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