Any comment on Troy not allowing
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I thought that was pretty ridiculous as well. It entertained me to no end watching one fan's thunder-sticks explode and scare the fans around them
It was really a lot like being at a Mississippi Southern game. You know .. all high schoolish. The thundersticks really can't help a small crowd like that. One thing childish I did notice was them turninig the sound up full blast when the Bulldogs ran onto the field at the beginning of the game. However, speaking of high schools .. nothing rivals the PA announcer at Noxubee County during the football games. He is great and hilarious almost doing play by play during the game.
The place was incredible Busch league. We waited in line for over an hour to get our will-call tickets, only to get to the ticket window and see a Troy employee handing out stacks of general admission tickets to anyone who wanted them. Some people were taking these and selling them to people in the back of the line.
Once inside, the concession lines were eternally long. Most of the Troy fans I was around were terrible. None of them had any respect for our team (not that they deserved it that day). You couldn't pay me to go back to that hell.
Once inside, the concession lines were eternally long. Most of the Troy fans I was around were terrible. None of them had any respect for our team (not that they deserved it that day). You couldn't pay me to go back to that hell.
I really thought he was joking about taking knives and cigs at the door. How dare they?
Maybe they just didn't want the rednecks bring in knives? Seems reasonable to me, but i never considered carrying a knife into a football game. Did you think you might need to skin a rabbit while you were there?
Maybe they just didn't want the rednecks bring in knives? Seems reasonable to me, but i never considered carrying a knife into a football game. Did you think you might need to skin a rabbit while you were there?
I have one of those small Swiss army fold out plier tools that contains a 1.5 inch knife maybe. The guy could have said, "I can't let you take that in. The rules..." instead I **** you not the guys says with a prissy attitude, "Sir, we don't allow weapons in our stadium."
edited to add: It's a key chain so its always in my pocket. Also let you know how small it was
edited to add: It's a key chain so its always in my pocket. Also let you know how small it was
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Many people carry a pocket knife all the time (except on cruises and airplanes)
I carry one, not to cut people, all the time except as I said in the title above. It's part of what I do - keys, knife, cellphone, fingernail clippers and change. No one that has an active life on boats, camping, in the woods, etc., is going to be without a knife. We stick the same stuff in our pockets every morning.
I carry one, not to cut people, all the time except as I said in the title above. It's part of what I do - keys, knife, cellphone, fingernail clippers and change. No one that has an active life on boats, camping, in the woods, etc., is going to be without a knife. We stick the same stuff in our pockets every morning.
It's their school. They can do what they want. Next year we'll confiscate the thundersticks at the gate with a complimentary "Welcome to OUR STATE!"
When I was a kid, all boys carried a pocket knife, even to school. Times have changed drastically since then ... not good.
However I can see them allowing their fans to have thunder sticks while at the same time won't let us bring our cowbells in. And that's assuming that the Sun Belt allows the stupid things. As someone said, this game was their Super Bowl.
However I can see them allowing their fans to have thunder sticks while at the same time won't let us bring our cowbells in. And that's assuming that the Sun Belt allows the stupid things. As someone said, this game was their Super Bowl.
I carry one of these on my keychain at all times and never really think about it. It's not like most of us are trying to get in touch with our inner Rambo. Had I gotten this confiscated at Troy, I would have been highly, highly upset. You can call it ignorance on my part, and I couldn't argue that, but emptying pockets entering a stadium is ridiculous.
FWIW, it was a groomsmen gift from an OM booster of high enough level to have 8 club-level season tickets. So there is that. Damn all us lowly State rednecks!