Buying Frenzy At TU Bookstore Before Notre Dame Match Up
By Hadas Kuznits
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Just one day before the Temple-Notre Dame game on ESPN, students and fans in Philadelphia are buying up lots of merchandise to properly root for their team.
"Right now it's like black Friday for us," says Jim Hanley, general manager of the bookstore at Temple University.
He says he has never before seen such a buying frenzy of university gear before a Temple football game.
"They are buying literally everything."
Student Julia Cruser says Saturday night's match up against Notre Dame is a big one.
"Just want to make sure that I'm completely decked out for this game," says Cruser. "This is huge for us. This is the first time that we've been 7 and 0 in our program history, this is the first time that we've been ranked in a really long time and I just want to make sure that I have everything I need to be a total Owl on Saturday."
Sophomore Brendan Mason's arms were filled with merchandise he was looking to buy, mainly T-shirts.
"Well my mom's going to be pretty mad, but I guess as long as I keep it under $100 I should be ok."