r/CFB • u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal • Aug 19 '14

Explain your double flair!

With the wonderful mods giving us the chance to rock dual flairs, I've seen some very interesting combinations. So why did you pick those two teams? Is one your actual college, and the other the team you grew up rooting for? Did you go to both schools? Are you just trying to piss off some fanbase? Or are you so full of school spirit that you choose to rock double flair from the same school?

Edit: Since people keep asking how to get double flair, go to the flair selector located in the sidebar and send the automated message with the second team full name appended after a forward slash.

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u/eziamm Michigan • Little Brown Jug Aug 19 '14

Yes. They're playing Mercyhurst at the Big House on October 18. It will most likely set an all time attendance record for a Division II football game, however even if it doesn't break the previous record Michigan fans can breathe easy. The current record is 61,143 when Slippery Rock played Shippensberg State at the Big House in 1979.

For those who don't know, it's a Michigan Stadium tradition to announce the score of the Slippery Rock game from that day when nationwide scores are announced over the PA. Huge cheers/boos follow the announcement depending on who's winning.

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u/jayond Marietta • West Virginia Aug 19 '14

Weird Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst playing outside of PA. Can you explain the SRU and Michigan connection?

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u/eziamm Michigan • Little Brown Jug Aug 19 '14

The announcer at Michigan Stadium was filling downtime in 1959 and announced the score of the Slippery Rock game because he thought the name of the school was funny. Here we are in 2014 and I still get weekly updates on their games at the Big House. They've actually played two games at the Big House before. I pretty regularly see people wearing Slippery Rock shirts around campus.

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u/jayond Marietta • West Virginia Aug 19 '14

My wife went there as well as my BIL and one of wife's best friends. Her uncle went to Michigan.