Team Pride

[Eric]

So, I was at a gas station yesterday, when I saw a guy with an Ohio State automobile. He had it painted Buckeye red with decals and probably even had an tOSU license plate. So my question is this: do you guys do anything like, over-the-top, to display your team pride?

[Spence]

I have Buckeye license plates, but I would pass on the decals, bumper stickers, and especially the custom paint stuff.

[billybud]

Now that I have retired, my campus parking decal is no longer on my
Z-71...I do not wear any FSU insignia except for my hat at game time, although I do wear a garnet shirt or windbreaker. No decals, no FSU colors, no bumper stickers

I do have a small Harley decal in the back window corner.

[Spence]

If hats count, then I am guilty. I have 20-25 buckeye hats.

[colorado_loves_football]

So, I was at a gas station yesterday, when I saw a guy with an Ohio State automobile. He had it painted Buckeye red with decals and probably even had an tOSU license plate. So my question is this: do you guys do anything like, over-the-top, to display your team pride?

I think it's cool when people show their allegiance by having team logos plastered everywhere, especially at tailgate parties!
About all I've ever done, is purchase a bronze car and put a University of Colorado sticker in the back. Guess I"m not what you would call a fanatic.

[billybud]

We all honored Colorado at our tail gate in Tallahassee when the Buffs came visiting...Buffalo burgers on the grills...(regardless of what you hear, I find them to be less tasty than beef).

Ted Turner has opened a place in town now that specializes in buffalo (raised on his zillion acre ranches out west). Been there, don't need to go back...give me a nice juicy angus burger.

[Eric]

I haven't went crazy with my pride, like paint my house maize and blue. A simple flag outside will do.

[Dossenator]

Well there is a Razorback fan in Arkansas that has taken a Volkswagen car and turned it into a Razorback. It has a tail coming off the back the, the hump of the razorback on top, a big nose on the front, ears on the sides, etc. It looks like a huge razorback. It is done quite well actually. On game days they put dry ice in the front trunk (the engine is in the back). The dry ice makes smoke come out of the hogs nose. You talk about going over board....well this man did. I am trying to find a picture. If I can I will post the link. Some other fans have also made a gas grill that is as big as a car that they tail gate with at Razorback games. It is also shoped like a big razorback. The smoke comes out of the nose when it is being used. It is amazing what fans will do to support their teams.

[Eric]

Awesome! I was waiting to hear a story like that

[Spence]

I am a forester and I drive my Grand Cherokee down any road or trail imaginable. In March the passenger side got extremely muddy. I kept a scoreboard of LSU's journey to the Final Four on the back side glass and was saving the glass on the rear passenger door for success in the F4 , which of course I didn't get to use. I did it for my son who is the basketball fan in the house. He wanted me to keep it on there until football season, since I never wash my vehicle anyway. I have passed through Durham 4 times with LSU 62 Duke 54 written into the mud on my window. It is getting pretty dim now its about time to get it dirty again and start posting some football scores.

[Derek]

I have a front license plate that's red and has a big "G" on it, but that's about it.

I also have a jersey that I somethimes wear to costume partys.....Who do I go as??? David Greene of course.

[mountainman]

Well, from the sound of things you guys would think that a coonskin cap, buckskins, a shot & wad pouch over one shoulder and a powderhorn over the other, with a bowie knife strapped to the outside of you lower right leg, a tomahawk on your left side, along with a mountain rifle would be a little much.

[Eric]

lol

[Yeofoot]

I had one Texas jersery with the #42 on it (my number in hs, and college), that I got at football camp, and am ashamed to say that was it. When we made it to the Rose Bowl, I called my brother down in Austin and said "all I want for Christmas is a chrome longhorn decal". Which looks frickin sweet, b/c I have a black CTS, and it looks balanced with the CTS on the other side of the plate.
But then after Vince Young beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl (you think VY did it all this year on his feet, he did even more last year against Michigan. After Texas won the BCS championship, I received about 6 national championship shirts, a NC beer Mug (which will be used ONLY during Texas games).

My Texas gear is a good friend maker for a Longhorn in a new city, I always wear burnt orange to the gym, I figure I'm an average looking white guy, so maybe it'll be easier to start meeting new people. Anyway, especially at bars when I wear it, if you are a Texas fan, you're my new best friend (y'all know how Texans are about thinking our state is a whole other country), if you are a USC, or Ohio State fan, you want to hear me say "yeah, we know we got lucky", which I won't give them the satisfaction of being able to say "I've heard Texas fans say they got lucky too, see even they know it". Michigan fans hate us now. Cal hates us for lobbying for the BCS spot. A&M hates us, but who cares? They're Aggies! But EVERYBODY wants to talk about the Rose Bowl, which is my favorite subject. So, as much as I can't wait for college football to start again, I soooooo enjoy savoring our 20 game win streak.

So yeah, I'm being obnoxious because WHO KNOWS WHEN I'LL GET TO DO IT AGAIN!

[Eric]

y'all know how Texans are about thinking our state is a whole other country

Boy, you got that right. My uncle lived in Texas for a while. If it wasn't from Texas, it's not good enough