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"Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" (a.k.a. the Rock Chalk chant) is a chant used at University of Kansas Jayhawks sporting events. The chant is made up of the phrase "Rock chalk ...
The Jayhawk appears in several Kansas cheers, most notably, the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" chant in unison before and during games. [6] In the traditions promoted by KU, the jayhawk is said to be a combination of two birds, "the blue jay, a noisy, quarrelsome thing known to rob other nests; and the sparrow hawk, a stealthy hunter." [7]
The "Kansas Song" is then played as the Marching Jayhawks perform their historic KU counter march. The band then performs the National Anthem, “Crimson and the Blue” (the KU alma mater), and the Rock Chalk Chant. The Marching Jayhawks conclude with the university's official fight song, "I'm a Jayhawk."
Several Jayhawks participated in events surrounding Rock Chalk Roundball Classic weekend.
As Kansas basketball takes to the NCAA Tournament, it's worth asking: What's a Jayhawk? Here's the history and explanation behind Kansas' nickname: What is a Jayhawk?
A PROPOSAL AT THE ROCK CHALK ROUNDBALL CLASSIC Former KU men's basketball player Calvin Thompson got the 'Yes!' after a story about how KU recruited him to be a Jayhawk for life...
In May 1886, professor Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey first proposed the cheer that would evolve into the "Rock Chalk Jayhawk, K.U.” chant. Initially created for the KU science club, Bailey's version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. The rahs were later replaced by "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the ...
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