Why do American football players shout 'hut hut hut'?

Answer 1

The hut hut hut that American football players, mainly the quarterback or the punter, does that because that makes the two teams get ready for the play. Even though it not always hut; it could be on first sound, which means the quarterback sets up and says any word and the play is live.

This answer is entirely true, however there is a little more to it than that. It seems simple enough, it's a simple word. The origin of the word "hut" in terms of being a command dates back to at least the Roman Centurions. They would give a command and then shout "hut" to communicate that the command was to be executed at that time. For example, a Roman Centurion may say, "Centurion, forward march - HUT!" The Centurion would normally continue to shout hut every 4 steps in order to keep the soldiers marching in a uniformed fashion. So now you know when a QB says "hut!", what he is really saying is, "execute."

The reason Hut is particularly well liked is because, well think of noise as being high frequency and low frequency. In a football stadium, the noise is high frequency. Hut, however, is low frequency, meaning it is easier to hear.