March Madness Hits the Big 12 Region
March 11, 2011 by JeanieWheeler · Leave a Comment
Big 12 Conference in March Madness Tournament
CollegiateCamo Headquarters are located outside of Kansas City, so it is hard to ignore the Big 12 tournament at Sprint Center in the always happening Power and Light District. Everywhere you go, there are promotional materials for the tourney, it’s always on the news, billboards, commercials, and if it is a form of advertisement- it’s around town.
The first round boasts some pretty good games. In my opinion rivalry is the best part about any college game. At any given sports bar, we have KU, K-State, Mizzou, Iowa, Iowa State and Nebraska fans all in the same watering hole. I’ve never heard of an argument breaking out, so it’s nice to know we can take our passion, team pride, wins, losses, humiliation and triumphs in stride. No matter how low or high a team is ranked, fans stay loyal to their teams.
Fans around here are so rabid that they take vacation days from work so they don’t miss a single moment of it. Oftentimes, companies will even have televisions available for employees to watch the game on. It’s nice to see that the boss is a fan, too! Just make sure you hide your enthusiasm when his favorite team and your favorite team are rivals!
For four short days in March of every year, the 12 teams come in, play their best and the victors go home at the end, knowing the outcome of this tourney has changed the players’ basketball careers permanently. CollegiateCamo is very happy to have this 2011 NCAA Tournament supporting the college basketball teams within and near our headquarters in Kansas City. We know that you all will be watching, either at home, at a friend’s house, your favorite sports bar or even in a seat at the game.
Rivalry ON!!!
July 26, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
We are preparing for college football season the same way you are — by enjoying some ice cold drinks, grilling outdoors and talking about our favorite college sports teams!
Here in the Midwest, depending on what neck of the woods you’re in, we love our Kansas State Wildcats, Mizzou Tigers and Nebraska Cornhuskers! What is your favorite team?
We will be able to tell by our web store customers! From August 1 through October 31, every web order will count as a “vote” for your favorite college athletics team. We will tally the votes on November 1, and every customer that ordered items from the winning team during the contest will get 30% off your next order!
Let the rivalry begin!
Big 12 Breaks Down
June 14, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · Leave a Comment
Does a border even matter—where are the minutemen of the Big 12 Borders when you need them? How can this happen in a seemingly overnight tragedy? What was one of the best bragging rights conferences looks to be no more in a matter of just a few days, or even hours. And, to think that it all started with the defection of University of Colorado, followed closely by Nebraska. For those of us who don’t understand all the money enhancements that come from these types of negotiation our hearts are broken.
The Big 12 is known for the best rivalries in the nation. Now with this fiasco we have become the “pity” of other conference fans. The pity mongers discuss poor Mizzou, KU, Kansas State and Iowa State (and Baylor). Baylor gets a little bit of a reprieve for having the Texas clout and being a private institution.
Where will everyone end up? Better save those old “Big 12” conference T-shirts – they could bring a mint on eBay! The big money is in football, but the above mentioned uiversiities aren’t all that bad at football, with bowl bids in the last several years. Yes, understandably it’s the TV money and Kansas City just isn’t a big market. However, these schools offer monetary support to the Kansas City economy and all of this shifting around is detrimental to the area.
So unfortunately, while the Big 12 commissioner was sleeping the big deals were being made that have desecrated the conference. I can’t imagine that KU would be too happy with this kind of representation; they are one of the most visible athletic institutions in the nation, not just the Big 12. Next to Texas (UT) I would guess the biggest in the Big 12. So where will KU end up? Oh yeah, they’re a “basketball” school and all of this commotion is about football—right?
The hot rivalries in the Big 12 is what makes this so much fun for the fans. The KU vs MU rivalry isn’t just born out of hothead college students. This rivalry goes way back to the civil war! Not to mention, the Kansas State vs KU rivalry never ends – just take a drive on I-70 between Lawrence and Manhattan and it’s quite visible.
The next few days will have fans of the original Big 12 biting their nails in anticipation of where their favorite team will end up. Will Mizzou possibly go to the Big 10 and the new big rivalry for them will be University of Illinois (less the civil war)? Will KU move to the Pac 10? How about K-State, Iowa State and Baylor?
It just doesn’t “pay” to be loyal these days — loyalty never got you anywhere but in a crisis. It unfortunately seems that it is only the money that counts. If you ask us here at CollegiateCamo, t is a sad, sad day in the world of college sports.
College Sports Rivals: A House Divided
May 14, 2010 by CollegiateCamo · 1 Comment
Would your marriage last? How many “House Divided” couples are there? And, is the divorce rate higher for “house divided” couples? Can you imagine being married to the enemy? What happens to the kids — does the sex of the child even matter?
Do the daughters side with the mother and the son with the fathers? Would more divorces occur in KU (Kansas) vs KSU (Kansas State) couples? How about KU vs Mizzou (Border Wars)? Auburn Tigers vs Alabama Crimson Tide Couples? Florida vs Florida State?! LSU vs Ole’ Miss?! Georgia vs Georgia Tech?!!
And does it matter if the bride’s pride or groom’s side favors one school over the other? And how do demographics play into personality of the person and what school they attend and support?
It’s clear that KU is a more cosmopolitan or urban university than Kansas State, so would you say that the bride would more likely be from KU with the groom a K-Stater? What if it were reversed? So, let’s see… You might have a bride from Johnson County, Kansas that is a vegetarian, and her groom from Kansas State that eats Bambi’s dad. Got to be a little tough at the dinner table, don’t you think?
It’s an interesting subject. Marrying the college enemy would be sort of like the matrimonial controversy of Catholics & Protestants, Republicans & Democrats, blue-collar and white-collar couples? Can you imagine the arguments? “I knew this marriage wouldn’t last — should have known not to marry a Bulldog!”
This would be a great thesis… Any takers?
