College football season is here, and bands around the country are firing up their most rousing fight songs to inspire their players to gridiron victories. How well can you tell the songs meant to motivate pigskin glory apart from those that are intended to spur soldiers, sailors, and airmen to success? Let’s find out.
Take the Quiz: Fight Song or Military Anthem?
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You guys gooned this one up pretty bad. First of all, Wild Blue Yonder is both a college fight song AND a military anthem. (US Air Force Academy). Also, Eternal Father and The Marines Hymn are hymns, not anthems.
posted by Tony on 9-3-2010 at 9:28 pm
11/ll, mostly guesses
posted by Dustin on 9-3-2010 at 10:11 pm
Yup, not to be redundant, but was about to post the same thing as the first commenter about the AF Song. He’s Correct, it is both the Fight Song for the US Air Force Academy (Anyone who’s played NCAA football for the ps2 could tell you that), as well as being the official anthem of the US Air Force. So it was a trick question…
posted by Brendan on 9-4-2010 at 8:02 am
Thanks guys. I’ll cut that question.
posted by Jason English on 9-4-2010 at 11:29 pm