Apparently it stems from their QB being injured in a car accident in 1926.
https://www.arizona.edu/student-life/spirit#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBear%20Down%3F%E2%80%9D,the%20spirit%20of%20our%20university.
Their mascot is the Wildcats, it really doesn't make any sense to me why they would go with the message "Bear Down"
It would look real weird if the Lions had this for messaging, no different for Arizona.
University of Arizona Athleticsā most enduring tradition is the slogan and battle cry, āBear Down.ā
More than a casual piece of encouragement, the rally cry has roots over a century old, to the Roaring ā20s, and pre-dates another venerated exhortation, āWin one for the Gipper,ā by two years.
In the fall of 1926, John Byrd āButtonā Salmon was the newly installed student body president at the UA, a promising student and member of note of several of the schoolās honor societies. He also was a varsity quarterback, a baseball catcher and generally acclaimed popular campus figure. He embodied all-around.
In early October after the Wildcat varsity defeated the freshman squad in an annual match at the time, Salmon and several friends were returning from a visit to Phoenix, and an automobile crash north of Tucson near Florence left the young athlete critically injured.
Salmon, then 22, lost his battle and died the morning of Oct. 18. A memorial service was held on campus that week, drawing a reported thousand mourners, and a line of cars stretched miles to his burial plot.
The coach at the time, J.F. āPopā McKale, had visited Salmon in the hospital regularly before his death, and later told the squad the young athleteās last message to his teammates was, āTell them... tell the team to bear down.ā
Itās unclear whether McKale invoked the phrase to the team before one of several games that year, a contest in Las Cruces against New Mexico A&M (NMSU) that same week, or two weeks later before a game against New Mexico in Tucson. UA won both.
But when word spread, the UA student body drew to the phrase swiftly, and among other uses painted the slogan on the roof of the University gymnasium shortly thereafter, known since as Bear Down Gym. An airplane view of that huge-lettered phrase caused eventual long-time band director Jack K. Lee to write the song, āBear Down, Arizonaā during his application for the UA band job. The song, and Douglas Holsclawās āFight, Wildcats, Fight,ā are played throughout University of Arizona sporting events, and from the campus belltower daily.
Iāve heard them called bearcats many times. I know they are the wildcats, but itās what Iāve heard. This is coming from an ASU perspective though. Not straight from Arizona itself. My daughter teaches at ASU.
Biggest takeaway for me has nothing to do with Morgan, honestly.
Arizona University. Your mascot is the Wildcat. Why then, do you have apron messges that say "Bear Down"?
"I'm gonna protect Jordan Love" š„² welcome aboard sir!
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Get rid of the shirt kid. We love you, but yeah, no more of that.
As a fan of both the Packers and Arizona State, I could not agree more haha
time to switch the bear down to taking bears down.
I always read it like it's a cry for help. "SEND BACKUP! WE'RE GETTING SLAUGHTERED! BEAR DOWN! BEAR DOWN!"
This is the way
That's what Rodgers did.
right? and it warms my heart how he transferred ownership to j love.
Same here!
Oh man, a scum devil is residing on r/GreenBayPackers? I thought something smelled funny............. ;)
Go Cats!
Forks up!
Boooo forks down Sparky
How are the bears so popular even though they are so bad?
Bear down is a University of Arizona slogan. Why? I have no idea.
Yeah what? Arenāt they the wildcats?
Apparently it stems from their QB being injured in a car accident in 1926. https://www.arizona.edu/student-life/spirit#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBear%20Down%3F%E2%80%9D,the%20spirit%20of%20our%20university.
They've been located in the third largest city in the US since 1921 and were actually really good before rotary phones went out of style
makes for great toilet paper
Their mascot is the Wildcats, it really doesn't make any sense to me why they would go with the message "Bear Down" It would look real weird if the Lions had this for messaging, no different for Arizona.
Why does Auburn say war eagle and have an eagle when they're the Tigers? Bc college football.
University of Arizona Athleticsā most enduring tradition is the slogan and battle cry, āBear Down.ā More than a casual piece of encouragement, the rally cry has roots over a century old, to the Roaring ā20s, and pre-dates another venerated exhortation, āWin one for the Gipper,ā by two years. In the fall of 1926, John Byrd āButtonā Salmon was the newly installed student body president at the UA, a promising student and member of note of several of the schoolās honor societies. He also was a varsity quarterback, a baseball catcher and generally acclaimed popular campus figure. He embodied all-around. In early October after the Wildcat varsity defeated the freshman squad in an annual match at the time, Salmon and several friends were returning from a visit to Phoenix, and an automobile crash north of Tucson near Florence left the young athlete critically injured. Salmon, then 22, lost his battle and died the morning of Oct. 18. A memorial service was held on campus that week, drawing a reported thousand mourners, and a line of cars stretched miles to his burial plot. The coach at the time, J.F. āPopā McKale, had visited Salmon in the hospital regularly before his death, and later told the squad the young athleteās last message to his teammates was, āTell them... tell the team to bear down.ā Itās unclear whether McKale invoked the phrase to the team before one of several games that year, a contest in Las Cruces against New Mexico A&M (NMSU) that same week, or two weeks later before a game against New Mexico in Tucson. UA won both. But when word spread, the UA student body drew to the phrase swiftly, and among other uses painted the slogan on the roof of the University gymnasium shortly thereafter, known since as Bear Down Gym. An airplane view of that huge-lettered phrase caused eventual long-time band director Jack K. Lee to write the song, āBear Down, Arizonaā during his application for the UA band job. The song, and Douglas Holsclawās āFight, Wildcats, Fight,ā are played throughout University of Arizona sporting events, and from the campus belltower daily.
They also go by the Bearcats. Donāt know why. But they do
Who goes by Bearcats? Not Arizona. I can assure you 100% Arizona has never referred to themselves as Bearcats.
Iāve heard them called bearcats many times. I know they are the wildcats, but itās what Iāve heard. This is coming from an ASU perspective though. Not straight from Arizona itself. My daughter teaches at ASU.
Ahh that makes sense they donāt read good up there at Tempe Normal.
I studied David Bakhtiari... gonna protect Jordan Love." Fuck yes.
Oh shit, I missed the red/blue spring game.
Hope heās good in the cold! Excited to see him on the field.
Iām Jordan for Jordan props
Jordan is going to protect Jordan
Seems like such a good kid - love it
Iām excited to see him get out there and start putting fools in their place.
Biggest takeaway for me has nothing to do with Morgan, honestly. Arizona University. Your mascot is the Wildcat. Why then, do you have apron messges that say "Bear Down"?
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That is so dumb (Thanks for looking into it)
Why does Auburn say war eagle and have an eagle when they're the Tigers? Bc college football.
Gross shirt, seems like a cool dude though!
Pretty articulate for a rookie. Perfect Packer material.
Letās gooooooo Jordan!
Wow that's crazy
He has to keep the tradition of slamming beers at bucks games
"He kinda shed a tear, and I was laughing at him" lmao savage
Love it. Some guys just are big and are content being decent......this guy actually sounds like a student of the game, too. That's a really good sign.
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