dpodoll68
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Hopefully the Joe Schmo might figure it out when the announcers say the location of the game (be it TCF, Minneapolis, etc) for the 700th time. Or it might be the big block M on the field. Or the Minnesota in the end zone. Etc. Etc. If there is anyone who thinks our entire stadium in Minnesota is full of Michigan fans...well, I don't know what to say to that kind of stupid.
Obviously, the whole point of these stupid _____-out games is to affect how fans of other programs think of us. If that is the point, the only thing that matters is their perception. If you took a survey of fans from across the country (even hardcore sports fans that know things like Jerry Rice's YAC from 1993), I guarantee you a very small number would even know what Minnesota's colors are. Conversely, a large majority of the same population would know Michigan's colors. This comes from having done anything of consequence in the last 40 years. So if you're not sitting at home, glued to the television and paying attention to all the intricacies of the broadcast (i.e., watching at a sports bar with the volume turned off, flipping between channels, watching at a friend's house, etc.), and as I already mentioned, you don't even know what Minnesota's colors are, you're going to associate the yellow in the crowd with Michigan, and think to yourself, "Wow, they sure got a lot of fans to travel to this game." This program is inconsequential on a national scale. Ergo, the whole _____-out idea is stupid.
And if the point is something other than increasing our standing in the sports community as a whole, then what is it? So we can slap each other on the backs for bowing to the marketing gods? Is our wearing gold going to lead to an improved turnover margin? More yards per carry? Are we going to win more games because all the fans decided to wear gold?
It doesn't have to be one or the other overall. I know some folks would argue it should be gold to every game. I understand that but disagree. When I read your posts it seems like you're trying to say that everyone is arguing this. I disagree...I think most of us are in favor of making it one color (gold) for a single game each season. Why is that such a travesty?
If it's going to just be one game per year, then fine. And even at that, don't you dare come up to me and make some smart-ass remark about my wearing maroon (which happened to me multiple times this last season.)