t4pizza wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:46 am

Yes, yes, yes! What a well written article and I couldn't agree more. Whoever is using that phrase just needs to stop, it sounds ridiculous. It does bring up an issue though, our school lacks a consistent catch phrase/greeting/cheer/whatever you want to call it. Lots of schools have it, the article mentioned just a few but there are plenty of others like, Go Gators, War Eagle, etc. I really think App State needs a consistent phrase that is marketable that our fans can relay to one another. To me the easiest is a simple Go App(s)! It really conveys everything in two simple words.

Seattleapp wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:13 am

This article…..I can’t love it enough and I know here in a minute someone is gonna wade in and call anyone who doesn’t like Roll Neers, which is like nails down a chalkboard to me, a boomer. Let me turn it around. Imagine some undergrad in Tuscaloosa making a push for people to replace Roll Tide with Go Alabama. They would be run out of town. Everyone in the country knows who Roll Tide belongs to. I’d argue if we stick with Go App(s) like we always have, we have a unique enough name that we’d be synonymous with that as well. The moral of the story is Roll Neers cannot die soon enough.

BambooRdApp wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:38 am

This slogan is the primary impediment to us being invited to a P5 conference. It sounds like Alabama's little brother.

Some chants are iconic. When you think "Roll"..it follows with Tide...War Eagle, etc

Although I do not personally care for it. If the fans are loud, do what they need to do.

Seattleapp wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:59 am

BambooRdApp wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:38 am

This slogan is the primary impediment to us being invited to a P5 conference. It sounds like Alabama's little brother.

Some chants are iconic. When you think "Roll"..it follows with Tide...War Eagle, etc

Although I do not personally care for it. If the fans are loud, do what they need to do.

Please Lord do not let us start a Roll…..Neers…. Chant at a game

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:20 pm

There's always a correlation where if you like the premise of a column, you think it's well written and the author did a good job. But if you don't, the author is a hack and didn't do their research.

As for me, I dislike Roll Neers. If Auburn won half a dozen titles in the last 13 years, it likely would be "War Damn Neers." But man that column is annoying. It takes four paragraphs and several hundred words to get to the crux of his complaint. And he says that he's only been a full-time resident of the High Country for less than a year? That really doesn't help. It's a classic "Old Man Yells at Cloud" column. Even if the author isn't "old" in the classical sense, they're older than most the people living there. As someone who lived there for a decade post-graduation, trust me, you feel old.

The Chancellor uses Roll Neers. Students like using it and at the end of the day, the students are the heartbeat of a university. They're going to do things and trends that us older people won't like, but we can't and won't change it. I could list things I'd wish would change about the fandom and the students which are way more important than this, but it's not my decision. Ultimately it's harmless. And at the end of the day, those students will look at message board threads like this and will laugh at what they feel are the "Boomer Neers." And nothing changes.

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:20 pm

There's always a correlation where if you like the premise of a column, you think it's well written and the author did a good job. But if you don't, the author is a hack and didn't do their research.

As for me, I dislike Roll Neers. If Auburn won half a dozen titles in the last 13 years, it likely would be "War Damn Neers." But man that column is annoying. It takes four paragraphs and several hundred words to get to the crux of his complaint. And he says that he's only been a full-time resident of the High Country for less than a year? That really doesn't help. It's a classic "Old Man Yells at Cloud" column. Even if the author isn't "old" in the classical sense, they're older than most the people living there. As someone who lived there for a decade post-graduation, trust me, you feel old.

The Chancellor uses Roll Neers. Students like using it and at the end of the day, the students are the heartbeat of a university. They're going to do things and trends that us older people won't like, but we can't and won't change it. I could list things I'd wish would change about the fandom and the students which are way more important than this, but it's not my decision. Ultimately it's harmless. And at the end of the day, those students will look at message board threads like this and will laugh at what they feel are the "Boomer Neers." And nothing changes.

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:20 pm

There's always a correlation where if you like the premise of a column, you think it's well written and the author did a good job. But if you don't, the author is a hack and didn't do their research.

As for me, I dislike Roll Neers. If Auburn won half a dozen titles in the last 13 years, it likely would be "War Damn Neers." But man that column is annoying. It takes four paragraphs and several hundred words to get to the crux of his complaint. And he says that he's only been a full-time resident of the High Country for less than a year? That really doesn't help. It's a classic "Old Man Yells at Cloud" column. Even if the author isn't "old" in the classical sense, they're older than most the people living there. As someone who lived there for a decade post-graduation, trust me, you feel old.

The Chancellor uses Roll Neers. Students like using it and at the end of the day, the students are the heartbeat of a university. They're going to do things and trends that us older people won't like, but we can't and won't change it. I could list things I'd wish would change about the fandom and the students which are way more important than this, but it's not my decision. Ultimately it's harmless. And at the end of the day, those students will look at message board threads like this and will laugh at what they feel are the "Boomer Neers." And nothing changes.

AppWyo wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 2:21 pm

T-Dog wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:20 pm

There's always a correlation where if you like the premise of a column, you think it's well written and the author did a good job. But if you don't, the author is a hack and didn't do their research.

As for me, I dislike Roll Neers. If Auburn won half a dozen titles in the last 13 years, it likely would be "War Damn Neers." But man that column is annoying. It takes four paragraphs and several hundred words to get to the crux of his complaint. And he says that he's only been a full-time resident of the High Country for less than a year? That really doesn't help. It's a classic "Old Man Yells at Cloud" column. Even if the author isn't "old" in the classical sense, they're older than most the people living there. As someone who lived there for a decade post-graduation, trust me, you feel old.

The Chancellor uses Roll Neers. Students like using it and at the end of the day, the students are the heartbeat of a university. They're going to do things and trends that us older people won't like, but we can't and won't change it. I could list things I'd wish would change about the fandom and the students which are way more important than this, but it's not my decision. Ultimately it's harmless. And at the end of the day, those students will look at message board threads like this and will laugh at what they feel are the "Boomer Neers." And nothing changes.

App State, you are better than “Roll Neers.” You have enough history, success, and heart to be boldly and uniquely App State. Today, coaches at App State encourage their athletes by saying, “Today I give my all to App State.”

R.I.P. “Roll ‘Neers.”

"Today I give my all for Appalachian State" is the correct statement not what was written in this article. So I agree that there are problems with this article.

contenderv07 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 13, 2022 3:37 pm

on a side note, why has the band started spelling APP instead of ASU at the beginning of the game?