State Your Case: Homecoming white-out as awesome as Coach Anderson thinks?
State Your Case: Will the homecoming white-out be as awesome as head coach Gary Andersen thinks it will be?
Sean O’Sullivan: Lead, Never Follow
Here at Utah State, we pride ourselves on being pioneers.
We had an a great publication in The Refraction before New Mexico State had The PanAmmunition – and we did it better, too, I might add. We didn’t invent “I Believe” or “Winning Team/Losing Team,” but nobody had heard about it before we made it famous in front of the whole country on ESPN.
But now we want to do a white out. The Winnipeg Jets and Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League made whiteouts famous. Penn State does whiteouts. The Miami Heat does whiteouts. Even the school down south attempts whiteouts. Now, instead of being pioneers, we’re being followers.
I understand that “Fighting White” is one of our official school colors, but every team utilizes white in their color pallet. We’re Utah State University, and we wear “Aggie Blue” to games.
Even though I am not a fan of whiteouts, I will be participating in this one whiteout for one reason: Gary Andersen.
He said the team will be in all white and he wants us all to wear white in the stands. Since Gary’s word is getting as close to untouchable as Stew’s word, I will be wearing white on Saturday, but I will do so very grudgingly.
– sean.osullivan@aggiemail.usu.edu
Twitter: @Seansy89
Jordan Dahl: Embrace Coach’s Wish
New logo, a winning record: Boy, do our Aggies look good this year. Throw some brand-spanking new jerseys into the mix and we have ourselves a team that plays with both heart and style.
I am a fan of the white-out game, or specifically, our white-out game. I know a certain school down south has done white-outs in the past, but as I recall, their football team still wore their blue jerseys. Boring.
This game will be unique in that the Aggies will be decked out in their brand new white uniforms, joining the crowd in the festivities and breaking in their new jerseys with pizazz.
I like the all-white jerseys. They give our players a sleek and streamlined look out on the field, not to mention the eye tricks white does to the eyes, making the players look even faster than they already are.
It will be a very different atmosphere in Romney Stadium with the crowd wearing white instead of blue, but I’m looking forward to it. It’s something new and probably won’t happen very often, so let’s just embrace it. And most important of all, let’s cheer our team
to victory.
– j.dahl@aggiemail.usu.edu
Twitter: @jdahl3