Brooks Brothers places UGA among preppy elite
What does UGA have in common with Harvard and Princeton?
Brooks Brothers clearly enjoys a challenge.
That’s not the the beginning of a joke, though I’m sure Tech fans will calculate a clever punchline.
According to Bloomberg business wire, Brooks Brothers, the alleged “oldest” and probably “stuffiest” men’s clothier chain in the U.S., has deemed UGA worthy of its first attempt at licensed college merchandise.
Fifteen schools made the cut, and a few of them don’t even have decent football teams. Brooks Brothers included a string of Southern schools because, according to the Bloomberg article, men here like to “wear ties” to football games.
We also like to stick bottles of Jack Daniels in our boots, so hopefully the distillery and Tony Lama will call soon.
The Bloomberg article says college sports fans spend more money than followers of any pro sport. It’s a good thing we’ve got the NCAA around to keep the sins of cash away from student-athletes.
Gawker, in a factually-challenged attempt at humor, says Brooks Brothers has “inadvertently revealed America’s whitest colleges.”
That can’t be true; but I’ll let you decide.
Here’s the complete list:
* Alabama
* Auburn
* Boston College
* Cornell
* Georgia
* Georgetown
* Harvard
* Notre Dame
* NYU
* Ohio State
* Princeton
* Stanford
* U.S. Naval Academy
* Vanderbilt
* Virginia
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bad brad
June 28th, 2011
7:34 am
Florida didnt have a chance; no jean shorts on Brooks Bros list.
Red-N-Black
June 28th, 2011
7:40 am
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June 28th, 2011
7:02 am
Congrats UGA…..you won a Worst Dressed For Football award. Oh, and tell those UGA “women” to stop dressing up like it’s prom for football games. Armpit stains and sweat marks don’t look good on a dress that magnifies your gut.
And go get haircuts, for the love of god!
Awwww, jealous much? I’m guessing your schooll has grazing cheeleaders and your just upset, I feel sorry for you.
I sang DIXIE as he died
June 28th, 2011
7:43 am
I’m glad UGA made the list. Their fans dress a heck of a lot better than many other schools’ fans. It’s to each his own.
Techie
June 28th, 2011
7:46 am
Brilliant business move by Brooks Brothers – I’d make all the red and black stuff I could – those guys will buy anything!
And yes, the tie wearing, penny loafer sans socks, bieber hairdo frat boys are hilarious – but they’re like that any any school.
Look at that list of schools: Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Stanford, Ohio State – all huge and rabid fan bases – and then you’ve got the Ivy’s and UVA/Vandy types – super preppy tools already shopping at Brooks Brothers…makes sense to me.
Richard Smoker
June 28th, 2011
7:50 am
My style, loafers with no socks, popped collar, bowl cut, white polo, crystal meth, Pinot Grigio…
Hank
June 28th, 2011
7:55 am
Dang Tech, no engineers at all on this list. Guess Brooks Bros. don’t want their image destroyed by a bunch of weirdos with pocket protectors and calculators. (Navy don’t count cuz the military don’t let them put pocket protectors on their uniforms)
Robert
June 28th, 2011
7:55 am
What, no Florida on the list? Oh, that’s right, Brooks Brothers doesn’t make jean shorts.
Robert
June 28th, 2011
7:58 am
I think it’s rather incorrect to call that stupid haircut the “bieber” haircut or whatever. Frat dogs have long been wearing their hair like, well before beiber was conceived. I also imagine they will be wearing it like that well after he dies, as well.
juan diego raul sanchez
June 28th, 2011
7:59 am
a tie at a football game is like a turd in the hunch punch bowl…
Buckeye
June 28th, 2011
8:03 am
Isaiah will look BA in those duds!