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    I'm having a disagreement with a friend of mine. I need a little help on what the correct answer was. He said they originated back in 1995. I say in 1999. whose correct?

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    1999. It was the team's slogan for that year.

    It's seem to have stuck.

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    thanks. I thought I was right.

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    I hear that chant in my nightmares.

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    thanks. I thought I was right.


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    I came in the 4th quarter with 3 seconds on the clock when the bandwagon spur fans felt they might win a ring.

    "Shake some Dust"

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    The signs were distributed in HEB stores, as I remember, in 1998-99 season.

    The Coyote has been using the sign with "Go!" on one side and "Spurs" on the other side for years and years. Maybe 20 years. He leads the crowd in "Go!", "Spurs", "Go!" by pointing to different sections of the arena (N, S, E, and W) and turning the sign back and forth.

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    I am the person who Louae is disagreeing with. I worked in SA during the summer of 1995 (when we lost to the Rockets in the playoffs). I distinctly remembering having a black ~8x10 sign in my truck that read GO SPURS GO.

    Anyone remember this?



    Texas97

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    I'm drawing a blank....but welcome to the forum anyway.

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    I remember "We Can" for 1998.

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    All I was doing in 95 was crying

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    Welcome, Texas97. Well the fact that Solid D brought up probably makes you both wrong.

    The coyote has been doing that "GO" "Spurs" "Go" thing forever. I had forgotten about that.

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    Yeah, but I don't remember it being an ubiquitous "official" chant, flag, etc. until 1999.

    If you can corroborate that 95 sign, Texas97 that would be an interesting bit of Spurs' trivia.

    Maybe Kori has a connection in the front office who can help?

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    I know that it didn't become an official Spurs thing until the 1999 season. I remember because I talked to Russ Bookbinder in 2001 and he was ing about how all the fans are stuck on the Go Spurs Go and the Spurs were trying to move on to another catch phrase.

    I think nowadays, they don't really care. Though they don't sell too much "Go Spurs Go" merchandise as they used to.

    I'm sure some company or even the Spurs might have printed a "Go Spurs Go" sign prior to 1999, as it's a pretty common sports term. But as far as being official, that would be 1999.

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    Remind me to buy Bookbinder a beer for saying that.

    Anything else but "Go Spurs Go" for this season, damnit.

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    Ah, I think they should stick with "Go Spurs Go".

    Think about it. Every team that has one of these simple dumb catch phrases uses it every year until it becomes identified with the team:

    "Here we go Steelers, here we go"
    "Let's go Yankees"
    etc.

    It may be a dumb catch phrase, but it's our dumb catch phrase. If the Spurs win a couple more les, you'll start seeing other fans copy it.

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    I know that it didn't become an official Spurs thing until the 1999 season. I remember because I talked to Russ Bookbinder in 2001 and he was ing about how all the fans are stuck on the Go Spurs Go and the Spurs were trying to move on to another catch phrase.

    I think nowadays, they don't really care. Though they don't sell too much "Go Spurs Go" merchandise as they used to.

    I'm sure some company or even the Spurs might have printed a "Go Spurs Go" sign prior to 1999, as it's a pretty common sports term. But as far as being official, that would be 1999.
    So what did he want the catch phrase to be?

    Forget about Go Spurs Go. Change that ing '"y'all ready for this?" intro. I can't begin to tell you how disappointed I was when I heard it again

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    Ah, I think they should stick with "Go Spurs Go".

    Think about it. Every team that has one of these simple dumb catch phrases uses it every year until it becomes identified with the team:

    "Here we go Steelers, here we go"
    "Let's go Yankees"
    etc.

    It may be a dumb catch phrase, but it's our dumb catch phrase. If the Spurs win a couple more les, you'll start seeing other fans copy it.
    Can we start chanting "19-73, clap, clap, clap, clap-clap" for the last time the Pacers won anything meaningful?

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    Nice Pooh bait, Johnny.

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    So what did he want the catch phrase to be?
    "Onward Mighty Spurs, Vanquish The Foe!" clap-clap-clapclapclap

    either that or,

    "Y'all Ready For the Spurs!!!!"

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    no kidding, what else you gonna say?

    Also, I like the answers fo replacing Yall ready for this

    "well, i dont know, just something different" dopydoe.

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    no kidding, what else you gonna say?

    Also, I like the answers fo replacing Yall ready for this

    "well, i dont know, just something different" dopydoe.
    Ducks,

    Can you translate, please?

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    The San Antonio Spurs, the only pro sports franchise that could possibly screw up a silver & black color scheme.

    Apparently the lesson has been learned.

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