The list of excuses on this thread are appalling.
Illinois managed to get everyone to wear orange to every game simply by printing "wear orange" on the tickets. There was a time not too long ago when Illinois wore blue and they managed to get that turned around rather easily.
I have a feeling that if we required gold shirts to be worn in Williams in lieu of a ticket, people would just stay home, because "they will wear what they want to wear"
It all comes back to this state having terrible fans.
Can't sell out a playoff game for the Vikings, can't get anyone to go to a Wolves game, can't watch indoor baseball, can't find a gold shirt to wear for two days a year even though the University has been pushing "wearing gold" to just about every sporting event for about 5 years now (and passing gold shirts out to students at football games for 9 years), can't stay at any Gopher game 'til the end because we have to beat traffic, can't go to the game cause it's deer opener, can't go cause it's fishing opener, I have to rake the leaves, I have to put the boat on the lake, it's not a big enough bowl game, the opponents are weak, our team hasn't beat anyone good, the game is too early, the game is too late, it's too hot, it's too cold, blah, blah, blah... the number of excuses people use in this state to avoid supporting "their" teams are pathetic and never-ending.