Re: Red Sweaters used to be RE: P olls

[DXlover574738846]

In a message dated 11/1/02 11:12:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
address@hidden writes:


> Richard:  I am with you.  I am at an age where not every little thing 
> impresses me and drives me to wild, feverish, thunderous applause and 
> shouting.  I love good plays.  I've been known to applaud the good play of 
> an 
> opponent, often leading to quizzical stares from surrounding fans.  I 
> expect 
> college students to have the boisterous, fanatical loyalty to their team.  
> But that does not mean I like to sit among them at a game and hear all the 
> 4-letter word rantings, typcially "Hey Ref, you suck", or worse. I've been 
> known to be fanatical in support of the Bearcats, particularly in games 
> against Ohio State in football, Xavier, Louisville, Marquette and Memphis 
> in 
> basketball, et al. But I can't get really excited about every play in a 
> 30-point blowout of UAB or Southern Miss.   I don't mind the "red sweaters" 
>
> taking the night off mentally after operating on someone's brain earlier 
> that 
> day or spending all day in the courtroom prosecuting a patent infringement 
> case or selling a $1 million life insurance policy after three weeks of 
> running numbers for an indecisive client.  These folks probably have been 
> supporting the 'Cats for 30-40 years and know that win or lose, someone 
> will 
> call them up the next morning and have some emergency that must be resolved 
>
> by noon.  It is part of life.  Basketball is a wonderful diversion.  We as 
> Bearcat fans can just be happy that we follow one of the top programs in 
> the 
> nation with a wonderful tradition and history.  The games are fun, and we 
> feed off our love of competition and our affection for UC and its athletic 
> program, but the games are not the most important thing in life.

I'm glad you 'two' agree with each other. ;-)  FWIW,  I'm thirty six years 
old,  with a sixty three year old father who attends with me.  He is 'by far' 
not the fittest or agile.  I'm not talking about jumping up and down like a 
raving lunatic,  or a drunk kid/adult.  Nor are my Dad and I ripping loose 
with 'wild/feverish....lol.....thunderous applause at every moment.  I know 
you know what I meant though about cheering at games in the lower bowl and 
getting looked at weird,  and it 'seems' like what I said was 'twisted and 
turned' into meaning that my father and I are jumping up and down at 'free 
throws' .....or other meaningless situations.  Free throws? LOL,  lets get 
real.

I, nor my father have ever let loose with a 'four letter word' etc. etc. like 
you used for 'example' for the 'lunatics'. ;-)  As for the 
'surgery/courtrooms/one million dollar life insurance policies.....lol....I 
guess that makes a point, heh? ;-)

I stand by what I had said earlier.  My father and I were made to feel 'out 
of place' amongst the (as you said)----> lawyers/brain surgeons/million 
dollar policy holders....lol...and that's fine,  let Huggs beg and plead with 
their butts to stand up.  He doesn't have to where I sit and that's the way I 
like it,  and that's where I'll stay. 


Gregg :-)