Universities across the U.S. are considering changing the lyrics to fight songs that can be considered offensive.

While some say these lyrics can be offensive, others want to stick with traditions, which in some cases, are more than 100 years old.

Currently, the University of Utah is trying to change its fight song "I'm a Utah Man." In the song, the phrase "our co-eds are the fairest" and "Utah Man" could be considered offensive.

The school's president David Pershing asked the Office of Student Affairs to form a committee to address the possible changes to the fight song in response to student government leaders and the faculty's request for the changes.

Utah isn't the only university that faces the battle of changing views and attitudes versus tradition. Some debates have led to lyric changes in fight songs while others have been shot down.

The University of Mississippi

In 2009, the school tried to discourage fans from chanting "the South will rise again" by shortening the fight song "From Dixie with Love." They even asked students to chant "To hell with LSU" instead, but many fans continued the chant. 

"If the students get fired up and upset enough about it, they're going to continue to say it. Our biggest fear is that that's going to lead them to eliminate 'From Dixie With Love,' altogether," Brian Ferguson, head of the Colonel Reb Foundation in 2009 said, according to ESPN.

Many say that chanting "the South will rise again" is an "offensive reminder of the region's intolerant past."

The University of Hawaii at Manoa

To recognize more women in athletics the school changed the lyrics to its fight song. The line originally recited as "Here's to each valiant son" was changed to "Here's to each valiant one." The change was made in 2007.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

The school's mascot until 2006 was the Savages. To comply with the NCAA's rules against "abusive and hostile" nicknames and symbols, they changed the name to the Savage Storms which refers to the area's violent weather storms.

They also had several changes to their fight song. First, they changed the lyrics from "savage land" to "noble land." And eventually, they came up with a whole new fight song.

University of New Hampshire

Before hockey games, the University of New Hampshire used to play "Black Betty" by the band Ram Jam to pump up its fans. They had played it for about 10 years despite the NAACP having a 30-year-old stance against the song, saying it was offensive to black women. At the urge of a student group, the athletic director banned the song.

New Mexico State University

The school's fight song with boozy references was disputed in 2003 by some alumni. The song includes the line, "And when we win this game we'll buy a keg of booze and drink it to the Aggies 'til we wobble in our shoes." The alumni tried to chant an alternate verse at a football game, but fans booed. The dispute about the lyrics was eventually dropped and the song still has the same lyrics.