1) Anyone has the right to spend their time and hard-earned money however they want, period.
2) This has nothing to do with a specific person (especially Tech83, whose posts I enjoy and whom I have great respect for) or anyone else and is not to be taken personally. I am NOT questioning anyone's loyalty or love for BG.
3) This is in no way a justification or rationalization of the Miami disaster or the coaching strategies of Gregg Brandon.
So...
Being a fan is not easy. It's sitting through the 47-14 games AND the bowl wins. Being a fan means the highs are sweeter for you than they are for others because you've endured the lows. Anyone can support a team while they're winning. Being a fan means sticking it out when the times are tough because there's a group of men wearing the Orange and Brown who have worked for months (and years) giving their blood, sweat and tears for Falcon football, and you'll stand by anyone that does because you're a Falcon too.
For those who make the trip to Kent, stop by an older Kent fan and shake their hand. They're supporting a program that has had fewer than 5 winning seasons in 30 years. They are not there expecting to be entertained by a fancy offense or a postgame fireworks show. They are there because they love the team that represents the University they love. It's a unconditional love that's not riding on what a scoreboard says at any given moment. It's a love others don't understand because they're not a fan, and you almost pity them for what they've missed out on.
Great stuff, Joe. Thanks for posting that.
No problem Freak. You set the standard for the rest of us to follow.
I don't know about that...I ain't all good in the mind sometimes.
BEAT KENT
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FALCON FOOTBALL ROCKS!
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No kidding. There are many Saturdays when I don't even get a chance to check the BG score on my cell phone until 10 p.m.
JoeFalcon wrote:Being a fan is not easy. It's sitting through the 47-14 games AND the bowl wins. Being a fan means the highs are sweeter for you than they are for others because you've endured the lows. Anyone can support a team while they're winning. Being a fan means sticking it out when the times are tough because there's a group of men wearing the Orange and Brown who have worked for months (and years) giving their blood, sweat and tears for Falcon football, and you'll stand by anyone that does because you're a Falcon too.
Well done, Joe.
I've seen BG lose to Temple in Philadelphia twice during my time on the East Coast. I also witnessed the Falcons hang 70 on the Owls. I was in Fresno to witness the California Bowl disaster and made trips to Mobile and Detroit to witness Brandon hoist a trophy.
Fans enjoy the good and endure the bad.
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JoeFalcon wrote:]Being a fan is not easy. It's sitting through the 47-14 games AND the bowl wins. Being a fan means the highs are sweeter for you than they are for others because you've endured the lows. Anyone can support a team while they're winning. Being a fan means sticking it out when the times are tough because there's a group of men wearing the Orange and Brown who have worked for months (and years) giving their blood, sweat and tears for Falcon football, and you'll stand by anyone that does because you're a Falcon too.
Well done, Joe.
I've seen BG lose to Temple in Philadelphia twice during my time on the East Coast. I also witnessed the Falcons hang 70 on the Owls. I was in Fresno to witness the California Bowl disaster and made trips to Mobile and Detroit to witness Brandon hoist a trophy.
Fans enjoy the good and endure the bad.
Man, what a rollercoaster ride!
I remember, and would prefer to forget, that first Temple game in 2000. Blackney bailed out just over a week later after losing again to Buffalo.
You know your program is in rough shape when losing to you is such an indignity that it compels another coach to resign.
