ESPN College GameDay was live from Manhattan, Kansas yesterday at the Bramlage Coliseum, AKA “The Octagon of Doom”. Kansas State was taking on their bitter rival, Kansas, in a showdown of two top-15 teams. My first thought as soon as the opening shot of the crowd appeared: Wow. My second thought: Wow. I’ve been watching College GameDay for a long time and I’ve noticed that you can always tell what kind of show it is going to be based on that opening shot, and I knew this one was going to be a great one. It turns out that Kansas State broke the attendance record for College GameDay, which surprisingly was set by Clemson last week. All I have to say on this point is enjoy it while it lasts, because Kentucky hosts in two weeks and tickets sold out fast.
Digger went with the purple tie/highlighter combo for all you who are so desperately curious about that. Also, the Kansas State student who shot the half-court shot for a scholarship missed…badly. That makes eleven straight shows with a miss. On to the signs!
One of the biggest trends for signs was making fun of Kansas center Cole Aldrich and his missing tooth. It seems like the fans kept confusing Cole for other people:
"TWINS" (Aldrich and Stu from The Hangover)
Another guy thinks Aldrich looks more like Sloth from the Goonies:
"Resemblance?"
Another vote for Stu from The Hangover:
"Am I Missing A Tooth?"
Everyone was excited to see the battle of Jacob Pullen’s beard vs. Bill Self’s alleged toupee:
"Beard vs. Toupee"
Luis Colon supports eating several servings of fiber every day:
"Can't block our Colon"
Of course the fans came with plenty of Kansas humor:
"KU - disappointing the state of Kansas since 1865"
"KU = Epic Fail"
In case you forgot, Kansas’ star player Sherron Collins was charged with assaulting a woman in an elevator after pulling his pants down and “rubbing against her”. Maybe he didn’t get the message:
"Sherron - put some pants on, we find it a little weird we have to ask twice"
That Fan definitely has to support the troops that were present:
"I'm going to destroy them"
Speaking of Kansas State’s crazy coach, Frank Martin:
"Beware of the stare"
GameDay is not complete without a Digger Phelps sign or two:
"Digger me timbers!" (Arrrr matey!)
Digger Phelps was a member of the TKE fraternity, and it sounds like he can still party with the best of ‘em (wait, is that Gumby?):
"Digger, come party at TKE"
They believe in evolution at Kansas State:
"Every man a Wildcat"
You know Kansas State fans mean business when Chuck Norris won’t go there:
"Even Chuck Norris is afraid of the Octagon of Doom"
There was a battle for Facebook friends by a couple guys in the crowd. I’m not sure who won, but Phil Wahl told me he got over 300 friend requests and over 100 messages in his inbox…waiting to hear back from Jordan so we can settle this once and for all!
"E.S.P.N. - Every person should Facebook Phil Wahl now"
"Jordan Ast: Facebook me"
Wait, is it just me or does this K-State cheerleader look a little too happy to be holding a Kansas sign?
That’s all we’ve got for signs this week…here is Digger and his purple tie/highlighter:
We had a special guest appearance by Gumby a few pictures above…look who else decided to show up…the purple Power Ranger:
Colonel Sanders and one of his many chickens came all the way from Kentucky for the game:
And last but not least, what would a GameDay recap be link without the magnificent Erin Andrews? The only problem is she was trying to kiss me while I was taking her picture…good problem to have I guess!
Be sure to vote in the poll below for your favorite sign. At the end of the season we will have a tournament of all the best signs. If you haven’t voted for last week you can do so HERE. As of right now “Coach K is an evil leprechaun” and “Kyle Singler kisses his grandmother goodnight every night” are in the lead.
Next week College GameDay will be in Champagne, Illinois for Illinois vs. Michigan State, and we will be back with all the signs! If you’re going to be there let us know!
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It’s Jordan Ast from the facebook sign from college game day. I guess Phil beat me, I got 100 new friend requests and about 30 messages from the game. Also got quite a bit of texts from friends sayin they saw me on tv and all that. Great experience. Only waited in line about 5 hours so it was well worth it. Thats it. Thanks for posting!
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Thanks for the response, and congrats on getting the sign on TV…and for all your new friends!
HAHA good to see my Colon sign made the cut. Hope to see Gameday make a return in the near future. EMAW
Good job, it was a solid sign! I’m sure GameDay will be back considering how great your crowd was!