ANSAN
2007
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
SPORTS
3B
》 HOMECOMING
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Students, fans, advisory board urge game day 'Blue Out' Jayhawk Nation, Memorial Stadium to surprise traveling Nebraska fans with unified blue colors
BY THOR NYSTROM
tnystrom@kansan.com
Nebraska fans are used to traveling in mass to Memorial Stadium in Lawrence to fill it with red. If the homecoming advisory board and certain student-led Facebook.com groups have their way, Saturday will feature a "Homecoming Blue Out."
Jennifer Aldere, University of Kansas homecoming adviser, said she received numerous e-mails from alumni asking for a unified color.
"They are excited about being 8-0 and one of the things they
they are all said.
"So you wouldn't it be great if we wore blue?"
hate about playing Nebraska is
hate all show up in red." Alderice
Alderice said a factor of the "blue out" was urging fewer fans to wear Kansas' other color, crim-
would allow KU fans to look more unified.
"They are excited about being 8-0 and one of the things they hate about playing Nebraska is they all show up in red."
Alderice, who has worked on homecoming activities for six years, could not recall a homecoming game that was sold out. The Kansas-Nebraska game was announced a sellout more than
JENNIFER ALDERICE Homecoming adviser
son, which is similar to the Huskers' color. Alderza said wearing blue
a month ago, and Alderce expects a big influx of fans to attend homecoming activities.
"This year we don't have any good teams that we are playing at home," Friedman said. "This is the best game we will see at home. Plus, we are eighth in the nation. We need to support the team because they will be competing for a BCS Bowl Game."
Those activities include a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. on the Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn, located between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library, and the Homecoming Parade along Jayhawk Blvd. at 9:30 a.m. The pancake breakfast costs $5 and is open to the public.
Alderice did not think the "blue out" measure was too extreme, seeing as the 8-0 hyawks are 18-point favorites against the 4-5 Huskers.
Bradley Friedman, Leawood sophomore, created a Facebook group on Tuesday called "BLUEOUT Nebraska," which had more than 1,000 members on Wednesday.
"One, it's Homecoming, and two,
it's Nebraska, so why not?" Alderice said. "Let's do it and have fun and just blue them out."
schedule
— Pancake Breakfast, 8 to 11 a.m., Stauffer-Flint Hall lawn
— Homecoming Parade,
9:30 a.m. start time, jayhawk Boulevard
— Homecoming Blue Out,
wear blue to the football game
Edited by Meghan Murphy
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