“We play it after any touchdown, any field goal or any big play.
We incorporate it into our pregame show and our ‘March to the Stadium’ parade route.
And a title that repeats itself 19 times.
University of Tennessee’s Pride of the Southland Band.Credit:Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Introduced on October 21, 1972 (yes, more than 50 years ago!
“We knew it was something new and different,” she says.
“We coordinated our flips and steps to that rhythm.
It’s the kind of song that builds momentum in the stands.
And every year it got stronger and stronger.”
