Would one of these work for colors in the seating?
October 18th, 2022 at 8:42 PM ^
Neither
October 18th, 2022 at 8:57 PM ^
Okay, fine, we'll get off your lawn!
October 18th, 2022 at 9:10 PM ^
Yes…but also No.
October 18th, 2022 at 8:52 PM ^
There's nothing wrong with changing things up once in a while but there is also nothing wrong with a good old fashioned maize out.
October 18th, 2022 at 8:53 PM ^
I’d be fine with a ‘blue out’ as long as maize Pom Poms are in effect.
October 18th, 2022 at 9:51 PM ^
And maize shirts. Just blue pants.
The maize and blue sections remind me of Iowa.
October 19th, 2022 at 12:12 AM ^
The maize pom poms make it a maize out.
You won't see the blue at all. Especially at night.
October 18th, 2022 at 8:56 PM ^
A Blue-out looks fun.
October 18th, 2022 at 8:58 PM ^
If the blue out looked like that, I’d be all for it, but the way it works is that lighter colors “pop” so any maize would stick out, not to mention lighter skinned people.
October 18th, 2022 at 9:11 PM ^
Yeah, even just the maize numbers/letters on blue jerseys/sweatshirts would stand out noticeably. I don't see any way a blue out would work
October 18th, 2022 at 9:02 PM ^
Blue looks like nothing.
October 18th, 2022 at 9:04 PM ^
I wouldn’t mind if Michigan tried both
October 18th, 2022 at 9:19 PM ^
I'd rather just do a white out and watch James Franklin lose his mind.
October 18th, 2022 at 9:23 PM ^
That is funny.
October 18th, 2022 at 10:39 PM ^
He might protest to the B1G that only one school do white outs per season
October 18th, 2022 at 9:29 PM ^
I don't think all blue works well. Brighter colors are better. Iowa did alternating black and gold sections when I was there for the Michigan game and that looked cool. Not sure if they always do that.
October 19th, 2022 at 8:13 AM ^
That alternating color works better during the day. I don’t like the dark colors at night - no “pop” as mentioned above.
October 18th, 2022 at 9:46 PM ^
I rather like them both. (And certainly prefer we experiment with orchestrated crowd attire than our uniforms.)
The “what if our stadium were a winged helmet” look is a neat aesthetic. Speaking for myself, I am skeptical we could pull it off, but maybe I’m not giving our fans and A.D. enough credit.
Then, the darkness of the blue sea is intimidating in a way we rarely see in CFB.
October 18th, 2022 at 10:00 PM ^
Maize rage Twitter has it as official that we will have a Blue Out vs MSU. Odd, the Michigan football account doesn’t have that
October 18th, 2022 at 10:06 PM ^
if true, expect maize pants and maize 'accessories'.
October 18th, 2022 at 10:41 PM ^
Tell them no. Please.
Maize is great under the lights.
Blue will not pop. There will be 6 different colors of blue.
October 18th, 2022 at 10:05 PM ^
I think we should get a DJ
And some fireworks
And a mascot
And Beyonce
And a Halo
October 18th, 2022 at 10:42 PM ^
A DJ and an MC.
And a giant piece of pasta somewhere!
October 19th, 2022 at 9:12 AM ^
Don't forget the marshmallows!
October 18th, 2022 at 10:08 PM ^
It's weird but I like the blue. It's night. It's intimidating. Go dark blue with the blue unis.
October 18th, 2022 at 10:11 PM ^
I think everyone should wear something pink.
October 18th, 2022 at 10:24 PM ^
A blue out would just look dark and soothing.....
A very dumb thing to do when the maize literally POPS at night.
October 18th, 2022 at 11:19 PM ^
It's a night game on October 29 in Michigan. It's most likely going to be a "whatever color your winter coat is"-out.
October 19th, 2022 at 3:23 AM ^
Probably right, but some people have or can get jerseys that fit over coats. I have a maize one, may need to get a blue one if that's the way they go with the game
October 18th, 2022 at 11:53 PM ^
We can barely get most of the people in the stadium wearing one color. That took about 20 years. Now you want go get some people to wear one color and other people to wear another color and which color you wear depends on your section? Maybe by 2085.
October 18th, 2022 at 11:59 PM ^
The sound is more important. I was hoping for a whole stadium of intense laughter every time Sparty has the ball, which should be abut 7 minutes.
October 19th, 2022 at 12:04 AM ^
If only college crowds could pull off European soccer level tifos
October 19th, 2022 at 12:15 AM ^
No. More no. Then a lot of Hell No.
All Maize. We've worked hard enough to get as much maize participation as we do. Changing that up now will only screw things up.
October 19th, 2022 at 8:19 AM ^
This is underrated. I was thinking at the PSU game how the first few times they called a maize out, only the students really had and maize. Finally. Years later. Enough of the rest of the stadium has maize that it works. We throw a blue out there now and I can’t believe it would work that well in the non-student sections. Besides, from far away at night the blue isn’t that distinguishable from the dark green MSU wears.
October 19th, 2022 at 1:02 AM ^
How are there not already several Arrested Development "blue myself" gifs on here?
October 19th, 2022 at 8:01 AM ^
I think they both look great, but it took years to get the maize outs to actually be maize outs. This fan base is extremely slow to change.
October 19th, 2022 at 8:16 AM ^
Night game maize outs work because it's in September and not 30 degrees at night. Not enough people have maize colored winter coats. I think a blue out is fine. Schools do blackouts for their games...I don't see the difference
October 19th, 2022 at 8:51 AM ^
Not enough people have maize colored winter coats.
The Athletic Dept and MDen could solve this problem easily, and should, if cold-weather Maize Outs are going to be a Thing. Willing to bet Nike, Columbia, or Carhartt would jump on this.
October 19th, 2022 at 8:56 AM ^
That would be smart. I would certainly buy one haha
October 19th, 2022 at 8:17 AM ^
The blue isn’t visible, especially at night. The maize is brilliant. Look at the broadcast when they show what the kicker is looking at this past weekend. The maize is bright and distracting. Blue is…what most people wear a lot of anyway…
October 19th, 2022 at 8:32 AM ^
People will not wear maize at night in October like I just said. Michigan fans will wear what they want to stay warm
October 19th, 2022 at 8:46 AM ^
Maize outs and white outs work because brighter colors stand out. What's actually going on here is your mammalian brain is wired to find the colors of fruits against leaves, so if you're not color blind your brain is focusing on the yellows and reds it sees and muting the blues and greens. It's why it looks like there are more away fans for a Wisconsin game than a Penn State game at the Big House, and why we always complain that too many OSU fans are in the stadium. A blue out could get higher participation than a maize out but look like a typical game.
The one thing I think we could pull off is everyone wear blue except the people who sit on the maize M (and the box around it) get to wear yellow, and have some t-shirts to give away for anyone who forgets.* People in those sections (44, 1, and 2) tend to have long-held season tickets and relationships with the school to get them informed what to wear by seat name.
*[This by the way is one of the secrets of the white-out: they have numerous groups who sponsor t-shirt giveaways on gameday.]
October 19th, 2022 at 9:36 AM ^
There are still too many OSU fans in the Stadium though.
October 19th, 2022 at 9:35 AM ^
The alternating colors is reminiscent of the winged helmets, I’d go with that one. But Michigan fans can never get their act together like other fan bases do. It always looks like a half hearted attempt.