Someone start a poll. .
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Colors. For Maron is all that Matters. Well, & white, or black...**
Seriously, where whatever the ticket says. It's not always about you.
Seriously, where whatever the ticket says. It's not always about you.
For the record... I'm a "wear the colors" guy. I have a maroon, white, black, and gray MSU polo and I will carry one in each of those colors until I die.
I have no issue at all with the "Ill wear what I want crowd". I dislike you on game day. I'll harass you on game day. I'll inquire about your salary on game day and why you can't afford a cheap *** color specific shirt. But I don't have a problem with you, personally.
I have a huge problem with blog boy fansite spreading his anti-athletic department mentality and trying to influence others to join him. We all need to pull in the same direction and blog boy fan sites need to avoid these types of takes. Get behind the athletic department or GTF out of the way.
I have no issue at all with the "Ill wear what I want crowd". I dislike you on game day. I'll harass you on game day. I'll inquire about your salary on game day and why you can't afford a cheap *** color specific shirt. But I don't have a problem with you, personally.
I have a huge problem with blog boy fansite spreading his anti-athletic department mentality and trying to influence others to join him. We all need to pull in the same direction and blog boy fan sites need to avoid these types of takes. Get behind the athletic department or GTF out of the way.
Will you harass people you know, people you don't know, or both groups about not wearing the color on the ticket?
People you know = go for it. Harassing friends is part of life.
People you don't know = really strange and sounds like internet bad *** talk.
Not bashin. Just sayin.
If you won't put on a certain color shirt because you don't like being told what to do you need to get the 17 over yourself. Just put on a maroon/white/black shirt and get over it. And no it doesn't have to be a $70 coaches polo.
I'm a man. I'm forty. Gonna wear the 17'n colors. Same folks that ***** about a shirt, same ones that ***** about crootin, and wouldn't pitch in a dime for our own "network"
In a friendly way, I'd do it to strangers.
When we played LSU in 2013 at home... The Landry/Beckham show game... I brought a friend from grad school. He is a Colorado undergrad. I asked him to wear maroon. He didn't. I brought an extra shirt and wouldn't give him my season ticket until he changed. I was going to make him pay for his own ticket unless he changed. He wore maroon that game.
The important thing is that our fans go to the games. If they want to wear the suggested colors, then great, but why would anyone criticize a fan for choosing not to participate? I don't really like the color thing, no matter what school does it. It serves no purpose. Once a yearis okay, but any more than that is overkill. I won't intentionally wear the wrong color, but I won't go out and get a new shirt thats the right color either.
Then they're not pulling in the right direction. Fans need to get bought in, that's what makes it great.
The administration isn't "telling you what to do", they're LEADING. We need to be good team members and follow. It's not hard.
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That's nothing. I really take the colors seriously. Every game there's a requested color, I get my group to point out a stranger that didn't wear the color and I beat the hell out of him. I may have whipped some of you. I may whip some of you this year if you don't wear the color. Beware...
But, but, but..it's way too damn hard to pick out the right color and put it on!!!!
I'm NOT about to read my ticket, walk all the way to the closet, look for the right color and THEN put it on just because Big Brother is telling me to! What is this, North Korea?!?!?
I'm NOT about to read my ticket, walk all the way to the closet, look for the right color and THEN put it on just because Big Brother is telling me to! What is this, North Korea?!?!?
White out 2 yrs ago in the TAMU game during the 3 quarter deluge turned into a wet T-shirt contest. Unfortunately I sat in the older alumni section.****
It's not like they are asking fans to participate in a 5k or anything. I mean most people are going to put on a shirt for the game anyways. Not like its is more difficult to put on one color than another.
But why? It really serves no purpose, other than being mildly entertaining. The University and the athletic program are no better or worse off based on the shirt that a fan decides to wear. Unless the shirt is inappropriate for a family atmosphere...then they should be sent back to the car to change.
Colors. Some people have way too much time on their hands to look for something to complain about. If you want to wear the requested colors, wear them. If you don't, then don't. Nobody is going to turn you away at the gate because you don't have the right color shirt on. Just shut up about the fact that you don't like someone has asked that you wear something and do what you want.
It looks great on tv. It improves atmosphere. It's a recruiting tool for both athletic and non athletic types. It's not just the product on the field that sells. It's the players, coaches, administration, fans, stadium, atmosphere. It's the whole picture. They're not asking you stand at the player walk through handing out $100 handshakes. They're asking you to participate in a harmless event that as a side effect could impact our image in a positive light.
You're all grown adults. Wear what you want. I know we're all special little snowflakes but it doesn't hurt to blend in every once in a while.
You're all grown adults. Wear what you want. I know we're all special little snowflakes but it doesn't hurt to blend in every once in a while.
A lot of fans really like it. It's part of the "we're all in this together" mentality.
Girls like it, ladies like it, kids like it, not all fans are there for the X's and O's.
It's just all part of Life's Rich Pageant. Relax and enjoy it.
Its not like they are asking fans to go buy an wild color shirt like Hot Pink or Coral..... Its just Maroon, White, or Black which are all (I know black is not, but our athletes do wear it as uniform colors so it works here) our school colors. Dont like being told what to do?? I call BS on that, we get told what to do on a daily basis, I dont care who you are. Quit trying to be Johnny Raincloud and just wear the shirt.
For the record, they are not telling you what to do, they are suggesting you wear the shirt to match everyone else sitting around you.....It's called SUPPORT, Camaraderie. If you support the school and love it well enough to buy the tickets and come to the games then you care about the school and the program, why not just support it and go with what it is trying to promote. I can promise you, their reasoning is not to PISS YOU OFF, rather it is to grow our fanbase
For the record, they are not telling you what to do, they are suggesting you wear the shirt to match everyone else sitting around you.....It's called SUPPORT, Camaraderie. If you support the school and love it well enough to buy the tickets and come to the games then you care about the school and the program, why not just support it and go with what it is trying to promote. I can promise you, their reasoning is not to PISS YOU OFF, rather it is to grow our fanbase
I'll wear the colors.
The problem is during the colder games. It doesn't matter what color shirt people are wearing, because jackets are covering it up. The "looks good on tv" reason doesn't apply. All I mostly see are black, grey, or cammo jackets in the stadium anyways. I think the white outs look good on tv.
The problem is during the colder games. It doesn't matter what color shirt people are wearing, because jackets are covering it up. The "looks good on tv" reason doesn't apply. All I mostly see are black, grey, or cammo jackets in the stadium anyways. I think the white outs look good on tv.
I challenge each of those assumptions. Let's just call this what it is: a marketing gimmick to dupe the fans into thinking they are part of the game. We're not. We're consumers. Making loud noise at the game can have an impact at times, but wearing clothes does not. However, since the Athletic department can only survive on donations -- which is a crazy business model when you think about it -- they need the customers to feel like they are part of the team.
I think the color thing looks okay on television, but its gotten a little played out since so many schools have done it. I just roll my eyes when I see it these days. If a school goes crazy and tries stripes or checkerboards then that's interesting, but only for a few seconds. I watch the television coverage for the games and not for the fan atmosphere.
I don't think the color thing improves atmosphere, except for those of you who keep saying we need to "pull the same direction" (which is only true if everyone is pulling the RIGHT direction). Obviously it improves the atmosphere for you. For me it cheapens the atmosphere. It also makes it harder for me to spot my friends I'm trying to meet up with.
A recruiting tool? I would really like to see any factual information supporting that. I cannot imagine any athlete being swayed to attend a school because the fans all wore the same color during a game while he was there. I guess its possible that some students might be drawn to a University where everyone wears the same color to a football game. I obviously would not have been. When I was in school, hardly anyone even wore the school colors to games. I'm glad that more people wear MSU gear to the stadium now, but I don't see how that is improved by having everyone wear the same color.
I just don't think its a big deal. I don't think it effects the University's image in the least. OTOH, if fan attendance is poor, the color deal only highlights the empty seats. Once a year, yeah its fun, just go along with it. More than that is just silly, and if it becomes an issue then I will just spend my entertainment dollars elsewhere.
I think the color thing looks okay on television, but its gotten a little played out since so many schools have done it. I just roll my eyes when I see it these days. If a school goes crazy and tries stripes or checkerboards then that's interesting, but only for a few seconds. I watch the television coverage for the games and not for the fan atmosphere.
I don't think the color thing improves atmosphere, except for those of you who keep saying we need to "pull the same direction" (which is only true if everyone is pulling the RIGHT direction). Obviously it improves the atmosphere for you. For me it cheapens the atmosphere. It also makes it harder for me to spot my friends I'm trying to meet up with.
A recruiting tool? I would really like to see any factual information supporting that. I cannot imagine any athlete being swayed to attend a school because the fans all wore the same color during a game while he was there. I guess its possible that some students might be drawn to a University where everyone wears the same color to a football game. I obviously would not have been. When I was in school, hardly anyone even wore the school colors to games. I'm glad that more people wear MSU gear to the stadium now, but I don't see how that is improved by having everyone wear the same color.
I just don't think its a big deal. I don't think it effects the University's image in the least. OTOH, if fan attendance is poor, the color deal only highlights the empty seats. Once a year, yeah its fun, just go along with it. More than that is just silly, and if it becomes an issue then I will just spend my entertainment dollars elsewhere.
That's great that people enjoy it, but their enjoyment should not be any less if some fans don't participate.
Was that directed at me? Because I'm not pissed off. I just don't care for this particular marketing ploy. If the school does it and people like it, that's fine, I just don't understand why anyone would care if some fans choose not to participate. Other than that your total rant was confusing and self-contradictory.
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