The More You Know: Texas Collegiate Cheers

Hello Texas Twirl Fans!

With only one day until many of us are headed to the NBTA Texas State Championship, we have a very special edition of "The More You Know" for you that will be perfect for that long ride or flight to Lubbock! 

One of the most exciting parts of any contest is the Collegiate Solos & Teams! The atmosphere is always so electric when one of our collegians performs and the audience is not only clapping and cheering, but also chanting along with their performance! If you are like me, you want to chant along as well, but you may not know the right words or where the chants need to be. Solving this issue is exactly what today's post is for!

We reached out to all our #TeamTexas collegians competing at the NBTA Texas State Championship and asked them to fill us in on what we need to know. Some sent instructions, and some sent videos, but either way, we have the info, including their chants, spelled out below to make them easy to learn. 

Take a little time on Friday when you are sitting in a car or plane/airport for several hours on your way to Lubbock and watch the videos, learn the chants, and be ready to cheer your heart out for our Texas Collegians! Also, many of these twirlers will also be representing our Great State at Notre Dame University next month, so make sure you are ready to show AYOP that everything really is bigger in Texas!

University of Texas, San Antonio:

UTSA Twirlers' Video

• Chant #1 - (clap) Birds Up/(clap), Birds Up/(clap), Go Runners x 3
• Chant #2 - Spellout "U", "T", "S", "A"
• Chant #3 - Fight Song/Pre-Game = "U - T - S - A"

University of Texas, San Antonio:

UT Feature Twirler, Aidyn Mentry

• Chant #1 - Right After Introduction: "T - E - X - A - S, Go Horrrrrns!"
• Chant #2 - Fight Song after Deep in the Heart of Texas (sing-along): "Texas Fight, Texas Fight, and it's Goodbye to A&M. Texas Fight, Texas Fight, and we'll put over one more win. Texas Fight, Texas Fight. For its Texas that we love best. Hail! Hail! The gang's all here, and it's good-bye to all the rest!"

Texas Christian University:

TCU Feature Twirler Stephanie McBurnett

• Chant #1 - Right after Stephanie's Introduction: "Teeee, C, U! Frogs! Let's Go Frogs!" x 2
• Chant #2 - At the end of Fight Song it will say "Calling All Frogs" and the response is "Rah, Rah, TCU! Rah, Rah, TCU!"

Texas Christian University:

TCU Feature Twirler KK Tunnell

• Info TBA when available

Texas Tech University:

TTU Feature Twirler Kirby Stanek

• Feel free to clap along with the beat (but make sure to stay in time with the music)
• Cheer real loud at the "horns down" (yes, even you Longhorn fans!)

San Diego State University:

SDSU Feature Twirler Kaylynn Lambert

• "Chant - S * D * S * U *, S-D-S-U, Aztecs Fight!"

University of Texas, Permian Basin:

UTPB Feature Twirlers

• While they don't have a specific chant, make sure to cheer real loud during big moments!

University of Connecticut:

UConn Feature Twirler Maggie Barnett

• Info TBA when available

University of Mary-Hardin Baylor:

UMHB Feature Twirler Rachel Buck (AYOP Only) 

• Chant - "C * R * U * S * A * D * E-R-S!"