tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post803663664994773534..comments2023-10-31T12:28:19.514-04:00Comments on The Gold Mine: Hofstra votes to drop footballUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-55222628893348478862009-12-04T16:01:29.715-05:002009-12-04T16:01:29.715-05:00I have only gone to like two basketball games in t...I have only gone to like two basketball games in the past decade, but i still purchased a couple of FSL's in anticipation of charlotte football! i think football will actually help the basketball program in the long run. charlotte has been getting shafted for years because simply, nobody knows about the university, even people that live in charlotte! i wish more folk would also follow dubois' lead and discontinue from identifying the university as the abbreviated community college stigma "uncc" and refer to it always as unc charlotte. i never say uncc anymore. even the sports team drop the "unc" all together and call 'em "charlotte 49ners". we've always had an identity crisis. we just need more exposure. i'm thrilled that levine chipped in for the educational scholarships. if we can get more community support, this school will prosper quickly. the school is getting an increased number of quality students because they have more and more students to choose from every year from the surplus in applicants. it's only a matter a time unc charlotte will get it's due. i just hope it doesn't take forever...Freedom Hugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274938901029324031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-61860583490332482922009-12-03T21:36:58.202-05:002009-12-03T21:36:58.202-05:00Anon you're an idiot. Why don't you check ...Anon you're an idiot. Why don't you check to see what percentage of college basketball arenas are made up of STUDENTS? Charlotte ranks very high as a percentage of student body. Care to guess who is pathetically LOW? Try NC State and North Carolina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-65180714908398972832009-12-03T21:00:26.890-05:002009-12-03T21:00:26.890-05:00You can promise that more than 4500 people will sh...You can promise that more than 4500 people will show up? That's still WAY TOOO LOW. UNCC can't even fill Halton Arena with those 25 -35K students, how are they going to fill a football stadium for a team that most likely will have lackluster talent for 10 plus years. The real shows are within 3 hours of Charlotte and consist of teams in the ACC and SEC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-66053061454955677652009-12-03T16:52:37.773-05:002009-12-03T16:52:37.773-05:00apples oranges. Charlotte is a public school with...apples oranges. Charlotte is a public school with 24000 students, projecting to 35000. I can promise you more than 4500 show up. The economy is turning, that is their excuse to drop it, just as Dubois tried to use the economy.theallknowingonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-78612533472830455882009-12-03T16:01:13.757-05:002009-12-03T16:01:13.757-05:00I wonder what Bill Cosby thinks of this? One of my...I wonder what Bill Cosby thinks of this? One of my all-time favorite Cosby bits is his account of being a player for Temple in the mid-50s and having to play Hofstra. He said they were the biggest people he had ever seen, they all had just one eye in the center of their foreheads, and the coach was beating them out onto the field with a ball and chain. When Hofstra kicked off, the Temple players were so scared they threw meat at the Hofstra players, and all 11 Temple players were left unconcisous after the kickoff. And of course, that's the same bit where Cosby said he took a handoff and tried to step over a Hofstra guy, who came up and hit him right in the family jewels. <br /><br />It's a shame the program deteriorated to the point that the only ones who cared were the players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com