Why did the vcb put out black Beat Wisconsin shirts? That was dumb.

(09-14-2011 07:14 PM)HuskieHussy Wrote:  So since we obviously share the red with UW, are we "blacking out" the game this Saturday? I'd like to know what I should wear...

Here's my philosphy on the subject: Wear nothing at all, and you offend neither side.

As it has for me, this should become your motto in life.

(09-15-2011 09:56 AM)NSwanson89 Wrote:  Why did the vcb put out black Beat Wisconsin shirts? That was dumb.

I still think we could see the team in Black jerseys for this the Ball St game and if we make the MACC.

The redder the better!

Wisconsin colors are red and white and I hear their fans are wearing white.

(09-15-2011 09:23 AM)huskiebob Wrote:  

(09-15-2011 08:41 AM)HuskiemobileMan Wrote:  But if you want to follow the few that will be wearing Black, by all means do it. It will make us look like we have 100 fans in the stands.

That is complete BS. So, if we wear Red, we'll look like we have how many fans? Oh, wait a minute, Wisconsin is wearing Red also. I can hear the TV announcers now, "hard to tell how many fans are rooting for NIU or Wisconsin, it's a sea of Red!"

We do have TWO colors, don't we? Ever watch a Boise State home game? You'll see fans wearing blue and fans wearing orange.

In the past, when the Athletic Dept. has asked us to wear Black, many of our fans ignore it and wear Red anyway. If I'm going to a road game where the home team is wearing Red, I'll wear Black NIU clothes so everyone can see I'm an NIU fan. I don't care if there's 5000 NIU fans or only 50. To me, that's a great way to represent NIU.

I emailed Shelley to see what the Athletic Dept. wants fans to wear. I'll post it when I hear from her. I'm good with whatever color they ask us to wear.

Wear red. If Huskie fans were to wear black, it would show how miserably few Huskie fans are at the game. Better to wear red and disguise it.

Would ESPN be up for sponsoring a black tshirt handout, and billing it as "blackout sponsored by ESPN". It would seem appropriate on a couple of different levels.

(09-15-2011 11:28 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Would ESPN be up for sponsoring a black tshirt handout, and billing it as "blackout sponsored by ESPN". It would seem appropriate on a couple of different levels.

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