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COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:31 pm
by gofurman
We are finally home.....
Come out and be LOUD for the Paladins !!
Bring a friend - invite someone... Our guys deserve to have a homecoming after 6 straight road games. That's ridiculous. Let's get loud and support the Paladins in person tomorrow
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:56 pm
by apaladin
I think the over/under on attendance is 3,500, LOL. Me plus 3 will be there.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 8:10 am
by Flagman
Flags + 2 = 4
I hope I can remember how to get to the stadium. In my old age, some things are more easily forgotten.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:42 am
by stonemd
Where else would I be stone +3
sonhome from deployment will be there too!
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:38 am
by sluggo
I have to work today.
Please buy me out so I have nothing to do except watch football.
https://columbia.craigslist.org/art/d/4 ... 01930.html
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:40 pm
by Affirm
Excused.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:07 pm
by sluggo
affirm wrote: ↑Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:40 pm
Excused.
Excuse is rejected!
I need to sell everything before Furman football season starts, DAGNABBIT!
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 9:43 pm
by gofurman
apaladin wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:56 pm
I think the over/under on attendance is 3,500, LOL. Me plus 3 will be there.
I was actually impressed somewhat. Announced attendance was 7K. Whatever it was it was more than I thought it would be at 0-3. Decent showing
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 11:06 pm
by Flagman
And 98% of the students left at halftime. And their parents also.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sat Sep 29, 2018 11:42 pm
by apaladin
We obviously don't count attendance like we used to. Could we really have taken the peeps on the visitors side, put them on the home side and then had room for 3,000 more? Remember when Family Day was never under 11-12, 000?
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:23 pm
by sluggo
Flagman wrote: ↑Sat Sep 29, 2018 11:06 pm
And 98% of the students left at halftime. And their parents also.
Maybe the marching band should announce an encore for the end of the game.
Or maybe the halftime show sucks so bad that people just want to go home after seeing it.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:34 pm
by Flagman
I missed the half-time program, but got a reliable report that it was an outstanding program. Our band is superior in every way. Your comment is ridiculous. We're not doing enough to build school spirit among our students. They'll regret it later in life.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:56 pm
by sluggo
Flagman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:34 pm
I missed the half-time program, but got a reliable report that it was an outstanding program. Our band is superior in every way. Your comment is ridiculous. We're not doing enough to build school spirit among our students. They'll regret it later in life.
My comment is humor and your response to it is ridiculous.
Furman people just aren't fun anymore and ticket sales are the proof.
Lighten DaFugg up.
I don't remember you out on the field breaking your leg and attracting fans to the games.
So maybe I know a little bit about it.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:44 am
by fufanatic
Flagman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:34 pm
We're not doing enough to build school spirit among our students. They'll regret it later in life.
This has been talked about ad nauseam on this board, and I'm just honestly not sure what else the university and athletic department can do without men's hoops becoming a Butler or Gonzaga or the football team becoming a North Dakota State. It's a sad reality, but I would bet that a majority of students - especially the ones from out of state - had never heard of Furman until they started looking at colleges and chose the university purely for the academics. I bet there's less than a dozen students on campus that grew up going to games at Paladin Stadium and that certainly makes a big difference. Why more don't embrace school spirit once they arrive, I'll never know, but I've stopped banging my head against the wall thinking about it.
Re: COME TO THE GAME. BE THERE IN PERSON !
PostPosted:Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:41 am
by gman
fufanatic wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:44 am
Flagman wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:34 pm
We're not doing enough to build school spirit among our students. They'll regret it later in life.
This has been talked about ad nauseam on this board, and I'm just honestly not sure what else the university and athletic department can do without men's hoops becoming a Butler or Gonzaga or the football team becoming a North Dakota State. It's a sad reality, but I would bet that a majority of students - especially the ones from out of state - had never heard of Furman until they started looking at colleges and chose the university purely for the academics. I bet there's less than a dozen students on campus that grew up going to games at Paladin Stadium and that certainly makes a big difference. Why more don't embrace school spirit once they arrive, I'll never know, but I've stopped banging my head against the wall thinking about it.
Your observations are spot on. When the team builds a tradition of winning, more students will invest in the program. Let’s also keep in mind that non student attendance has dropped by 50%. We can’t expect the students to produce their own excitement at a football game attended by few thousand fans. Winning will help with both problems.