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March 10th

Prepare yourself for the Madness!


mad·ness

–noun

1. the state of being mad; insanity.

2. senseless folly: It is sheer madness to speak as you do.

3. frenzy; rage.

4. intense excitement or enthusiasm.

How would you define madness? In just a few days we’ll all be subject to the craziness that is March Madness, the NCAA’s college basketball tournament that is one of the most exciting events in American sports. March Madness is a single elimination tournament featuring 65 college basketball teams. The madness even precedes the tournament as teams vie for entry or position during their conference tournaments. Once in, each team faces a gauntlet of games before reaching the ultimate destination: the Championship Game.

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January 6th

New Alabama Crimson Tide Tailgate Fleece in at J&O Fabrics!


January 1, 2010 has brought in not only a new year, but new fabric too, and J&O Fabrics is excited to list this latest addition of tailgate fleece to our Alabama Crimson Tide Collegiate collection.

The team originally rose to prominence following their 1922 victory win over Penn and the building of a dynasty after then coach Wallace Wade led the University of Alabama football team to the Rose Bowl win over Washington. The teams newfound popularity had students, football players, and fans alike from the Northeast enrolling at Alabama at such a rate that by 1930, over one-their of the student body was from out-of-state.

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November 4th

Unusual College Team Nicknames


Being unique is an important part of what a university has to offer to its recruits. Each school has its own history, traditions and legends. Part of each school’s unique atmosphere is the nickname chosen for its sports teams.

Some universities have almost willfully strange nicknames, such as the Banana Slugs of the University of California-Santa Cruz or the Little Johns of Penn State-Albington. Unique nicknames, however, aren’t the exclusive domain of small colleges. Even some of the bigger schools have nicknames that may leave you scratching your head. Here are a few whose fabrics we carry.

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October 26th

The Most Common University Nicknames


How many universities with teams named tigers, warriors or wildcats can you think of? Sometimes it seems as though team names have been selected almost at random, while the more original nicknames leave you scratching your head. Here are the ten most common college team nicknames:

10. Knights: 26 schools

9. Warriors: 28 schools

Hawaii Warriors Fabric: Squares

8. Cougars: 30 universities

Washington State Cougars Fabric: Squares

7. Pioneers: 31 colleges

6. Wildcats: 32 schools

Arizona Wildcats Fabric: Squares

5. Lions: 33 schools

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September 30th

Big East College Football Preview 2009


The major college football conferences are usually listed as the SEC, Pac-10, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, and Big East. Out of all the major conferences this year the Big East finds itself in the unique position of not having a single one of its teams among the top 25 of either the USA Today or Associated Press polls. Nevertheless, the conference has been well represented in prominent bowl games in recent years. Some of the conference’s non football factory schools have also become bigger players on the national football scene, especially Rutgers, Cincinnati and Connecticut.

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September 9th

2009 College Preview – An Offseason Review


Who says men don’t like soap operas? You may not know many who would admit to watching General Hospital, but most guys tune in as much as possible to the soap opera that is the college football off season. He-said she-said? Relationship troubles? Betrayal? Suspicion? It’s not an episode of As the World Turns but the travails of high-school recruits reneging on commitments, coaches jumping ship, and athletic directors on the hot seat.

Where to begin? How about with betrayal? Coaches getting canned always makes for a salacious topic. Just for kicks, let us know how many synonyms for betrayal you spot. (We’ll put the over+/under- at 7.5.)

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July 23rd

Top Ten Greatest College Football Games Part 2


Our survey of the Top Ten Greatest College Football Games continues with Part 2:

6.) 1982: California vs. Stanford

This is the first game on the list in which there no national title aspirations in play. Despite that the game wasn’t just any other. This was the 85th Big Game, the name the annual rivalry game between Stanford and Cal has received. Both teams had struggled through difficult seasons; Cal was out of already contention for a bowl game and Stanford’s bowl aspirations depended on their winning the game. It was also John Elway’s last regular season game at quarterback for Stanford.

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July 6th

Top Ten Greatest College Football Games Part 1


In the annals of history and in the mythologies of many cultures there are stories of formidable foes meeting to do battle. The rivals may be virtually equal, but only one can ultimately emerge victorious.

History has seen some truly epochal rivalries: the Romans against the Carthaginians, Elizabeth I against Mary, Queen of Scots, Napoleon against Wellington.

Mythology has given us the epic clash between the Greeks and the Trojans, with the fight between Hector and Achilles being a focal point of the story.

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May 6th

Rutgers Collegian Fabric Now at J&O Fabrics!


What East Coast college is one of the only two colonial colleges in the U.S. to have made the transition into a public university, has a long history of athletics dating back to the 19th century, and is considered one of the most prestigious American Research Universities in North America?

You guessed it, Rutgers University!!!
You asked.
You waited.

And now, you have it!


You can find your favorite East Coast Alma mater fabric in both a warm fleece and a lightweight cotton. Our Rutgers Scarlet Knights fabric: squares consists of the university’s ‘R’ logo within black and red squares on both prints and has been licensed by Rutgers University itself for individual consumption only, making it not only official, but a must have for creating memorable student and graduation crafts, quilts, gifts and team spirited apparel.

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March 16th

NCAA March Madness at J&O Fabrics


Madness
Mad”ness\, n. [From Mad, a.]
1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.
- Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary

The arrival of March signals the long-awaited thawing of winter’s ice and snow. Birds begin to chirp, buds sprout and gentle spring colors lighten the landscape. As the saying goes: “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb”.

In the midst of all this gentleness lurks a recurring madness that blows in with March and builds to a frenetic conclusion in the final weeks of the month. This seasonal insanity is aptly called “March Madness”; among its symptoms are the strong growing weak, the weak growing strong, and constant talk of Cinderella.

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