OT: Colorado Fans to Wear Powder Blue in Protest
I'll call this one off topic as it really doesn't have anything to do with football. Via DocSaturday, Colorado fans are trying to get their fans to wear powder blue in protest of how bad their team is doing under Hawkins. Got me to thinking, If things ever got that bad, do we wear white pants? Fans show up with non-winged helmets?
Also from that article, ECU is planning a Pirate Out. I'm not even sure what that means, but it's automatically awesome in my book. Didn't think making two threads on the same blog post would be worth it.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:35 AM ^
If the plan for a "pirate out" is that every fan shows up dressed as a pirate, that may be the greatest thing ever.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:42 AM ^
How come they don't do this more often? One game a year where everyone dresses as a pirate would be epic.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:39 AM ^
Who cares about ECU?
Why don't we dress up like pirates and wenches for a good time?
November 5th, 2009 at 12:43 PM ^
Let's take this slow:
1) ECU is the Pirates. Hence appropriate for them to have a Pirate Out
2) We're the Wolverines. Hence not appropriate for us to have a Pirate Out
3) You have Swayze as an avatar. And not even good Swayze from Youngblood or Roadhouse.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:06 PM ^
Fuck it. I'm dressing like a pirate anyway.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^
me too
November 5th, 2009 at 1:21 PM ^
That avatar of Swayze is definitely "good Swayze" If there is such a thing. It's from Red Dawn. Red neck Swayze character kills commies, yells WOLVERINE!!!, & spray paints wolverine logo on all the twisted metal that left after they blow stuff up.
Roadhouse is pretty brutal. The over acting& the mullets are too much to take. Definitely not "good Swayze".
November 5th, 2009 at 5:16 PM ^
but man, that movie changed my life.
After seeing it i was hell bent on goign to West Point.
After I was medically disqualified from the Point, because my dong was too large for military issue briefs there was only one alternate life choice....
WOLVERINES!
If you dont get this post... i think you bess check out the 20 second link below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoM6IFiyRjE
LIFE CHANGING, MAN! LIFE CHANGING!!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:46 PM ^
Swayze was awesome in everything he ever made. The sliding scale goes from "awesome" in movies like Dirty Dancing, to "super awesome" in everything from Point Break to Roadhouse to Red Fucking Dawn.
Even dressed as a woman in that one where him and Wesley Snipes played drag queens, his unstoppable talent and masculinity melted the screen.
That being said, Ghost still sucks.
November 6th, 2009 at 1:41 PM ^
Fog machines and pirate gear never have to be justified.
Never.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:05 PM ^
you are a Tampa Bay fan.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:12 PM ^
how does powder blue denote a protest? I understand its a former jersey color, but really? Does it show rage?
see http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/11/05/colorado-fans-don-th…
for partial explanation.
But, really, this its like the least offensive color around?
Protest in Red, or better yet camo... but talk about colors that lack intimidation or emotion... powder blue is for baby boys and basketball teams that i hate.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:45 AM ^
rumor has it UConn is asking Cincinnati to cancel their "blackout" on Saturday night in respect for the Jasper Howard stabbing. Not sure how the logic works out with this one.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:51 AM ^
That's kind of a hilarious trick to pull. If cinci says no, then clearly they're the worst people ever. -1 to UCONN for using tragedy to pull hilarious tricks.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:12 AM ^
It's almost a little too late at this point. If UConn were to say "hey, not cool man" 2 weeks ago then fine. After all the advertising the AD has put in (for example, when I go to TheWolverine.com I get an ad for the Blackout because I'm in the local area) the Bearcats can't possibly get the word out to the fans quickly enough.
I just hope that the TV announcers don't bring the controversy up. This is the first inter-conference nationally televised Big East game on a Saturday night since 2003.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:14 AM ^
it says "blackout" right on the tickets in the season ticket package, which were most likely printed 4 or 5 months ago.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:17 AM ^
During a night game it makes the crowd LESS visible. The Iowa game is a good example. Compare that with a whiteout or a Maizeout. That's intimidating.
Pirate Out would be friggin awesome! Fill a stadium with drunk pirates.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:17 PM ^
This made me realize that a blackout could very easily become a "Ninja Out," which for me would be pretty nuts.
The crowd could coordinate to get very quiet when the opponent had the ball, and then scream in unison as the qb came to the line to throw the other team off.
Then they could throw ninja stars.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:48 AM ^
I don't care how bad it gets here, I'm never puting on scarlet and grey damnit!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:52 AM ^
Aye, this idear be great. Arrr, they should do it around international talk like a pirate day. Gar. Match up those boot strappers from Lubbock with dem Pirates from ECU. 'till be more fun than a bottle of grog!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:59 AM ^
That seriously has so much potential to be unbelievable! Think of the possibilities.
Clown-out
Cop-out
Animal-out
Toga-out
Pirate though....thats genius.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:36 AM ^
I agree a clown-out would be terrifying. 110,000 clowns, yelling for your head? Nightmares for years. Maybe we should try it at Yost first (like any good idea).
November 5th, 2009 at 1:58 PM ^
..but only if ICP did a postgame show.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:47 AM ^
the Sparties could have a fag-out
November 5th, 2009 at 1:32 PM ^
are you trying to make a reference to last night's south-park? if so, funny... if not, mehhh
November 5th, 2009 at 2:15 PM ^
the Patrick Sawayze pick from "RED DAWN" is fr*ggin awsome.
Might get it tated on my chest.... WOLVERINES!!!!!!
its great, to be, an 80's baby!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:49 AM ^
If by fag-out you mean the actual meaning of the term faggot (or fagot), that is, a burning piece of wood or a unit of measurement for firewood, then that's funny.
Somehow I think that's not the case here, though, in which case... yeah.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:06 AM ^
But what about the children?????
November 5th, 2009 at 11:10 AM ^
In order to protest, Michigan fans would be told to wear whatever they like. It would only then be that they would all show up wearing Maize.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:24 AM ^
one time i shanked a drive from the tee and at the next tee i had to go dick-out.
that's probably a terrible idea for a fan base though..
November 5th, 2009 at 11:38 AM ^
...especially since about 40 percent of the fans would be physically incapable of complying.
November 5th, 2009 at 12:12 PM ^
unless Lady GaGa is at the game.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:36 AM ^
Especially if everybody came as Captain Pissgums.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:39 AM ^
If Colorado's student section really wanted to send a message, they'd wear Intramurals shirts instead.
That, or Colorado College shirts (or some school that doesn't have DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL!!!)
November 6th, 2009 at 12:40 PM ^
Being a CC grad, and a former D-3 football player there, CC no longer has football at all. They were cut along with two other D-3 sports beginning this year as part of budget cuts across the board. So while I sympathize with your remarks regarding CU, it kind of hit home...
November 5th, 2009 at 11:41 AM ^
WAYYY THE F OT: Was anybody else excited as hell that Steve the Pirate from Dodgeball had a part in the V pilot?
I need to double-check but I'm positive he said "yargh" as one of his lines.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:15 PM ^
Could you see the visiting OSU fans reaction if there were 50,000 Woody's and 50,000 Clemson players with Woody hitting the Clemson player in the throat every time Michigan made a play?
November 5th, 2009 at 12:47 PM ^
of a buck-eye-out on Nov. 21. We can all rally together and poke the eyes of a buck out sitting closest.
Or if that's too violent we could all bring in nuts to the stadium and on every scoring drive toss the nuts out of the stadium. We used to do this with extra points or field goals kicked by the opposition over the net.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:24 PM ^
Or North Carolina.