It's the end of August, the weather is (hopefully) starting to cool down, the college kids are back in school, the leaves are turning....this can only mean one thing.....COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!
Most people in my neck of the woods (Midwest) are Big 10 (Ohio State, Michigan, etc.) or Big East (The Mighty Bearcats of UC, Pitt, UConn) and SEC (Vandy, UK, Tennessee (woof.)) - my allegiance lies with the SEC - as my Vanderbilt Commodores are ready to blow the roof off the conference!
For all my non-Vandy Facebook friends, you may have noticed that for the past week or so, I have been posting shared pictures of different Vanderbilt Football players with the phrase 'Anchor Down!' next to it. This is the new battle cry for Vandy, introduced by 2nd year Head Coach James Franklin - Cornelius Vanderbilt, who founded the University, was a Commodore (the Ship Captain, not a bird), so 'Anchor Down!' is an ode to Vanderbilt's roots. The 'Dores, as we lovingly call them, start their road to the BCS Bowl on NATIONAL TELEVISION Thursday against 'The OBC' (The Old Ball Coach) Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks of South Carolina. Many of my friends will be in attendance as this weekend is the wedding of a dear dear friend and fellow 'Dore in Nashville (Love you W.H and A.O.K!). Sidebar: did you or your guy friends in high school have the University baseball caps for South Carolina that said in big letters 'Cocks' on it? A number of my guy friends had them and it always made me snicker :)
FUN FACT: The quarterback for Vanderbilt, Jordan Rodgers, is the kid brother of none of other than the pride of Green Bay, Aaron Rodgers (quarterback for the Green Bay Packers). He's improving on the field and he's easy on the eyes if you know what I mean...
Now to the important stuff...FASHION. Now going to school in the SEC, for the most part we 'dress' for football games: meaning girls wear dresses and boys wear a shirt and tie (the ACC (Clemson, UVA, etc.) also does this). It was so nice in college because I always had an excuse to buy a new dress. To this day I will not step foot into an SEC football game without a dress and pearls on. In the early months of the season, you will see a smattering of Lily Pullitzer and fun colored dresses, but many of the ladies of the SEC and ACC faithful will incorporate their team colors into their ensembles in their dresses or accessories. I got lucky that Vandy is black and gold, so I have many a black dress and gold accessories, and sufficed to say, my Gold Jack Rogers sandals saw their fare share of wear. Below is a picture of how we keep our Vandy pride in the cooler months - i.e. slap on a sweaterdress, tights and boots with black and gold accents.
For conferences that do not 'dress' for gamdeay there are many ways to support your team while still remaining fashionable. If you are going to get a jersey, buy a more fitted jersey - kids sizes work great and they're usually cheaper than the adults (great buy!). Or if you're going to buy an adult size jersey, wear it as a tunic with leggings and maybe belt it in one of your school's colors. If you're not into jerseys. consider buying a tee to pair with skinny jeans or colored skinnies or leggings in your school colors. Victoria's Secret PINK Collection has a great selection of apparel for over 50 schools. If you just want to go the school colors route, try color -blocking with different accessories over a solid top and jeans. Accessories and shoes are a great way to show your school pride and complement an outfit!
Here are some links to some great sites to create your gameday wardrobe:
http://www.reddressboutique.com/
http://www.victoriassecret.com/pink/choose-your-school
http://store.americanapparel.net/
www.francescascollections.com/
http://pinterest.com/search/?q=gameday+dresses (for some Gameday getup inspiration!)
Here are some gametimes for my other Ohio Folk:
-The UC Bearcats have a bye this week and play the Pittsburgh Panthers next Thursday 9/6 at UC's Nippert Stadium at 8PM - this will be on ESPN :)
-The Buckeyes of Ohio State, under new coach Urban Meyer (formally of the Tebow era Florida Gators) will open their season Saturday against another Ohio school, Miami of Ohio (Big Ben Roethlisberger's Alma Mater) at 'The Horseshoe' (OSU's stadium) Saturday 9/1 at Noon.
-Aaaaaand the Kentucky Wildcats open their season away against their state nemesis the Louisville Cardinals, Sunday September 2nd at 3:30PM
What are you wearing on Gameday? Send me your pics and I will post them next week!
Happy Gameday y'all and ANCHOR DOWN!!!!!
xoxo
The Skinny
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