# Rose Bowl **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 2, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097 "2011-01-02T00:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pitter\_Patter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@Pitter\_Patter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitter_Patter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/1 "2011-01-02T00:57:40Z")
I am watching the game between Wisconsin and TCU. Looking at the crowds in the stands, they are perfectly segregated between red and purple, the team colors. I have never in my life seen this. How is it that almost everyone is in either red or purple, and that each side is distinctive? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/2 "2011-01-02T01:02:35Z")
Maybe someone in the Game Room will know. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/3 "2011-01-02T01:06:59Z")
Fans of both teams will move heaven and earth to attend. It’s traditional (and smart) for fans of each team to be seated on one side only. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/4 "2011-01-02T01:10:29Z")
They’ve had 97 years to perfect it. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/5 "2011-01-02T01:16:27Z")
Since Wisconsin fans (or TCU fans) are consolidated into half the stadium, the density of their team colors is greater, making it more noticeable. Not sure why they decided to consolidate the fans. I’ve also never seen that, though I haven’t watched the Rose Bowl too much in the last decade. As far as the game, Since TCU didn’t go all Hawaii on us, I’d sure like to see them play the winner of the January 10th game. I’m not convinced that game features the two best teams in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/6 "2011-01-02T01:34:22Z")
Each university gets about half the tickets alotted to them and those seats are all grouped together. Alumni and fans get their tickets from their school and therefore all sit together. The Rose is the most traditional and fan friendly of all the bowls and wearing your colors is a key part of the event. This is not a obnoxious corporate event like the Super Bowl. This situation isn’t unique to the Rose Bowl but it probably executes it the best and it always the best attended by alumni. ---
**Author:** ![Pitter\_Patter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@Pitter\_Patter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitter_Patter)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/7 "2011-01-02T01:44:34Z")
Thanks for all the feedback, Dopers. Happy New Year. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/8 "2011-01-02T03:01:01Z")
I think one reason this looks so unique is that most fans must have worn purple or red. I’m a Gator Alum, and at games we’ll wear Orange, or Blue, or White, mostly. So it’s not as uniform. Think about other two tone teams and you probably also get slightly less uniformity. It did look cool, plus purple is not the most common color so that was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/9 "2011-01-02T03:03:15Z")
Since USC is in the game 75% of the time it’s usually not as even either. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/10 "2011-01-02T04:38:45Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I think one reason this looks so unique is that most fans must have worn purple or red. I’m a Gator Alum, and at games we’ll wear Orange, or Blue, or White, mostly. So it’s not as uniform. > > Think about other two tone teams and you probably also get slightly less uniformity. It did look cool, plus purple is not the most common color so that was interesting. It looked like a Wisconsin v. Northwestern game. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-bowl/566097/11 "2011-01-02T06:11:45Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > It looked like a Wisconsin v. Northwestern game. Except for the part where the guys wearing purple won the game…