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Interesting scientific theory.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-color-red-influences-our-behavior/?page=3

In some species, red coloration signals testosterone-driven dominance. Evolutionary anthropologists Russell A. Hill and Robert A. Barton, both at Durham University in England, thus reasoned that red might confer a competitive edge in humans. They analyzed the outcomes among contestants, based on attire, in four combat sports in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games: boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling.

Throughout the games, red and blue outfits and protective gear were assigned randomly to the athletes. If color had exerted no influence, there should have been an approximately equal number of wins and losses for the two hues. This was not the case, however. In all four sports, contestants wearing red won more fights than those in blue. The advantage was most pronounced when the participants were well matched. A few possible explanations for this result are that the referees favored red fighters, that crimson-clad combatants felt more powerful or that the color made opponents cower. Whatever the reason, the red athletes had a critical advantage over rivals—even if the edge was illusory. Hill and Barton found similar results in an international soccer tournament, suggesting that the color of sportswear may affect a variety of sporting outcomes. Credit: FRANCISCO SECO AP Photo (Christiano Ronaldo)

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Has Auburn really only played in Tuscaloosa 9 times? Seems like it should be more than that.

They continued having their home games in Birmingham until 2000.

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Dark pink has an effect on every AU man and woman. It pisses us off!!!!!!!!

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