The Cal student section has long done vile things to anyone walking by wearing a red shirt. Stanford Red. It starts with chants of "Take off that red shirt." If the shirt isn't removed right away, it can escalate from there to something closer to assault. If the offending person still refuses to remove the red shirt, they are often grabbed, lifted off the ground, and passed above the heads of the students to the top of the stadium. They arrive there shaken and often missing articles of clothing. The Cal students find this hilarious. It's a tradition.
If tales from his first year as the Ohio St. football coach are true, Urban Meyer has a similar disdain for shirts of a certain color. Unlike the Cal students, it's blue shirts that Meyer can't stand. Michigan Blue. While Cal people usually save their clothing-based attacks for game days, Meyer takes issue with blue shirts on anyone and everyone at Ohio St. practices. Including NFL scouts. Meyer has been instructing scouts wearing blue shirts to change into something else before viewing practice. Apparently, extra red shirts are available. That's very nice. I wonder if those shirts are for keeps. NFL people don't really like being told what to do. Let alone, what to wear. I can't imagine that Urban Meyer is making many friends with these scouts. No matter how pissy the NFL might get over Meyer's new clothing rules I doubt that this will keep them from drafting Ohio St. players.
Urban Meyer is going to find himself in a sea of blue when Ohio St. visits Berkeley this fall. His new clothing rules won't mean a thing. And, it would be wise of Meyer to stay far away from Cal students if he's sporting his snappy red attire.
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