WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.500 --> 00:00:03.730 So "The Good Old Song" is a song of celebration. 00:00:03.730 --> 00:00:06.330 It's kind of like the fighting song of UVA. 00:00:06.330 --> 00:00:08.420 We sing it at football games every time we score. 00:00:08.420 --> 00:00:10.070 It's a song that really unifies. 00:00:10.070 --> 00:00:11.760 I don't think it would win any Grammys. 00:00:11.760 --> 00:00:13.950 But I'll tell you one thing, it will win your heart. 00:00:13.950 --> 00:00:15.200 I think I know all the lyrics. 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:17.730 I just don't know if we want to hear me sing, but. 00:00:17.730 --> 00:00:20.120 (SINGING) The good old song of Wah-hoo-wah-- 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:22.930 We'll sing it o'er and o'er. 00:00:22.930 --> 00:00:23.930 I didn't get that high note. 00:00:23.930 --> 00:00:27.270 It cheers our hearts and warms our blood-- 00:00:27.270 --> 00:00:29.130 --to hear them fight-- 00:00:29.130 --> 00:00:31.380 oh, my god-- see, I don't even know the words. 00:00:31.380 --> 00:00:35.480 We come from old Virginia-- 00:00:35.480 --> 00:00:38.880 --where all is bright and gay. 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:42.060 At some point a few decades ago, some students 00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:46.290 and/or alumni began to shout, "not gay." 00:00:46.290 --> 00:00:49.020 That obviously is not only not politically 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:51.580 correct, it's heinous and pretty divisive. 00:00:51.580 --> 00:00:52.830 I have heard the substitution. 00:00:52.830 --> 00:00:54.080 I've heard the "[BLEEP] Tech." 00:00:54.080 --> 00:00:57.150 Slightly better than "not gay" in my opinion. 00:00:57.150 --> 00:01:00.520 Saying F Tech, especially during games in public settings-- 00:01:00.525 --> 00:01:03.600 is just not really the right place and time for it. 00:01:03.610 --> 00:01:05.069 I just had an amazing idea. 00:01:05.069 --> 00:01:06.910 Stop doing that. 00:01:06.910 --> 00:01:08.220 That's not Virginia. 00:01:08.220 --> 00:01:11.760 Virginia's one of those places that competes and wins 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:12.750 with class. 00:01:12.750 --> 00:01:14.290 We want the same standard. 00:01:14.290 --> 00:01:16.560 And that's to be the best of what we can be, 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.360 not only as an institution but as people. 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:20.070 A big part of that, too, is the sportsmanship. 00:01:20.070 --> 00:01:22.090 You can root for your team, but there's ways to go about it 00:01:22.090 --> 00:01:23.590 and there's ways to not go about it. 00:01:23.590 --> 00:01:25.440 We can also say, we love you all, Tech, 00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:27.893 and we think you will never beat us. 00:01:27.893 --> 00:01:29.310 So obviously, like nowadays, we're 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:31.930 really pushing to just, you know, sing the song. 00:01:31.930 --> 00:01:34.350 "The Good Old Song" is really good as written. 00:01:34.350 --> 00:01:38.490 I love the feeling I get putting my arms around my fellow Hoos, 00:01:38.490 --> 00:01:39.600 whether winning or losing. 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:40.710 Wah-hoo-wah, wah-hoo-wah! 00:01:40.710 --> 00:01:41.690 Uni-v, Virginia! 00:01:41.690 --> 00:01:43.190 Hoo-rah-ray, hoo-rah-ray, ray, ray-- 00:01:43.190 --> 00:01:45.220 UVA! 00:01:45.220 --> 00:01:48.140 OK, there's extra charge for that.