1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,730 So "The Good Old Song" is a song of celebration. 2 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:06,330 It's kind of like the fighting song of UVA. 3 00:00:06,330 --> 00:00:08,420 We sing it at football games every time we score. 4 00:00:08,420 --> 00:00:10,070 It's a song that really unifies. 5 00:00:10,070 --> 00:00:11,760 I don't think it would win any Grammys. 6 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,950 But I'll tell you one thing, it will win your heart. 7 00:00:13,950 --> 00:00:15,200 I think I know all the lyrics. 8 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,730 I just don't know if we want to hear me sing, but. 9 00:00:17,730 --> 00:00:20,120 (SINGING) The good old song of Wah-hoo-wah-- 10 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,930 We'll sing it o'er and o'er. 11 00:00:22,930 --> 00:00:23,930 I didn't get that high note. 12 00:00:23,930 --> 00:00:27,270 It cheers our hearts and warms our blood-- 13 00:00:27,270 --> 00:00:29,130 --to hear them fight-- 14 00:00:29,130 --> 00:00:31,380 oh, my god-- see, I don't even know the words. 15 00:00:31,380 --> 00:00:35,480 We come from old Virginia-- 16 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,880 --where all is bright and gay. 17 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,060 At some point a few decades ago, some students 18 00:00:42,060 --> 00:00:46,290 and/or alumni began to shout, "not gay." 19 00:00:46,290 --> 00:00:49,020 That obviously is not only not politically 20 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:51,580 correct, it's heinous and pretty divisive. 21 00:00:51,580 --> 00:00:52,830 I have heard the substitution. 22 00:00:52,830 --> 00:00:54,080 I've heard the "[BLEEP] Tech." 23 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,150 Slightly better than "not gay" in my opinion. 24 00:00:57,150 --> 00:01:00,520 Saying F Tech, especially during games in public settings-- 25 00:01:00,525 --> 00:01:03,600 is just not really the right place and time for it. 26 00:01:03,610 --> 00:01:05,069 I just had an amazing idea. 27 00:01:05,069 --> 00:01:06,910 Stop doing that. 28 00:01:06,910 --> 00:01:08,220 That's not Virginia. 29 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:11,760 Virginia's one of those places that competes and wins 30 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:12,750 with class. 31 00:01:12,750 --> 00:01:14,290 We want the same standard. 32 00:01:14,290 --> 00:01:16,560 And that's to be the best of what we can be, 33 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,360 not only as an institution but as people. 34 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,070 A big part of that, too, is the sportsmanship. 35 00:01:20,070 --> 00:01:22,090 You can root for your team, but there's ways to go about it 36 00:01:22,090 --> 00:01:23,590 and there's ways to not go about it. 37 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:25,440 We can also say, we love you all, Tech, 38 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,893 and we think you will never beat us. 39 00:01:27,893 --> 00:01:29,310 So obviously, like nowadays, we're 40 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:31,930 really pushing to just, you know, sing the song. 41 00:01:31,930 --> 00:01:34,350 "The Good Old Song" is really good as written. 42 00:01:34,350 --> 00:01:38,490 I love the feeling I get putting my arms around my fellow Hoos, 43 00:01:38,490 --> 00:01:39,600 whether winning or losing. 44 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:40,710 Wah-hoo-wah, wah-hoo-wah! 45 00:01:40,710 --> 00:01:41,690 Uni-v, Virginia! 46 00:01:41,690 --> 00:01:43,190 Hoo-rah-ray, hoo-rah-ray, ray, ray-- 47 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:45,220 UVA! 48 00:01:45,220 --> 00:01:48,140 OK, there's extra charge for that.