Keep the maroon at home!
It would help if they gave out Gold shirts for the students. Maybe they will this year?
Looks like the oldies are at about 60% gold. How damn hard is it to wear a gold shirt? Such a lame ass fan base sometimes.
Can we stop the "bull$4!$" chant already.
Sounds so immature and lacks class.
Afraid to take my daughter to the game because of stuff like that.
Can we stop the "bull$4!$" chant already.
Sounds so immature and lacks class.
Afraid to take my daughter to the game because of stuff like that.
Looks like the oldies are at about 60% gold. How damn hard is it to wear a gold shirt? Such a lame ass fan base sometimes.
If you’re doing a gold out, or a black or maroon out for that matter, get a sponsor and give t shirts to all fans by either handing them out at the doors or placing them on the seats. I was there and participation was good but hardly universal. The fact is between the older demographic that isn’t as tuned into social media or even email, the fact that people are more likely to own maroon Gopher gear than gold, and that this isn’t some college town where media hype can more easily spread the word, getting people on board is tough. I’ll say this, it seems to get better every time the U tries this. The first attempt was an utter failure at a football game when the word was poorly spread, the weather was cool and wet which forced people into jackets (ownership of gold jackets is low), and to top it off the team wore maroon jerseys.
If you’re doing a gold out, or a black or maroon out for that matter, get a sponsor and give t shirts to all fans by either handing them out at the doors or placing them on the seats. I was there and participation was good but hardly universal. The fact is between the older demographic that isn’t as tuned into social media or even email, the fact that people are more likely to own maroon Gopher gear than gold, and that this isn’t some college town where media hype can more easily spread the word, getting people on board is tough. I’ll say this, it seems to get better every time the U tries this. The first attempt was an utter failure at a football game when the word was poorly spread, the weather was cool and wet which forced people into jackets (ownership of gold jackets is low), and to top it off the team wore maroon jerseys.
Pom poms are much cheaper than t-shirts. If a sponsor had been willing to pay for 14,000 t-shirts, I suspect they would have done it. Even if a shirt is cheap, lets say, $5, that is $70k. 14,000 pom moms are probably $.50/pom, or $7k.
Not sure on the marketing budget for in-game promotions but I can tell you it isn't being spent on the national anthem singer/performer or the halftime entertainment.
Thought the same thing. Made me pine for the lady that balances cups and plates to come back.