Rock Chalk, Jayhawk

(The University itself is located on top of Mount Oread, a ridge of flinty Carboniferous limestone used in some of the buildings.)

Those responsible for the change are unknown, with Bailey himself crediting the geology department,[2] and others an English professor.

[5] In the 1920 Summer Olympics, Albert I of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell, and gathered athletes replied with the chant.

During pregame, the refrain of "Rock chalk... Jay-Hawk... KU," is repeated twice slowly, and then three times quickly.

It is usually preceded by the Kansas alma mater "Crimson and the Blue,” and followed by the fight song, "I'm a Jayhawk.” Since the early 1990s, Kansas fans have been known to do the slow repetition of "Rock chalk... Jay-Hawk... KU" when the Jayhawks are believed to be safely ahead, and victory is guaranteed.