‘We’ve Got Jesus’ Chant Reportedly Sends High School Football Coach Into a Rage
- Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:47pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Last Friday, Tom Bolden, the head coach of the Cincinnati Colerain high school football team, allegedly screamed at student supporters of an opposing team after they chanted “We’ve got Jesus!”
When the game between Colerain and St. Xavier Catholic concluded (Xavier won after Colerain missed a 45-yard field goal attempt during the last minute of the game), Bolden was reportedly so frustrated by the Christ-centered chants that he “charged out of his team’s huddle” and allegedly unleashed on the winning team’s student supporters.
According to sources who were at the event, the “We’ve got Jesus” chants were in response to an initial taunt from the Colerain student section — “We’ve got girls!”
See, Xavier is an all-male school, so Colerain’s chant was likely uttered in an attempt to tease the opposition over its homogeneous makeup. While the chant, itself, is somewhat of a non-story, Bolden’s purported outburst isn’t.
Below, watch him explain his frustration with the “We’ve got Jesus chant” (unfortunately the outburst, itself, wasn’t captured):
In your opinion, who should be ashamed — the coach or the students invoking Jesus’ name in their chant? Let us know in the comments section.
(h/t NBC’s Off the Bench)
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Comments (247)
Zoe
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:13pmAhhh so coach you play your game from the stands……… heheheh Keep you eye on the ball….
Ashamed of…… The debate club needs your leadership…….
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:16pmIf I know my Catholic schools…there’s a sister high school attached to St. Xavier’s. And if I know catholic school girls the way I remember in my youth…. then I’d say St. Xavier’s can say they have both Jesus and the girls.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:35pmYes you are so right, there is a sister school, and these two schools have been going at it for as long as i can remember at least 40yrs?
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:27pmHe needs to figure out better prioities in life.
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Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:29pmPlayer 27 from St. Xavier looks to take a cheap shot punch on player 29 from Colerain on that punt return while on the ground. It can be seen right about 5:09 on the second video.
That’s the truth, and this is the Blaze.
Report Post »texasken
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 7:06pmTHELEFTISDA– I‘m afraid you’re repeating an urban legend, Gunny. Starbucks is a left company, but they’ve never refused anything based on an antiwar stance, since they don’t have an antiwar stance. They’ve provided tens of thousands of bottles of water to our guys in theater. No reason to boycott them based on a 10-year-old unfounded rumor.
Good luck on your next deployment. Stay safe. Perform your mission and keep your guys safe. And thank you for what you do.
Report Post »CCRYDER
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 7:10pm@THELEFTISDA – Your comment re Starbucks – totally false….been around since 2007…ho hum.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp
Report Post »ltb
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 7:12pmWhy would anyone become so enraged at the name of Jesus?
“Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, ‘What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!’ ‘Be quiet!’ said Jesus sternly. ‘Come out of him!’ The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.” Mark 1:23-25
Report Post »Trance
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:01pmMaybe he would be mad that some people believe Jesus is plays favorites at a sporting event. Maybe they were hoping Jesus would cheat for him like in the movie “Angels in the Outfield”.
That player at 5:09 who facemasked the runner, hit him behind the head as he was going down while ripping off his helmet, then punching him while on the ground sure had Jesus behind him. No flag no foul.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 7:57amIt sounds like another of the dark prince’s foot soldiers has just been uncovered. They are all around and begining to come out of the woodwork. Look at pelosi, reed, and nobama. Tell me they are not foot soldiers for evil.
Report Post »ud05049
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 8:32amI think it is great that the students at Xavier chanted “We have JESUS”!! It is ok for the students at Colerain to chant “we have girls” but you can’t say JESUS!! Why do people get so upset when you mention JESUS. The Bible says that satan trembles at the name of JESUS!!! You go Xavier…………..keep saying you have JESUS!!!!! The Coach at Colerain should be ashamed of himself. THANK YOU JESUS!!!
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 8:48amGot demons?????………..
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 9:02amGood eyes Mr Anderson. THey also faced mask the guy before taking a shot at you know where. I am sure he had a cup on, so it shouldn’t have hurt. I remember when we played Aliquippa, the school where Mike Ditkta played when he was young. Man those boys would do whatever they could to hurt you with cheap shots. I got my finger bit by one those animals. …lol Boys will be boys !
Report Post »inblack
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 12:26pmThe coach may have interpreted the cheer to be implying that Jesus was helping them win – which would be inappropriate.
I think this is a non-story.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 1:26pmI have always believed that Jesus has a great sense of humor. Go Jesus, rah, rah, rah!!! I guess this coach didn’t realize who he was messing with! Lost in the last 45 seconds of the game – love it!
Report Post »watchdog1
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 12:33amI can explain the coach’ behavior, he misunderstood and believed they were saying “We”ve got Hay-seus”, he mistakenly thought they had captured an illegal immigrant, he felt it was his Lib duty to protect him.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:12pmPoor move on the part of the coach. At the same time, I laugh at the kids chanting “We’ve got Jesus.” Sure guys, because Jesus picks sides in high school football.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:38pmBetter than chanting foul language or saying nasty things about the other team. If they had chanted, “We have Mohammed”, I bet no one would have dared to complain. And had the coach gotten angry, his life might have been in danger.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:41pm@LOCKED
Do you ever pick just one side of an issue, and stick with it?
But, at least you substituted “at the same time” for “but”
Nest time, try “however”
Report Post »Chuckkel
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:43pmJesus does pick sides! If you do not believe in Jesus, you go to hell, so Jesus does choose those that support him.
Report Post »RedheadedStepchild
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:48pmIt is not as if God “takes sides”. That is not the point. It was a pep talk chant like any other…However it is the empowerment the INDIVIDUAL players feel knowing (or thinking) that if they have the Big Guy with them, it will make them better players. Non-believers like my father see that as a physiological boost so what is the harm? Why ridicule? It makes you look small.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:53pmThe end result should tell the coach something. “Xavier won after Colerain missed a 45-yard field goal attempt during the last minute of the game”. Either he was the inferior coach or the chant worked!
Report Post »mils
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:10pmhey, you don’t know… people are always asking what would jesus do…like they know..hey, he may pick football sides..
the coach is pathetic…poor sportsman… when kids see adults act like this..esp sports figures/leaders, they emulate. one of the reasons our kids are such pathetic losers at some of these schools.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:36pm“Jesus does pick sides!”
Report Post »… in high school football? Man, hope you have some of that Kool-Aid left, Jim Jones.
sweetgold
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:46pmI am so disappointed!!! I thought Jesus determined the outcome of everything when called upon to do so. Load knows how he would handle a football game with opposing requests to win (one by each team). Hmmm, what to do?..what to do? I think Jesus has some really important things to do somewhere else other than a Cincinnati football game.
Report Post »Bonesaw
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:07pmSheesh… READ the article before you guys post on it!
Co-ed secular school chants to the Catholic all male school, “We’ve got girls”.
Catholic all male school chants back, “We’ve got Jesus”.
It had nothing to do with prayer!
It had nothing to do with petitions to God for victory!
Heck, it really didn’t have anything to with the football game!
You just read the headline and posted the first thing that flew outta your butts.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:30pmIt was because they were a catholic school and because of the “we got girls” chant and they could not have picked a better chant back! This is school spirit!
Report Post »copyCAT3
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 10:53pmHey Locked,
Why is it so hard for you to think? I know you have issues with Christianity, but please try and contain yourself. When someone says Jesus picks sides it means that person believes that Jesus has law and justice and judgement is made, or to avoid a religious debate, he picks good over evil. No one honestly believes that Jesus would be in their stands instead of the other stands because he doesn’t like that school. Nor would they believe that he would be kept up late at night if his high school football team didn’t win. Way to resort to name calling via Jim Jones, Lord I hope you don’t call yourself a conservative. Yes I said Lord. If you had any idea what you were talking about, you would realize that these 15 year old boys ( yes coach, now who is embarrassing themselves?) were merely reacting to the other school’s chant. They probably meant that they were a Catholic/Christian school, and their administrators and parents thought it was more important for them to be educated in conjunction with religion rather than act like it didn’t exist while “Tammy” and “Jamal” made out in the back of the class during U.S. History.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 12:57pm@Copy
“No one honestly believes that Jesus would be in their stands instead of the other stands because he doesn’t like that school.”
Thanks for the rant? Some of the posters here honestly believe that Jesus picks sides – in a football game. Because that’s the topic at hand.
I have no problem with Christianity – I have problems with fundamentalist Christians who literally believe God is on one side or the other of a football game… again, the topic at hand.
Report Post »mjhillalabama
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:32am@Locked, It’s not that Jesus is necessarily on any one side. It’s what the combatants (yes, that is what players on the field are) believe.
Report Post »Specialeduc8r
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:11pmCoach, stop being so uptight! You would not have said one word had you won. Smile! You have a great team, enjoy it.
Report Post »mficentral
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:39pmMy grandson plays for St. X. The coach for Colerain is his uncle. His mother‘s sister is married to Colerain’s coach. It’s all in the family. No big deal.
Report Post »merzfan
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:11pmI wonder how upset the coach was when supporters of HIS team started the whole thing by chanting, “We’ve got GIRLS!”
Report Post »M13
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:37pmHow can they be fruitful and multiply without any girls.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:10pm@M13–They are at school to study not pro create. Get a clue!
Report Post »mormormax
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:26pmSt. Xavier may be an all boy school but the only time you won’t find the place “crawling” with girls is during the class day. I know this for a fact since I had two sons go to school there. In my foolishness I asked my oldest why he wanted to attend an all boy school. His answer was “It’s not a problem.”. The first time I went into the school at the end of the day, I found out how true that was. Colerain may “have girls” in the classroom, however, there is no doubt that the men of St. X have no problem meeting young women.
Report Post »mjhillalabama
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:28amI went to an all male Catholic High School (class of ‘64). But, no worries, we had St. Mary’s H.S. nearby. Plenty of dates and dances.
Report Post »aelway
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:10pmThe Colerain coach asked “what has Jesus got to do with the game? They should be ashamed of themselves”…. well, coach, what do “girls” have to do with the game? Maybe your fans should be a little ashamed of themselves as well….
Report Post »Pattondog
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:10pmits a non story, and the opposing coach should be proud that youngsters proclaim they have jesus.
its not like they were chanting defaming words towards the opposing team. they are at a football game for goodness sake.
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:09pmIf you got Jesus, you should never be ashamed !!! The coach was a sore loser and was grasping at straws. I watched it. A typical H S game. Fun chants, comical, even.
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:09pmSmart reply by the Xavier fans, pretty funny. Is the Colerain coach pretending he didn’t hear his fans chanting “we’ve got girls”? He’s acting like a sore looser, he got beat at home, but don’t take it out on the opposing fans.
Report Post »steamboatwillie1413
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:09pmCome on, these are high school kids . . . nobody I ever knew expected any real common sense from teenagers . . . this is a mon-issue concerning a group of excited and enthusiastic teens rooting for their schools. The coach, however, should have just pretended like he was an adult and ignored it. Still, it’s no big deal all the way around.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:08pmWhat a jerk
Report Post »TrueAmerican66
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:08pmAll True Americans66 please stand up…=)
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:04pmI can’t believe a so called “leader of young men” is saying the team yelling “We got Jesus” should be ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES?????? What a moron. Glad his team lost…..
Report Post »mjhillalabama
Posted on September 18, 2011 at 10:24amThe point is, like all fans in the seats taunt the other team, so did St. Xavier. Heck, it worked and they beat Colerain on a missed field goal. Kudoes to the Xavier fans and shame to the Colerain coach.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:04pmI think it was extremely unsportsman like for the coach, obviously, he was having a bad day. What a stellar role model! Shame on him!!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:03pmWhat makes it really strange is the fact the team he was directing his angst towards is a Christian school. Is this dude that moronic and unwitting???
Report Post »Miami
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:03pmMaybe he should find Jesus and he won’t be as angry, just might find a way to win…?
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:00pmthe devil made him do that- lol
Report Post »RavenGlenn
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:59pmWell according to the story, it was apparently a chant made in retaliation to the idiots at the other school chanting about how they have girls and St. Xavier does not.
So…it really had nothing to do about football, and they were not invoking Jesus as somehow helping them win.
So…non-story.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:58pmto him football and girls are more important than jesus. he is adult and should act like it, no wonder our kids are the way the are, no respect,no morals or values,
Report Post »1chancey1
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:56pmUnless it’s a matter of safety what happens in the stands shouldn’t be of any concern to the coach. He should only be concerned about what is happening on the field.
Report Post »True American66
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:02pmI agree..this coach just let the loss get the best of him….you know what they say about Karma, coach!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:56pmI think this is obviously a dispute regarding who Jesus wanted to win, that’s all. Grow up.
TEA
Report Post »M13
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:30pmBut they do have girls.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:55pmNo one should ever be reluctant to testify about having Jesus. Wherever and whenever the opportunity arises.
Report Post »M13
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:35pmSo they were testifying for Jesus , not using it as a taunt . You are an ass.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:44pmMI3 – Ass I may be, but I see it as them testifying that they have Jesus in their hearts, and how that trumps the opposing team’s testifying that they have girls in their school. I‘m quite sure that’s how they meant it. Having him in mine as well, I’m not ashamed of it either.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 5:18pm@M13—Slow down there sparky !you are putting yourself in the same arena as the yelling coach. You both don’t have a clue.Name calling?. The kids in school are looking for you as a member.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:55pma TOAD
Report Post »getalong
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:54pmThe coach should be blamed. I love the fact that St. Xavier won the game – especially since it was at the last minute. I am a firm believer that Jesus Christ has a great sense of humor! Go Jesus, rah, rah, rah!
Report Post »drbage
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:52pmThe coach, after all he is supposedly the “adult in the room” and role model for the young men, but perhaps he is an Obamaian adult.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:51pmWould Jesus Christ be concerned with the outcome of a football game?
Report Post »Amren
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:00pmNo, because He stopped watching football when the players started wearing pads. Now He’s a Rugby fan and always roots for the All Blacks. He loves their pre-game hakas!
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:05pmHey, if God can hear every prayer at once, constantly, 24/7, 365, is it unfeasable that He can be concerned about the football game, the woman in labor, the child who is crying, the happiness of a couple on vacation, etc. etc. “OMNI” is a pretty powerful prefix!
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