Mo Tab singing the fight song for GameDay

Full discolsure, I’m not LDS nor do I live in Utah currently, but I think it is kind of lame. I think the Mo Tab is great & its world famous, but I just don’t think it belongs on college gameday.

I agree, it should be left for BYU since they are more closely associated.

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I’m not LDS and think it’s very cool. :shrug:

Director: “Camera 1: show the motabs! Cue the audio. Camera two, cue the crazed drunken Ute fans pouring beer on each other. That’s a wrap!”

I’d prefer they not be part of it personally.

Who cares man…its not that big of a deal. Im not LDS either, but im completely indifferent about this.

I’m LDS and I don’t like it. I don’t see how Utah Man lends itself to MoTab style. If they do it well then I’ll be ambivalent. Part of me likes it because it will p**s of BYU-P.

Is this really a thing? link?

In my mind the “thing” about it is the motabs are connected to byu. So it’s like their way of crashing the party.

what I meant was, is this really happening? Why? Ugh. I don’t want Motab there either. I haven’t seen anything saying they’d be there.

Haha seriously? I actually love this it p**ses off the idiots haters on both side of the aisle. Byu fan Utahhaters will whine about it, and the sensitive whiney hate mormons will get upset. Win win for me. Utah is famous for Mormons and the MoTab is part of it get over it.

I am a Mo No Mo, and I’m indifferent. The Mormon correlation to our school is something that will always be there as our school is called Utah. Oh well, I’ll happily take that trade off for such a beautiful campus in an awesome town. Although it is annoying to get called a “f**king mormon” leaving Sam Boyd and the Rose Bowl.

Well I guess I shouldn’t have deleted the religion category… hehe.

This seems like a “fireside before a game” type thing. Now, if the Mo Tab just rocks the song and pumps us all up, then cool! However … I picture a thoughtful, slow, melodic interpretation of our FIGHT SONG. Yeah … fireside before a football game. Just don’t belong!! (and in case it matters, I’m a mo)

I don’t mind it and I’m not LDS. What I do mind is they changed the freaking words. It’s not “we’ll shout for dear old crimson” it’s FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!! I guess you could say they are shouters not fighters.

Plus you know it had to burn some of their inner souls to have to sing that since I’m sure a good portion of them are BYU fans

Non-LDS and 10/10 Do not want this. Keep that kinda thing for BYU-P.

I am a member (since we apparently need to state our religion in this thread) and like it.

I love that our school is being seen as representing Utah… and not just our school. The U is seen as the premiere program in the state, and is being used to highlight our state, our culture, and our institutions. I am alright with that… but to each their own.

Or maybe it is just because it bothers the TDS to see us representing something that they thought they had a sole claim to.

The fact that people are complaining about one of the most respected and well-known choral groups in the WORLD singing our fight song is completely baffling to me. I think it sounds great…was just hoping for a “Go Utes!” at the end.

I’m not a Mo. Don’t hate them. But the idea of a fight song being sung by a choir strikes me as odd. Fight songs are supposed to fire people up – a choir version?

Blech

After hearing it my initial thought was right. It doesn’t work as a choral piece. Its a drinking song to be shouted with riotous gusto using steins of lager, big cigars, and fighting for dear old crimson. This will not do.
I love both the U and the LDS church despite it’s short comings, but this will not do at all.

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From the Deseret News article:

“As much as it pained this BYU grad to have to orchestrate it, we could see that it was a very good thing for our community and for ESPN and for the choir,” Barrick said. “The irony of it was that there are more BYU alumni in the loft than University of Utah. The University of Utah people were very, very pleased, and the BYU people were good sports.”

mormonism is part of this state….and part of mainstream christianity, unlike some of the other parts of our state culture which most of us are not proud of aka polygamy, anti gay rhetoric, etc…if you dont want the choir to sing the fight song than who can? who is the fight song police? hans olsen had to sing the fight song, he is a former cougar PLAYER!! responsible for aiding the tds to victory. none of these choir members were part of the game. but they ARE a part of an institution that is UNIQUELY UTAH….and yes i am mormon but both my parents are first gen american and immigrated from third world countries, and my father is an alcoholic catholic so i do not have a main stream mormon mind set…GO UTES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Hdb-23cts

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I missed the choir part, which I wasn’t into anyway so it worked out for me.

My Dad would have loved to hear the MoTab sing his school’s fight song.

I’m just glad they didn’t do a clogging promo.

^^^