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Poll results: Why did William McAndrew put horizontal maroon stripes on the SIU football team player jerseys?
Voter(s): 16
Poll is closed Apr 23, 2023
It was a class project for the home economics department.  -  votes: 1 / 6.3%
1
6.3%
Because SIU was known as the Maroons  -  votes: 3 / 18.8%
3
18.8%
Because McAndrew was color blind.  -  votes: 2 / 12.5%
2
12.5%
Because he thought it would make it more difficult to find the ball carrier.  -  votes: 7 / 43.8%
7
43.8%
The jerseys were handed down from the Chicago Cardinals professional football team.  -  votes: 3 / 18.8%
3
18.8%

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Topic starter April 16, 2023 12:09 pm  

Time for some obscure SIU football trivia!

Voting is open for seven days and we will reveal the correct answer next Sunday. 


   
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Topic starter April 23, 2023 6:29 pm  

The correct answer is that Coach McAndrew was color blind.  The stripes allowed him to differentiate his players when they were downfield.  Congrats to the two Saluki fans who got it right!


   
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