October 18, 200817 yr So, the Sox ran a Blackout for the 163rd game and the entire playoffs. Today I hear the Bears are declaring an "Orangeout" for this weekends game since the Bears will be in the Orange Unis. Could this be Chicago's new trademark? Blue-out for important Cubs games. Red-outs for important Bulls and Blackhawks games. Just a thought.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 07:16 PM) So, the Sox ran a Blackout for the 163rd game and the entire playoffs. Today I hear the Bears are declaring an "Orangeout" for this weekends game since the Bears will be in the Orange Unis. Could this be Chicago's new trademark? Blue-out for important Cubs games. Red-outs for important Bulls and Blackhawks games. Just a thought. I think doing it for Bears games would be virtually impossible. Not alot of people have orange coats.
October 18, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 07:31 PM) I think doing it for Bears games would be virtually impossible. Not alot of people have orange coats. no doubt there. I'm not even sure I liek the idea of other teams stealing the Sox idea. But if we make it a Chicago thing, it might be kind of cool. but yea, cold weather outdoor games kinda screw that up.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 07:31 PM) I think doing it for Bears games would be virtually impossible. Not alot of people have orange coats. A 60,000 person crowd, all wearing solid blaze orange hunting jackets could be the coolest (color)-out ever.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 07:53 PM) A 60,000 person crowd, all wearing solid blaze orange hunting jackets could be the coolest (color)-out ever. That would be pretty bad. I think if everyone at a Bears game wore white would be sweet. It's virtually impossible due to weather, though. You see tons of people at games wearing whatever makes them warm (yellow, red, etc.), but it'd be cool to see them play 1 home game in a dome to see all white, blue, and orange, similar to how everyone in Indy can wear their jerseys.
October 18, 200817 yr I have an orange Bears shirt I am wearing to the game SUnday. I don't have an orange jacket.
October 18, 200817 yr The Cubs will have "Blow Out" Day next year. All fans at Wrigley in attendance will be dressed like members of the L.A. Dodgers.
October 18, 200817 yr Penn State did a white out years ago for a game against Ohio State, and have continued with it for other games. It looks awesome.
October 18, 200817 yr I'd like the idea more if it had originated here, but so many other teams in so many other cities have already been there and done that. It just feels insincere to me at this point, but I must say... when you have 40,50,60K people all wearing the same color it looks amazing.
October 18, 200817 yr Illinois has done "Paint the [Assembly] Hall Orange" nights for hoops and its been awesome. FWIW, I think this should be reserved for playoff games, or at least hugely important divisional/conference games, or else it loses its luster. The Bears doing it in October against the Vikings doesn't get me too excited.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 07:33 PM) I'm not even sure I liek the idea of other teams stealing the Sox idea. Yeah, it wasn't the Sox idea.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 12:40 AM) The Cubs will have "Blow Out" Day next year. All fans at Wrigley in attendance will be dressed like members of the L.A. Dodgers. A better version of this joke follows: The Cubs could have a Blue-Out Day because the Dodgers blew them out 3 times in a row.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 10:16 AM) Yeah, it wasn't the Sox idea. It's been done a million times. In hockey, I can remember white-outs in Winnipeg, Quebec and Denver, and an orange-out in Philadelphia off the top of my head.
October 18, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 10:16 AM) Yeah, it wasn't the Sox idea. yea, I didnt knwo that until the last few posts. Interesting.
October 18, 200817 yr Nothing can top the Illini's Paint the Hall Orange. And that's for just 16,000 people. If the Bears could get 60,000 people wearing Orange, that would certainly be awesome.
October 18, 200817 yr Yeah, the color thing is more of a college thing to me. IU tried a stripe-out last year for the MSU-Gameday game.
October 18, 200817 yr QUOTE (greasywheels121 @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 11:40 AM) Yeah, the color thing is more of a college thing to me. IU tried a stripe-out last year for the MSU-Gameday game. Thats actually a pretty cool idea. Looks like everyone followed through.
October 20, 200817 yr I know here at ISU we had a pink-out against Texas last February for breast cancer awareness.
October 20, 200817 yr QUOTE (Heads22 @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 08:57 AM) I know here at ISU we had a pink-out against Texas last February for breast cancer awareness. ISU would....
October 20, 200817 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 12:17 PM) Note the reason... I saw I saw... I still went there, should have been in green. Up yours Seneca Wallace!
October 20, 200817 yr QUOTE (Felix @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 11:49 PM) Penn State did a white out years ago for a game against Ohio State, and have continued with it for other games. It looks awesome. That looks like the Republican National Convention It does look pretty cool, no matter the color.
October 20, 200817 yr QUOTE (The Critic @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 09:24 AM) A better version of this joke follows: The Cubs could have a Blue-Out Day because the Dodgers blew them out 3 times in a row.
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