2007-01-22 06:16:35 · 9 answers · asked by RIZZO 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Who Dat - Dem Bears that's who.
Not sure when or how the saying got started....but it has to be retired at this point.
2007-01-22 06:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by JustMe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a baby boomer and I remember the "Who Dat" phrase from my youth in New Orleans. We definitely DIDN'T come up with it just this year!
An earlier version of the chant is "Who dat say they gonna beat St. Aug?"
St Aug, or St. Augustine, is an all-boys, mostly Black, Catholic school in New Orleans. Like all Catholic schools, St. Aug has admissions requirements and high academic standards. (Not withstanding the ungramatical nature of the chant; chants don't have to be gramatical, they only have to roll off the tongue!) Many Creole youth go there and it's rich in Creole culture. (New Orleans has an extensive Catholic school system, rivalling the public school system there.) In addition, St, Aug has a GREAT marching band and a GREAT football team. Some St. Aug players went on to become college stars.
Not sure if all these statements still apply in the present tense, after Katrina, but I'm hopeful so I'm using the present tense.
2007-01-22 06:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Who Dey" has been in use since 1981, when the Bengals went to the Super Bowl the first time. I don't know when the Saints started "Who Dat".
2007-01-22 06:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by togashiyokuni2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who Dey was well known from even last year, with the Steelers responce of WE DEY. The Saints didn't start this stupid Who Dat until this year, when they saw how big Who Dey was.
Oh and the saying is supposed to be Who Dey that think they gonna beat dem Bengals, or something like that, it was just shortened to Who Dey.
2007-01-22 06:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The word "who dat" and the fleur de lis in and of themselves aren't any further owned by technique of the NFL. notwithstanding, if both are used alongside with the Saints, then the NFL does have possession. In different words, in case you had to make a blouse that stated "Who dat?" and had the saints type on it, you would possibly want to get warmth from the NFL for trademark infringement. My intense college in Mississippi used the "who dat" component and we had shirts made, yet they were for our college's mascot, so we not in any respect were given any difficulty.
2016-12-02 21:50:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure the Cincinnati Bengals started it back in the late 60s or early 70s.
2007-01-22 06:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither; the phrase was stolen from the Houston Oilers "luv ya blue" glory days with Earl Campbell and Dan Pastorini. The Oilers started who dat, and they actually had a song about it.
Fans also used to swing a small rope over their heads during games as well because Bum Phillips said they should never let go of that rope which meant to never give up.
2007-01-22 06:21:25 · answer #7 · answered by Ice4444 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both phrases do not make any sense.
2007-01-22 06:26:15 · answer #8 · answered by ar 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Who Cares"
2007-01-22 06:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋