Kilted at the big game

[TheJrSp8]

Hello all.

Well, last Saturday was the last football game of the year(American football for the European gents here) for Kansas State, and we were playing the highly favored, defending national champion Texas U team. Well, as it was the highest ranked team we'd had in a while, and they were the big dogs of our conference, I decided I'd go kilted and maybe try to get on TV(didn't happen). However, I got an amazing number of responses from fellow attendees. One fella asked if I was cold, as it was 40 F and all I had was t-shirt and kilt, and then proceeded to ask me about the kilt. I informed him and he left with a, 'See ya later bro.' When I arrived in stadium, I got a few odd looks from people, but some guys a few rows ahead looked back and saw me. Their first response was, 'Dude, is that a kilt?' to which I responded in the affirmative. They replied, 'That's frickin awesome man, where'd you get it?' I informed them it was an Amerikilt that my father gave me(Thanks again Pops!) and that if they wanted one they could go to the website. I also noticed that the ladies sitting near me were a little more congenial than usual. The only negative comment of the night was so weak it didn't even warrant a response(Hey baby, you got any fries with that shake?). And then to top it off, we beat Texas 45-42 in possibly the biggest upset in NCAA football this year. I think my kilt might be lucky now. I guess I'll just have to wear it to all the games now...

[Blu (Ontario)]

Kilts and sports... what a great idea!

Anybody worn a kilt to a hockey game??

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[cessna152towser]

Excellent

[Riverkilt]

Guessing you've seen the AmeriKilt gallery with the guys in kilts and football jerseys....would your kilt color match a KSU jersey?

Ron

[David Dalglish]

You can become their lucky mascot

[sav]

Anybody worn a kilt to a hockey game?

I wear my solid black kilt with my jersey every time I go to a Penguins game...
(Pittsburgh Penguins, for those of you uneducated in the way of the puck)

[macwilkin]

Maybe if I wore a kilt to a [St. Louis] Blues game, they'd actually start winning a few!

When the great Al McInnis (a "Bluenose" of Scottish heritage) retired from the NHL last year, the Blues had a piper play as part of the ceremony.

Oh, well -- Go Blues!

Cheers,

Todd

[sav]

Oh Man, Al McGinnis! He had a ridiculously hard slapshot...I know how you feel about the Blues, Todd...My Pens were TERRIBLE last year...this year, however, looks very promising!

[Colin]

Maybe if I wore a kilt to a [St. Louis] Blues game, they'd actually start winning a few!

Maybe, but it would probably help if you had an entire other hockey team hidden under your kilt to replace the current team

If the Blues get any worse, we'll send them some Leafs jerseys

* Yes I know Vancouver is sucking too*

I wonder if anyone will be kilted at the Grey Cup in Winterpeg this weekend. I was at the Grey Cup game in Winnipeg in 1991 (the outdoor stadium was -36 C that day). Make sure it's in the BC Lions colours though