University President David Boyd didn't specify that when voicing his disappointment in Charles E. Coates' choice of purple and gold ribbons for LSU's first football game in 1893.

If Johnnie Cochran were making the case for Andrew Marsh to pledge to the University of Washington football program, he'd turn to the jury and declare something like this, "If the gloves fit, he ...

lsu1894.jpg. This is a shot of LSU's second football team, the 1894 brand, which had not yet adopted the nickname 'Tigers', but whose official colors were purple and gold.

Now, Seattleites are wearing purple and gold and selling out ticketed watch parties — suggesting growing support for the Huskies. Within two hours, UW sold out 7,000 tickets to watch the game ...