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  • #1

    Can we get a moment of silence...

    For this NDSU fan who wrote this letter to the editor in the WCFCourier?

    I can't imagine how horrific these experiences must have been for him. Please stay strong Mr. Walker and keep fighting the good fight! It can't be easy carrying around the hurt from that 2012 incident and having to relive that experience in a grocery store of all places. Can we please just let this man buy some produce in peace?!?!



    Panther fans
    ERIK WALKER

    CEDAR FALLS — Sunday I was getting groceries at Hy-Vee in my North Dakota State University polo shirt and took a lot of heat for doing so. At least a half-dozen people pointed out, hey, you’re in Panther territory.

    Being that I am an NDSU graduate, that warning didn’t faze me, for a lot of the people around here show little class when rooting for their team.

    In 2012, I was out at Pheasant Ridge golf course and the guy behind the counter says, “You got a lot of (expletive deleted) wearing that out here,” to my gold NDSU T-shirt.

    Now, I have a lot of respect for other fan bases, but comments like that are classless and a poor representation of your team. If you are sick of the fact NDSU has won five-straight FCS championships and they keep knocking you out of the playoffs, do something about it.

    Don’t parade around like you’re better than the league when clearly that is not the case. If the tables were turned, you would not hear anything like that from an NDSU fan’s mouth.
    Last edited by hoopfan; 06-13-2016, 07:09 PM.
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  • #2
    What drives a person to write something like that? Yikes...

    It reads like satire, but sadly is not. That kind of behavior is pretty representative of that fanbase.
    UNI FIGHT

    Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
    iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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    • #3
      Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

      Our rivalry with ISIS is not friendly; our rivalry with NDSU should be. I hope some of the comments directed to Mr. Walker were not meant to be as serious as he has apparently taken them. I wouldn't trade UNI's athletic programs with the Bison in any other sport but have to admit, five consecutive national championships is pretty dang impressive.

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      • #4
        Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

        Originally posted by Skej75 View Post
        Our rivalry with ISIS is not friendly; our rivalry with NDSU should be. I hope some of the comments directed to Mr. Walker were not meant to be as serious as he has apparently taken them. I wouldn't trade UNI's athletic programs with the Bison in any other sport but have to admit, five consecutive national championships is pretty dang impressive.
        He must not be from Iowa originally. I read both of those comments in a friendly/joking manner and yet he's airing them as though they were hostile. Unless he had his own replica Championship rings and a tube top showing his tramp stamp Lakes, I doubt anyone was actually talking to him in an aggressive tone.

        I think the dude just can't get over the fact that while we respect the Bison, we don't swoon and lick their boots every time they're mentioned.

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        • #5
          Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

          Does anyone think if u walked through a grocery store or showed up at a country club in Fargo sporting a purple UNI Football shirt, that you wouldn't hear the comments referenced above x 10?

          Mr. Walker...put on a different shirt while you're in Cedar Falls or put on your big boy pants.
          Winning is more fun than losing.

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          • #6
            Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

            Originally posted by hoopfan View Post
            For this NDSU fan who wrote this letter to the editor in the WCFCourier?

            I can't imagine how horrific these experiences must have been for him. Please stay strong Mr. Walker and keep fighting the good fight! It can't be easy carrying around the hurt from that 2012 incident and having to relive that experience in a grocery store of all places. Can we please just let this man buy some produce in peace?!?!

            he actually wrote that to an editorial? what an idiot

            Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
            That kind of behavior is pretty representative of that fanbase.

            No it isnt

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            • #7
              Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

              Originally posted by Blue42 View Post
              Does anyone think if u walked through a grocery store or showed up at a country club in Fargo sporting a purple UNI Football shirt, that you wouldn't hear the comments referenced above x 10?

              Mr. Walker...put on a different shirt while you're in Cedar Falls or put on your big boy pants.

              This is spot on.

              He wrote, "If the tables were turned, you would not hear anything like that from an NDSU fan’s mouth."

              Has he been on the Bisonville site? Does he know how much the diehard Bison fans hate/fear us? We are the one team that they aren't confident about beating. I have no doubt that they would be brutal to us in the same circumstances. And there is something about the way they travel in mass that leads them to be very arrogant and confrontational. I've seen it many times.

              However, rather than write a letter to the editor, I give them their due. They have earned the right to be quite arrogant. I tell them that they are the fans I love to hate. And after a few jabs, it turns to an actual conversation about football. Most of the Bison fans I have met really do know their stuff. Nothing worse than a knowledgeable arrogant loudmouth!

              Go Panthers. Can't wait for October 29th!

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              • #8
                Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

                Lol, please.

                We've all seen some of their fans (both in person and online) do much worse things. Even in Cedar Falls. Get some thicker skin or don't wear the shirt. Pretty simple.

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                • #9
                  Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

                  Anyone still have that picture of the receipt that said. "No tip. Go Bison!"?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by tjbison View Post
                    No it isnt

                    Oh, it absolutely is.

                    A lot of "challenged" man-children amongst your crew.
                    UNI FIGHT

                    Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                    iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                    • #11
                      Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

                      Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
                      Oh, it absolutely is.

                      A lot of "challenged" man-children amongst your crew.

                      I don't find many examples of the type of Bison fan who wrote the editorial. I find many examples of the type of Bison fan that he experienced with the Panther fan.

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                      • #12
                        Can we get a moment of silence...

                        Point of reference drop in

                        I went to the NDSU//Montana game in Fargo in 2014 rather than our game against UNC.

                        Went out to eat at a nice German style place on Friday night. Walked in wearing the same UNI Nike wind breaker jacket I've worn to every UNI game since I bought it in 2010. Shockingly to most of you, I'm sure, I hadn't said a word to anyone. I was there with some guys I know from Montana and NDSU, but within seconds I had about 4 or 5 guys cussing at me, telling me to get the f out, asking me who the f I thought I was that I could wear UNI gear in Fargo, and approaching me like they wanted to fight. Also shocking to most of you, I'm sure, I didn't respond. I kept walking to the back area of the restaurant where the rest of the group was. If it wasn't for one NDSU fan (BisonFan02 on AGS) stepping in and cooling them off I have no idea what would have happened. Needless to say I decided against wearing UNI gear to tailgate and go to the game. I went with a generic black Scheels shirt. I figured being in Fargo that was a safe choice. Also kept the fact I was a UNI fan under wraps as much as possible. A handful found out and were cool about it, but I wasn't about to chance it more than I had too.

                        Sunday morning I go to get in my car, which has UNI plates and PSC sticker, and all 4 tires of my car had been completely emptied of air. Thankfully they weren't cut. My car was the only one tampered with, and was parked next to a couple Montana vehicles.


                        I guess I should write a letter to the editor of the Fargo paper.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

                          Originally posted by clenz View Post
                          Point of reference drop in

                          I went to the NDSU//Montana game in Fargo in 2014 rather than our game against UNC.

                          Went out to eat at a nice German style place on Friday night. Walked in wearing the same UNI Nike wind breaker jacket I've worn to every UNI game since I bought it in 2010. Shockingly to most of you, I'm sure, I hadn't said a word to anyone. I was there with some guys I know from Montana and NDSU, but within seconds I had about 4 or 5 guys cussing at me, telling me to get the f out, asking me who the f I thought I was that I could wear UNI gear in Fargo, and approaching me like they wanted to fight. Also shocking to most of you, I'm sure, I didn't respond. I kept walking to the back area of the restaurant where the rest of the group was. If it wasn't for one NDSU fan (BisonFan02 on AGS) stepping in and cooling them off I have no idea what would have happened. Needless to say I decided against wearing UNI gear to tailgate and go to the game. I went with a generic black Scheels shirt. I figured being in Fargo that was a safe choice. Also kept the fact I was a UNI fan under wraps as much as possible. A handful found out and were cool about it, but I wasn't about to chance it more than I had too.

                          Sunday morning I go to get in my car, which has UNI plates and PSC sticker, and all 4 tires of my car had been completely emptied of air. Thankfully they weren't cut. My car was the only one tampered with, and was parked next to a couple Montana vehicles.


                          I guess I should write a letter to the editor of the Fargo paper.
                          I would have slashed your tires, but I needed my knife to stab the UND fans.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by runtheoption View Post
                            I would have slashed your tires, but I needed my knife to stab the UND fans.


                            ^^^ Completely normal response.
                            UNI FIGHT

                            Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                            iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                            • #15
                              Re: Can we get a moment of silence...

                              Originally posted by runtheoption View Post
                              I would have slashed your tires, but I needed my knife to stab the UND fans.
                              "A man got to have a code."

                              - Omar Little
                              The Wire
                              "Well, that escalated quickly."

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