College football stadium's new visitor's locker room painted pink

[TheMightyFavog]

http://dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050821/SPORTS05/508210354/1003/SPORTS

Iowa City, Ia. - You wonder what Bo Schembechler would say, assuming he regained consciousness.

The sole refuge is two waist-level drinking fountains, cold and silver, floating like pinballs on the head of a strawberry shake. Aside from that, the new visitors' locker room at Kinnick Stadium is Barbie's Dream House on acid, a pastel nightmare. You feel naked without a little dog in one arm and a handbag in the other.

Pink walls. Pink stalls. Pink seats. Pink ceiling. Pink carpet. Pink urinals.

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"It's called 'Dusty Rose,' " corrected associate athletic director Jane Meyer, head conductor of Saturday morning's media tour. "That's actually a standard color (offered) by (the) Kohler (company)."

[Missy Vixen]

1. Pink is a calming color

The football program in question believes the pink will render their opponents ineffective.

Julie

[sakabatou]

3. Ah.

[sakabatou]

2. GAH!

MY EYES! They burn!!

[Wickerman]

4. They did that back in the Hayden Fry years, I'm certain

so I am confident Bo is on record as to his feelings on the issue. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0709iowafb0709.html

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Hayden Fry's legacy lives on. The visiting locker room at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium will continue to keep opponents in the pink.

If anything, the pink color scheme will be even stronger after workers finish refurbishing the locker room, part of an $87 million renovation of the 75-year-old stadium.

The visitor's dressing room became a part of Hawkeyes lore when Fry, Iowa's coach from 1979-98, had it painted pink, saying it was a psychological ploy to mellow the opponents.

my old school.

:loveya: