Get your own damn game day look…Song Girl skirts are a USC thing

An ode to the ~USC~ Song Girl skirt

USC game days are as legendary as our athletic program itself. Out of that has grown a specific game day culture unique to our campus.

Every fall, we loyally tailgate on the Row, make the trek to the Coli, kick those flag poles, and enter through Gate 28 to watch some good old-fashioned football.

And we wear our goddamn Song Girl skirts.

Keyword: Song Girl. These are not “cheerleader” skirts. They’re not “dance team” skirts. They are a white, high-waisted, stripe-hemmed, pleated circle of fabric synonymous with USC game day and USC game day alone.

These are the Song Girls:

Stopping traffic with Tusk on Main St. in Park City, Utah! #beattheutes #fighton #tusk

A post shared by USC Song Girls (@uscsonggirls) on Oct 24, 2014 at 6:19pm PDT

Thank You Catalina! ??

A post shared by USC Song Girls (@uscsonggirls) on Jul 8, 2017 at 8:26am PDT

The sweaters (or sometimes, crop tops). The skirts. The cheerleader-meets-dance-team vibes. The perfectly curled hair left down that NEVER ends up in their faces.

Does your school have them? If the answer is no, then why are you wearing a SONG GIRL skirt to your school’s football game?

Don't understand what I'm getting at? Here are some side-by-sides of your schools' Song Girl-equivalents with pictures of your USC-inspired game day looks.

UCLA

Daydreaming of Gameday ? May your coffee be strong & your Monday be short #HappyMonday

A post shared by Hype & Vice ™ (@hypeandvice) on Mar 20, 2017 at 12:35pm PDT

Cal

Our Bears are 3-0 and it’s GAME DAY!!! Let’s get another win and beat the Trojans! #ThisIsBearTerritory

A post shared by Cal Cheerleading (@cal_cheerleading) on Sep 23, 2017 at 9:05am PDT

1 month till Tailgate Szn ? ??#gamedayneverlookedsogood

A post shared by Hype & Vice ™ (@hypeandvice) on Aug 3, 2017 at 11:15am PDT

U of A

Very successful Beanie Bowl last night! Thanks to all who came to support, we'll see you next Saturday!? #ONEWEEK

A post shared by Arizona Cheer & Mascots (@arizonacheerleading) on Aug 26, 2017 at 9:46am PDT

Gamebaes ? #beardown Shop $80 + and receive FREE shipping Shop $50 + and get a FREE tote-bag ?

A post shared by Hype & Vice ™ (@hypeandvice) on Sep 13, 2017 at 1:54pm PDT

ASU

We ready…?

A post shared by Sun Devil Spirit Squad (@asuspiritsquad) on Sep 30, 2017 at 12:33pm PDT

Forks Up Devils ? #tgif @kyracoe

A post shared by Hype & Vice ™ (@hypeandvice) on Sep 16, 2016 at 4:43pm PDT

Tulane

Wear it loud, wear it proud ? #hypeandvice

A post shared by Hype & Vice ™ (@hypeandvice) on Sep 15, 2017 at 2:04pm PDT

There are far more offenders, too.

You don't have to tell us the Song Girls are cute– that’s why we dress like them. Just be original and stop using USC game day culture to make your tailgates – and Instagrams – better.

Maybe it's perpetrated by certain game day clothing brands, but buying into them and copying us only feeds our superiority complex that you all so desperately want to see die.

Just leave our pleats alone.

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