December 1, 200916 yr Anyone know which team/city coined their term first? My roommate is from Lousianna and we were both wondering.
December 1, 200916 yr I thought Who-Dey was first but I'm also too lazy to look it up. Who Dat just seems so dumb to me. What exactly follows Who Dat?
December 1, 200916 yr I thought Who-Dey was first but I'm also too lazy to look it up. Who Dat just seems so dumb to me. What exactly follows Who Dat? and Who Dey doesn't?
December 1, 200916 yr Wikipedia says Who Dey goes back to 1981 when the Bengals made their Super Bowl run. Who dat dates back to 1983 when Bum Phillips was in New Orleans. However, the term Who Dat is a jazz music term that dates back to the late 1800s.
December 1, 200916 yr Author Yeah, thanks Scribe. I just looked it up too... The Who Dey chant is first known to be used by fans of the 1981 Cincinnati team. It is similar to the phrase "Who Dat?", which has been used in minstrel shows and early jazz music in New Orleans since the late 1800s, and was officially adopted by the New Orleans Saints organization in 1983 during the tenure of coach Bum Phillips. Though fans had been cheering the "Who Dat?" cheer since the teams inception into the NFL in 1967, the marketing team of the Saints did not officially promote the term until 1983. In 1981, Bengals fans used the cheer during the Bengals' run to Super Bowl XVI, where they lost in the championship game to the San Francisco 49ers. The cheer again gained national recognition in their 1989 appearance in Super Bowl XXIII. Saints fans and Bengals fans argue back and forth as to which phrase started first.
December 1, 200916 yr So "Who Dat" has been around much longer. ^Not in a football sense it hasn't.... According to the article it has been for 14 years. Though fans had been cheering the "Who Dat?" cheer since the teams inception into the NFL in 1967
December 1, 200916 yr According to the article it has been for 14 years. Though fans had been cheering the "Who Dat?" cheer since the teams inception into the NFL in 1967 Yes, but fans aren't part of the NFL now are they?
December 1, 200916 yr Yes, but fans aren't part of the NFL now are they? Yes, the NFL wouldn't exist without them.
December 1, 200916 yr You could have a MLB outfield of Manny Ramirez, Bobby Bonilla and Albert Belle and call them "Who Demselves?" (And wasn't there an SNL skit in the 70's where a candidate promised to do "Dis, Dat, and De Udder Ting"?)
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