Chant

The Rock Chalk Chant is perhaps the most distinctive cheer in all of college sports. Some have likened it to a Gregorian chant, but anyone who has been in Allen Fieldhouse and heard the chant start low, then build and roll over the crowd knows that it is much, much more.

The "Rock Chalk" chant dates to 1866, when it was adopted by the University Science Club. A chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey and some of his associates were returning to Lawrence from Wichita on a train. As the story goes, they passed the time by trying to create a rousing cheer. The sound of the train's wheels on the rails suggested a rhythm and a cadence to them. At first, the cheer was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times.

Even though KU didn't have a football team until four years later, KU students quickly took up the chant. Later, an English professor suggested "Rock Chalk," in place of "Rah, Rah" because it rhymed with Jayhawk and because it was symbolic of the limestone, also known as chalk rock, surrounding Mount Oread, the site of the Lawrence Campus. It became the official cheer of the University in 1897.

Teddy Roosevelt pronounced the Rock Chalk Chant the greatest college chant he'd ever heard. It was used by Kansas troops fighting in the Philippines in 1899, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and World War II. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell. The assembled athletes agreed on KU's Rock Chalk and rendered it for His Majesty.

The words to the chant are simple. "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU" repeated five times. The chant is special not because of the words, but because of the tone in which it is chanted and the distinctive cadence in which each verse is delivered. The only way to really appreciate the chant is to sit in Allen Fieldhouse before a Missouri game.

I'll bet he's marching around his room right now........

He needs that rap song written for the Final Four......

....that's a great one!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/030908kubasketball/
Ok fellow jayahwkers go look!!!