The other day I stumbled across this awesome project by FiveThirtyEight: Our Guide To The Exuberant Nonsense Of College Fight Songs | FiveThirtyEight while googling for fight songs. I was a cheerleader in college and still have my fight song memorized. I went the Villanova, and our Fight Song was called “V for Villanova”. The words were as follows:
“V” for Villanova, “V” for Victory
“B” for Blue and “W” for WhiteFor the Blue and the White we will fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight for Villanova, Fight for VictoryFor we’re out to win the fray;
Villanova leads the way,
With a capital “V” for Victory.Vill-a-no-va, V-I-L-L-A-N-O-V-A
“V” for Vic-tor-y, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
It’s a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye,
and a “V” for a V-I-C-T-O-R-Y“V” for Villanova, “V” for Victory
“B” for Blue and “W” for WhiteFor the Blue and the White we will fight!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Fight for Villanova, Fight for VictoryFor we’re out to beat the foe
Show the en-e-my we know
how to win with a “V” for Victory.
This isn’t included in the 538 study because it wasn’t part of the schools they selected. Regardless, I’ve decided to post the values for the CSV that they are using:
| Column | Value |
|---|---|
| school | Villanova University |
| conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
| song_name | V For Villanova |
| writers | Les Irving |
| year | Unknown |
| student_writer | Unknown |
| official_song | Yes |
| contest | No |
| bpm | 145 |
| sec_duration | 73 |
| fight | Yes |
| number_fights | 12 |
| victory | Yes |
| win_won | Yes |
| victory_win_won | Yes |
| rah | No |
| nonsense | No |
| colors | Yes |
| men | No |
| opponents | No |
| spelling | Yes |
| trope_count | 5 |
| spotify_id | 3Xe4aLJbQcEAmbyeM5DJbC |
A couple of additional notes:
- BPM is a guess by someone who knows better than me.
- Information obtained for this was sourced from several places and may not be completely accurate. Information is provided to the best of my abilities.