Top five traditions for Georgia football

The Redcoat Band

“Nothin’ Finer in the Land.”

I chose to combine a lot of the traditions that include the Redcoat Band together.

We all love “Glory, Glory” and the band in general. They’re a tradition that has been around for over 100 years.

According to the band’s website, the Redcoat band was founded in 1905 as a 20 member cadet band. Now there are 430 members in the current redcoats.

One of my favorite things the Redcoat band does is the lone trumpeter who sets the stage to welcome the team during pre-game.

However, what makes this call even more amazing is the Larry Munson video playing on the big screen right after the Battle Hymn solo plays.

It sends chills down your spine; you know the teams fixing to come through that large G and the game can begin.

Throughout the game, the band leads the cheers to keep the crowd involved.

However, my favorite cheer is the one after the game, and they include the calling of the dawgs. You know the one, “Ain’t nothing finer in the land than the Redcoat marching band.”

Then there is “Glory, Glory Dixieland,” “Krypton Fanfare,” “Bulldog March Medley,” “Junkyard Dawgs,” and so many more.

How can I forget singing the Alma Mater before each game as well? Long before I became a student, I knew that song by heart.

You can find most of them on the Redcoat Band’s YouTube channel. The band even did an album that was at one point on iTunes.

The Redcoat band is one of the best traditions because we all love to clap along to the cheer, throw our four fingers up in the fourth quarter and wave our red pom-poms for almost every song.

You cannot think of Georgia football without the Redcoat Band, and that alone puts them on the tradition list.