Need more sweatervests

[DoubleMU0609]

I'm watching UofI v. IU on ESPN right now.  It's incredible to me when they show the crowd that every single person is wearing orange.  Same thing happened at Freedom Hall last night (a white out, although that cream colored jacket Pitino was wearing made him look like Col. Sanders).

I could personally donate 10+ gold tee shirts for all the season ticketholders.  Maybe the Spirit Shop could have a big sale on sweatervests for those so inclined.  (I was a little disappointed when I wasn't automatically given one with my diploma last year.) 

There are definitely things we can do, but we need to get more Gold in the BC!

[nathanziarek]

I was just thinking the same thing.

I can't imagine that they all come dressed like that. There must be a t shirt give away that day or something.

I also own more yellow shirts than any sane person should. If we all donated a couple, we could probably blanket the entire crowd...

nate

[HoopDreams]

Agreed..it will be interesting to see if the "blue-out" works that they are planning for Pitt Gameday game on 3/3..we will see, but why not just do gold?

[mu_hilltopper]

Do what I do.  Cajole those not wearing gold.  Probably each game, I needle at least a couple non-golden folks.  Last game, two who'd never worn gold made a point of showing me their new goldwear when they saw me.

[rocky_warrior]

Agreed..it will be interesting to see if the "blue-out" works that they are planning for Pitt Gameday game on 3/3..we will see, but why not just do gold?

Oh...I didn't even know about the blue-out!?!  Guess I'll have to bring my wade jersey tee - I think the only blue I have other than a hoodie (which is too warm for a game....)

[marquette09]

Even though Blue is one of our school colors it makes little sense to me as to why we would not have a gold out?

[DoubleMU0609]

I haven't heard about the "blue-out" either.  Let's spread the word as much as we can and get all of the BC in "Marquette Blue"

[🏀]

Whoa, the 'Blue-Out' Night is a Powder Blue out night. Every seat will have THE NICEST MU giveaway shirt I have ever seen in honor of the '77 team.

I also believe the people in attendace at Gameday are getting a Special Power Blue Shirt.

[DoubleMU0609]

I love the powder blue color!

Does anyone have a link to these promos that Athletics is running?

[MarquetteFan94]

Whoa, the 'Blue-Out' Night is a Powder Blue out night. Every seat will have THE NICEST MU giveaway shirt I have ever seen in honor of the '77 team.

I also believe the people in attendace at Gameday are getting a Special Power Blue Shirt.

I don't like it....I'm all for honoring the '77 team...they deserve it.  It just seems like bad kharma everytime a team messes around with uniform colors, etc....is the team wearing a different uniform that night?  I hope not...just like ND wearing green, the Bears wearing those terrible uniforms on New Years Eve, etc....I hope MU wears gold that night...if it's just the fans I'm cool with it.

[augoman]

Apparently they're going to the Maurice 'Bo' Ellis baby blue and yellow as that was the period uniform he designed.  Never liked the colors, but truly dig the pedigree.

[rocky_warrior]

Whoa, the 'Blue-Out' Night is a Powder Blue out night. Every seat will have THE NICEST MU giveaway shirt I have ever seen in honor of the '77 team.

I also believe the people in attendace at Gameday are getting a Special Power Blue Shirt.

Oh...whew!  Thanks for the info.

[HoopDreams]

The light blue shirts used for the "blue out" is official and was mentioned on Marquette's official b-ball page..and as said before they will be honoring the '77 team. For some reason though I have a hard time believing all the people in the BC are gonna wear the shirts..especially the older members of the crowd. You would think they would want to continue to pump the whole "gold rush" thing in light of the fact that we are on ESPN and it is on gameday??

[gjreda]

I love the powder blue color!

Does anyone have a link to these promos that Athletics is running?

ask and you shall receive...

http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/marq/graphics/auto/1977tee.jpg

pretty nice if you ask me.

[mu_hilltopper]

[herboturbo]

I could personally donate 10+ gold tee shirts for all the season ticketholders.  Maybe the Spirit Shop could have a big sale on sweatervests for those so inclined.  (I was a little disappointed when I wasn't automatically given one with my diploma last year.) 

There are definitely things we can do, but we need to get more Gold in the BC!

Back to the topic at hand, its almost immpossible to get a sweater vest.  The spirit shop doesn't keep them in stock b/c they "cannot find a company that makes sweater vests in the school colors"

[MeghanMU]

since it's nat'l MU Day, will they be handing these t-shirts out at MU Alumni Club locations?  I would love to have one

[MU71]

Crean implores people to wear gold and then we give out blue Dwyane jerseys last year, have all the old time players in blue vests, give out blue stcking caps, hand out blue fleeces to the selcted row, etc etc.  I'll bet that Illinois doesn't have a bookstore filled with anything but orange paraphenalia.  Get some consistency and maybe we'll have a bigger gold presence.

[Djgoldnboy]

since it's nat'l MU Day, will they be handing these t-shirts out at MU Alumni Club locations?  I would love to have one

Why would they?  You're not paying for a ticket to the game, I doubt they'd just send them out for free to various locations across the US.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Personally, I will never wear a gold shirt to the game. It's fine for the student section, but that's where the line should be drawn. Since when is it acceptable to tell people to dress alike?

It wasn't long ago that the university voted "unanimously" to actually name our team the "Gold," so you'll pardon me if I don't jump at the chance to wear this color that they're so crazy about. Ugh.

Are you telling me those who don't wear gold shirts are not real fans? What a joke. So the guy sitting next to me in a blue Marquette windshirt somehow is less of a fan than somebody wearing those horrible 1974 shirts?

[dwaderoy2004]

i do not believe that anyone has so much as suggested that those that do not wear gold are lesser fans.  people are merely suggesting that having everyone dressed alike creates quite an imposing image to a visiting team.  not to mention that it projects an image of school pride and unity to those watching the gaem on TV who may not be marquette fans.  seems pretty obvious to me...

[MilTown]

Wearing gold may look good on TV, but I'm not sure how much a "sea of gold" affects a visiting team. I think the crowd noise/crowd enthusiasm is more important. I don't care what fans wear as long as they are loud. The sweater vests who sit lower level between the hoops are not always the most vocal fans. Granted there are exceptions to the rule. I am not calling the sweatervests bad fans at all. They are just not the loudest fans.

I think teams like the illini and duke have a unique situation with the student sections being in great locations. They are always on TV during the course of play. Our student section doesn't get as much air time.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Nightmare...

Yikes!

That's a lot of anger for something cool that the University is trying to do to do to help unify the fans. Not everybody agrees on the nickname thing, but I think everybody can agree that the school colors are blue and gold.

The all gold thing looks pretty cool and can make the place look even more intimidating.

Do I think everybody wearing gold will win us a game? Probably not, but its a great sign of unity and school spirit that gets shown and talked about on television.

As far as you calling the retro shirts ugly, I guess that is your opinion... but you seem to be a guy that really supports the whole warrior movement, so I'm not sure why you object to giving away shirts that recall the past great teams. You may not like the color, but that was the color of the jerseys... it wouldn't be authentic if the shirts were navy blue.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

The 1974 team did not wear gold jerseys. The t-shirt really didn't represent their uniforms in the least.

[WashDCWarrior]

OT: They shirts commemerate the '77, not '74 team.