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re: Is Ole Miss wearing red jerseys on Saturday?

Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:04 pm to
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:04 pm to
Why powder blue? Is that one of Ole Miss's unofficial colors?
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:05 pm to
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Why powder blue? Is that one of Ole Miss's unofficial colors?

Yeah. We had powder blue helmets for a long time.
Posted by OBReb6
Memphissippi
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:05 pm to
Cuz our fanbase is a bunch of gheys and likes pastel colors
Posted by GreyReb
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 10:07 pm to
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Why powder blue? Is that one of Ole Miss's unofficial colors?


Not technically an official school color, but we wore powder blues for a long time from the 60s to the early 90s. So those helmets have some history.
Posted by TheNorthPlace
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 11:00 pm to
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Why powder blue? Is that one of Ole Miss's unofficial colors?


Well the story is Vaught ordered the regular navy helmets one year(late 60's) and they came in robin's egg blue. Vaught said frick it, and we ended up wearing them until 1994.
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