Standing up means nothing. It's about making noise. Standing doesn't disrupt the other team. I think it's more of a seeing what you want to see. If you're the type of person that never sits down and everyone else does, then no one is a good fan if they don't do exactly what you do.
I have degrees from Pitt and Carolina, and follow both programs very closely. I’m probably about as unbiased as you can get, because I’ll be pissed either way given that one of my teams is guaranteed to lose.
my experience is that they might have been less savvy at some point in the past about not cheering when we are on offense and trying to snap the ball. They are better about that now, and any criticism there is unjustified at the present. However, I wish someone would tell them that ANY time is time to get off their dead asses and raise hell when the other team is on offense, and not just on third down.
thank you, thank you, and thank you. I have been telling the brainless for many years exactly what you posted. The players on the field hear the noise you make. They don't hear you stand up. Standing up and believing that you have demonstrated superior fansmanship, especially to the point of criticizing those who don't stand all during a game, is nothing more than self-indulgence. Sit down and let others see, unless Gio Bernard is returning a punt for the winning TD and you absolutely just can't help yourself.
and IMO, respect the players and the program enough to hang around until the game is over.
I don't have a problem with people leaving early. Depending on the score and opponent, I'll leave a few minutes early. I show my respect when I buy the tickets, went to games during the Bunting era and make my donation to the Rams Club. Maybe they should show me some respect and become a good program so I don't feel like I'm wasting my time and money.
I don't disagree in principle with your post, but if I put myself in the players shoes...the players you are supporting...they don't know who donates to what. They just see seats emptying out. I'm not sure I see the difference in leaving early and getting there late.
Well, they had to build out the stadium when he had everything rolling. I think that should be proof that there was support for the football team. There has also been more money spent on football than basketball. The difference is football hasn't been good for almost three decades.
Never been the type to rush a field. I do remember there being some Miami fan that I wanted to go find after the game. He kept yelling and screaming before the game about how they were going to destroy us. Would have loved to find him.
"Never been the type to rush a field."
Mack left because it was Texas. Some jobs you don't turn down if you want to be on the mountain top. One of those is Texas football.
Seats were a significant upgrade to the stadium. Why does it matter that we removed empty seats? And don't give me the "perception" line. No one knows that the seats were reduced.
I would bet my house that if you were to ask 1,000 random non UNC fans, less than 10 would know about the reduction in seats. The 10 that know would be state fans.
Well, given our recent history, look for Jurk to turn into Tom Brady on Saturday. I hope that doesn't happen and that Gene has finally righted the ship. But look on the bright side. One of your teams is guaranteed to win.
well duh, of course he left because it was Texas...and because we weren't (aren't). Now do you see what I'm saying? Mack said he didn't want to leave but we just didn't show the kind of support for football that a program like Texas has. As a matter of fact, the rumor is that Dick Baddour told him that we would never have that kind of support...that is, the support we had (have) for BB.
I learned long ago that I hate losing more than I enjoy winning 😅
you might be interested to know that Jack Palance played football under scholarship at UNC for several years. He was originally from the other end of Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh.
Mack verified almost all of that in his autobiography. But he did it in a very polite way. And everybody knew that Baddour was Dean Smith's boy.
