Victory for MSU

"Victory for MSU" is the official fight song of Michigan State University, USA. MSU's fight song was created in early 1915 (and copyrighted in 1919), when MSU was known as Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.). An MSU cheerleader, Francis Irving Lankey, along with lyricist Arthur Sayles, created the song. With several changes noted below, the school has used the same song ever since. The MSU Fight Song is played at all university sporting events and is frequently sung by students and alumni. Upon the song's 100th anniversary, it was officially renamed from the "MSU Fight Song" to "Victory for MSU".

It has been ranked as the #6 best college fight song by the BleacherReport and called one of the NCAA's best fight songs by ESPN.

Lankey's original lyrics reflected the school's role as an agricultural college, as well as its rivalry with the University of Michigan. The lyrics have since been changed several times. The lyrics had to be modified when the school changed its nickname from the "Aggies" to the Spartans. In addition, whereas the original lyrics referred specifically to an American football game against Michigan, the modern lyrics can be used for any opponent in any sport (although many hockey fans like to change the word "ball" to "hockey").

The modern lyrics:

On the banks of the Red Cedar,

There's a school that's known to all

Its specialty is winning

And those Spartans play goodball;

Spartan teams are never beaten,

All through the game they fight;

Fight for the only colors:

Green and White.

Go right through for MSU,

Watch the points keep growing,

Spartan teams are bound to win,

They're fighting with a vim!

Rah! Rah! Rah!

See their team is weakening,

We're going to win this game,

Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, Fight!

Victory for MSU!

For games against Michigan, Spartan fans frequently replace "Go right through for MSU" with the original "Smash right through that line of blue" (referring to the Michigan defensive line) and "See their team is weakening" with the original "Michigan is weakening."

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