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Who dey say gonna beat them Saints?
Am I hearing this right?
Am I hearing this right?
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Big Sug
Footballguy
you must be pretty young?"Who Dat?" been around a long time. Who Dey = BengalsWho Dat = Saintsor at least that's what i've come to understand. 
Who dey say gonna beat them Saints? Am I hearing this right?
ATC1
Footballguy
I think it's supposed to be Who Dat!Who dey say gonna beat them Saints? Am I hearing this right?
Steelers4Life
Footballguy
Young? Well, I'm 29 but I can't say I've ever heard anything about the Saints having a chant like that.And it doesn't sound like "Who Dat" to me.you must be pretty young?"Who Dat?" been around a long time. Who Dey = BengalsWho Dat = Saintsor at least that's what i've come to understand.
Who dey say gonna beat them Saints? Am I hearing this right?
Steelers4Life
Footballguy
OK, I know nothing about this being originally the Saints thing...
What exactly are they saying?
What exactly are they saying?
diesel7982
Footballguy
It was late 80s - early 90s. Im 24 and I remember that.Ive always thought it was pretty ridiculous of the Bengals to pretty much rip off the Saints' cheer, and then even worse, for the Bengals to ##### about the Steelers ripping that off.Young? Well, I'm 29 but I can't say I've ever heard anything about the Saints having a chant like that.And it doesn't sound like "Who Dat" to me.you must be pretty young?"Who Dat?" been around a long time. Who Dey = BengalsWho Dat = Saintsor at least that's what i've come to understand.
Who dey say gonna beat them Saints? Am I hearing this right?
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
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Steelers4Life
Footballguy
Mid 80's? I was only about 7 or 8 then, just getting into football. So, in over 20 years, I've never heard anything about it.
Steelers4Life
Footballguy
Yep, that makes it pretty lame that the Bengals ripped it off (if that's true), but the Steelers haven't ripped anything off. The only time the Steelers used "We Dey" was in reference to beating the Bengals in the playoffs last year.It was late 80s - early 90s. Im 24 and I remember that.Ive always thought it was pretty ridiculous of the Bengals to pretty much rip off the Saints' cheer, and then even worse, for the Bengals to ##### about the Steelers ripping that off.Young? Well, I'm 29 but I can't say I've ever heard anything about the Saints having a chant like that.And it doesn't sound like "Who Dat" to me.you must be pretty young?"Who Dat?" been around a long time. Who Dey = BengalsWho Dat = Saintsor at least that's what i've come to understand.
Who dey say gonna beat them Saints? Am I hearing this right?
gkza
Footballguy
I remebr the Saints had the "Cha-ching" slogan during their several years as a powerhouse. "dome patrol" line backing corp; Sam Mills (RIP), Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson, and Vaighn Johnson. I remember 1 year all 4 started the pro bowl. They played some heavy games vs the 9ers back in the early 90s...
Mungo Burrows
Footballguy
So let's see if I understand how this is supposed to go:
"Who dat gonna win the game?
We 'Aints!!!!"
Is that right?
"Who dat gonna win the game?
We 'Aints!!!!"
Is that right?
Maik Jeaunz
Footballguy
yep. real Saints fans will remember "Who Dat?" and the Dome Patrol.
boubucarow
Footballguy
Pretty sure the original post was referring to chants that were heard during all of the ESPN live coverage taking place in New Orleans. And I am almost certain that it was just a few fans that were saying "Who dey think gonna beat them Bengals". It was probably a few Cincy fans on site who were ripping on the Steelers.
Steelers4Life
Footballguy
I was referring to those chants heard on ESPN, but they were definitely saying the Saints, not the Bengals.I just thought they were saying "Who dey say gonna beat dem Saints" but now it makes sense that it must've been the Saints' "Who Dat" chant.21+ years of watching football and I'd never heard of it - maybe because it was most popular in the 80's before I was even 10 years old and I didn't give 2 ####s about the Saints.
TD32
Footballguy
Rumors (It came from the Saints, It came from Alcorn State University, It came from LSU.)
Today you learn how it got started, when it started and where it traveled once it became popular. It started in November of 1981. And following is the stepping stone to it's arrival.
The Bengals were going up against the Steelers in the middle of October. Both had records of 4-2. The Steelers lost their first two games and then went on to win 4 in a row. It was the lowly Bengals playing the Super Bowl Champs of 1979 who was 9-7 in 1980. It was a big deal beating the Steelers because the Bengals already were defeated by co division leaders Houston and Cleveland who were 11-5 the year before.
At that time Pittsburgh was the big game of the year. That and Buffalo who was 11-5 also in 1980. The Buffalo Bills game didn't mean as much because the Bengals only beat teams that had worse records than them in 1981 before that game. The first two games were against the Jets and Seahawks who had records of 4-12 in 1980. And Baltimore who won 1 more games than the Bengals in 1980.
The Pittsburgh game meant more than all other games at the time. The Bengals Superbowl at the time. They won their Superbowl beating the Steelers 34-7. But the Bengals had a let down game following that game going against the Saints or (Ain'ts at that time). Losing 17-7.
The future didn't look bright. Because next on the schedule every team had a winning record the year before. And the next 3 team were 11-5 after the 1980 season. First Houston who already beat us, then the Chargers and Rams. All three were in the playoffs the prior two years,The Rams and Oilers prior 3 years. San Diego was picked to win the Superbowl in 1981. Plus we had Cleveland again, who were 11-5 and Atlanta who finish 1980 at 12-4. Five of the teams had a total of 24 loses in 1980
Cincinnati went on a great run. After starting out 5-3. They beat Houston by 13, San Diego by 23 and Los Angeles by 14. The chant started after the San Diego game. Second game of November. The Bengals had 5 games in November and won all 5. Beating every team by more than 2 TD's. The Bengals only lost one more game all the way up to the Superbowl. That game was against the 49'ers who they also played and lost to in the Superbowl.
The chant started, Who They think is going to beat them Bengals. ( Cincinnati was on a roll.they were 7-3 a season after they finished 6-10 and prior two seasons 4-12) When some hollered, "Who They think is going to beat them Bengals" Other fans would reply with "Nobody"
A week or two later. The whole chant started to grow, and the nobody was stretched out to Noooo Boooooooody. Coming from an old car commericial of (Red Frazier Ford ) who was out of business at the time. But had a very popular commercial, Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier? Nooo Boooody.
Following that, the chant put was on a 45 record. Recorded by Cincinnati's WLW weatherman Who's first name was Zip.
From the banks of the Ohio comes that orange and black machine
They're the Cincinnati Bengals The finest ever seen
With stripes upon their helmets and fire in their eyes
They'll take the field they will not yield
They're strong and tough and wise
Who Dey.Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Hear that Bengal growling, mean and angry
See that Bengal prowling, lean and hungry
An offensive brute, run, pass, or boot
And defensively, he's rough errrr tough errrr
Cincinnati Bengals that's the team were gonna cheer to victory
Touchdown Bengals!!
Put some points up on the board and win a game for Cincinnati!
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Noooooobodyyyyy
When Cincinnati made the playoffs, the Hudepohl beer company jumped on the Who Dey bandwagon with their own version in Hu Dey Beer.
Who they think is going to beat them Bengals. Quickly changed to Who Dey think is gonna beat dem Bengals.
Now you will hear stories of where it started and it wasn't Cincinnati. But I assure you. It came from Cincinnati during November of 1981.
Who Dat?. The New Orleans Saints fans want to lay claim to Who Dey through Who Dat. .Not only did it not start with the Saints, I can show where the Saints picked it up and who were the people who changed it to Who Dat.
The Saint's Who Dat started in 1983, Bum Phillips had the Saints fans feeling playoffs for the first time in their history. They had their best start ever with a 5-3 record halfway through the season. They lost their first two games by a total of 4 points. They could of easily been 6-0, or 7-1 at the halfway point.
They picked up Who Dat somewhere during those first 8 games, but their dream season wasn't to be. They Saints finished opposite of how they started, winning only three more games and finishing 8-8
The Saint's Who Dat started up again in 1987 the year they started out 3-3 and never lost another game until they made the playoffs.
Losing to the Viking in their first playoff game. Before 1987 the Saints were known as the Ain'ts, never having a winning record until 1987. They went 8-8 twice, but could never end up above .500.
The reason many believe it came from the Saints, was because their Who Dat chant was popular the 1987 season and the Bengals Who Dey chant was ringing loud in peoples ears the Bengals Super Bowl season of 1988.
The Saints took Who Dat from LSU.
It was reported that LSU football was using a who dat chant in 1982. When they went to the Orange Bowl against Nebraska. Orange Bowl History
A year after the Bengals played in the Super Bowl. LSU finished behind Georgia for the Sec championship. Georgia play Penn St in the Sugar Bowl and lost to the National Champions. LSU lost to Nebraska who finished with second best record in the nation.
The Sec had 4 team in top 20 in 1982. And LSU beat every team in the conference except Georgia (National Championship Game) and Tennessee which they had tied. LSU had the Tiger connection with the Bengals. And in 1981 the Bengals had LSU record holder Charles Alexander on their roster. Who still holds the single season rushing record at LSU. So the alum from LSU watch the Bengals closely because of Charles Alexander.
So it was easy for them to pick up the Who Dey chant and revise it to Who Dat when they started winning in 1982.
LSU had the same type Cinderella story as the Bengals. They finished 3-7-1 in 1981 and only beat one conference team. But turned it around in 1982 going 8-2-1 losing only to Georgia in the SEC. The LSU Tigers lost the Orange Bowl game 21-20 against the second best team in the nation at the time. Nebraska.
Today you learn how it got started, when it started and where it traveled once it became popular. It started in November of 1981. And following is the stepping stone to it's arrival.
The Bengals were going up against the Steelers in the middle of October. Both had records of 4-2. The Steelers lost their first two games and then went on to win 4 in a row. It was the lowly Bengals playing the Super Bowl Champs of 1979 who was 9-7 in 1980. It was a big deal beating the Steelers because the Bengals already were defeated by co division leaders Houston and Cleveland who were 11-5 the year before.
At that time Pittsburgh was the big game of the year. That and Buffalo who was 11-5 also in 1980. The Buffalo Bills game didn't mean as much because the Bengals only beat teams that had worse records than them in 1981 before that game. The first two games were against the Jets and Seahawks who had records of 4-12 in 1980. And Baltimore who won 1 more games than the Bengals in 1980.
The Pittsburgh game meant more than all other games at the time. The Bengals Superbowl at the time. They won their Superbowl beating the Steelers 34-7. But the Bengals had a let down game following that game going against the Saints or (Ain'ts at that time). Losing 17-7.
The future didn't look bright. Because next on the schedule every team had a winning record the year before. And the next 3 team were 11-5 after the 1980 season. First Houston who already beat us, then the Chargers and Rams. All three were in the playoffs the prior two years,The Rams and Oilers prior 3 years. San Diego was picked to win the Superbowl in 1981. Plus we had Cleveland again, who were 11-5 and Atlanta who finish 1980 at 12-4. Five of the teams had a total of 24 loses in 1980
Cincinnati went on a great run. After starting out 5-3. They beat Houston by 13, San Diego by 23 and Los Angeles by 14. The chant started after the San Diego game. Second game of November. The Bengals had 5 games in November and won all 5. Beating every team by more than 2 TD's. The Bengals only lost one more game all the way up to the Superbowl. That game was against the 49'ers who they also played and lost to in the Superbowl.
The chant started, Who They think is going to beat them Bengals. ( Cincinnati was on a roll.they were 7-3 a season after they finished 6-10 and prior two seasons 4-12) When some hollered, "Who They think is going to beat them Bengals" Other fans would reply with "Nobody"
A week or two later. The whole chant started to grow, and the nobody was stretched out to Noooo Boooooooody. Coming from an old car commericial of (Red Frazier Ford ) who was out of business at the time. But had a very popular commercial, Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier? Nooo Boooody.
Following that, the chant put was on a 45 record. Recorded by Cincinnati's WLW weatherman Who's first name was Zip.
From the banks of the Ohio comes that orange and black machine
They're the Cincinnati Bengals The finest ever seen
With stripes upon their helmets and fire in their eyes
They'll take the field they will not yield
They're strong and tough and wise
Who Dey.Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Hear that Bengal growling, mean and angry
See that Bengal prowling, lean and hungry
An offensive brute, run, pass, or boot
And defensively, he's rough errrr tough errrr
Cincinnati Bengals that's the team were gonna cheer to victory
Touchdown Bengals!!
Put some points up on the board and win a game for Cincinnati!
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Who Dey, Who Dey, Who Dey think gonna beat them Bengals
Noooooobodyyyyy
When Cincinnati made the playoffs, the Hudepohl beer company jumped on the Who Dey bandwagon with their own version in Hu Dey Beer.
Who they think is going to beat them Bengals. Quickly changed to Who Dey think is gonna beat dem Bengals.
Now you will hear stories of where it started and it wasn't Cincinnati. But I assure you. It came from Cincinnati during November of 1981.
Who Dat?. The New Orleans Saints fans want to lay claim to Who Dey through Who Dat. .Not only did it not start with the Saints, I can show where the Saints picked it up and who were the people who changed it to Who Dat.
The Saint's Who Dat started in 1983, Bum Phillips had the Saints fans feeling playoffs for the first time in their history. They had their best start ever with a 5-3 record halfway through the season. They lost their first two games by a total of 4 points. They could of easily been 6-0, or 7-1 at the halfway point.
They picked up Who Dat somewhere during those first 8 games, but their dream season wasn't to be. They Saints finished opposite of how they started, winning only three more games and finishing 8-8
The Saint's Who Dat started up again in 1987 the year they started out 3-3 and never lost another game until they made the playoffs.
Losing to the Viking in their first playoff game. Before 1987 the Saints were known as the Ain'ts, never having a winning record until 1987. They went 8-8 twice, but could never end up above .500.
The reason many believe it came from the Saints, was because their Who Dat chant was popular the 1987 season and the Bengals Who Dey chant was ringing loud in peoples ears the Bengals Super Bowl season of 1988.
The Saints took Who Dat from LSU.
It was reported that LSU football was using a who dat chant in 1982. When they went to the Orange Bowl against Nebraska. Orange Bowl History
A year after the Bengals played in the Super Bowl. LSU finished behind Georgia for the Sec championship. Georgia play Penn St in the Sugar Bowl and lost to the National Champions. LSU lost to Nebraska who finished with second best record in the nation.
The Sec had 4 team in top 20 in 1982. And LSU beat every team in the conference except Georgia (National Championship Game) and Tennessee which they had tied. LSU had the Tiger connection with the Bengals. And in 1981 the Bengals had LSU record holder Charles Alexander on their roster. Who still holds the single season rushing record at LSU. So the alum from LSU watch the Bengals closely because of Charles Alexander.
So it was easy for them to pick up the Who Dey chant and revise it to Who Dat when they started winning in 1982.
LSU had the same type Cinderella story as the Bengals. They finished 3-7-1 in 1981 and only beat one conference team. But turned it around in 1982 going 8-2-1 losing only to Georgia in the SEC. The LSU Tigers lost the Orange Bowl game 21-20 against the second best team in the nation at the time. Nebraska.
Sweet Love
IBL Representative
In the end, they both pale in comparison to J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets!!!
Family Matters
Footballguy
Thanks for the post TD. That brought back alot of memories.
As for the Saints, let'em do what they want tonight. It's their turn to shine and on a national stage. More power to them!
As for the Saints, let'em do what they want tonight. It's their turn to shine and on a national stage. More power to them!
No, the saying goes:"Who dat say da gonna beat dem Saints...Who dat!!! (clap clap) Who dat!!! (clap clap)Also, the Saints have a song. "When the Saints come Marching in"
SproutDaddy
Footballguy
If I remember correctly Mora's "Diddly poo" comment was when he coached the Colts. It was the same press conference that "Playoffs?!!!" comment was in.I'm a little young but I only remember the Saints for this -->and "Diddly poo" from Mora. Oh and only won winning season in 10 years with a sprinkle of Ditka/Ricky.
diesel7982
Footballguy
Should have been clearer. I heard Rudi Johnson on Jim Rome #####ing about it, and found it funny.Yep, that makes it pretty lame that the Bengals ripped it off (if that's true), but the Steelers haven't ripped anything off. The only time the Steelers used "We Dey" was in reference to beating the Bengals in the playoffs last year.It was late 80s - early 90s. Im 24 and I remember that.Ive always thought it was pretty ridiculous of the Bengals to pretty much rip off the Saints' cheer, and then even worse, for the Bengals to ##### about the Steelers ripping that off.Young? Well, I'm 29 but I can't say I've ever heard anything about the Saints having a chant like that.And it doesn't sound like "Who Dat" to me.you must be pretty young?"Who Dat?" been around a long time. Who Dey = BengalsWho Dat = Saintsor at least that's what i've come to understand.
Who dey say gonna beat them Saints? Am I hearing this right?
Wooderson
Fight The Power
Even better.E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!
SteelerMurf
Footballguy
because 2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate was already taken
trogg78
Footballguy
Because we love america! Its american to claim you invented something first. I invented the post it notes.
