[Stymie]

[quote author=Stymie link=topic=12112.msg218652#msg218652 date=1513720466]
Root and Nye came in '64 (class of '68).  Nye was a multi-talented stud.  Root was good but not great (except as a name to chant pornographically whenever he took the ball forward).

My imagination is failing me... can you offer me a hint as to what was getting chanted?

BC
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JR was a solid "3 yards and a cloud of dust" runner, and whenever he got a 1st down, "Root! Root! Root!" was chanted by us spectators, to our secret delight.  The Aussies eventually picked up on this for their brand of "football" (how, I never know), and the quote below from an Aussie website might give you a hint....

"root vi. 1. To cheer for a sports team. Root is an offensive Australian slang verb meaning ``have sexual intercourse with''. Announcing to an Australian that you ``are a cheerleader, so you don't see many football games because you are in the stands rooting'' will give a misleading impression about your devotion to the team. 2. To grow roots. ``I rooted some plants'' is practised by vegiphiles in Australia. 3. To dig or rummage. ``I was rooting around in my room for the rent money'' is done only if an Australian does not actually have the rent money.
n. An Australian may take the noun to refer to his or her sexual partner. Even so, saying ``I tripped over a root'' will occasion only the tiniest frisson of delight in your Australian correspondent; he or she will understand."

Hope this helps.

[Stymie]

[quote author=Stymie link=topic=12112.msg218652#msg218652 date=1513720466]
Root and Nye came in '64 (class of '68).  Nye was a multi-talented stud.  Root was good but not great (except as a name to chant pornographically whenever he took the ball forward).

My imagination is failing me... can you offer me a hint as to what was getting chanted?

BC
[/quote]

JR was a solid "3 yards and a cloud of dust" runner, and whenever he got a 1st down, "Root! Root! Root!" was chanted by us spectators, to our secret delight.  The Aussies eventually picked up on this for their brand of "football" (how, I never know), and the quote below from an Aussie website might give you a hint....

"root vi. 1. To cheer for a sports team. Root is an offensive Australian slang verb meaning ``have sexual intercourse with''. Announcing to an Australian that you ``are a cheerleader, so you don't see many football games because you are in the stands rooting'' will give a misleading impression about your devotion to the team. 2. To grow roots. ``I rooted some plants'' is practised by vegiphiles in Australia. 3. To dig or rummage. ``I was rooting around in my room for the rent money'' is done only if an Australian does not actually have the rent money.
n. An Australian may take the noun to refer to his or her sexual partner. Even so, saying ``I tripped over a root'' will occasion only the tiniest frisson of delight in your Australian correspondent; he or she will understand."

Hope this helps.