Gameday Atmosphere

[tower912]

90% of the people you see wearing Badger gear did not attend.

On this side of the lake, the equivalent is called Wal-Mart Wolverines.   

[warriorchick]

Or did they?  Wisconsin-Milwaukee?  Or UW-M?

They literally mentioned several times that they went to UW-Milwaukee.

And the costume people on that show were super lazy.  Look at those authentic 50's/early 60's hairstyles those guys have.  I am also quite certain that Potsie did not earn an Athletic letter at Madison.

[BrewCity83]

They literally mentioned several times that they went to UW-Milwaukee.

And the costume people on that show were super lazy.  Look at those authentic 50's/early 60's hairstyles those guys have.  I am also quite certain that Potsie did not earn an Athletic letter at Madison.

I think Potsie earned his letter in the Glee Club.

[The Sultan]

They literally mentioned several times that they went to UW-Milwaukee.

And the costume people on that show were super lazy.  Look at those authentic 50's/early 60's hairstyles those guys have.  I am also quite certain that Potsie did not earn an Athletic letter at Madison.

From 1956-65, UWM's colors were red and white and they were known as the Cardinals.  Not for one second do I believe the costumes people actually knew that, but believe it or not, those colors were accurate.

https://guides.library.uwm.edu/c.php?g=56344

I think they should have kept "Green Gulls" as a nickname though.

[The Lens]

1972:  The UWM Athletics Department adopts "Trouble," a North American Golden Panther, to serve as the living mascot of the UWM Panthers at that season's basketball games. Around this same time, the human version of the mascot is named "Victor E. Panther."   

1981:  The UWM Post publishes "Victor E. Panther 'takes to the woods,'" a story about the declining popularity of the panther mascot on campus.   

1990: UWM Athletics enter NCAA Division I, leading to a resurgence in popularity of athletics in general and the panther in particular.   

2007: Victor E. "graduates" from UWM and is replaced by Pounce the Panther at the October Panther Madness.

The mascot not graduating until he was 35 is the most UWM thing ever.  Many attend, few gradutate.