What is Chop Wood?
1.
Rally cry for Rutgers Football. Visual: side of right hand comes down hard on left wrist or forearm. Symbol: an Ax.
Coined by Coach Greg Schiano during the 2005-2006 season. First recorded in national news, New York Times, November 10, 2006 in press following Rutgers' upset of No. 3 Louisville.
"If you're ever gonna be No.1, you have to chop wood."
Football Game is a "60-minute chop"
To get your mojo back: "I got back on my chop."
2.
Rally cry for Rutgers Football. Visual: side of right hand comes down hard on left wrist or forearm. Symbol: an Ax.
Coined by Coach Greg Schiano during the 2005-2006 season. First recorded in national news, New York Times, November 10, 2007 in press following Rutgers' upset of No. 3 Louisville.
"If you're ever gonna be No.1, you have to chop wood."
Football Game is a "60-minute chop"
To get your mojo back: "I got back on my chop."
