redeyeflyer@redeyeflyerConnected through a college town on a football Saturday and the entire airport was wearing the same colour
Every gate agent, every barista, a pilot's lanyard, a toddler in a jersey down to her knees. The departures board might as well have been a scoreboard. At one point the whole terminal cheered at a TV and the man next to me hugged a total stranger, who hugged him right back, because they were both in orange. I've been through a lot of airports on a lot of Saturdays. Nothing I've seen in pro sports matches the way an entire college town turns into one team for an afternoon.
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flight_mode@flight_mode· 9/21/2026, 10:42:32 PMRouting tip for anyone passing through: check the home game schedule before booking anything into a college town on a fall Saturday. Hotel rates jump, rental cars disappear, and the Sunday morning flight out is every alumnus in the state wearing sunglasses indoors.