School Colors: Tell me why....

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rockydoc

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....most of the traditional college basketball powers have blue (or a form of blue) as their color......Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina even UCLA. However red (or a shade of red) predominates with the college football behemoths.....Bama, Oklahoma, Ohio state.....:ermm:
 
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Because those are the most popular colors.
 
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rockydoc said:
....most of the traditional college basketball powers have blue (or a form of blue) as their color......Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina even UCLA. However red (or a shade of red) predominates with the college football behemoths.....Bama, Oklahoma, Ohio state.....:ermm:
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Hmmm, never have thought about that my friend. Good post
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Its required by ESPN so the teams look better on tv....this is why ESPN hates us right?
 
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Where have you guys been? Pat Summit knows wassup

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looking at the top ten in basketball, 6 teams have blue, 4 teams have red. The only outlier is Texas... If you're thinking 6+4+1=11, Kansas cheats. They have red and blue.

The final rankings in football had 5 teams wearing red, 2 teams wearing blue, 2 teams wearing purple and one team wearing green and gold plus silver and plus black and white, but never red or blue that I'm aware of.
 
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blue and red are by far the two most common school colors. There have been plenty of seasons dominated by "red" teams in basketball.

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Most schools have historical context for their color schemes. I think the fact that many of the basketball powers wear blue and while the powers wear red in football is mostly a coincidence.
 
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Notre Dame, Michigan, Florida, Miami, Tennessee, Auburn?, LSU, Penn State, Texas, UCLA?, Georgia Tech?, Clemson?, Washington?

13 total, 5 question marks

versus

Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Georgia?, Florida State, USC, Arkansas?, Texas A&M?

9 total, 3 question marks.

I don't think anyone can make an argument that there are teams that deserve to be in over any of these teams.

However if you go with 12 (the top 2 tiers) they would have to be:

Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami, Tennessee, Penn State, Texas, Florida

vs.

Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Nebraska, USC

7 to 5

But when you go to 6, it becomes

Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas

versus

Alabama, Oklahoma, and USC
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and it's hard to reduce beyond this point.

So yeah, football has its share of red powers. But given the colors of sports teams in general , it is not that high of a percentage.

Basketball, on the other hand, is a little startling. The Big 5 are all Blue!
 
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Louisville, St John's, Temple, Indiana, Utah, Cincinnati, St. Joe's, Arkansas, Western Kentucky and even Bradley have had excellent basketball programs in the past.

Of course, it doesn't compare to the historic giants -- Kansas and Arizona have the right idea.
 
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bam15 said:
Louisville, St John's, Temple, Indiana, Utah, Cincinnati, St. Joe's, Arkansas, Western Kentucky and even Bradley have had excellent basketball programs in the past.

Of course, it doesn't compare to the historic giants -- Kansas and Arizona have the right idea.
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Are you really playing the WKU card? Even Diddle wouldn't go there.
 
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