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But I bet he knows the words to "Soldier Boy"....

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i wonder how many people around here know the words? probably not as many as one might think

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[quote=GoSkins!;366545]But I bet he knows the words to "Soldier Boy"....[/quote]


hahahaha

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[quote=STBonecrusher21;366509]I'll be serious. Tell him that those guys are probably way too focused on the game to know the words. But over time, they will eventually learn them.[/quote]I would bet the house that 90 percent of Skins fans only know the chorus of the song. Would anyone prefer that Betts learn the words to a fight song that most Skins fans don't even know or Al Saunders 700 page playbook? I would tell my son that the players' most important job is to know their assignment for every play.

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This isn't So You Think You Know The Lyrics (or whatever that show is called). We're trying to get to a Super Bowl, not a karaoke bar.

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[quote=SmootSmack;366564]This isn't So You Think You Know The Lyrics (or whatever that show is called). We're trying to get to a Super Bowl, not a karaoke bar.[/quote]


The fans job is to know the lyrics, the players job is to win the game!

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[QUOTE=SouperMeister;366559]I would bet the house that 90 percent of Skins fans only know the chorus of the song. Would anyone prefer that Betts learn the words to a fight song that most Skins fans don't even know or Al Saunders 700 page playbook? I would tell my son that the players' most important job is to know their assignment for every play.[/QUOTE]

90% might be a little optimistic, but THANK YOU. Truth be told, I don't want to see the players singing after a score. I want their head in the game. I'd MUCH rather see them pumping fists like Dexter used to do back in the day.

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[quote=dmek25;366548]i wonder how many people around here know the words? probably not as many as one might think[/quote]


that is actually a good point.

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The important thing is that he knows the music (that's all that's played). The more we score at home the more he hears the music. If 91000 people would sing along everytime he'd learn it.

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I'll admit I don't know all the words.

Who cares.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;366584]I'll admit I don't know all the words.

Who cares.[/QUOTE]

Do What?!?!?!?!?!?!
Oh this will just not do.

Pay Attention Boy!

Learn it, live it, love it!

Hail to the Redskins - Corrine Griffith

Hail to the Redskins!
Hail Victory!
Braves on the Warpath!
Fight for old D.C.!
Run or pass and score -- we want a lot more!
Beat 'em, Swamp 'em,
Touchdown! -- Let the points soar!
Fight on, fight on 'Til you have won
Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah!

Hail to the Redskins!
Hail Victory!
Braves on the Warpath!
Fight for old D.C.!

The original words were:
Hail to the Redskins!
Hail Victory!
Braves on the Warpath!
Fight for old Dixie!
Run or pass and score -- we want a lot more!
Scalp 'em, swamp 'em -- We will take 'em big score
Read 'em, weep 'em, touchdown - we want heap more
Fight on, Fight on -- 'Till you have won
Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah!

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[QUOTE=DFI;366504]My family is in town (or near town at least-fredneck) for the game tomorrow. we watched some show on local tv this afternoon hosted by portis with jason campbell as the guest. Toward the end of the show they did 60 seconds with Ladell Betts (Who I think is a good RB) He mentioned that his most memorable moment was his first TD as a redskin, and he didn't know the words to Hail to the Redskins.

My son (Learning from me no doubt) lives Redskins football and is on the eve of his first game asked me this question "How can he not know the words to Hail to the redskins, if being a Skin means anything to him?"

honestly I am not sure what to tell him any ideas?[/QUOTE]

Hail to the Redskins is more for the Fans than for the players.
When I was a little kid I was always told to ignore the people watching and focus on the game. I did it so much so I had no clue when my girlfriends for were screaming for me to do well, never heard them. Kind of like Costner on "For the love of the game" when he says clear the mechanism.

I'd tell him that Betts needs to focus on the game, and the hail to the redskins song is for us, not for them.

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Have your son send him a letter with the words to the song.

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Although Betts doesn't know the words to HTTR, let's remember he probably bypassed much more money in FA to stay with the Skins.

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In a few years Ladell could be a 49er or Saint, or whatever. This is pro football not high school. These guys get paid to be there and play. Like I have said in the past, try to find a player in any sport wearing a team hat or shirt outside of the stadium or workout facility. It doesnt happen.