TDMMC March Madness - TRADITION - Lambeau Leap vs. National Anthem "O"

[Dave Gray]

When players score in Green Bay, they jump in the stands.  We've all seen it.  Started in 1993 by Leroy Butler, by the way.



Baltimore Oriole fans have been shouting "O" during "OH say does that star-spangled banner yet wave" at the singing of the Anthem.  The practice is not well received by all and is even considered disrespectful by some sports writers and fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ppDHj4bnP08

[Phishfan]

I know a guy that is an Oriales fans and he did that at a different sporting event. He had no idea that was not the way the song went everywhere. I don't care for it myself.

[Brian Fein]

^^ That's not limited to the Orioles, although I believe that is where it started.  The last game I watched between the Ravens and Steelers on Thanksgiving last year (the Mike Tomlin on the field game), there was a thunderous "O" during the national anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf3VLlq4X-Y
(FF to 2:15)

There's a group of women that seem to go to every Panthers' game, and I hear them from various spots in the arena during the anthem screaming out their "O"s.  They are the only ones yelling.

[Dave Gray]

I've never heard of the O thing.

[el diablo]

If the Orioles' O during the national anthem gets a bracket placing, then The Braves' "Home of the Braves" should get a bracket placing.

[Phishfan]

^^ That's not limited to the Orioles, although I believe that is where it started.  The last game I watched between the Ravens and Steelers on Thanksgiving last year (the Mike Tomlin on the field game), there was a thunderous "O" during the national anthem.

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I would expect a Baltimore Ravens game in Baltimore would also be filled with Baltimore Orioles fans so a commonality there doesn't surprise me.

[Brian Fein]

Doesn't surprise me, no.  But the point was that it isn't limited to the Orioles games, but any game in Baltimore.

[Sunstroke]

The Lambeau Leap is such a classic maneuver that it has been widely adopted throughout the NFL. I've never heard of the "O" thing, and I even went to an Orioles game at Camden. I guess I just wasn't paying too much attention during the national anthem.