October 06, 2003
Football Fashion Faux Pas
I traveled to Georgia this past weekend to see Alabama play Georgia, and left very concerned about the state of fashion in Athens. It turns out that a large number of college-aged men (the locals tell me that it's a fraternity thing) in Athens wear hideous red pants that make Bozo the Clown look GQ. Observe:
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| Dot Paul/Athens Banner Herald |
The sad thing is that the Athens Banner Herald found the guys that looked the LEAST odd in these monstrosities of fashion. My question is this: is there an uglier football tradition ANYWHERE? (Oregon's uniforms notwithstanding)
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Kevin says:
posted on October 6, 2003 07:45 PM — linkSwitzer used to do the same thing at OU and it worked OK for him, but these guys need a freakin' clue. Granted, it's Georgia and acid-washed jeans are probably still hip there, but c'mon!!
The really amazing thing is...what's with all the navy blue?! The guys are wearing red/navy ties and one guy seems to have red/navy shirt. I thought UGA was red/black -- not red/navy!
Matty Allen says:
posted on October 6, 2003 08:37 PM — linkI'm glad that I pointed it out to you, Pete, that it is the FRAT guys doing this. Being a die-hard Dawg and a student here, I must respectfully say that this is pretty bad. But at least, it's not Tennessee orange, if such a pair of pants exists.
Kevin should note that the picture shows them wearing red/black, not red/navy...might want to check the contrast/color on your monitor there. I've never seen red/blue ties worn at UGA games, and I've been to plenty of them.
You'll never see me in red pants. I love red, but that is ridiculous.
kevin says:
posted on October 6, 2003 09:49 PM — linkI don't know. If you use the black shirt (foreground) as a reference, that other shirt sure looks red/navy, as do the ties.
Perhaps if I turn off the monitor occassionally my eyes wouldn't bleed. :)Pete Holiday says:
posted on October 7, 2003 03:12 PM — linkYeah... the second guy is definitely wearing red/navy -- to be fair, the Navy/Red ties seem to be fairly standard Frat-wear at Alabama too -- but they usually wear khakis and navy coats.
As for LSU -- I can buy that uglier outfits exist... but is there an uglier TRADITION? I mean... sure, it doesn't get much worse than Mardi Gras colors, but until I see pictures of LSU Frat Boys wearing purple pants I'm going to have to give the nod to Georgia's red pants.
