College club colors?

[Maeve_Mari]

Originally Posted by Larrison

Hmmm.. the Claremont "Stags" team colors of Crimson and Gold? new to me. Each of the colleges has their own colors I know, since at Harvey Mudd the offical school colors used at graduation were Black and Orange (Halloween colors, I know..) But there are a couple of college guide listings of the joint sport team as having C&G as their colors.

Unoffically, the Harvey Mudd school colors were always known as "Infrared and Ultraviolet" since no one every saw the colors until they graduated.. (HMC is a small science & engineering college, part of the Claremont Colleges group).

I was surprised at the consortium statement too, I didn't go searching expecting it: "Claremont-Mudd-Scripps teams are comprised of student-athletes from Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College and Scripps College." Each of the colleges may have their own identity, but have agreed to share for the purpose of athletics in order to be able to field anything of a good team.
Here's the link to where I got the statement: http://www.hmc.edu/student.html

[Larrison]

This is becoming a digression, so I'll end my thread here after this. The Clarement Union team isn't new -- and yes, it was because the schools are so small (Harvey Mudd for example is only about 600 students), and they need to combine to have the population base to field a competitive team.

Back when I was a student at HMC, fencing wasn't offered as an option -- I didn't pick up fencing until after I graduated, and after graduate school as well. I *believe* it's strictly a club sport in Claremont, which certainly fits in that they are only sending an Epee team.

FYI -- the *only* place I've seen the HMC colors is at http://www.hmc.edu/org/sailing/index.html which shows the sailboat from the college sailing club with school colors of Black and Gold...

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by DHCJr

Long Beach State was originally Brown and Yellow. The Yellow Gold of the 49'r, which was the year Long Beach State was founded (1949).

Funny, I thought the Gold Rush (and resultant mass migrations) were in 1849.

-B :)

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by Purple Fencer

Brad...will you be coming out?? I haven't seen yoju since 01 nats (when you were sitting on your butt for 4 hours waiting for the rest of the flighted foil pools to finish)

Unfortuantely, no. The varsity team is fencing at Northwestern that weekend so I'll be in Chicago with them. With the schedule conflicts between the two teams it looks like the only club meet that I'll be able to go to is club nationals in April.

I'll be out to CA for Sacramento in July. Probably reffing 8 days and only fencing D1 and D1A sabre, so hopefully less sitting around time. :)

-B :)

[DHCJr]

Originally Posted by oiuyt

Funny, I thought the Gold Rush (and resultant mass migrations) were in 1849.

-B

Yes, but Long Beach State was 100 years later and that is how the name 49'r became the mascot of the team and the colors. Brown for the dirt that the Yellow Gold came out of.

It is interesting that the colors were changed to Black and Yellow; because of the last football coach didn't like Brown and Yellow. The changing of the colors was one of his conditions for being hired. Along with a car and chauffeur.