Ha, at Case, no one went to football games. I'm not kidding - between the band, team and cheerleaders, there were more folks on the field than just plain spectating! Home games usually had more rooters from the away team than we did.

But ya know, that could be because they didn't serve beer.

Every year quite a few freshmen would show up for the first home game, because they hadn't figured out no one went yet.

We don't have a football team. But for the basketball games everyone dresses up. Girls in nice sun dresses and guys in coats and ties. Its fun, b/c everyone is shocked how we all go all out for basketball.

My school, which is part of the big sky conference, the greek community generally tries to show up in leters and have blocked off seating. It isnt normal to see people dressed up for games. The big thing you find though is a lot of different groups on campus have block seating.

Huh. I've never been to a football game for more than 15 minutes, I just go to see the halftime show- we have a lot of brothers in the band. Almost no students go to UMass football games- the team sucks, and the stadium is way off campus. Even when we won the I-AA championship, the stadium wasn't more than half full.

Wow-

I really can't fathom going to college and not going to football games. Football games are a huge part of the Aggie college experience as most of our traditions have something or other to do with football.

ChiOJenn-

Aw, you're a 'horn? I'm sorry :p

Just kidding, nothing wrong with a friendly rivalry. The main reason i'm a Sigma Nu is because one of my best friends in HS was Commander of the UT chapter when i went through rush.

As for the swaying, that's part of when we sing the 'Aggie War Hymn'. When we get to the part about "Sawing Varsity's Horn's off...." we all lock arms around the shoulders of the people next to us and sway, creating a "sawing" image. I think it's one of the coolest things ever at a college football game. Rumor has it that sportswriters in the press box on the Alumni side have been able to feel the press box moving in unison. For those out there that have never been to Kyle Field, picture 85,000+ people decked out in maroon swaying back and forth....

That all being said,

Gig 'em

Kitso

Well at UF we don't wear Pin Attire. The Student side of the stadium faces the sun. It is something akin to God holding a magnifying glass over the stands. Some chapters have their pledges wear full pin attire but we usually wear a UF orange or blue polo and kakhis. Speaking of football I can't wait to sit in the block and watch the Gators.

GO GATORS

At Georgia Southern we wore full pin attire (without the pin, as we were drinking ;) )and had block seating, but we rarely went into the stadium as we spent most of the time "tailgating". This was right before we got good again (late 90's) so things may have changed a little as far as actually going into the stadium, I don' think the attire has though.

penn state football
 

our only dress code at football games is to BLEED blue and white!!!! the football tradition at penn state is amazing. . .we have the winningest coach in division I-A football. . .YEA JOE-PA!!!! bobby bowden will not catch ya!! our football stadium is one of the largest in the country. . .seats 109,000 people. . .if you don't like football don't come to penn state ;)

coming down from my psu pride high: we do wear our letters to the homecoming games and we block seats with whatever fraternity we're with that saturday nite. we usually have a tailgate before hand. . .always an interesting experiance. . .

Wow, it's amazing to hear about the traditions at other schools. Sounds like you have a fantastic time!

In the Ivy League people mainly go to homecoming games or the game against the school's rival (Harvard/Yale, Penn/Princeton, etc.), although those are a good time. Half the time people spend the whole game in the parking lot tailgating. Some of the alumni tailgates are pretty impressive, with champagne, crystal, etc., but it would be really surprising to see any students wearing anything fancier than jeans and a college sweatshirt and hat.

On the West Coast (Pac-10 land), I don't know of many greek memebers that dress up for games...maybe USC greeks do, but I never see Stanford or Cal greeks dressing up...always t-shirts and shorts (or in the fall, rain gear!). I guess the tradition for greeks dressing up is not as strong here...That's not to say, however, that we don't like our games just as much as you do in the South and Southwest and Midwest!:)

OMG! Most of you can't possibly be talking about the same kind of football I think of!! Seriously, after reading a few posts I thought it was something different. Our schools are SOOO different!

I go to Penn State w/ PSUSigKap and anything goes! It's all Penn State attire generally-at least anything blue and white. We're talking sweats, jeans, cotton, cotton, cotton, comfortable!! People paint their face and bodies blue and white and wear other blue and white thing you didn't even know existed.

I once was outside a football game at Muhlenberg College and saw people dressed in khakis and slacks and it just about blew my mind. Just goes to show how different things can be!

At USC, we wear sundresses and the guys wear shirts and ties, and like khakis or something. Most of the time, it's really hot, and they don't wear jackets, but a couple of the guys have gamecock jackets that they'll wear. But, most greeks only dress up if they're going to the tents (well, that's most greeks, anyway). Otherwise, it's casual. Oh, and you wear a red or black sundress. Or at least, try to. Poor Limited is always crammed with girls on gameday trying to find something!

Oh, and at Wofford College, ALL people dress up, even visitors. I know I always did when I went to see my brother-in-law play. Though, the SAE's always wear the same exact thing and stand together.

OK, another "old guy" story.

I was a Radio-TV major and was the announcer for our marching band which was/is a really big deal -- the band, I mean. We were on the quarter system, which meant that often the first game of the season was the weekend before classes started, on the day the students were moving in.

My wife used to tell the story of looking out her dorm window at the bridge which leads from the "uptown"/main college green area down to her residence green and the stadium and basketball arena. There I was, walking down the bridge in gray slacks, blue blazer, blue button down shirt and regimental tie (standard Greek dress -- especially for Delts -- in those days for games), mum in hand, on a spectacular, crisp Fall afternoon coming to take her to the game. She had just moved in, and we hadn't seen each other for several weeks. She met me at the bottom of the bridge in a short plaid wool skirt a nice top and wool vest. She was as spectacular as the day with long straight dark brown hair and flashing blue eyes.

What a memory.

Sounds like some of those traditions are still alive in the South. Damn, were they great! The Greeks really looked like something special, sitting in blocks with our letters on banners on the stadium fence in front or behind us!

The Tekes had their victory bell, the Pikes had an old fire truck and the Pershing Rifles (Army honorary) had their cannon. Those things were heavy -- we were content with flasks and beautiful dates.

After the game, we all followed the band as they marched up the bridge to the College Green and then we scattered to the bars or to parties.

What wonderful memories of fantastic times! The band is still outstanding and this year I plan to go back for Homecoming along with my daughter (her first trip back to our Alma Mater) and her husband who has never been there.

(personal note -- over the years I've directed live telecasts of all kinds of sports events -- but my very favorite still remains college football. It's magic.)

yah same here
 

I think the dressing up thing is mainly a SEC thing, my little bro goes to LSU and they get dressed up, I dont know why because whenever LSU scores, and they did a lot last year, everyone throws their drinks forward creating a large wave of cups, coke, ice, and bourbon......Its pretty cool........
But at my crappy school, our football team is horrible, but all of us TKEs go to the game, no other greeks go, not even for homecoming, except for our girlfriends.....that are greek....and we dont dress up, we have different tailgating themes, and we dress for our themes we make up.....Homecoming we wear our Red and Black TKE letter Jerseys, and for other events we have themes like mullet mainia...where we dress up as inbred rednecks, and spend half the game yelling lines from deliverence at the opposing team(I made that up)....toga(where we down Irish car bombs in the tailgaitng area).....Hawaiin(we fill up the back of our pick ups with water and play in the water and grass skirts)....

wow, thats crazy...but really cool.
i'm a sucker for tradition.
anyway, at sdsu no one really cares about football. i dont know if its because our team always sucks, or what. but if you go to san diego state, then you're not there for the football games...lol. we have a lot more fun.
also, every day in sd is a fashion show...