Wear Yellow Saturday

[Khan4Cats]

Iowa State is encouraging their fans to wear yellow to their home game on Saturday as a way to remember Celia Barquin Arozamena, their champion golfer who was murdered this week. I think it would be a cool gesture on the part of PantherNation to show our support as well. There are Iowa fans talking about scrapping their black and gold scheme to go all gold as well this week. What a great way to show unity in our state by having all three state schools do this. Hope the Athletic Department picks up on this and encourages this.

[DomeIsHome]

So, this is great, and it's great to see the state come together and everything in a time of trauma. Maybe UNI can do something with it, but it's very late in the game for something like this.

But there is zero, I repeat, zero, chance that the University of Iowa goes away with their plan. Iowa doesn't just put these things out there at the start of the week or the start of the season and hope that fans show up. They market the hell out of it. ANF has a sponsor. Just yesterday they tweeted about it and what colors fans will wear. While I was looking at this the University has no plan to go away from it. They push super hard for stuff like this, they can't just change it the week of and hope that everyone gets the message.

Also, the idea seems to have been started (or at least taken up) by Hawkeye Heaven. Which....yeah....I suppose I could get into it, but I really don't want to.

Again, it's going to come off like I'm totally against this idea, but I'm not. If if it were any other game other than their stripey one (and maybe a blackout) then I'd probably be all for it.

Also also, sorry for talking about Iowa so much. Maybe those that go to the UNI game will wear yellow, that'd be great.

[clenz]

UNI doesn’t even promote our own color games. No chance they promote something like this - even if a good tnought started it.


Like dome i will leave who started this idea for someone else to comment on.


UNI doesn’t have a color game planned for Saturday, so I think wearing yellow would be a nice show of solidarity though.

[BCPanther]

So, this is great, and it's great to see the state come together and everything in a time of trauma. Maybe UNI can do something with it, but it's very late in the game for something like this.

But there is zero, I repeat, zero, chance that the University of Iowa goes away with their plan. Iowa doesn't just put these things out there at the start of the week or the start of the season and hope that fans show up. They market the hell out of it. ANF has a sponsor. Just yesterday they tweeted about it and what colors fans will wear. While I was looking at this the University has no plan to go away from it. They push super hard for stuff like this, they can't just change it the week of and hope that everyone gets the message.

Also, the idea seems to have been started (or at least taken up) by Hawkeye Heaven. Which....yeah....I suppose I could get into it, but I really don't want to.

Again, it's going to come off like I'm totally against this idea, but I'm not. If if it were any other game other than their stripey one (and maybe a blackout) then I'd probably be all for it.

Also also, sorry for talking about Iowa so much. Maybe those that go to the UNI game will wear yellow, that'd be great.

Nothing like a guy that has a history of violence against women, among other things, trying to subvert what Iowa wants its image to be for its most viewed game of the year in the name of a murdered young woman. Levi is trash.

As far as UNI, while its a huge tragedy and just an awful, awful thing, it has nothing to do with UNI. I think we stick with our 132 shades of purple and mixed in Hawk clothes motif.

[havok58]

Just saw the Hawkeye promotion page. Would it be that difficult for UNI to basically copy the concept and do the same thing for our home games? I just like the simplicity of it, especially designating what sections are to wear what colors. And the info on the other falls sports is great too. Large print, catches the eye, and all this on one page!!! Surely there has to be someone in UNI marketing that knows a little web design to do the same.

[clenz]

Surely there has to be someone in UNI marketing that knows a little web design to do the same.

[DomeIsHome]

Just saw the Hawkeye promotion page. Would it be that difficult for UNI to basically copy the concept and do the same thing for our home games? I just like the simplicity of it, especially designating what sections are to wear what colors. And the info on the other falls sports is great too. Large print, catches the eye, and all this on one page!!! Surely there has to be someone in UNI marketing that knows a little web design to do the same.

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I kid, I kid

UNI has tried to do this (it was back sometime 2010-12? maybe?) with purple, white, and black outs. It never works (except maybe a white out or two here or there, I can't really remember, damn beer). Similarly to what I said before these things take months of planning and coordination, and when they tried it there just wasn't enough of that taking place.

Maybe it would be different now, but the athletic department is (seemingly) understaffed and stretched thin as it is. Even with a full staff there's no way they could get it done this season.

[DomeIsHome]

Also it appears that UNI is embracing the social media movement of folks wanting to wear yellow to the game tomorrow, which like I said before, is great.

[UNIdad]

Iowa State did very little officially to promote the gold/yellow. It was mostly supported by grassroots social media. And it worked (better than I recall for the last "Golden Rules" game).

I'm assuming that most on this site did not attend the game and see the tribute in person. It began with a somber rendition of "The Bells of Iowa State" by the marching band that quieted the crowd without an announcement. Here is the video of the tribute itself. Please watch it all the way to the end (which includes the moment of silence).

https://twitter.com/CycloneWGOLF/status/1043531038453116935?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email

#Cyclonitas

[UNIdad]

[clenz]

Honest question - when a member of the PMB was killed in a car accident a few years ago did UNI put as much effort into creating a memorandum for their own student and organization member as they did for the Iowa State athlete with on ties to UNI?

I honestly don't remember. I know the PMB did a special half time performance but I don't remember UNI doing anything for their own student who was killed - or even acknowledging it beyond a standard "a student was killed" press release.

I have no issues with what UNI did for her, but I can't recall if they've done anything for their own students.

[vbfan19]

Honest question - when a member of the PMB was killed in a car accident a few years ago did UNI put as much effort into creating a memorandum for their own student and organization member as they did for the Iowa State athlete with on ties to UNI?

I honestly don't remember. I know the PMB did a special half time performance but I don't remember UNI doing anything for their own student who was killed - or even acknowledging it beyond a standard "a student was killed" press release.

I have no issues with what UNI did for her, but I can't recall if they've done anything for their own students.

The difference in response probably has more to do with the fact that the one young person was murdered, while the other died in an accident. The loss of life is just as tragic (as was the loss of life of the worker killed in the steam tunnel last week). But murder tends to elicit a greater emotional response from the general public.

[clenz]

The difference in response probably has more to do with the fact that the one young person was murdered, while the other died in an accident. The loss of life is just as tragic (as was the loss of life of the worker killed in the steam tunnel last week). But murder tends to elicit a greater emotional response from the general public.

So you’re saying UNI cared more about appearing to care about a student athlete from another school than actually caring about a student of their own university?

[Born-a-Panther]

So you’re saying UNI cared more about appearing to care about a student athlete from another school than actually caring about a student of their own university?

I think we should probably just end this discussion here - death is tragic all around. Let's just leave it at that.

[sivert]

I agree. I found a yellow shirt on Saturday before the game - wasn't easy to do. I think people are afraid to look to squawk-ish from a distance.