There's a video clip floating around out there showing University of South Carolina student body president Ryan Holt losing it after discovering his office has been filled with balloons. The gag is pretty standard stuff, and you've probably seen similar things in real life (we once filled a guy's underwear drawer with hand lotion, for example). Holt's reaction is midly amusing from a "spot the pompous proto-Republican" standpoint, but that's not why I'm posting it.
What I kept wondering, being a Big 12 alum, is why the VP of the South Carolina student body is walking around wearing a Texas A&M t-shirt? Granted, it's probably not as bad as if he wore one saying "Clemson," but isn't sporting another school's gear still a bit of a a faux pas on campus these days?
Unless, of course, they're worn "ironically," as would usually be the case for Harvard, Miskatonic, or Transylvania Universities.
Pete, I would think the explanation would be obvious. When you attend a school, where you're reffered to as 'Cocks, what else can one do? Seriously, how scarey would it be to not toe the R line at (the other) USC? One imagines - their philosophy department, for example, is kinda thin.
I would've thought the obvious post title would be "But, I don't want to be a Gamecock!!!"
Cromulent, my ass.
I went to the University of Houston for undergrad, but there were always students walking around in A&M and UT garb. I never understood it. I have a buddy who graduated from UH and has Longhorn stickers on his car. I asked him about it once and he said he couldn't support a school that didn't have a good football team, even if he went there.
This kid is in dire need of taking himself far less seriously. What a colossal prick.
Ryan is from Texas. It's not a big deal at all here at USC to wear other school's clothes unless, as you said, it's a school named Clemson. I personally hate the people who wear Georgia hats because Georgia sucks, but they don't get widespread criticism.
Having taught English 101 at South Carolina as part of my graduate school servitude, I figure Mr. Holt thought he had on a Carolina shirt. The colors are close enough, and he probably can't read all that well. Fortunately for him, Clemson's orange is sufficiently different from Carolina's garnet that he won't make that faux pas.
That arrogant, self satisfied little shit needs an atomic wedgie! Volunteers?
I wouldn't touch him even if conservatives offered me money. Let Ann Coulter do it.
Wow, that boy has a serious future ahead of him as a cranky Congressman leading the charge against the "War on Christmas".
"It isn't funny. I'm being PERsecuted!" *whine*