TDMMC March Madness - HISTORY - Milk vs. Bear Down

[Dave Gray]

Wiki: Louis Meyer requested a glass of buttermilk after winning his second Indy 500 race in 1933. After winning his third title in 1936, he requested another glass but instead received a bottle. He was captured by a photographer in the act of swigging from the bottle while holding up three fingers to signify the third win. A local dairy company executive recognized the marketing opportunity in the image and, being unaware Meyer was drinking buttermilk, offered a bottle of milk to the winners of future races. Milk has been presented each year since then apart from 1947 to 1955. Modern drivers are offered a choice of whole, 2%, and skim.[66]

Wiki: "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" is the fight song of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. It was written in 1941 by Al Hoffman under the pseudonym Jerry Downs, though Hoffman appeared to have little connection to Chicago.[1] The song was written during the early stages of the "Monsters of the Midway" Era, as well as the year after the Bears had shocked the professional football world by defeating the Washington Redskins in the league championship game by the score of 73-0, which remains the largest win margin in any game in the history of the NFL.[2] As a result, the Bears became the first team in NFL history to have a fight song.[3]

At home games, a version of the song recorded in 1993 by Bill Archer and the Big Bear Band is played every time the Bears score.

[Sunstroke]

Chugging the milk at the Indy 500 is a cool tradition, plus as a U of Arizona fan, we claim sole ownership of the term "Bear Down."

[Dave Gray]

I predict a milk blowout.

[Phishfan]

I've never heard the Chicago song.

[Brian Fein]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6pcGT_SD4M

About halfway through they start the singing.