becker2117 said:
... Couldnt agree more. Guess tomorrow we will really see how many true griz fans we have. I understand some people cant because of work, but all the people that wont cuz just cuz its cold are truly not passionate. if there are 12k of us tomorrow, at least we know its going to be 12k die hard fans. Who knows, it will pry be the 12k that make all the noise even when its a sell out.
Okay now ... we paid our dues, so give us old folks a break.
Re: 1995 playoffs ... good story: which some of you may have heard :roll: , but you others stick with me.
Griz open at home in the playoffs and kick the s**t out of E Kentucky, then do the same to Ga Southern. We drive up from Idaho Falls for these games (then season-ticket holders). After the GaSo game, we went to the Mo' Club to watch the end of the SFA-App State game. We all figured the Griz would be headed east since ASU was favored, and had the higher seed.
SFU pulls the upset (place goes ABSOLUTELY NUTS), so they're headed for Missoula. I have a meeting in in the Bay Area (California), so I have to re-schedule my flight to come back directly to Missoula. My wife drives up (over Monida Pass, which is mostly black ice, as usual) -- sorry AG1, but my wife was pretty good with nasty driving (white-knuckle, but good).
Coincidentally, I landed in Missoula (10:00-10;30 pm Friday, as I recall) around the same time the as the Stephen F. Austin cheer squad. They are
beyond stunned at the weather one reports: "Seven degrees! ... That's not a temperature!"
Of course, it was ... and it got no better at game time. Their team got crushed, 70-14, and the Griz went on to beat Marshall for the NC. And we were on the charter and saw it ... until now, the highlight of our Griz fan-dom. :thumb:
We held our season tickets for over another decade, but the driving (
not the cold) just got to be too much, particularly Monida -- with its really nasty black-ice zone. Sorry.