The dog biscuit chant started in the mid to late 80’s, reaching its peak during the high water mark for MHS football 1989. This was also about the time that Bernie Kosar and the Cleveland Browns were also peaking in the NFL. In the old Cleveland stadium, one endzone was called the “Dawg Pound”, where a lot of the rowdiest Brown fans used to sit. They were known to throw batteries, quarters, beer bottles and their favorite, Dog Biscuits, at opposing players.
As the battles with District 3-A foe Greenback, and very local rivals Meigs County and Kingston were heating up, one could expect a couple of times a game at least for the MHS faithful, led by Ralton Emory’s Dad and Mom (known only as Mr. and Mrs. Emory) and Bob Griffin to start an almost Tibetan monk style chant of “Greenwave, Greenwave, Greenwave”. This chant would roll over and over until the entire East side bleachers and a majority of the fence walkers (those sober enough) would participate. It was an awe inspiring show of the power of the Greenwave faithful and very intimidating to visiting teams. During one of these rallies, I do believe a young Lance Wheaton (or insert your favorite Greenwave player of the era here) was quoted as saying “We need to throw the fans a dog biscuit to get them to settle down”…. Thus the legend of the dog biscuit chant was coined.