Let’s go (Austin) Peay

Austin Peay University made the NCAA Basketball Tournament as upset winners in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

Their nickname is the Governors and the “Y” in Peay, named for 19th century Tennessee Governor, Austin Peay ( more on him in my next post) is silent.

Forgive the upcoming perhaps scatological, but I think this works.

The fans of Austin Peay, pronounced pea or dare I say pee, chant “let’s go Peay” and is a rallying cry for the team. It has been for some time.

I recall fondly the school’s greatest player, but did not realize or had forgotten “the association” with the chant.

His name is James “Fly” Williams, who played with Austin Peay (1972-1974) and now works at a recreation center in Brooklyn, New York.