Saturday’s Hawkeye football game versus #22 Penn State was officially declared “Black and Gold Spirit Day” by the University of Iowa. The concept behind it was to have alternating sections of people wearing all black or all gold apparel to give Kinnick a “striped” look when wide and aerial shots of the stadium would be seen on television. A press release from the University of Iowa said that they wanted to “provide a stunning image of the UI's prized Kinnick Stadium when ESPN pans the venue at kickoff.”
At first I was a little worried that the concept would not work. There are 70,585 people who fill Kinnick every Saturday. People come from all over the state and even the country to Iowa City for a Hawkeye game day and if some people did not get the memo, then it would not work.
The Hawkeyes have some of the best fans in the nation and they came through, as they always do. Kinnick looked absolutely stunning and unique during the entire broadcast on ESPN. I received numerous text messages from people during the game commenting on how they loved the colors in the stadium. Upon watching a rebroadcast of the game, ESPN had plenty of wide shots of the stadium that showed the colorful spectators inside Kinnick.
“Black and Gold Spirit Night” was a success in my book. Kudos to the Hawk fans for dressing in their colors and kudos to ESPN for their coverage of the game. I hope that there will be more "Black and Gold Spirit Days" in the future.
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