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What to me and probably lots of other fans, Vols or otherwise, is BGSU's strange fight song. It has an interesting origin. First some BGSU history.
SICSIC was created Oct. 5, 1946, at 12:45 a.m. Seated in the darkened room of BGSU President Frank Prout's office, six young men (Richard Oliver Harig, Erwin Potts, Gilbert Fox, Earl Mott, Max Hofmeisier and James Limbacher) anxiously waited to hear why they had been called to the president's office at such a late hour. Each one had received a secret letter earlier that day telling him to meet in the president's office at 12:45 a.m. and to destroy the letter as soon as he had read and memorized it. The letter bewildered the boys and piqued their curiosity. President Prout Harig, a senior Sigma Alpha Epsilon member; and Reverend James Stoner, the campus minister, had met earlier in the year to discuss the need for more school spirit and had decided that a secret spirit organization was the solution. Prout went through the yearbook and handpicked the six men who would become the original "secret six." They had decided the new spirit organization would consist of two sophomores, two juniors and two seniors. All six young men agreed to join the group and felt honored to have been chosen for the position. The group knew that they must have a unique and original name in order for their organization to stand out, and SICSIC was created. The meaning of the name remains a secret, with only members knowing what it stands for.
The Fight Song
Brought to Bowling Green over half a century ago by original SICSIC member and World War II veteran Gilbert Fox, "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" is BGSU's unofficial fight song. In 1946, Fox, an Army Air Corps bombardier who served in Italy, brought his interpretation based upon a Zulu war chant back to the University.
I think it is interesting, if nothing else. HOPEFULLY, none of our fans will be stupid and disrespectful enough to go to their board/forum and presume to make fun of BGSU. For me, one of my proudest moments was during a game at Neyland, we played a smaller school, I think it was North Texas. POS asked their band to join them on the field and played and marched together. Plus, I believe POS tends to play the other schools' fight songs prior to games. This is class, Tennessee class. So again, hopefully none of our fans are classless enough to go to their website and presume to mock them. After all, our unofficial fight song praises illegal alcohol and murdering law enforcement personnel. Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed these little factoids.
SICSIC was created Oct. 5, 1946, at 12:45 a.m. Seated in the darkened room of BGSU President Frank Prout's office, six young men (Richard Oliver Harig, Erwin Potts, Gilbert Fox, Earl Mott, Max Hofmeisier and James Limbacher) anxiously waited to hear why they had been called to the president's office at such a late hour. Each one had received a secret letter earlier that day telling him to meet in the president's office at 12:45 a.m. and to destroy the letter as soon as he had read and memorized it. The letter bewildered the boys and piqued their curiosity. President Prout Harig, a senior Sigma Alpha Epsilon member; and Reverend James Stoner, the campus minister, had met earlier in the year to discuss the need for more school spirit and had decided that a secret spirit organization was the solution. Prout went through the yearbook and handpicked the six men who would become the original "secret six." They had decided the new spirit organization would consist of two sophomores, two juniors and two seniors. All six young men agreed to join the group and felt honored to have been chosen for the position. The group knew that they must have a unique and original name in order for their organization to stand out, and SICSIC was created. The meaning of the name remains a secret, with only members knowing what it stands for.
The Fight Song
Brought to Bowling Green over half a century ago by original SICSIC member and World War II veteran Gilbert Fox, "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" is BGSU's unofficial fight song. In 1946, Fox, an Army Air Corps bombardier who served in Italy, brought his interpretation based upon a Zulu war chant back to the University.
I think it is interesting, if nothing else. HOPEFULLY, none of our fans will be stupid and disrespectful enough to go to their board/forum and presume to make fun of BGSU. For me, one of my proudest moments was during a game at Neyland, we played a smaller school, I think it was North Texas. POS asked their band to join them on the field and played and marched together. Plus, I believe POS tends to play the other schools' fight songs prior to games. This is class, Tennessee class. So again, hopefully none of our fans are classless enough to go to their website and presume to mock them. After all, our unofficial fight song praises illegal alcohol and murdering law enforcement personnel. Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed these little factoids.
