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02-08-2013, 12:29 AM #1
"Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
I recognize Baltimore didn't invent this chant, it goes back to Italian soccer fans. But in America, it is associated with one team - at least it is now.
Before the Super Bowl, people in Baltimore knew "Seven Nation Army" was a popular local chant.
AFTER the Super Bowl - the most watched program in American television history - the entire country now identifies the Ravens with the "Seven Nation Army" chant. From the random pregame show chants all the way to the eruptions inside the Superdome, it's a Ravens thing now.
The larger question is: is this part of our identity as Ravens fans now, or just a fad that will pass?
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Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
I think college teams use it also
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02-08-2013, 12:46 AM #3
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02-08-2013, 12:57 AM #4
Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
I think it's our Thing now. Other teams do use it, but those teams are in other sports like we've said (soccer, college football, etc.)
I recently had two new people move into my apartment from Germany and England. They are huge soccer fans and they root for the Ravens now--not only because the person who taught them American football was me (:D) but also because the chant is rowdy and recognizable, which are soccer qualities. When they were watching the SB and could hear it through the TV, they got really excited.My Ravens Blog: Brittany Rants About Football
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02-08-2013, 01:33 AM #5Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
I had never heard the Seven Nation Army chant before last years game against the Steelers (I believe), I never watch soccer and rarely watch college FB so because I'm so sheltered and all, I guess that chant will always mean Ravens to me. OT, a few times during and after the SB I heard the old Colts/ new Ravens Victory song and I ain't gonna lie I damn near cried. It's a tune that brings back so many memories and thoughts of people long gone that it gets to me every time.
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Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
I've heard other NFL teams use it too. This season I heard it in KC and Seattle. No one seems as loud as the Ravens fans but when I hear it I can't think that it's a Ravens thing because it's in other places.
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Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
Well that's because Brits and Euros in general like to chant and write songs/poems rather than watch games! :p (I keed I keed!)
Me, I like teams to dance (All Blacks haka and squirrel) before the game instead and just #BuckleUpYourChinStrap (or head gear if it's rugby). ;)Self appointed Ravens SuperFan in the southern hemisphere/New Zealand.
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02-10-2013, 10:27 PM #8
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Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
I just made the mashup my ringtone!
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02-08-2013, 08:48 AM #9Legendary RSR Poster
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I have to admit, I was getting a little sick of it by Monday.
And if we want to be uber technical, Michigan State deserves the credit for starting it. They've been doing it since the song came out in '03.
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Re: "Seven Nation" chant & Ravens: is this our intangible "cheesehead", our "terrible towel"?
Atlanta fans were doing the chant pretty loudly in the NFCC. No it's not the Ravens thing but if the fans want to do it, what the heck
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02-08-2013, 09:58 AM #11
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I like the chant. It's easy for everyone to join in. Somewhat if the Ravens weren't the first team to use it. The Steelers sure as hell wasn't the first to use a towel.
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02-08-2013, 10:04 AM #12Veteran Poster
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