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What a great time yesterday. At least 70 loyal Pantherfans packed the bar area of the Okoboji Bar and Grill in Johnston. It was absolutely awesome. I got a chance to meet, chat, and cheer with some great panther fans. The entire bar was cheering and clapping the whole game, especially at the end! We even sang the fight song at the end! Truly a great day.
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How Was Your Gamewatch????
WOW! That's all I have to say! WOW! I walked into the Okoboji Grill in Johnston at 9:50 AM and there were already UNI fans in the joint getting their breakfast (Bloody Mary's) and waiting for the game to begin! By 10:05 AM, there were more than 30 Panther fans taking up seats in the bar area. As 10:30 AM rolled around, I counted 61 people in the bar area and ALL OF THEM were there to support UNI! By the end of the first half, more and more UNI fans kept rolling into Okoboji and I'm estimating that about 75 people were in and out of the bar during the game.
What a great day! The place ERUPTED in CHEERS on every big play for the Panthers!!! There was clapping on 3rd downs and after the game, Reed, Jeg and I led the crowd in the the signing of the UNI Fight Song! HAIL OUR PANTHERS!!!!!!! UNI FIGHT!
To all of those who made it Saturday morning...THANKS! I didn't know others were as passionate as I was about the Panthers. That was fun and I can't wait to do it again this Friday! It's going to be a long week! Now...that's a gamewatch and I, for one, am hoping for a repeat performance this Friday night. I hope we all get there early and stake out our seats as I'm sure the black and gold along with the cardinal and gold fans will come out of the woodwork to watch the ISU-UofI basketball game.
Thanks again and I'd love to hear from others who were at Okoboji and other gamewatches around the country? Florida? SoCAL? CF? CR? Chime in and let's hear how they went!
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Oh my LORD Reed...I just posted the same exact thing...at almost the same time. Great minds?"10% of life is what happens to you, 90% is how you react to what happens."Comment
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Originally posted by panther2317
Great minds and great times!Comment
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Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that kind of turn out for a Panther gamewatch was possible, especially with the game available on local cable tv.
Great game, great time had by all. Next best thing to being in NH that some of you were fortunate enough to be. Nice to reward Okoboji for their support of UNI also, I think we guaranteed ourselves a home for future events.
I got one of my UNI alum but Hawk fan friends to go. I think I'm converting him back, by the end of the game he was talking all about watching next weeks game and getting a group together for Tues night bb game to cheer for the Panthers.
Got to meet back2back, nice fellow. I had heard he was a tall guy (big surprise), so it wasn't too hard to guess who he might be.
Only bad part was Reed questioning my choice of breakfast drinks.
Last edited by GonzoCat; 12-04-2005, 12:56 PM.GO PANTHERS!Comment
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Yeah Gonzo...what's up with that? Although...lemonade goes down smooth pre-noon
"10% of life is what happens to you, 90% is how you react to what happens."Comment
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