Griz Fan Pod - The Grizzlies are headed to Frisco

[BWahlberg]

Well damn guys... they did it! We spent the entire pod reflecting on one of the very best games ever in Washington Grizzly Stadium. We get to all the fan questions and spend a bit of time reflecting on the season (so far) as well.

It's been a blast to share this journey with so many fans as well - thanks everyone for being a part of this pod that Mike, Luke, and I put on.


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https://twitter.com/GrizFanPod/status/1736813467175366974

 

[BWahlberg]

https://twitter.com/Bwahlberg/status/1736771058991317417

https://twitter.com/MikeMNugent/status/1736811654674100434

 

['68griz]

Brint, I love that you are sharing the championship with your dad. We will cheer extra hard for both of you.

 

[grizatwork]

Brint,
I am in the same boat. Went to Chattanooga in 2001 with my Dad. Have a picture of us and a program signed by Joe Glenn framed in my office. He is 84, and really couldn’t make it. He can’t even go to Wa Griz anymore. Going to sit and watch it with him like the old days. Also I am going to the Rose bowl the few days before that. 8 days in California visiting my wife’s family and doing the parade and game and I will need to relax at home.

 

[GrizTexas]

High praise to both of you for thinking about your fathers!

 

[BWahlberg]

Brint,
I am in the same boat. Went to Chattanooga in 2001 with my Dad. Have a picture of us and a program signed by Joe Glenn framed in my office. He is 84, and really couldn’t make it. He can’t even go to Wa Griz anymore. Going to sit and watch it with him like the old days. Also I am going to the Rose bowl the few days before that. 8 days in California visiting my wife’s family and doing the parade and game and I will need to relax at home.

Seems there's a lot of us where our fandom blends together with memories and time spent with our parents. I'm a Griz fan because my dad was and still is a sports superfan and I grew up on it. Mike's taking James to the game so they can experience that together. Kyle's taking his dad because they'd never done that together.

And Tim's post we saw last night...

https://twitter.com/LwyrUp406/status/1736594529552142344

 

[AZGrizFan]

Brint,
I am in the same boat. Went to Chattanooga in 2001 with my Dad. Have a picture of us and a program signed by Joe Glenn framed in my office. He is 84, and really couldn’t make it. He can’t even go to Wa Griz anymore. Going to sit and watch it with him like the old days. Also I am going to the Rose bowl the few days before that. 8 days in California visiting my wife’s family and doing the parade and game and I will need to relax at home.

To you and Brint: If MY dad was still alive, I’d be flying to Missoula to watch the game with him. Good on ya both…

 

[GrizRick]

I had been to all 6 NC games before the App State game in 2009. I hadn't signed up for a charter to Chattanooga because I figured I had been to enough National Championship games. Then the App State game!!! By the time that game was over, I thought I just had to go, but the charters were booked or too expensive. I called my Dad the next day--he was 87--and asked what he thought about driving to Chattanooga for the game. "May as well; got nothing else to do" was his response. We drove from Missoula to Livingston to his house, and made the drive from there to Chattanooga in 2 days. Absolutely one of my favorite memories of him. He was a huge Griz fan, even though he hadn't been a student here (he went to Northwestern). His sister was a UM student in the 1930's when he was in high school. He would come over from Big Timber to watch Griz games. Born in Big Timber, Bobby Hauck could do no wrong in his eyes. He's the one who taught me the words to the Griz fight song--after I graduated from UM without ever learning them--because he knew all the Big Ten fight songs, and of course the Griz fight song. He would put up a Griz flag outside his house in Livingston, Griz bumper stickers on his car, and would proudly wear his Griz gear around Livingston. Even in his 90's, he would drive from Livingston to Missoula to watch a Griz game, and then drive back to Livingston after the game, despite my suggestions that he was welcome to spend the night. He just had to get back home because he had too much to do. What a guy. And what fond father/son memories built around the Griz.