No More Back In Black?

I recently read an impassioned letter in the Daily Iowan proposing that AC/DC's 'Back In Black' be replaced as Herky's entrance song at football games by English Rock Band Slade's song 'Run Runaway'... the writer urged students and fans to venture to YouTube to check out the song- a song he thought could eventually be as iconic As Virginia Tech's use of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman.'

Well, I took his advice and went to Youtube and listened. Upon some reflection, I would have to admit, it'd be an out of the box choice for the Hawkeyes. The bagpipes bring to mind a foot stomping, raucous, booze-fueled atmosphere- which is what usually prevails at football games. It speaks of good times and fun- but I gotta say, it's kind of cheerful. When you think of football teams and the songs some of them use, you want a certain amount of hardcore badassery on tap to get everyone psyched up. While fun, Slade doesn't really do badass all that well. They do rock pretty hard in a 70s kind of way, but the badass factor is lacking...

But I sort of agree with his sentiment- sometimes, traditions do need to be freshened up- and embracing a new one might not be that bad of an idea. Take basketball for instance- while Herky's traditional entrance to the theme from Superman might be familiar to fans, it's hardly the badass tune you want to get fans pumped up. Why not continue with the AC/DC theme and use 'Thunderstruck'?

Or why mess with tradition at all...