What Are the Weirdest Fan Traditions in Sports?

Wake Forest: "Rolling the quad"

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After big wins in any sport, Wake Forest fans take to the quad and cover the October Glory red maple trees with toilet paper. The tradition started around 1956, when the school moved from Wake Forest, North Carolina, to Winston-Salem. “On the old campus, students used to ring the bell in Wait Hall, an administration building,” history professor Ed Hendricks told the school’s website. “There was a bell pull that anyone could access, including students. When the university moved here, there were bells in Wait Chapel but no bell pull. Students had to find a new way to celebrate.”

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