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COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT ATMOSPHERE.

RABID FANS.

QUIRKY MASCOTS.

MUSIC.

AND WE’RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE FIGHT SONGS AND OTHER TUNES PLAYED BY THE SCHOOL’S BANDS.

BUT POPULAR SONGS PUMPED IN THROUGH STADIUM LOUDSPEAKERS THAT HAVE BECOME AS MUCH A TRADITION AS ANYTHING ELSE IN THE SPORT.

THINK “CALLIN’ BATON ROUGE” AT L-S-U.

“SANDSTORM” AT SOUTH CAROLINA.

“SHOUT” AT OREGON.

“ENTER SANDMAN” AT VIRGINIA TECH.

AND, OF COURSE, “JUMP AROUND” AT WISCONSIN.

SOUNDBITE (English) Riley Mahlman, Wisconsin offensive lineman:

“You see 80, 90-thousand people going all in to this one tradition that’s been around for 20, 25 years. It’s really special.”

NOT ONLY IS THE EARLY ‘90S HOUSE OF PAIN HIT A SATURDAY STAPLE IN MADISON, BADGER FANS SOMETIMES TAKE THE TRADITION ON THE ROAD.

AND INTO RECEPTION HALLS.

SOUNDBITE (English) Erik Waisanen, former Wisconsin player:

“They’ll be at a wedding in any part of the country, and I’ll get a video. And it’ll be the bride and groom who are Wisconsin grads. And on the video, people I don’t even know will be doing ‘Jump Around’ at their wedding as one of their dances.”

MICHIGAN FANS LARGELY KEEP THEIR DANCING TO THE CONFINES OF THE BIG HOUSE.

WITH A PAIR OF MUSICAL TRADITIONS THAT REV UP THE 110-THOUSAND MAIZE-AND-BLUE FAITHFUL BETWEEN QUARTERS THREE AND FOUR.

FIRST, THE MICHIGAN MARCHING BAND PLAYS “I CAN’T TURN YOU LOOSE” FROM “THE BLUES BROTHERS.”

THEN D-J TRUTH SPINS THE KILLERS’ SMASH “MR. BRIGHTSIDE,” ANN ARBOR’S FAVORITE SING-ALONG.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ronnie “DJ Truth” Powell, Michigan Stadium DJ:

“We let the crowd sing it. And when it gets to a certain part, we let the crowd go a cappella. … It is an experience like none other.”