To sports fans New Years marks much more than the commencement of a new year, New Years is home to some of the best bowl games and kicks off a week of BCS games. In honor of these games I put together some of the strange oddities of college football. Comment ones you find most intriguing.
It's hard to find significance in Boise State except for its legendary Smurf Turf at their home of Bronco Stadium. Legend has it, that former Athletic Director, Gene Bleimaier, was looking to buy Bronco Stadium new turf but when he found out the highly expensive price, Blemaier decided the only way he would splurge that much for turf, Boise State was going to get remembered for it. Bleimaier decided to get a blue pigmented turf that stands out amongst the conventional green. BSU Bronco fans also believe that birds dive down into the field thinking that it is a huge pond of water, and crash and die on the spot, the validity of this is questionable.
The Michigan State Spartans' main color is green and I cannot understand why they are not red. The Spartans from Sparta in ancient Greece wore only red to symbolize their bloodthirstiness and to look intimidating to their enemies. The MSU Spartans wear green, if I was them I would be taking every advantage I could get in intimidation factor, while managing to be politically correct.
Auburn may be known as the Tigers, but what they have become most famous for is another animal, from their infamous battle cry, War Eagle. It is believed that in an Auburn-Georgia game in the late 19th century, a Civil War veteran's pet eagle took off and soared around the field, initiating a late Auburn comeback. Since then, this cry has been heard in anticipation, distress, and celebration, especially after Cam Newton led Auburn to a BCS Championship win against Oregon in 2011, where former head coach, Gene Chizik repeated it over and over in his post game interview.
Previously known as Paternoville and now known as Nittanyville, students camp out the nights before the historic white outs at Happy Valley. Penn State switched their tickets a little more than 15 years ago to a non-assigned seats plan with a first come, first serve basis. Students wanting to be in the front row would camp outside the Happy Valley in what eventually became known as Paternoville, and now Nittanyvile after last year's altercations involving PSU football.
In Baton Rouge, the LSU Tigers keep an actual living, wild tiger in a cage outside the visitors locker room in a narrow hallway. This may be the first time you see a 6'7'' 240 lineman get a little unsettled, but the tiger obviously doesn't affect Nick Saban's cool and collected Crimson Tide, as they have came into Death Valley numerous times leaving with the W.
Nationally ranked #1 Notre Dame also has a few idiosyncrasies of their own. Before every game Fighting Irish players hit the iconic plague labeled Play Like a Champion Today. With a win against Alabama next Monday for the first time in over 20 years, Notre Dame will be able to do more than just play like a champion, they may actually be a champion. Surprisingly, The Simpsons pointed this out to me, if Notre Dame is French, why are they called the Fighting Irish?
It's hard to find significance in Boise State except for its legendary Smurf Turf at their home of Bronco Stadium. Legend has it, that former Athletic Director, Gene Bleimaier, was looking to buy Bronco Stadium new turf but when he found out the highly expensive price, Blemaier decided the only way he would splurge that much for turf, Boise State was going to get remembered for it. Bleimaier decided to get a blue pigmented turf that stands out amongst the conventional green. BSU Bronco fans also believe that birds dive down into the field thinking that it is a huge pond of water, and crash and die on the spot, the validity of this is questionable.
The Michigan State Spartans' main color is green and I cannot understand why they are not red. The Spartans from Sparta in ancient Greece wore only red to symbolize their bloodthirstiness and to look intimidating to their enemies. The MSU Spartans wear green, if I was them I would be taking every advantage I could get in intimidation factor, while managing to be politically correct.
Auburn may be known as the Tigers, but what they have become most famous for is another animal, from their infamous battle cry, War Eagle. It is believed that in an Auburn-Georgia game in the late 19th century, a Civil War veteran's pet eagle took off and soared around the field, initiating a late Auburn comeback. Since then, this cry has been heard in anticipation, distress, and celebration, especially after Cam Newton led Auburn to a BCS Championship win against Oregon in 2011, where former head coach, Gene Chizik repeated it over and over in his post game interview.Previously known as Paternoville and now known as Nittanyville, students camp out the nights before the historic white outs at Happy Valley. Penn State switched their tickets a little more than 15 years ago to a non-assigned seats plan with a first come, first serve basis. Students wanting to be in the front row would camp outside the Happy Valley in what eventually became known as Paternoville, and now Nittanyvile after last year's altercations involving PSU football.
In Baton Rouge, the LSU Tigers keep an actual living, wild tiger in a cage outside the visitors locker room in a narrow hallway. This may be the first time you see a 6'7'' 240 lineman get a little unsettled, but the tiger obviously doesn't affect Nick Saban's cool and collected Crimson Tide, as they have came into Death Valley numerous times leaving with the W.
Nationally ranked #1 Notre Dame also has a few idiosyncrasies of their own. Before every game Fighting Irish players hit the iconic plague labeled Play Like a Champion Today. With a win against Alabama next Monday for the first time in over 20 years, Notre Dame will be able to do more than just play like a champion, they may actually be a champion. Surprisingly, The Simpsons pointed this out to me, if Notre Dame is French, why are they called the Fighting Irish?
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