Stadium color uniforcation ("maize-out"/"blue-out")
So I wanted to ask the board about "maize-outs" and such, and how the athletic department gets the message out to wear a certain color for a home game... I was watching the game yesterday and saw how many fans in the stadium wear whatever offiicial Michigan colors are for games besides the student section who are usually decked out in maize and anyways, I was going to the Tennesee at U. of Florida with my sister who goes there and on the home tickets they had all the information on it plus a big "WEAR BLUE" posting on the tickets...I dont know if most of ya'll know but the Gators have many different "color" outtings for their home games like orange outs, white outs, and blue outs, and it is posted on all of their tickets of what color combo of what every fan should wear... Does Michigan post the same instructions on their tickets? I've never noticed. But it seems like a good idea to get more fans involved.
EDIT: I have been to plenty of Gator games and personally think that an "Orange-out" is awesome, prolly because its just very vibrant throughout the stadium (but obviously we cannot do that against the dumbass Vols') But regardless its pretty cool to get most of a stadium involved and I think printing it on each one of the tickets is a great idea for unity.
EDIT 2: GO BLUE and GO GATORS
September 27th, 2015 at 7:35 PM ^
IIRC, the Michigan State game this season has been designated as a "Maize Out" game. When it has been done in the past successfully, it has looked great.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:39 PM ^
Pom-Pom's.
September 28th, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^
The pom-poms look great on TV. Like a giant pulsating maize ameba.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
We blue ourselves on that one.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:27 PM ^
What I posted below about a "Code Blue" game.
It just looks like a normal game at Michigan and there is nothing intimidating about it.
September 27th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^
2002 MSU was a very fun game though. I wanted us to go for two at the end to hang half a hundred on them.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:18 PM ^
Gorgeous
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September 27th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
my hopes of sporting off my new #1 jersey. I'll still rock the Air Jordan cap.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
Good idea.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
How about a tv purple out?
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September 27th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
Ya. Then it would match M's new home jerseys
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September 27th, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
You know, my wife says the jerseys are purple.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:51 PM ^
Gotta love those adidas UNIFORMZ
September 27th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
I was noticing that they looked purple on TV.
September 28th, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
Funny, my wife says the jerseys are gold and white.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
I grew up in the '90's and we would never "maize out" out the stadium back then. It was just a sea of maize and blue mush and it was beautiful and it was Michigan. Penn State or Michigan State can do that along with their Spartan eye lasers and mascots. We need that as much as we need Journey blaring over the PA system.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:39 PM ^
If I never hear Don't stop believing or Sweet Caroline ever again, I'll be happy
September 27th, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^
Go to a Wings game or a 'Stones game. It's got no place in the Big House.
September 27th, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
I agree...but you realize the band plays that crapola too right? The only time Sweet Caroline has been played this year its been played by the band. And no...just because the band plays it doesn't make it better.
September 28th, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^
ANYTHING the MMB plays is better than piped in music.
September 28th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^
yeah removed journey from my playlist after my first rawk game
September 27th, 2015 at 8:14 PM ^
I grew up in the same era, but respectfully disagree. I have been to a number of white outs at PSU and think it's a great idea. I have not been to Michigan Stadium since being a little kid, but I recall reading a recruiting roundup fairly recently where a top recruit had just visited both MSU and UM and said both game day environments were great but different and pointed out that MSU was more modern. I love tradition, but UM should not be dated in their ammenities or technology IMO. As a UM fan I don't take that as a positive and I doubt young recruits do either.
September 28th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
I grew up in PA and went to lots of Penn State games before they did the white-out thing.
Let me tell you, the white-outs, especially at night, put them on the map. There was none of this talk about how Beaver Stadium is one of the most intimidating places to play in all of the country before then.
They created that environment. They ddi not just stay stagnant.
September 27th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
Easy little sister, it's going to be okay!
September 27th, 2015 at 9:35 PM ^
/looks behind self
Who are you talking to?
September 27th, 2015 at 10:01 PM ^
I am pretty "get off my lawn" myself on many issues, but I think the maize outs are awesome. no input from the AD other than "wear something maize or yellow"
September 27th, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^
Stereotypical Michigan response about modernizing atmosphere...it's not the 90s anymore
September 28th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
pfft i like the maize out, am indifferent to flyovers and pompoms, but still hate rawk. Hell i'd rather hear the other team's band than piped in music
Other stadiums have been much louder since before rawk and it's because they live for football and there's not nearly as many wealthy old geezers.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
They used to print it right out on the ticket maze out. I think it worked pretty well. Always tough since we don't have maze jerseys though and a lot of people wear them.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
The Gators can get snake bit, because we don't have to wear a certain color to kick some ass
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September 27th, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^
I like the look of all maize for a big night game, but otherwise I think it's kind of cool the way the maize so clearly distinguishes the student section.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:02 PM ^
In person, the fact that the student section is basically a large maize entity in the northwest cornet of the bowl is really cool, in my opinion. It's hard to appreciate on TV, but the vastly maize bowl with this one corner that stands out isn't necessarily a bad look at all.
I do agree, however, that for a marquee game, going with one color or the other all over the stadium would actually look really nice, both in person and on TV.
September 28th, 2015 at 7:57 AM ^
I understand having a maize-out now and then, but as long as it's a full house, the generous sprinkling of maize throughout and then the full-bore sunny student section is a good look.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:41 PM ^
Wear maize to every game. Period.
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September 27th, 2015 at 7:50 PM ^
Real Maize too, none of that candy-ass 2% highlighter yellow
September 27th, 2015 at 9:21 PM ^
the problem arises when people don't have maize hoodies or maize winter coats which is most people
September 27th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
They don't have maize outs that late in the season requiring hoodies or winter coats.
Also it's not that hard to put a maize t shirt over a hoodie...
September 27th, 2015 at 10:37 PM ^
Especially against OSU, as red stands out very well in a sea of blue/gray
September 27th, 2015 at 7:55 PM ^
Go to mgoblue -> Promotions -> Football
September 27th, 2015 at 8:01 PM ^
Sorry, mgoblue->fanzone->promotions->football
Post a link but app will not let me post that and does not seem to let me edit.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
about it as a season ticket holder.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:58 PM ^
I'm a big fan of letting people wear whatever they want to wear to a football game.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:06 PM ^
Even jerseys?
September 27th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
You wish.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:27 PM ^
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September 27th, 2015 at 8:32 PM ^
I'll just have my friend Art Vandelay get it for me.
He's an importer.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:46 PM ^
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