Libertine wrote:It's late, I'm tired, and I'm not supposed to be here. However, I can't let what I saw tonight go by without something being said. And that something is:
THANK YOU!
Thank you to all the people, some from this board no doubt, that showed up in red tonight 4 hours from home and cheered us on the entire game. As long as I've been affiliated with Liberty athletics, I've never seen support like that for us on the road. It was a big boost for us tonight and, for this program to succeed, that's the kind of support we have to have every week. I've never been more proud to be a Flame.
I love you guys.
I will now go back into my hole.
I have to say that I was surprised by the LU turnout as well. There was quite a contingent of Red clad LU-ers walking toward the stadium when I was finding a place to park. I think it's safe to say that the "Red" rule has seeped into the collective consciousness of the LU Fan...now hopefully it sticks. (Some of the gear was pretty nice too, including the fighting eagle old school fatigued shirt, the varsity script and the baseball script stuff.)
I was near some of the painted dudes in for most of the game; pretty funny without being too obnoxious...and the few poor unfortunate W&M fans that paid for seats in the Visitors section were pretty boring...although, there was some funny banter exchanged.
All in all, a good experience for my first game in several years. Would like to see the series continue and at the very least see a Flames trip to the Hampton Roads region each year (we've got four to choose from W&M, Hampton, Norfolk State and soon to be ODU.)
My last thought here is that I find I am "green" with envy for the following after my taste of the W&M gameday experience:
a) that the CAA Santa did not leave any spots in my stocking
b) that I wish LU had a layout that included something like the little taverns/coffee shoppes/hole in the wall restaurants like W&M campus has set up right across the street from the stadium. (I envision fans congregating in these for general merriment and arguing about the games. There were lines to get into some of the pubs down the street as I walked back to my car, although I'm "sure" that talking about the game was the chief goal of those standing in said lines
.)
What I am not envious of:
a) $23 tickets
b) kamikaze pedestrians
(*Would like to see this established as an ongoing series as it makes for a great gameday all around. Great area to take in some sites, great campus, nice stadium (except for the track) and not too far from my humble abode.)
- By LU Armchair coach
- By Sly Fox