BleedGopher
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per the oft-read Bluff County Reader:
A few years back, American Express ran an ad suggesting that one thing we should never leave home without is our American Express card. I had had experiences that convinced me that this was true, and I have lived by that advice ever since.
Since then, I have added two other things that I never leave home without: first, my laptop computer and then added to life’s little necessities has been my Golden Gophers colors. I have also learned that I am not alone: many others also never leave home without the maroon and gold.
That has been very evident this summer when we are spending much of our time at our camper. It has been a fun time using the Gopher colors as an excuse to stop in and talk to people about their connection to the University of Minnesota and the Golden Gophers. What is especially rewarding is when it is the next generation of Gophers displaying “the colors.”
When I stopped to talk to people — and ask permission to take photos — I also found that many people who are loyal to the maroon and gold are not alumni. They are happily included in the description of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association as being made up of “alumni and friends.” I’m happy to say that there are a lot of friends. I’ve also been impressed by the variety of ways that people find to express their support!
Of the more than 200 campsites occupied on the weekends at the Old Barn Resort, of course by far the majority of school colors displayed are the maroon and gold; after all, we are in Minnesota. But because we are “Minnesota nice,” we don’t object to the good folks from Iowa who hang their black and yellow outside their weekend places. I even saw a Wisconsin flag here once!
Go Gophers!
http://www.hometown-pages.com/Conte...ome-without-their-maroon-and-gold/14/59/64773
Go Gophers!!
A few years back, American Express ran an ad suggesting that one thing we should never leave home without is our American Express card. I had had experiences that convinced me that this was true, and I have lived by that advice ever since.
Since then, I have added two other things that I never leave home without: first, my laptop computer and then added to life’s little necessities has been my Golden Gophers colors. I have also learned that I am not alone: many others also never leave home without the maroon and gold.
That has been very evident this summer when we are spending much of our time at our camper. It has been a fun time using the Gopher colors as an excuse to stop in and talk to people about their connection to the University of Minnesota and the Golden Gophers. What is especially rewarding is when it is the next generation of Gophers displaying “the colors.”
When I stopped to talk to people — and ask permission to take photos — I also found that many people who are loyal to the maroon and gold are not alumni. They are happily included in the description of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association as being made up of “alumni and friends.” I’m happy to say that there are a lot of friends. I’ve also been impressed by the variety of ways that people find to express their support!
Of the more than 200 campsites occupied on the weekends at the Old Barn Resort, of course by far the majority of school colors displayed are the maroon and gold; after all, we are in Minnesota. But because we are “Minnesota nice,” we don’t object to the good folks from Iowa who hang their black and yellow outside their weekend places. I even saw a Wisconsin flag here once!
Go Gophers!
http://www.hometown-pages.com/Conte...ome-without-their-maroon-and-gold/14/59/64773
Go Gophers!!
