Comments on: Undefeated, but for how long? http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/ Clear political commentary | Debate | Humor and Sports Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:06:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Biggus Rickus Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:20:31 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/#comment-997 Awaiting moderation? Bitch, that comment was as moderate as it gets. Awaiting moderation? Bitch, that comment was as moderate as it gets.

]]> By: Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Biggus Rickus Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/#comment-996 I am positive that the Jags will either win or lose this game depending on the number of points they score and allow. Put all of your money on one of these teams. It's a stone cold lock. I am positive that the Jags will either win or lose this game depending on the number of points they score and allow. Put all of your money on one of these teams. It’s a stone cold lock.

]]> By: Saint Augustine http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Saint Augustine Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:14:33 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/01/10/undefeated-but-for-how-long/#comment-994 It was strange that a Baltimore native, who relocated to Jacksonville in 1978, would go to the Gator Bowl in 1979 to cheer for Robert Irsay to bring the Colts to Jacksonville, but I did. Jacksonville wasn't ready for a NFL team yet, it was still a college football town and Irsay was just trying to raise the price a more viable city would pay to get the team. I returned to Baltimore in 1982 and witnessed the sneaky midnight move in 1984, and then moved back to Jax in 1985. I adopted the Jags as my team in 1995. I can't say that the Jags have excited me as much as I was as a 15 year old at the Colts-Giants 1959 NFL Championship game in Baltimore, but maybe this year. Certainly, TV coverage is better now than it has ever been, but the Jags are still subject to being blacked out locally. I'll never understand why the Jags don't give away tickets to unsold seats to Navy personel, many who end up retiring in the area and who just might end up as paying fans. Now, having said that, I remember the year a friend of mine, a Jacksonville native and FSU grad, invited me to a Florida-Florida State party at another person's home. As the group of beer drinking Florida fans and FSU fans settled into the 1st quarter play, my friend asked the host if he would turn down the sound on the TV and listen to the radio broadcast. "Why", everybody else asked? Did he think the radio announcers provided better coverage, was that the reason for the request? "No", he told the group, "You can hear the band better on the radio!" He had been in the marching band when he was a student, and even though he really didn't like football that much (beer he did like), he was a FSU supporter because of the band! It was strange that a Baltimore native, who relocated to Jacksonville in 1978, would go to the Gator Bowl in 1979 to cheer for Robert Irsay to bring the Colts to Jacksonville, but I did. Jacksonville wasn’t ready for a NFL team yet, it was still a college football town and Irsay was just trying to raise the price a more viable city would pay to get the team.

I returned to Baltimore in 1982 and witnessed the sneaky midnight move in 1984, and then moved back to Jax in 1985. I adopted the Jags as my team in 1995. I can’t say that the Jags have excited me as much as I was as a 15 year old at the Colts-Giants 1959 NFL Championship game in Baltimore, but maybe this year.

Certainly, TV coverage is better now than it has ever been, but the Jags are still subject to being blacked out locally. I’ll never understand why the Jags don’t give away tickets to unsold seats to Navy personel, many who end up retiring in the area and who just might end up as paying fans.

Now, having said that, I remember the year a friend of mine, a Jacksonville native and FSU grad, invited me to a Florida-Florida State party at another person’s home. As the group of beer drinking Florida fans and FSU fans settled into the 1st quarter play, my friend asked the host if he would turn down the sound on the TV and listen to the radio broadcast. “Why”, everybody else asked? Did he think the radio announcers provided better coverage, was that the reason for the request? “No”, he told the group, “You can hear the band better on the radio!” He had been in the marching band when he was a student, and even though he really didn’t like football that much (beer he did like), he was a FSU supporter because of the band!

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