My company had kind of a fun theme day this week. With college football getting underway, they held a "school colors" day. You could wear your college gear with jeans for the day. (obviously no tank tops or sweatpants, but sweatshirts, t-shirts, jerseys, etc were fair game).
Friday is normally jeans day, so since this was yesterday, it was a bonus jeans day.
The company I work for now is huge... 3500 employees between our two buildings. Even on Fridays, people still dress pretty nice... jeans and heels, jeans and button down shirts or polos... sweaters and blouses for the ladies.
It was really fun to wander around today and see where people went to school. Obviously a lot of midwestern schools were well represented. But it was cool to see some east and west coast schools as well.
I had a bit of a dilemma myself... I went to the University of Iowa for undergrad, but I went to Marquette University for grad school. Marquette is local... so of course there are a lot of alumni who remain in the area. I decided to represent my Hawkeyes. They are my first college love, after all. I only saw a couple of other Iowa folks wandering the halls today... but there are a lot of Hawkeye license plate holders in the parking lot, so there must be more of us here! I was also amazed at the amount of Iowa stuff I still have. I have at least six sweatshirts (obviously a little excessive and some of them are in better shape than others) a long sleeve t-shirt I bought at a football game last year (my first game in like 9 years!!!) and a bunch of random t-shirts. My Marquette paraphernalia is a little lacking in comparison!
How about you? Where did you go to school? Do you still support your team or school by wearing college gear? Do you get your kids in on the school spirit?
6 comments:
I have bad school spirit.
I live 1000 miles away from my undergrad university, and did have a sweatshirt I bought while attending a decade ago that finally was thrown away. I still have a few cups and pens around that I picked up on a visit 5 years ago.
And I do live where I did grad school, and had a few tshirts - alas those too have been send to goodwill. I realized this as college volleyball starts soon, and I need some school colors to support the girls....
Always a problem, but I go with my most recent degree which would be Madison and much more recognizable to most than UW-Stevens Point;)
My husband attended a small, private collage but he's from Iowa so he'd be dressed just like you!
What a great idea. I went to Middle TN State University, which isn't exactly world renowned, so no, I don't really continue to support the sports teams. I'm not much into sports, though.
I don't think I've ever owned anything with my alma mater one it. Hmmm. But I have been thinking about getting Baby Girl a little cheerleading outfit to wear on Fridays. That is kind of a big deal here.
Stopping by from SITS.
Yes and yes!! I went to UF and the dude is already decked out in his baby Gator gear for the year! Hi from SITS. : )
I have to ask...Did anyone represent Cy and my Cyclones? I still wear my school gear with pride. Beau does represent as well - ISU and OU (my husband's a huge OU fan!)
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