I happened to be in two separate stores yesterday in Murfreesboro (Belk at The Avenue and Kohl's at St. Andrews).
At Belk there was some sort of a college team gear section set up that was titled something like "My Team" or something that indicated that this section was for a local team. Well, the section was filled with clothing for (drumroll please.....) the TSU TIGERS. I am used to seeing sections of UT and Vandy, but now somehow TSU has an entire rack set up at Belk in Murfreesboro, and is being marketed as this town's team. It made me wonder if A) the inventory manager doesn't know the difference between the two schools and just ordered the wrong stuff, or B) this was an intentional display and MT is just even more of an afterthought than I realized.
At Kohl's, I saw gear for UT, Vandy, Duke, Kentucky, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the New Jersey Devils of all teams. Didn't see any MT gear.
At Belk there was some sort of a college team gear section set up that was titled something like "My Team" or something that indicated that this section was for a local team. Well, the section was filled with clothing for (drumroll please.....) the TSU TIGERS. I am used to seeing sections of UT and Vandy, but now somehow TSU has an entire rack set up at Belk in Murfreesboro, and is being marketed as this town's team. It made me wonder if A) the inventory manager doesn't know the difference between the two schools and just ordered the wrong stuff, or B) this was an intentional display and MT is just even more of an afterthought than I realized.
At Kohl's, I saw gear for UT, Vandy, Duke, Kentucky, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the New Jersey Devils of all teams. Didn't see any MT gear.