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12-15-2005, 05:01 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
What you're not taking into account is that this move will embarass the hell out of the owners and receive lots of press coverage.
Money is one thing, but when your fans pull a stunt like this, it can send a message. 
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#2
12-15-2005, 05:54 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
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[ QUOTE ] Although, the name needs work. They're just ripping off the Flyers ("Orange Crush" - 2004 playoffs) and Penn State ("White Out" - see PSU vs. tOSU). [/ QUOTE ] What the heck are you even talking about? [/ QUOTE ] Someone with JoePa as his avatar should know. In any event, the recent rage where fans wear all one color was (I think) started by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2004 playoffs. They had an "orange crush" where they gave out orange t-shirts to all the fans that entered the arena. IIRC, it was for Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals. Nearly every fan there was in bright orange. The trick spread like wildfire. Other teams started doing it, including Calgary in the Stanley Cup Finals. Penn State started doing it last year, with a "white out" against Purdue. All students were expected to wear white, creating a very large contrast between the student section and the alumni, who wear mostly dark colors. We did it again this year against tOSU, with something like 99% of students wearing white. Other Big Ten schools have copied us, including Illinois who did it against us this year. Did them a lot of good =) Here are awesome pictures from the "white out" against tOSU. Look hard, I'm in the 3rd row somewhere =).     Edit: [/hijack] Sorry I get excited about PSU football.
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#3
12-15-2005, 06:04 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
Pretty much every college basketball team has been doing this with the student section for 5 or 10 years. At Oregon they give out free t-shirts at the beginning and if you're wearing one you get in 10 minutes early so the only way to sit on the floor is to get a t-shirt and wear it, at least to get in. I'm guessing something like that is standard elsewhere. Not sure how it works at Pitt with the shirts, but I know basically everyone in the student section where's the gold "Oakland Zoo" shirts.
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#4
12-15-2005, 06:10 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
You're right, I forgot about college ball. I know Duke has those people behind the basket who wear the ugly white/blue striped shirts.
Some college football teams have it throughout the stadium, I'm thinking Nebraska. Or the Chiefs in NFL. I change my statement to: Flyers started it in the NHL, PSU started it in the Big Ten. And since the Flyers did it in 2004, a lot of teams have started copying.
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#5
12-15-2005, 06:14 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
Dude, Mac Court is such a sweet place to see a game.
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#6
12-15-2005, 06:21 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
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In any event, the recent rage where fans wear all one color was (I think) started by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2004 playoffs. They had an "orange crush" where they gave out orange t-shirts to all the fans that entered the arena. IIRC, it was for Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals. Nearly every fan there was in bright orange. [/ QUOTE ] Where do you buy the crack that you're obviously smoking? It was most definitely not started by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2004. I'm a big fan of the Washington Capitals and they encouraged fans to wear all white to playoff games as far back as the late 80's. And it probably predates that also.
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#7
12-15-2005, 06:38 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
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In any event, the recent rage where fans wear all one color was (I think) started by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2004 playoffs. [/ QUOTE ] I know that Flyers fans weren't the first to ever wear one color. That's not what I meant. Obviously this has been going on a while, as I said in my last response. The Flyers started the recent trend that other teams have copied of designating ONE GAME as a "white out" or "orange crush" or whatever. Perhaps I should have been more clear originally.
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12-15-2005, 07:05 PM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] In any event, the recent rage where fans wear all one color was (I think) started by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2004 playoffs. [/ QUOTE ] I know that Flyers fans weren't the first to ever wear one color. That's not what I meant. Obviously this has been going on a while, as I said in my last response. The Flyers started the recent trend that other teams have copied of designating ONE GAME as a "white out" or "orange crush" or whatever. Perhaps I should have been more clear originally. [/ QUOTE ] Ducks did it during their 2003 playoff run, and even then it was a ripoff of someone else (Phoenix I think).
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#9
12-16-2005, 04:25 AM
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Re: \"Orange-Out\" in Detroit.
I could be wrong but I truly think you guys are all wrong. I believe the first team that really started doing this was the old Winnipeg Jets, now the Phoenix Coyotes. During their playoff games they would have "white outs" and the whole arena would be in white. I don't know the history but I am pretty sure they were doing it for a while before the franchise moved to Phoenix and that was circa '95.
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