this is exactly the stuff i talk about when i'm ranting about how we need to get to the next level as a fanbase. call up all the walmarts and cvs type stuff. go to the state and purpose a ban on red cups in this state. would that ever happen? no, but the news of that will have the effect needed and it will eventually get into everyones heads that this is BLUE nation.
I agree. Not sure if you went to the tailgate in Birmingham, but South Carolina had everything garnet and black -- flags flying from their campers, spare tire covers, tailgate tents, cups, chairs, hats, shirts, shoes, etc. You name it, they had it in garnet. That's the type of thing we need here. Granted, National Flag Blue is a pretty common color and it would be difficult to make it more common, but I'd like to try.
As an aside, one woman, who was probably in her mid-50s and was drinking a garnet-colored drink that I probably could have poured into my gas tank, came up to me and gave me a giant hug and said, "I'm so sorry about y'all's player [Jasper]. I love all my chickens [slang term for Gamecocks], black or white, and I don't know what I'd ever do if we lost one of 'em."
She was a complete and total stranger, and was completely and totally hammered at 10 am. No judging.
