Disturbing letter to editor

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:29 pm

Does anyone know or have access to Mike Emrick's email? I figured it would be important to send him an email to possible talk about this situation during the NBC game at 12:30 on Sunday. Obviously with him getting his Doctorate at BG, I hope he'd be concerned about it.

jg4242 · Post by **jg4242** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:36 pm

I just invited about 300 people to the Facebook group and posted links to the group on the MAC Pep Bands group, the CCHA Pep Band group, and the general CCHA fan group. Also, I've sent an e-mail to GC giving my support to the program. I'll let y'all know if I hear back...

Altoid_storm · Post by **Altoid_storm** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:46 pm

Okay, now apparently I'm fat and don't know anything about hockey even though I'm a size 8 and have been a hockey fan all my life.

I think I'm going to stay away from there for a while

My best friend invited her whole friend list and one of her friends from Cleveland invited his entire friends list too!

sbkbghockey · Post by **sbkbghockey** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:51 pm

Altoid_storm wrote:Okay, now apparently I'm fat and don't know anything about hockey even though I'm a size 8 and have been a hockey fan all my life.

I think I'm going to stay away from there for a while

My best friend invited her whole friend list and one of her friends from Cleveland invited his entire friends list too!

don't listen to him! he's a @^&$*#!!

so most have the players know about the rumors, and they're pissed off bigtime!!! hopefully this rumor doesn't kill the program before/or if BG does!!!

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:11 am

Okay, I sent an email to the New Jersey Devils Public Relations staff and directed that it reach Mike Emrick. Here's what I wrote.

Hello,

This email is intended to reach Mike Emrick, play-by-play announcer of the Devils. I hope that it reaches him.

My name is Jeremy Pellek, and I'm a Senior at Bowling Green State University. Mr. Emrick is an alumnus of our university, having earned his Doctorate here in TV and Film in 1976. With the current economic struggles affecting our country, BGSU is experiencing budget shortfalls between $6-$10 million for this coming fiscal year. Many cuts have been discussed, including the varsity hockey program. The hockey program, while recently not obtaining success of the past, has a deep rooted history and tradition at the university. It has won the school's only national championship in 1984, and has produced numerous NHL players throughout it's existence.

On Facebook, hundreds of students from both BGSU and other schools have pledged their support towards the program. Also, former players from the program are organizing a group to plead their case to the university for why the program should be kept, as well as those involved in the local community. I, and the rest of the BGSU and college hockey community urge this message be passed along to Mr. Emrick so that he at least be made aware of the current situation regarding the program, and his alumni, and urge his support.

Thank you for your time.

- Jeremy Pellek

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:51 am

Also, I sent an email out to John Buccigross at ESPN. He's the resident hockey writer and he graduated from Heidelberg, so he knows the area well. He writes a weekly column every Tuesday, so I suggest we write to him as well for some mention in his column next week.

toddpav · Post by **toddpav** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:11 am

Amazing amount of support I have seen for this program in the past 12 hours alone... this is making national headlines... amazing.

I just invited all 328 BG people from my Facebook friends list to join the group. I hope some of the alumni can pull together and help us fans/alumni/hockey supporters out. Here's to hoping for the best!

-T

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:21 am

With over 1,000+ in the group now, I'm wondering what the best course of action is now? Do we demonstrate outside McFall? Continue the mass mailings? Keep notifying the press?

Or is this a problem that's better solved financially? Do we need to set up a fund to help sway the U.?

DWhite21 · Post by **DWhite21** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:49 am

I don't know what to make of the fact that Kyle Sucher, a recruit that's coming in a few years, wrote on the wall for the Facebook group.

Then again, I guess it is national news in the college hockey community. Most, if not all of our recruits, are hearing this news.

sbkbghockey · Post by **sbkbghockey** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:04 am

DWhite21 wrote:I don't know what to make of the fact that Kyle Sucher, a recruit that's coming in a few years, wrote on the wall for the Facebook group. Then again, I guess it is national news in the college hockey community. Most, if not all of our recruits, are hearing this news.

I didn't even see that!! Sh*t!! I said this when the rumor came out in Dec, the Unv. needs to come out and flat out say the rumor is untrue! AND NOW THEY NEED TO MORE THAN EVER!!!

If BG isn't ending the program this rumor could. We have some great recruits lined up for the next few seasons and a good bunch of current players (who are getting upset "that the unv. is cutting the program")!!

No one wants to play for a program thats finished in a year or two, if the rumor isn't killed players could leave and recruits could back out!!!

falcons86 · Post by **falcons86** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:11 am

Guys, I got a response from Coach York at BC. Thanks Coach York, anything you can do will be much appreciated!

From: Jerry York [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: FW: Bowling Green Hockey possibly being terminated

I will do every thing I can to save Falcon Hockey----lots of sweat and tears in that program for me!
| On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:53:10 -0400
| "BC Men's Ice Hockey" <[email protected]> wrote:

GO FALCONS!!!!

Jim (and Cookie)

MACMAN · Post by **MACMAN** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:25 am

Now that people are listening and see the cloud over top of the program and seeing how many people want to see Falcon hockey live.
What if each of these people donated 100.00 to save Falcon hockey, if we could raise the 4m to fix the place up, it would be a large victory.

Dirty Hobbit · Post by **Dirty Hobbit** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:47 am

MACMAN wrote:Now that people are listening and see the cloud over top of the program and seeing how many people want to see Falcon hockey live.
What if each of these people donated 100.00 to save Falcon hockey, if we could raise the 4m to fix the place up, it would be a large victory.

I for one will gladly send in $100.00 if it helps save Falcon hockey. It is the least a big College Hockey fan and former Wood county resident (that learned how to skate on the 'old rink) can do!

7rickyd · Post by **7rickyd** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:36 am

I would gladly donate $100.00, if I knew that it would help save the hockey program. I was there, in Lake Placid, in 1984, and that was the most memorable experience in all my days as a Falcon fan. I have been employed at BGSU for almost 24 years and will always support athletics, but doing away with the hockey program without even making an effort to save it, is wrong. Like the old saying goes, it is better to have tried and failed, than to have never tried at all. I'm not sure we have given it a 100% effort.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:44 am

TheKa wrote:FYI, that Campisi kid should know better...he was raised in BG...

That explains the "tan".