Here are the details so you know what's going on if the Arkansas fans start doing it at Canvas Stadium on Saturday when the Razorbacks play at CSU (5:30 p.m., CBS-SN).
You slowly raise your arms from the knee to above the head during the "wooo," which is supposed to last eight seconds. Fingers should be wiggling and volume building during the "wooo."
After the "wooo," both arms are brought straight down with clench fists while yelling "pig." The right arm extends up and out and finishes with "sooie."
Repeat that process three times and at the end finish with "Razorbacks!" and you have yourself a proper Hog Call.
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Another fun fact: Arkansas trademarked the Hog Call in 2014 so that the "sounds contained within the chant are now a registered trademark," per NBC Sports.
A couple other facts about Arkansas:
Arkansas claims to be the only college with Razorback as a nickname.
The university's teams were known as the Cardinals until football coach Hugo Bezdek called his players "a wild band of Razorback hogs" in 1909. The student body voted to change the mascot after that.
The Arkansas live mascot is named Tusk. He's a Russian boar, which closely resembles the wild hogs known as razorbacks native to Arkansas, according to the University of Arkansas.
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Here are the basics: Raise your arms above your head during the The Hog Call, yell "Wooo" and wiggle your fingers for a few seconds. Next, bring both arms straight down with fists clinched while yelling, "Pig." Then extend your right arm with the "Sooie."
A chant of “Wooo Pig Sooie” is known worldwide as a Hog Call. Just like any good tradition, there are lots of versions of the Hog Call (even spellings).
As a lagging, Razorback football team struggled to stay in the fight for the “W,” a group of farmers started squealing like hogs to offer encouragement. The farmers' support seemed to work, as the Razorbacks came out victorious.
Razorback fans have been "Calling the Hogs" since the 1920s. It is said to have begun when a group of farmers attending a game began issuing hog calls to encourage a lagging Razorback football team. The encouragement worked and the attending crowd took notice of the farmers' calling.
Etymology. The distinctive call is likely a degraded form of Latin, as the Razorback, or wild boar, is a member of the pig family, which in the Linnean classification (Latin) naming system is Suidae. 'Sooie' is a pig-calling call in northeast England, as is 'Giss giss'.
Although historians aren't exactly sure of the exact date, a group of Arkansas football fans at some point during the 1920s is believed to have been the first to “call the Hogs” during a game.
The wild hogs known as razorbacks native to the Arkansas wilderness bear no resemblance to the typical barnyard pig of today. The untamed razorback hog was a lean, feral animal that was ill-tempered.
The Latin name for the family to which pigs belong is “suidae,” pronounced “soo-ee-dai.” The Latin word for hog or pig is “sus” sounding like “sooH.” As the English language developed the word translated to “sowe (soo-weh) and mimicked the sound of a pig's squeal.
Woo pig sooie is a University of Arkansas cheer used at Razorback sporting events to pump up the players. Also known as the hog call, this Razorback chant is a tradition at the University of Arkansas that dates back to the 1920s.
The Hog Call is one of the most recognizable chants in all of sports. Here are the basics: Raise your arms above your head during the The Hog Call, yell “Wooo” and wiggle your fingers for a few seconds. Next, bring both arms straight down with fists clinched while yelling, “Pig.”
College Football Hall of Fame coach Hugo Bezdek proclaimed his team played "like a wild band of razorback hogs". The name proved so popular that it was changed for the 1910 season. The tradition of calling the hogs, "Woo, Pig! Sooie" was added in the 1920s.
We have not always been known as the Razorbacks. From 1894, when UA football began, until 1910, we were the Cardinal, a mascot that was chosen, primarily, because our school color was Cardinal Red. In 1909, Arkansas Football Coach Hugo Bezdek gave a speech to the students that would start the move to change mascots.
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