(04-21-2014 11:28 PM)opossum Wrote:  

(04-21-2014 11:11 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(04-21-2014 10:32 PM)opossum Wrote:  

(04-19-2014 02:30 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  6) Of the 3-4K fans that were there, none were wearing dockers, button down shirts, croakies, and navy/orange polka dot bow ties.

This.

Nobody wearing a bow tie should count as an attendee at a football game, unless they are selling ice cream. If you are near a football game and wearing a bow tie and not selling ice cream you are there for something else. Sorry if this cuts the Hoos' attendance numbers by 2/3 but facts are facts.

I'd guess many who go to games are just there to socialize. I know we've had sold out games where there's still 10k people tailgating...

Sure, there are a lot of die hard fans, but for many it's just something fun to do. How many would go watch the game if they went alone? I'd assume they'd just catch it on TV.

Anyway you're going to find kids in ties at almost any southern football game. I know many watch and many just go to act drunk and stupid.

It's not a bow tie but I have to throw this in...

I was talking specifically about bow ties; I am from the deep South, I have worn ties to countless college football games, I know how it is. Socializing among and amongst tie-wearers and non-tie-wearers is a part of the game. It's all fun. Bow ties are different. You should never trust anyone who wears a bow tie, unless they are selling ice cream. The bow tie wearers who don't have ice cream to sell are usually from Ole Miss and UVA. They are not to be trusted.

What about your friends from 10 miles away? I've seen a lot of their greeks wearing bow ties when we've played them. Not a lot of the other students though.