IdaGriz01
Well-known member
Realistically, there’s just not much to talk about, football-wise, right now … unless you’re big on FBS matchups. Even STATS.com seems to be totally dead in terms of FCS football, hardly surprising under the circumstances. As a matter of fact, they’ve still not posted anything about the CAA plan for the spring season. And the Big Sky is making promises, but we’ve still heard nothing.
So to spark some interest, I thought I’d start a thread for some Griz football “war stories.” A post on the “How Did You Become a Fan” thread -- about the 2000 Nattie “rain game” in Chattanooga -- gave me the idea. Of course, the bad news from 2000 was that the Griz lost a close (-2 points) game. The difference was, basically “the other” Adrian Peterson. He’s the guy who won the Walter Payton Award and later spent eight years in the NFL (Chicago).
But the fan memory involved the rain, which was impressive. We too got pretty wet, although our ponchos worked okay, overall. Here was our fan topper: We stood up to cheer during a specially heavy cloudburst (actually, we were up a lot of the time.) Trouble is, a program had slipped and blocked the drain hole in the bottom of the plastic seat ... so there was an inch or more of water gathered there. Big sluuush, and we bounced right back up. Didn't make a lot of difference at that point, but its pretty bad when you have to wait for your seat to drain. :?
Having been fans for over a quarter-century, we have lots of memories, related to but outside the games themselves. (A champagne bottle gift from a Marshall fan after the 1995 NC … just one more example.)
So how about it? Tons of Griz fans, with far more years than we have … there have got to be some great stories out there. But please, try not to vent your most bitter yarns … let’s try to keep it fun.
So to spark some interest, I thought I’d start a thread for some Griz football “war stories.” A post on the “How Did You Become a Fan” thread -- about the 2000 Nattie “rain game” in Chattanooga -- gave me the idea. Of course, the bad news from 2000 was that the Griz lost a close (-2 points) game. The difference was, basically “the other” Adrian Peterson. He’s the guy who won the Walter Payton Award and later spent eight years in the NFL (Chicago).
But the fan memory involved the rain, which was impressive. We too got pretty wet, although our ponchos worked okay, overall. Here was our fan topper: We stood up to cheer during a specially heavy cloudburst (actually, we were up a lot of the time.) Trouble is, a program had slipped and blocked the drain hole in the bottom of the plastic seat ... so there was an inch or more of water gathered there. Big sluuush, and we bounced right back up. Didn't make a lot of difference at that point, but its pretty bad when you have to wait for your seat to drain. :?
Having been fans for over a quarter-century, we have lots of memories, related to but outside the games themselves. (A champagne bottle gift from a Marshall fan after the 1995 NC … just one more example.)
So how about it? Tons of Griz fans, with far more years than we have … there have got to be some great stories out there. But please, try not to vent your most bitter yarns … let’s try to keep it fun.