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My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:05 PM
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99 graduate bringing 2 teenagers to the game Saturday. My honest thoughts on the weekend experience.
No fireworks after Tigerama on Friday night. I always enjoyed that as a kid, teenager, and adult. None this year.
We left from Seneca at 9am to get to our parking spot near the womens softball field and finally got there about 11:15. Not what I was expecting.
Fat lady next to me was taking half my seat and screaming constantly. 2 Yankees behind us were giving a loud and and unwanted play by play along with uneducated thoughts on what Clemson “should” be doing. Some negative Dabo yells too.
The huge new video game board did not show replays 99% of the time. Disappointing. No real time scores of other games in real time 99% of the time.
‘99 grad and I left very disappointed Saturday after spending a good sum on tickets and parking. I’ll watch from home going forward. I know that is an unpopular opinion, but it’s honest by a Tiger Grad and fan.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:11 PM
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There were fireworks at Tigerama. Since you got that wrong, we’ll, I didn’t pay attention to the rest of your post.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:00 PM
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Where were those fireworks? They certainly were from lot 5 like they were in the 90’s. They werent from the old rugby grounds or the #### where we watched them in recent years. Honest question as no one around Clemson knew.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:11 PM
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At the stadium. At Tigerama. Personally, I watched them from the marina…looked cool over Death Valley and reflecting in the water.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:17 PM
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Here’s a picture.
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My game-day experience.....
Oct 23, 2022, 8:46 PM
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Left boat dock at 0730 - hit thick fog bank at 85 bridge (all the way to the Walker Course) at 0745 - made it safely to lake beach behind ESSO at 0900 - no tix, so tailgated at many friends (and strangers!) spots! - Esso Club was rocking early and late - Had a great day in TIGERTOWN till 1600 - departed and went to dinner with friends and family at the Galley - departed dinner and tied up the tritoon at 2200 - Long day, but great day in God's Country!
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:20 PM
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To my knowledge, they have never shot fireworks from inside the stadium. If wrong , old timers please correct. Lot 5 on 90s. Old rugby slash “ ####” which t net blocks out. “D.I.ke.” They have always been outside the stadium and visible fronm any parking lot around Clemson. We were at littjohn —-a campus high point——and never saw any from any direction.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:25 PM
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We have great fireworks capabilities inside the stadium now and shoot them every game. It appears they went off from on top of the video board, but as the picture shows, I was at the marina. They could be seen all over west campus and the lake at about 8.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 7:07 AM
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Where were those fireworks? They certainly were from lot 5 like they were in the 90’s. They werent from the old rugby grounds or the #### where we watched them in recent years. Honest question as no one around Clemson knew.
This is not the 1990's chief. If only we would have won the game you would have had a better time.
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did you cheer at all?
Oct 23, 2022, 6:13 PM
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sounds like the fat lady earned your half of a seat by being a better fan.
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Who complains about fans around them as
Oct 23, 2022, 6:14 PM
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if that somehow should be a negative reflection on Clemson.
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Yelling. In Death Valley. Can you believe it?***
Oct 23, 2022, 6:16 PM
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Re: Who complains about fans around them as
Oct 23, 2022, 8:06 PM
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Of courses we cheered. There was nothing negative about Clemson or the football team said… it was an honest opinion on this past Saturdays game day experience. No replay of the Ngata foul. No cell service and plenty of TV time outs to give scores. I don’t like know it all play calling wanna be Yankees complaining around me. Or a fat lady taking up up 2 seats. It wasn’t up to par for us. That’s it. Hate on…
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I’d write someone a letter about that cell service.***
Oct 24, 2022, 12:45 AM
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Re: Who complains about fans around them as
Oct 24, 2022, 7:08 AM
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Of courses we cheered. There was nothing negative about Clemson or the football team said… it was an honest opinion on this past Saturdays game day experience. No replay of the Ngata foul. No cell service and plenty of TV time outs to give scores. I don’t like know it all play calling wanna be Yankees complaining around me. Or a fat lady taking up up 2 seats. It wasn’t up to par for us. That’s it. Hate on…
Coots are going to Coot. Go back to your Coot board.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:17 PM
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Good luck to you—
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:18 PM
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There were fireworks —not sure if you were in the right college town
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You sound like a miserable person.
Oct 23, 2022, 6:20 PM
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Were you able to find any positives from Saturday?
If not, some suggestions:
-You got to spend time with your children
-You got to be on campus
-You saw our team win
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Re: You sound like a miserable person.
Oct 23, 2022, 6:23 PM
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Actually agreeing with Judge, hate being seated next to people like this. Especially the ones who give dirty looks for cheering and yelling. I honestly believe there’s a good bit of “fans” now a days who could careless about the advantage the noise from Death Valley brings and prefer everyone to stay quiet
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Re: You sound like a miserable person.
Oct 23, 2022, 8:44 PM
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Of course we found positives. Yes we had my 2 teenagers at their favorite school and they didn’t care about replays or other CFB scores. Yes they are spoiled thinking we should win every game we play. I was there during Hatfield and West.
Yes we saw friends and the floats. The e-ticket thing went smoothly. We were in the stadium from the hill run to the gathering at the Paw.
The I don’t care how you feel about your game day experience thing is but alarming to me. It is very easy to watch at home without the hassle for the paying parent.
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Oculus Spirit [76903]
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You graduated in 99 and were there for Ken Hatfield?
Oct 24, 2022, 12:57 AM
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Smells coot-ish…
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Glad to hear that it wasn't all bad for you.
Oct 24, 2022, 9:37 AM
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Based on your post, it seemed that you weren't able to enjoy your experience.
I never said that I don't care about your game day experience. I'm sorry you found it so frustrating and annoying.
I agree that the new video board is disappointing with all the ads. It doesn't really count as "the eighth largest video board in college football" when a significant portion of the screen is filled with ads.
Yes, it is easier to watch games at home. That's why a lot of fans choose to do that, for various reasons.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:22 PM
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Nothing quite like looking at the glass as half empty after that game, a Tiger win, and 72 degrees and sunny skies…geez.
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I left downtown Greenville at 8:30
Oct 23, 2022, 6:24 PM
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Made it to Lot 25 just as traffic was starting to pickup at 9:40. Not sure what you were doing, or why you complain online about someone infringing on your seat instead of talking to her about it.
The worst thing from Saturday was the sunburn. Pain is temporary
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What was the final score.
Oct 23, 2022, 6:35 PM
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Just asking cause that's the only thing that impacts my enjoyment of gameday.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:38 PM
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93 graduate and was there and thought crowd and game was awesome. Sound like a pretty negative person. Get some box seats I guess.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 6:53 PM
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YOU control how you feel.
Leaving at 9am for a BIG noon game and expecting easy/quick journey to your parking lot was a BIG mistake. Proper planning prevents this...... 85K all coming at the same time.......
Fans are passionate.....and different. Again, how you react to them is your choice. Now, if someone was a personal affront to you, then you would have a complaint. I've been to almost all the ACC and SEC venues, if you don't like the Clemson experience, then you are really going to hate most of the other big-time venues.
99% of the time???? They flash scores pretty regularly at games....like every other minute...its pretty continual on ribbon between uper and lower decks. 99% is NOT accurate
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So did the teenagers enjoy themselves??***
Oct 23, 2022, 6:57 PM
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Re: So did the teenagers enjoy themselves??***
Oct 23, 2022, 7:51 PM
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I seriously doubt it, ya know, with dad and that huge stick up his hiney!?
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Noon kickoff means be in your parking spot before 8:00am.***
Oct 23, 2022, 7:35 PM
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Re: Noon kickoff means be in your parking spot before 8:00am.***
Oct 23, 2022, 7:45 PM
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YEP^^^^ if you want any tailgating time....
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 7:48 PM
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Good, stay at home and out of Clemson on gamedays. Such a disappointing post. Smh. Wahhwhahwhahh
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Give him a break folks. He just came out his parents
Oct 23, 2022, 7:56 PM
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Basement and tuned up AOL’s dialup modem.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:00 PM
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If you stay home then there will be tickets available for someone who wants to be there and enjoy the win.
Did you wake up from your nap in time to watch your coots?
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:14 PM
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You lost any sympathy/legitimacy when you said that there was no replay 99% of the time. That's just an outright lie.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:34 PM
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99, 90, 80 or whatever %. Did they show the Ngata penalty on the big board? I didn’t see the slow rerun of whether DJs knee was down on the fumble and 14 point swing either. I want to see those. Even if we we’re not the beneficiary of the call Show me on the big screen and I’ll Judge for myself.
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They showed the rerun of DJ's fumble. What were you paying
Oct 24, 2022, 8:14 AM
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attention to? Showed it at least twice. It was clearly a fumble.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:29 PM
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The only negative experience for me Saturday was the traffic trying to get to the stadium. Took way too long. I’m not sure what the problem was but it was worse than usual.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 23, 2022, 8:45 PM
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12 Noon. You gotta get there earlier when everyone comes at the same time....
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 12:48 AM
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noon game... they always suck starting about 9:30 it gets backed way up. Takes at least 30-45 extra minutes to get to parking.
My complaint was the ticket readers getting into the stadium, they were ridiculously slow... would not read some phones at all... family of 5 in front of me had ticketmaster tickets and the scanner would not read them... instead of taking them off to the side to straighten it out they had a nice 5 minute conversation in loud voices about it... took a good 20-30 seconds to read mine... 1 minute per 2 people... that is 120 people per hour, that is not efficient when you need to get a few thousand in at any given gate.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 12:37 AM
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Let's break this down...
1999 - Clemson not ranked in the top 25...
1. No fireworks after Tigerama on Friday night. I always enjoyed that as a kid, teenager, and adult. None this year.
- there were fireworks, apparently they just were not where they were in 1999. That is on you for thinking it was 1999 still.
We left from Seneca at 9am to get to our parking spot near the womens softball field and finally got there about 11:15. Not what I was expecting.
- Noon game and 80,000 people converging on the stadium... if you think this was 1999 and there were not 80,000 people headed to a nationally televised, homecoming, ranked vs ranked ACC title hopes on the line again your fault for not remembering the same thing happens every noon game. If you want to complain about the slow a$$ ticket readers slowing down getting people into the game that is legit...
Fat lady next to me was taking half my seat and screaming constantly. 2 Yankees behind us were giving a loud and and unwanted play by play along with uneducated thoughts on what Clemson “should” be doing. Some negative Dabo yells too.
- they paid for their seats too... did you tell the fat lady to sing at the end of the game? The not exactly football savvy comments happen every week in every stadium across the country... you could just enjoy a great football game and make your own memories with your kids or complain about everything. Surprised you did not complain about the lines in the bathroom and concessions at halftime.
The huge new video game board did not show replays 99% of the time. Disappointing. No real time scores of other games in real time 99% of the time.
- YGBSM, your at a top 25 matchup in Death Valley and your worried about real time scores? Did they have real time scores in 1999? F-No. You have a phone, you can get all the real time scores you want on your phone. Replays are not a guaranteed thing and again you could stream the game on your phone and get all the replays available. Or you could enjoy the game with the new Dabotron and yell at the top of your lungs when their team is on offense like the 79,999 people around you and enjoy the game with your kids...
‘99 grad and I left very disappointed Saturday after spending a good sum on tickets and parking. I’ll watch from home going forward. I know that is an unpopular opinion, but it’s honest by a Tiger Grad and fan.
- you got one thing right, this is an unpopular opinion... hope your kids had more fun than you did...
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 1:46 AM
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Game days are what you make of them. Be happy you have the opportunity to be there, and allow yourself to enjoy it.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 7:08 AM
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Oh no, she screamed at a college football game??? The horror!
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 7:23 AM
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Just a guess…You’ve never been accused of being a glass half-full person or the life of the party??
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Cheer up Francis. You're a little soft***
Oct 24, 2022, 7:27 AM
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 7:38 AM
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A few beers to loosen up can really improve ones gameday experience. Also, the seatback it a great way too keep the row from shifting into your seat space.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 7:57 AM
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I really don't let the people around me bother me at the game. That is unless it's a good looking woman with Big Tata's in a tight shirt. Then I have a tendency to get distracted.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 8:47 AM
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The “fat lady” said she didn’t enjoy the inbreds sitting next to her either. Idiot
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 8:58 AM
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"We left from Seneca at 9am to get to our parking spot near the womens softball field and finally got there about 11:15. Not what I was expecting."
lol
THAT explains a lot right there.
Attended for 6 decades............for a 12 noon game, you need to BE THERE at 8:00 am.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 9:03 AM
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Is this THE Purpletgr®? The one from CUTigers/Scout?
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 9:41 AM
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"Is this THE Purpletgr®? The one from CUTigers/Scout?"
Yep......it is..............
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 9:45 AM
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Dang! Its been a long while! This is the poster formally known as HiredGun from over there.
I still have that 1981 CHamps wooden backed "poster" I got from you close to 16-18yrs ago!! You'll be glad to know its made its way back to Clemson and is hanging in my sons apartment.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 10:01 AM
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Great to hear from you. Hope all is well.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 9:29 AM
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Never leave for nooner at 9 regardless of where you are coming from.
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Re: My game day experience Saturday
Oct 24, 2022, 9:57 AM
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'90 Grad and took my wife to her first Homecoming game. We left our home in Greer at 10:00 AM and was in our parking space at 11:15. Sucked down a couple beers as we walked to the gate and made it into ours seats to watch the most existing 25 seconds of college football. Watch our team win and go to 8-0. Then headed to the ESSO club for some great food, drinks and music. Met some friends downtown while the last of the traffic cleared. Left at 9:00 PM and back home before 10:00. What an awesome day in Tigertown!
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