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re: Educate a Millenial: Why did so many fans wear white back in the day?
Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:45 am to theGarnetWay
Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:45 am to theGarnetWay
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Why is that?
Hope you haven't moved to CS yet. The Graduate Studies Department is reconsidering your acceptance.
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Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:48 am to theGarnetWay
I could be completely wrong here, but I imagine white shirts were cheaper to make as well as it being hot.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 6:28 am to theGarnetWay
As anyone over the age of 30 could tell you... white is cooler when you wear it in the sun. You don't get as hot. /thread
Posted on 8/18/14 at 6:41 am to IAmReality
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Prior to cable TV and the rule changes in the 1980's, there were like 3-4 games on a weekend.
There was a rule where your team couldn't be on TV during the regular season more than 5 times in 2 years. That changed in 84 or 85 when the SCOTUS ruled against the NCAA control of television rights. The CFA was formed and BOOM went college football on TV.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:20 am to NickSabanRules
according to ultra douche gradual stroke, its because everybody but texas in the south is racist. that's why they wore white
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:30 am to Cheese Grits
Sounds like church. I like jerseys it keeps me from thinking about what to wear.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:35 am to Chris_topher
Wearing a jersey used to be reserved for guys on the team, or people fricking guys on the team.
When I see a grown man wearing a jersey it is creepy hero-worship.
When I see a grown man wearing a jersey it is creepy hero-worship.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:42 am to theGarnetWay
Was wondering the same thing.
That game was played in November and it was pretty cold, so wearing white because it's cooler doesn't make sense.
That game was played in November and it was pretty cold, so wearing white because it's cooler doesn't make sense.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:43 am to Latarian
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y ole miss fans did this
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:44 am to Chris_topher
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Back in the day it was dorky to wear your team's Jersey
You are still a dork if you wear a jersey as a grown man.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 8:53 am to IAmReality
Look at baseball pictures from the 1940's and 1950's (and earlier) you'll see many men in coats and ties and hats and the ladies in dresses and gloves.
We're evolving downward when it comes to dress. Grown men think nothing of wearing cut offs, flip flops and team jersey's to games. By the early 80's, casual for games was kaki pants and a white button down. Most of the fraternity guys wore blue blazers as well.
We're evolving downward when it comes to dress. Grown men think nothing of wearing cut offs, flip flops and team jersey's to games. By the early 80's, casual for games was kaki pants and a white button down. Most of the fraternity guys wore blue blazers as well.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:03 am to theGarnetWay
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1980 SC-UGA game
They didn't make wife beaters in colors back then.
Come at me wife
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:04 am to theGarnetWay
Because Tommy Tuberville hadn't told us to wear orange yet.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:06 am to CNB
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I could be completely wrong here, but I imagine white shirts were cheaper to make as well as it being hot.
Not to mention ... white goes really well with BBQ sauce and beer.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:14 am to theGarnetWay
LSU fans didn't start showing up to games in P&G until 2004
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:27 am to dlc83
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Most of the fraternity guys wore blue blazers as well.
Definitely true in the 80s. I remember being a kid and seeing the student section full of blue blazers.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 9:30 am to theGarnetWay
They didn't want to be mistaken for people of color.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 12:54 pm to Swan Ronson
Wrong "cooler" bruh
if it ain't white it ain't right
if it ain't white it ain't right
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:12 pm to VVega
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As anyone over the age of 30 could tell you... white is cooler when you wear it in the sun. You don't get as hot. /thread
So is Alabama not as hot as it was 20-30 years ago? Do people wear more Crimson now because of the new ice age that has hit the South?
Posted on 8/18/14 at 2:08 pm to theGarnetWay
When I was a freshman at Vandy in 1970, wore a sport coat and tie to first game. By sophomore year was pretty much over that custom.
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