Ski-U-Mah (slogan)
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Ski-U-Mah (/ˌskaɪjuːˈmɑː/ SKY-yoo-MAH) is a slogan used at the University of Minnesota since 1884, when the newly emerging football team was coached by Thomas Peebles, a philosophy professor and former Princeton University faculty member.
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Ski-U-Mah (slogan)
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Ski-U-Mah (/ˌskaɪjuːˈmɑː/ SKY-yoo-MAH) is a slogan used at the University of Minnesota since 1884, when the newly emerging football team was coached by Thomas Peebles, a philosophy professor and former Princeton University faculty member. During the team's scrimmages, Peebles would often yell "Sis-Boom-Ah, Princeton!" after a score, relying on a cheer from his alma mater. Team captain John W. Adams and a co-captain sought a counter-cheer, one that would have "a characteristic Minnesota flavor." While brainstorming, Adams recalled hearing native Dakota boys yell "ski-oo!" in athletic contests and canoe races at Lake Pepin. Adams incorrectly interpreted that phrase as the Dakota word for victory, or exultation, and suggested it as a cheer for the university rugby team. His co-captain, "Win" Sargent, added the "mah" to make it rhyme with "rah," thus creating "Ski-U-Mah!" They used the cheer in their practices and games, and the campus paper (the Ariel) endorsed the cheer soon after.
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